This close I can almost breathe it If I ever meet up cross section my soul If I let you in under the skin You'd have to believe it Gonna wait for you to go, go, go 'Cause I would hate for you to know Let me take stock of my senses Relentless and slow Reluctant to change, stranger And I think I'd like to let go Up against myself I'm up against the clock Oh, now I think about letting you down And it's almost enough to hold onto When I want to be 'round to be drowned There's something that's taking me in And I know when I see you again I will know, if I know, how to swim I could wait for you, to go, go, go 'Cause I would hate for you to know This close I could almost breathe it This close I could almost see it I could almost say it This close I have glanced from reaching up over my hands To the newest available land I'm gonna salvage the wreckage There will not be a whole lot of wreckage The way that things stand You better leave me now And start at your cause 'Cause if you see me now You'll break my heart I'm gonna wait for you and go, go, go 'Cause I would hate for you to know This close