Breathe now, while you have a choice I watched your color fade You're a siren without a voice Don't leave me here To carry the banner Like the string to the hammer You were the key pressed too many times Now my hand's on a still chest Praying for short breaths Awaiting a miracle Leave now, all that you're buried in Shed your leaves, catch the crow A soft swallow to sing again You raise the colors of the king to slay the ghost But it's the romance of holding your breath til you get what you want That keeps you home Don't leave me here To find juniper casings At your feet while your tasting The sour of sweet from the life you took You were the still before morning A storm without warning A page from a better book What are you waiting for ♪ Leave now, live out your safer bet And tell me that you don't have regret What are you waiting for You were a song sung in passing A shadow left casting Now your pages are burning From your diagram lasting I drew the sick from your shoulder To watch you recover Start living for something Or you'll die here for nothing What are you waiting for