Staring away from distraction
Lost in your gentle rain
I tried my best to ignore it
but I'm thinking about you again
and somewhere out in the distance
memory retrieves your smile
So I thought I'd sit and think about you for awhile

Wonder if you still hide me
somewhere behind closed eyes
Keeping your heart in a letter
and keeping the notes disguised
and all that I've hidden from me
silently sleeps below
In all confusion I've brought up
at least this much I know

I don't want to breathe out without you near me
I want your next breath to take me in
but I don't know when we'll find that time again

They tell me no man is an island
but maybe I'm lost at sea
My eyes looking to the horizon
praying you'll rescue me
as I treasure every moment
and each one a precious gift
but come the time I'm to the line
I'll plead the first and fifth

I don't want to breathe out without you near me
I want my next breath to take you in
but I don't know when we'll find that time again
and one day when they want to know the story
I'll alter my verse and change the line
so they'll never know the extent you were on my mind

and I can't stop this feeling that's come over me
(No, I can't stop this rain)
and I can't block out all the things you said
(I tried but there's no way)
and I can't stop this heart from taking controll of me
(No, I can't stop this rain)
So I just hold my breath till I hear you say

I don't want to breathe out without you near me
I want my next breath to take you in
but I don't know when we'll find that time again
and one day when they want to know the story
I'll alter my verse and change the line
so they'll never know the extent you were on my mind

I don't want to breathe out
(without you near me)
Don't want to breathe out
(without you near me)
Don't want to breathe out
(without you near me)
No I don't want to breathe