Asphyxiating on Hope

[Verse 1]

I'm your protector,

I hide within the shadows

Always watching over you

Even when you don't know I'm there,

Curating a world

To help you fight off the misery

Throughout the day,

[Chorus]

I'm asphyxiating on hope

Not just mine but yours

All this hope that I want to give,

Only seems to make me choke

When I look around and see

That no one wants to help

I can feel the world closing in

Around my throat

[Verse 2]

The greatest gift I've received,

Is the brightness in your eyes

That shines at me,

The giggle you exude

Over the smallest of things,

Knowing that you are safe in my presence

It's worth its weight in gold

To me,

[Chorus]

I'm asphyxiating on hope

Not just mine but yours

All this hope that I want to give,

Only seems to make me choke

When I look around and see

That no one wants to help

I can feel the world closing in

Around my throat

[Bridge]

I wish you would understand that

Cause of you,

I stand,

With you, hand-in-hand,

Ready to take on the day

As we live out our lives

On asphyxiating hope-

[Outro]

The world has this asphyxiating hold on my throat

But with you beside me,

I don't fear choking on life,

For you are the apple of my eye

And the light of my life

With you

I'll asphyxiate for your hope