"Deep Breaths" lyrics

This is the story of a kid
Who never did learn how to breathe
And strangely enough
Other than that, he was normal
He did everything else other kids did
Like playing or read
There was something wrong with him

His lungs were too big
And maybe too small
The doctors never figured it out
So they did nothing at all

They said
"Take a deep breath," but he couldn't
And they told him that his body shouldn't
Be like this
But there was something in his chest
And he was trying his damn best
To fit in with everyone who could breathe
Breathe

Several years later
He decides to run away from everything
His home and his family
He couldn't take the pressure
Both quite literally and figuratively
His world was collapsing

He doesn't know how
To cope with it all
'Cause no one ever taught him to get up
From a fall

They said
"Take a deep breath," but he couldn't
And they told him that his body shouldn't
Be like this
But there is something in his chest
And he is trying his damn best
To fit in with everyone who can breathe

People don't understand how to sympathize
With something they can't relate to
Walk two moons
In someone else's shoes

Breathe
Just breathe
Just breathe