TC Elliott - Learning to Breathe Again

from 13,760 Feet - My Personal Hole in the Sky by A TWA Flight 800 Memoir by Mark L Berry

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Companion Song: 13,760 Feet - My Personal Hole in the Sky
Chapter 09 – The Road Back to the Cockpit

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Learning to Breathe Again - lyrics

I sit and look at your white-gold engagement ring
My heart breaks as I sit and stare at this thing
She only wore it for two months and four days
This ring and I live just like two castaways

I’m just trying to learn to breathe again
Trying to live another day
I’m just trying to learn to breathe again
As I try to find my way
I’m just trying to learn to live again
Trying to end this slow decay
And I’m just trying to learn to breathe again
To get this pain to fade away

I saw a doc to resolve all of my outbursts
He made me count from 100 by 7s in reverse
He knew I needed help to learn to grieve
So he said he would teach me how to breathe

I’m just trying to learn to breathe again
As I try to find my way
I’m just trying to learn to live again
Trying to end this slow decay
I’m just trying to learn to breathe again
To get this pain to fade away

No words can explain this pain
Nothing will ever feel the same

I’m just trying to learn to breathe again
Trying to live another day
I’m just trying to learn to breathe again
As I try to find my way
And I’m just trying to learn to live again
Trying to end this slow decay
I’m just trying to learn to breathe again
To get this pain to fade away

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from 13,760 Feet - My Personal Hole in the Sky, track released September 28, 2013
Words by Mark L Berry
Music by TC Elliott
Performed by TC Elliott

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Mark’s an airline pilot with an MFA from Fairfield University, author of a memoir and two novels, contributing editor for Airways magazine, and former managing editor for Mason's Road literary journal. His work has also appeared in numerous magazines, journals, and newspapers. He lives in St. Louis, MO near the big staple in the middle of the USA map. Locals call it: The Arch. ... more

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