The pressure's rising like a fever in the dark
I'm trying to ignite, but I can't find the spark
My chest is tight, a cage of iron and bone
I'm standing in a crowd, but I've never been so alone
One step forward, two steps back into the cage
Just a hollow character on a burning stage

Inhale the panic, exhale the pain
I'm washing the ashes away in the rain
It's folding, it's tearing
I'm disappearing

I'm breathing through a paper lung
Waiting for the song to be unsung
Every word is heavy, every breath is thin
I'm losing the battle from within
Collapse (collapse)
Under the weight of the Sun
I'm breathing through a paper lung

Don't tell me it's fine, don't tell me to breathe
You don't see the web that the shadows weave
I'm made of glass, I'm made of dust and regret
A debt I'm paying but I haven't earned yet
The ink is bleeding through the skin of the page
I'm a tiger forgotten in a cardboard cage

Inhale the panic, exhale the pain
I'm washing the ashes away in the rain
It's folding, it's tearing
I'm disappearing

I'm breathing through a paper lung
Waiting for the song to be unsung
Every word is heavy, every breath is thin
I'm losing the battle from within
Collapse (collapse)
Under the weight of the Sun
I'm breathing through a paper lung

Tear it down
Fold it up
Watch it rip
I'm at the edge, I'm gonna lose my grip
I can't breathe

I'm breathing through a paper lung
Waiting for the song to be unsung
Every word is heavy, every breath is thin
I'm losing the battle from within
Collapse (collapse)
Under the weight of the Sun
I'm breathing through a paper lung

Paper thin
Paper heart
Watch it all
Rip apart