Verse 1: You're on phone with your employees they're upset
They're going off about the raise they didn't get
'Cause I'll never work as hard as they do
I'm in your office it's a typical Friday morning
I'm listening too the kind of delicious they think are talking
'Cause they'll never suck up to you like I do

Pre-Chorus: Well they work long shifts I work short ones
They're the bright kind and I am the dumb one
I'm freaking the day when you wake up and see
That what you're beating for has never been me

Chorus: Why can't you see that I'm the one that you really need?
This is all I've got so why can't you see?
You can't breathe me
You can't breathe me

Verse 2: Walking to work a quarter after eight
Can't help but thinking I'm just an hour late
Leaving just before twelve thinking to myself
Hey isn't this easy?
But I've got a kid that is at my home now
My cat just dies or my mother's back in town
You say I'm lying you know me better then that
Hey what you with a form like that?

Pre-Chorus: Well they get low pay I get big bucks
They work here soon I'll be at Starbucks
I'm freaking the day when you wake up and see
That what you're beating for will never be me

Chorus: Why can't you see that I'm the one that you really need?
This is all I've got so why can't you see?
You can't breathe me
Standing by or waiting in your office
All this time how could you not know that
You can't breathe me
You can't breathe me

Bridge: Oh, I can see myself lying in my bed in the middle of the night
I'm staring at the walls and I'm about to cry
I have all the hidden files and I've seen the bank account
If you take away my job then I'll have to give them out

Chorus: Don't you see that I'm the one that you really need?
This is all I've got so you really can see?
You can't breathe me
Standing by or waiting in your office
All this time how could you not know that
You can't breathe me
You can't breathe me

Outro: Have you ever thought just maybe
You can't breathe me
You can't breathe me