One Day at a Time

Feel my pulse under my skin
Right here, beating so hard
Wildly struggling to survive
Can you feel my will to live

I need to tell you that I’m dying
But the words dry up on my tongue
How do I explain that your every gain
Is killing me one day at a time now?

Do you understand that I’m
A person who you have pushed
Around for years and years now
Until every drop of me is gone

I need to tell you that I’m dying
But the words dry up on my tongue
How do I explain that your every gain
Is killing me one day at a time now?

Why do I keep walking, keep breathing
If all I am doing is breathing for you
Why bother with the pain and suffering
If everything I feel is because of you

I need to tell you that I’m dying
But the words dry up on my tongue
How do I explain that your every gain
Is killing me one day at a time now?

I’m not your mannequin, I have a heart
Feel it beating in your tight fist now
Do you even care that it’s blackened
And slowly withering away, one day at a time

I need to tell you that I’m dying
But the words dry up on my tongue
How do I explain that your every gain
Is killing me one day at a time now?

Show some mercy for once, is that so hard
To let me go and let me live and let me be
I want to be free, of you and everything you say
I can’t leave unless you let me go, though

I need to tell you that I’m dying
But the words dry up on my tongue
How do I explain that your every gain
Is killing me one day at a time now?

Hard rocks beneath my feet, they sting
But not as badly as seeing your smile
When I’m standing beside you and dying
Inch by inch and breath by breath, waiting

For the end of my struggle, for everything
To stop, so that I can lay down and rest for once
Is that what you want to happen?
Are you just waiting for the end, like me?

I need to tell you that I’m dying
But the words dry up on my tongue
How do I explain that your every gain
Is killing me one day at a time now?