Story Behind The Song
This song was inspired by a the real life situation between the songwriter and a woman who eventually became his wife.
Song Description
This song is about loving someone who is already committed to a serious relationship/marraige. The problem is that the other person is also in love but isn't willing to break off their existing relationship. Both parties accept this fact but that doesn't reduce the pain of the situation and the occasional flirtation.
| Song Length |
4:36 |
Genre |
Country - Contemporary, Folk - Country |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Mixed Vocals |
| Mood |
Moving, Heartbreaking |
Subject |
Love a Married Person, Unrequited Love |
| Similar Artists |
Trisha Yearwood, Tim Mcgraw |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Only When I Breathe
© 2005 By: Fred Presley
I hold you closer than I should.
You know I?d stop this feeling, if I could.
I just don?t know why I can?t resist you, though I try.
Buy I know that if you leave,.
It only hurts me when I breathe.
You love another. I know it?s true.
But that doesn?t change the way I feel for you.
I took you in my arms and promised you I?d do no harm.
But it?s too late now for me.
It only hurts me when I breathe.
Chorus
It only hurts me when I think of what could be;
If circumstances weren?t like this.
I?d hold you tighter than you ever could believe.
Then I?d touch you with a kiss.
But it can?t be I know, no matter how I love you so.
So if I just turn around and leave,
It only hurts me when I breathe.
I fall so deeply in your eyes,
Deeper than I feel you?ll ever realize.
It?s hard to resist the sweet temptation of your kiss,
But I know it has to be.
It only hurts me when I breathe.
Go To Chorus
I hold you closer than I should.