Learning To Breathe Lyrics - Fires - Nerina Pallot

Oh, this road is long, this road is wide 

It takes more than luck to last the ride 

It takes strength and it takes courage to survive 

And did someone ever say to you 

There's nothing bound in thought you cannot do 

Well, I've seen some things but not all of them came true 

So I don't wanna be the last, don't wanna be the first 

Don't wanna be alone with my thoughts tomorrow 

Don't wanna be afraid, don't wanna look away 

I'm learning to breathe 

Don't wanna be the last, don't wanna be the first 

I just need a hope and a light to follow 

Like sailors look to stars to find their way home 

I'm learning to breathe on my own 

And I know a man who lost his wife 

This is the way he chooses to describe his life 

He says, "If I think too much, I'd find there's just a hole" 

But before she went, she left a son 

He says, "Dad, you're not the only one 

Maybe love is just a requiem for the soul" 

So I don't wanna be the last, don't wanna be the first 

Don't wanna be alone with my thoughts tomorrow 

Don't wanna be afraid, don't wanna look away 

I'm learning to breathe 

Don't wanna be the last, don't wanna be the first 

I just need a hope and a light to follow 

Like sailors look to stars to find their way home 

I'm learning to breathe on my own 

Do you still feel small? 

Just a speck of life on an ocean wave 

Does it pull us all? 

Does it pull us all? 

So, I don't wanna be the last, don't wanna be the first 

Don't wanna be alone with my thoughts tomorrow 

Don't wanna be afraid, don't wanna look away 

I'm learning to breathe 

Don't wanna be the last, don't wanna be the first 

I just need a hope and a light to follow 

Like sailors look to stars to find their way home 

I'm learning to breathe on my own 

I'm learning to breathe on my own 

I'm learning to breathe on my own