Lyrics
Hello, good morning, how you do?
What makes your risin' sun so new?
I could use a fresh beginning too
All of my regrets are nothing new
So this is a way, that I say I need you
This is a way
This is a way
That I'm learning to breathe
I'm learning to crawl
I'm finding that you and you alone can break my fall
I'm living again, awake and alive
I'm dying to breathe in these abundant skies
Hello, good morning, how you been?
Yesterday left my head kicked in
I never, never thought that
I would fall like that
Never knew that I could hurt this bad
I'm learning to breathe
I'm learning to crawl
I'm finding that you and you alone can break my fall
I'm living again, awake and alive
I'm dying to breathe in these abundant skies
These abundant skies
Yeah, abundant skies, yeah
This is a way that I say I need you
This is a way that I say I love you
This is a way that I say I'm yours
This is a way
This is a way
That I'm learning to breathe
I'm learning to crawl
(Learning to breathe)
I'm finding that you and you alone can break my fall
I'm living again, awake and alive
(Living again, awake and alive)
I'm dying to breathe in these abundant skies
(I'm dyin')
Yes I'm dying to breathe in
(I'm dyin')
These abundant skies
These abundant skies, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm learning to breathe
I'm dying to breathe in these abundant skies
Hello, good morning, how you do?
How you do?
How you do?
(I'm dyin')
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Meaning & Inspiration
Learning to Breathe presents renewal through the language of waking, breathing, and learning to stand again. The opening greeting sounds ordinary, yet the admission of regret quickly gives it spiritual weight. Its central confession depends on one sustaining presence: the one who can break a fall and restore life. Images of crawling and breathing keep the song grounded in human weakness rather than easy triumph.
The repeated need for another becomes a declaration of dependence, love, and belonging. Although the lyrics do not name a biblical passage directly, their abundant-life imagery closely echoes Christ’s promise of life in fullness. The movement from pain and yesterday’s defeat toward being awake and alive also fits the biblical theme of renewal. The song therefore frames faith as an ongoing recovery of breath: fragile, honest, and sustained by grace rather than self-sufficiency.
Related Scripture
- John 10:10 Jesus speaks of giving life abundantly, echoed by the song’s abundant-life imagery.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17 Paul describes new life in Christ, matching the song’s theme of renewal.