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Help, I have done it again
I have been here many times before
Hurt myself again today
And, the worst part is there's no-one else to blame
Be my friend, hold me
Wrap me up, enfold me
I am small and needy
Warm me up and breathe me
Ouch I have lost myself again
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found
Yeah I think that I might break
Lost myself again and I feel unsafe
Be my friend, hold me
Wrap me up, enfold me
I am small and needy
Warm me up and breathe me
Be my friend, hold me
Wrap me up, enfold me
I am small and needy
Warm me up and breathe me
I have been here many times before
Hurt myself again today
And, the worst part is there's no-one else to blame
Be my friend, hold me
Wrap me up, enfold me
I am small and needy
Warm me up and breathe me
Ouch I have lost myself again
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found
Yeah I think that I might break
Lost myself again and I feel unsafe
Be my friend, hold me
Wrap me up, enfold me
I am small and needy
Warm me up and breathe me
Be my friend, hold me
Wrap me up, enfold me
I am small and needy
Warm me up and breathe me
Lyrics submitted by xnoisecorex
Breathe Me Lyrics as written by Sia Furler Dan Carey
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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I remember first hearing this song in high school in 2007ish. Still as beautiful now as it was then.
The song is obviously about doing some sort of damage to yourself, but more than that, I think it's about feeling absolutely helpless and at the mercy of nobody but yourself. It's about being psychologically and emotionally isolated and desperately wanting contact but being unable/unsure of how to make it. You've imprisoned yourself and aren't even sure how or why, and you alone are the one who is responsible. You are your own worst enemy, your own roadblock—it's a catch 22.
The helplessness/hopelessness that such a situation breeds in a person leads one turn their frustrations against themselves, thus the self-harming (which could be a variety of things; the lyrics leave it intentionally ambiguous).
It's a gorgeous song, but an extremely upsetting one, and one that I very much relate to on a significant level.