Cover art for The Air That I Breathe by Maroon 5

The Air That I Breathe

Jul. 12, 20111 viewer

The Air That I Breathe Lyrics

[Verse 1]
People never change
They seem to stay the same
They wear different clothes
But play the same games
Many different ways
To say the same thing
Searching for the right words
The ones that would make you stay

[Pre-Chorus]
Exchanging the way things were
For the way that they should be, yeah
And choosing these words
Is saying to her
The things that she never heard
But always deserved

[Chorus]
I figured out what it is all about
It's you that I could never live without
You're everything
The air that I breathe
Stupid not to know it all along
And everything I ever did was wrong
Sadly it's too late for sorry
[Verse 2]
Oh, I'm not even really sure
Who made this mess
And who threw what punch
But I could not care less
All I know is that I'm here
And you are not, oh
Once I put this wasted pride aside
Nothing’s all I got, oh

[Pre-Chorus]
Exchanging the way things were
For the way that they should be, yeah
And choosing these words
Is saying to her
The things that she never heard
But always deserved

[Chorus]
I figured out what it is all about
It's you that I could never live without
You're everything
The air that I breathe
Stupid not to know it all along
And everything I ever did was wrong
Sadly it's too late for sorry
[Bridge]
Oh
Somebody make it stop
Yeah
And pick me up
And just dust me off, oh
The rainy day flood
Will drown all this love
Trapped at the bottom now
Please dig me up

[Chorus]
I figured out what it is all about
It's you that I could never live without
You're everything
The air that I breathe
Stupid not to know it all along
And everything I ever did was wrong
Sadly it's too late for sorry (Yeah)
I figured out what it is all about
It's you that I could never live without
You're everything
The air that I breathe
Stupid not to know it all along
And everything I ever did was wrong
Sadly it's too late for sorry (Yeah, ooh)

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