breathing
My friend shep lay awake on night
heart in his mouth and mind in a fight
shook for hours in constant fear
as each and every breath drew near
scared to death he might forget
though he admits it's never happened yet
he said
I don't even know how to breathe (rpt.)
I tried to find some way to help
to alleviate his fear of himself
hoped to put his mind at ease
but as I did, I started to freeze
and as I sat down to explain
I said I don't understand this breathing game
you see
I don't even know how to breathe either (rpt.)
so we can't tell you how to stay alive
we just keep going and we don't know why
and none of the books I've ever read
taught me to pump the blood into my head
or how to do many things that I can
and that goes to show how smart I am
we don't even know how to breathe (rpt.)
