In "Oxygen," Amira Elfeky turns unspoken longing into a physical emergency. Searching every room, she cannot say what the lost love means, so the words bottle up until her throat closes. The repeated image of needing to breathe a lover in again makes absence feel like suffocation, while sleepless months and the question of who she is without love expose the deeper fear. Missing this person lives in her lungs, and holding that breath in has become the only way to keep the connection alive.
Oxygen Lyrics by Amira Elfeky
Look for you in every room I go
I don’t know where I’m going, God only knows
Wish that I could tell what you mean to me
It’s like my throat is closing the more I scream
Shut up, shut up, can’t say the words
Bottled it up so long it hurts
Oh, I, oh, I, oh, I
Need you just like oxygen, like oxygen, like oxygen
Need to breathe you in again like oxygen, like oxygen
Tell me, baby, when you’re alone, do you think about me?
‘Cause without your love, it’s hard to breathe out again
I hold you in like oxygen, like oxygen
Your lips are soft, I dream of your last kiss
The way you wrapped around me, it makes me sick
I’m so sick
I haven’t slept in months
Who am I without love?
I miss you in my lungs
Need you just like oxygen, like oxygen, like oxygen
Need to breathe you in again like oxygen, like oxygen
Tell me, baby, when you’re alone, do you think about me?
‘Cause without your love, it’s hard to breathe out again
I hold you in like oxygen, like oxygen
Shut up, shut up, can’t say the words
Bottled it up so long it hurts
Oh, I, oh, I, oh, I
Need you just like oxygen, like oxygen, like oxygen
Need to breathe you in again like oxygen, like oxygen
Tell me, baby, when you’re alone, do you think about me?
‘Cause without your love, it’s hard to breathe out again
I hold you in like oxygen, like oxygen
