There is a selling point for war and tragedynIt keeps us always wanting morenWe live for promises of goldnTainted by the distress of being second bestnThis is the time for giving up and letting gonOf everything you’d live to regretnThere is not shelter herenJust pain and sweat and solacenIt makes us who we arenAnd so we grow…and so we grow and progressnHead above the world, feet beneath us failnUntil we learn to swim the waves crash down our throatsnTake a second breath.nBelieve you’re never coming backnAs the last light lingers every breath you took comes rushing innAnd we find ourselves quiet…nEvery breath you took comes rushing innAnd so we grow in spite of holding on, in spite of letting go,nIn spite of always wanting morenAir expands, we struggle, we falter, we decidenWe’ll never return…and so we grow and progressnHead above the world, feet beneath us failnUntil we learn to swim the waves crash down our throatsnTake a second breath.nBelieve you’re never coming backnAs the last light lingers every breath you took comes rushing innWith all this oxygen, we’ll breath the world innWith no destination…nowhere to beginnWith all this oxygen, we’ll breath the world innWith no destination…nowhere to beginnWe’ll breathe the world in