Between Two Lungs

Album: Lungs (2009)
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  • Between two lungs it was released
    The breath that carried me
    The sigh that blew me forward

    'Cause it was trapped
    Trapped between two lungs
    It was trapped between two lungs
    It was trapped between two lungs

    And my running feet could fly
    Each breath screaming
    "We are all too young to die"

    Between two lungs it was released
    The breath that passed from you to me
    That flew between us as we slept
    That slipped from your mouth into mine
    It crept between two lungs, it was released
    The breath that passed from you to me
    That flew between us as we slept
    That slipped from your mouth into mine, it crept

    'Cause it was trapped
    Trapped between two lungs
    It was trapped between two lungs

    Gone are the days of begging, the days of theft
    No more gasping for a breath
    The air has filled me head-to-toe
    And I can see the ground far below
    I have this breath and I hold it tight
    And I keep it in my chest with all my might
    I pray to God this breath will last
    As it pushes past my lips as I gasp, gasp Writer/s: Florence Leontine Mary Welch, Isabella Janet Florentina Summers
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Stella from Beverly Hills, CaWhat I get from this song, is that it is about the breath of life. "I pray to God, this breath will last," sounds like she wants to live a long time.
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