Dalam lagu "Hardly Breathing" yang dibawakan oleh Brandy, sang penyanyi mengekspresikan rasa sakit yang mendalam karena ditinggalkan oleh kekasihnya. Lagu ini mengisahkan perjuangan batinnya dalam menghadapi pengkhianatan dan ketakutan akan patah hati yang berulang. Dengan melodinya yang mengharukan dan liriknya yang penuh emosi, "Hardly Breathing" menyuarakan pergulatan universal manusia untuk melindungi hati mereka yang rapuh dari kekecewaan yang terus menerus.
Hardly Breathing Lyrics
Brandy
[Intro:]
Hardly breathing, hardly breathing
[Verse 1:]
I really wanna take you back
It's killing me watching you walk, away, yeah
But my head ain't okay with that
And lord knows how much I want you babe
It hurts me that you can't stay, ah
[Chorus:]
This old heart of mine won't let you break it
Not again, not again
It hurt so many times and I can't take it, not again
Cause I'm hardly breathing
One more teary eye, or sleepless nights
Just might kill this heart of mine
Hardly breathing, hardly breathing
[Verse 1:]
Begging won't do nothing
Forgave you many times along the way
Yeah, yeah, ah,
My mama said don't trust him
But deep inside my soul I found
A place and now I want you out baby
[Chorus:]
This old heart of mine won't let you break it
Not again, not again
It hurt so many times and I can't take it, not again
Cause I'm hardly breathing
One more teary eye, the sleepless nights
Just might kill this heart of mine
Hardly breathing, hardly breathing
[Bridge:]
Feels like I'm on my last life line,
And I can't take a chance,
Of not being able to breathe again
Another heartbreak and I might die inside
So I learned from the last time,
That loving you ain't worth losing my life
[Chorus:]
This old heart of mine won't let you break it
Not again, not again
It hurt so many times and I can't take it, not again
Cause I'm hardly breathing
One more teary eye, the sleepless nights
Just might kill this heart of mine
Hardly breathing,
Hardly breathing
[Outro:]
Just might kill this heart of mine.
Hardly breathing, hardly breathing
[Verse 1:]
I really wanna take you back
It's killing me watching you walk, away, yeah
But my head ain't okay with that
And lord knows how much I want you babe
It hurts me that you can't stay, ah
[Chorus:]
This old heart of mine won't let you break it
Not again, not again
It hurt so many times and I can't take it, not again
Cause I'm hardly breathing
One more teary eye, or sleepless nights
Just might kill this heart of mine
Hardly breathing, hardly breathing
[Verse 1:]
Begging won't do nothing
Forgave you many times along the way
Yeah, yeah, ah,
My mama said don't trust him
But deep inside my soul I found
A place and now I want you out baby
[Chorus:]
This old heart of mine won't let you break it
Not again, not again
It hurt so many times and I can't take it, not again
Cause I'm hardly breathing
One more teary eye, the sleepless nights
Just might kill this heart of mine
Hardly breathing, hardly breathing
[Bridge:]
Feels like I'm on my last life line,
And I can't take a chance,
Of not being able to breathe again
Another heartbreak and I might die inside
So I learned from the last time,
That loving you ain't worth losing my life
[Chorus:]
This old heart of mine won't let you break it
Not again, not again
It hurt so many times and I can't take it, not again
Cause I'm hardly breathing
One more teary eye, the sleepless nights
Just might kill this heart of mine
Hardly breathing,
Hardly breathing
[Outro:]
Just might kill this heart of mine.
