Breathing Gets so hard when you're around me Breathing Gets so hard when you're around me Thought my plan was foolproof You were an outlier A statistical exception to my life as an outsider Spent all my time on building my armor Your arrow and quiver Guess I'll die a martyr An oblivious archer you're Making it harder for Me to convince myself of my nonexistent ardor I wasn't where you were aiming Just caught in your crossfire You didn't see the trail of blood You didn't see that Breathing Gets so hard when you're around me Breathing Gets so hard when you're around me Yeah Yeah, yeah Breathing, breathing Breathing, breathing Breathing Just step over my body You already shot me And now you're standing here Filling my wound with sodium chloride It's alright It's ok You weren't looking my way I'd rather die with my honor than take this Farther than it's gone But I never was an option, was I? Uncharted territory, proceed with caution, 'cause I I'm just a fantasy, Mariah, trying to emancipate me me But I'm just a pariah A fake A travesty of my own design Wish on a star that we're compatible but the Planets don't align I wasn't where you were aiming Just caught in your crossfire You didn't see the trail of blood You didn't see that Breathing Gets so hard when you're around me Breathing Gets so hard when you're around me