Breathing Through Glass

Lyrics

Hhhhhh… click…
Hhhhhh… click…
Low ambient hum.

The lights went white, the glass gave way
And time itself began to break
Smoke and fire filled the air
While silence settled everywhere
I reached for voices through the haze
But all I found were empty shapes
And when the burning finally cleared
The world I knew disappeared

Now every breath’s a borrowed thing
A fragile sound from wires and strings

I’m breathing through glass
Living through shadows that never fully pass
Every heartbeat echoes slow
Through a mask the whole world knows
But I’m still here
Even when the mirror feels unclear
Though the air tastes cold as ash—
I’m still breathing through glass

Children stare then look away
Like I became something to fear
Some nights I still wake reaching out
For lungs that once were truly mine
And every hiss beneath this mask
Reminds me what the fire took back
But if I stop… if I let go…
Then all the ones I love lose hope

So I carry on through metal breath
Refusing to become my death

I’m breathing through glass
Holding together what remains from the past
Every scar and fractured bone
Still reminds me I’m not gone
And though it hurts
To survive a world that changed me first
I won’t vanish with the ash—
I’m still breathing through glass

There are days I envy silence…
No machines… no heavy air…
But then I hear Nyx call my name…
And suddenly… I’m still here…

Hhhhhh… click…
One more breath…
Hhhhhh… click…
One more day…

I’m breathing through glass
Not untouched… but stronger than the past
I may never heal completely
But broken things still shine softly
And if this mask is now my face
Then I will wear it without shame
Because beneath the wires and ash—
There’s still a heart behind the glass

Hhhhhh… click…
Hhhhhh…
Silence.