Lyrics The Artist in Me - Kelly Richey

The Artist in Me

Your eyes tried to steal my soul
My heart turned stone and I grew cold
That’s when I started choking
It’s through your eyes that I was lost
I found out early what a dream could cost
And my heart was broken
I don’t know why the artist in me kept choking
I looked to you for a sign of the times
Your eyes took me way across that line
And I kept choking
I looked in the mirror but I was never there
I bleed inside and no one knew I cared
And I kept choking
I don’t know why the artist in me was choking
I said fuck this and walked out of my hell
God damn me for putting my soul up for sale
But I was choking
I don’t know what to do to be free
I got locked up a long time ago and I can’t breathe
And I’m still choking
I don’t know why the artist in me kept choking — choking
I looked for a new path because I was lost
I did what I could and I paid the cost
I had to stop choking
I knew that there was something inside of me
I knew there was something that made me breathe
Because I was choking
I didn’t know what to do so I made it up
I didn’t know where I was going but I was tough
And I was tired… of choking… of choking… of choking… I’m done choking