Breathe Through

can i pull this from the air? do i have the strength to fight? or will i hold my tongue til it passes through the warm and balmy night? and a mother sets the table cleans the dishes with her hands passed down through the poking and the prodding and the "don't let this get in the way of your plans" oh, when it hits me all i can do is just breathe again and breathe through oh, when it hits me all i can do is just breathe again and breathe through can i hope for something more? can i hope for something real? standing tall in the backyard praying to my trees for something to feel and i hear him pulling up i hear the door slammed in the slow whistle of his cigarette and i all i want is to peel the paint the paint from his skin oh, when it hits me all i can do is just breathe again breathe through oh, when it hits me all i can do is just breathe again breathe through and i can't let it go can't let it go this is the last time i'll feel it there i can't let it go because i know even if i shut my blinds he's still out there still out there oh, when it hits me all i can do is just breathe again breathe through oh, when it hits me all i can do is just breathe again breathe through and forget the me and the you