Barely Breathing

Barely Breathing
Released:	October 1, 2012
By:	Finn Hudson and Blaine Anderson
Sung by:	Duncan Sheik
Place:	NYADA and Hallway/Choir Room
Episode:	The Break-Up

Barely Breathing by Duncan Sheik is featured in The Break-Up, the fourth episode of Season Four, sung by Blaine and Finn.

To start off with the episode, Blaine walks down the McKinley hallways after Kurt tells Blaine he's too busy to take anymore calls. Blaine, upset and infuriated, walks to the auditorium and begins singing. Before the song starts, Rachel tells Finn to go to her NYADA classes with her, to which he does. He, too, watches Rachel and sings. The scenes intercut as Blaine sings near a chair on the stage, turning around to see Kurt, an imagination from his mind, while Finn watches Rachel dance and learn at NYADA. Towards the end of the song, we see Blaine messaging someone on Facebook named Eli C. The messages implies that he is going to cheat on Kurt. Meanwhile, Finn sits in a NYADA classroom, thinking.

Lyrics

Blaine:
I know what you’re doing,
I see it all too clear
I only taste the saline
When I kiss away your tears

Finn:
You really had me going,
Wishing on a star
But the black holes that surround you
Are heavier by far

Blaine:
I believed in your confusion,
You were so completely torn
It must have been that yesterday
Was the day that I was born

Finn:
There’s not much to examine,
There’s nothing left to hide
You really can’t be serious
If you have to ask me why

Finn and Blaine:
I say good-bye...

‘Cause I am barely breathing
And I can’t find the air
I don’t know who I’m kidding
Imagining you care
And I could stand here waiting
A fool for another day
But I don’t suppose it’s worth the price,
It's worth the price
The price that I would pay

Finn (with Blaine):
Everyone keeps asking, (what’s it all about?)
I used to be so certain (and I can’t figure out)

Blaine (with Finn):
What is this attraction? (I only feel the pain)
There’s nothing left to reason and only you to blame

Finn and Blaine:
Will it ever change?..

‘Cause I am barely breathing
And I can’t find the air
I don’t know who I’m kidding
Imagining you care
And I could stand here waiting
A fool for another day
But I don’t suppose it’s worth the price,
It's worth the price
The price that I would pay
But I’m thinking it over (Blaine: anyway)
I’m thinking it over anyway, yeah, yeah, yeah... (Finn: Oooh)

I’ve come to find
I may never know

Finn:
Your changing mind

Blaine
Is it friend or foe?

Finn and Blaine:
I rise above
Or sink below

Finn:
Every time

Blaine
You come and go

Finn and Blaine:
Please don’t come and go

Oooh

‘Cause I am barely breathing
And I can’t find the air
I don’t know who I’m kidding
Imagining you care
And I could stand here waiting
A fool for another day
But I don’t suppose it’s worth the price,
Worth the price
The price that I would pay
But I’m thinking it over (Blaine: anyway)
I’m thinking it over anyway, yeah, yeah, yeah
I’m thinking it over anyway, yeah, yeah, yeah...

Finn:
(Oooh)
I don't know what you doing

Finn and Blaine:
I see it all too clear

Videos

Duncan Sheik - Barely Breathing (with lyrics)

Barely Breathing - Glee HD Full Studio-0