To breathe Doesn't make it easier to exist When every breath I take Puts my heart at stake of shattering again To see Doesn't make the darkness brighter When every truth in sight Brings a burning blight Threatening my shadow But in the distance between the seconds I found something greater still I found you My mysterious acquaintance To hear Doesn't make the silence disappear When every word I fear That brings me close to tears Is still out there To know Doesn't make it easier to believe When everything you say Only brings me pain Of the sweetest kind But in the distance between the seconds I found something greater still I found you My mysterious acquaintance And in the in the distance between our secrets I found something greater still I found you My suffering companion