Lyrics
Breathe
Verse 1
This is the air I breathe
This is the air I breathe
Your holy presence living in me
Verse 2
This is my daily bread
This is my daily bread
Your very word spoken to me
Chorus
And I I'm desperate for you
And I I'm lost without you
What A Friend I've Found
Verse 1
What a friend I've found
Closer than a brother
I have felt Your touch
More intimate than lovers
Chorus
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
Friend forever
Verse 2
What a hope I've found
More faithful than a mother
It would break my heart
To ever lose each other
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
“Breathe / What a Friend I’ve Found” from Hillsong Worship joins two short worship songs. “Breathe” pictures God’s presence as the air the singer breathes and His word as daily bread. The chorus is a plain confession of need: “I’m desperate for you, I’m lost without you.”
The second song, “What a Friend I’ve Found,” shifts from need to nearness. It calls Jesus closer than a brother, speaks of feeling His touch, and says He is more faithful than a mother. The chorus repeats His name and the words “Friend forever,” and the final verse adds that it would break the singer’s heart to ever lose each other.
The daily bread image recalls Matthew 6:11 and Deuteronomy 8:3, the breath of God is close to Genesis 2:7, and the friend closer than a brother is close to Proverbs 18:24. Together the two songs move from dependence on God to friendship with Him.
Related Scripture
- Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread
- Proverbs 18:24 A friend who sticks closer than a brother
- Deuteronomy 8:3 Man lives by every word from God’s mouth