No Air

Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown bring together an aggressively passionate duet that fits so many intense occasions aptly. I love how they are depicted in the video, constantly yelling at each other. This manifests the maddening love amidst incompatibility. It’s rather confusing. But, there is definitely no lack of emotion from either side. You can view it as a compelling situation, maybe there are fundamental or irreconcilable differences between this couple that is habituated to each other’s company that could probably be heavily toxic. But, the farce of psychological acclimated comfort prevents them from reviewing reality. Another interpretation is the typical painful breakup situation everyone assumes this song to be about. If you analyze the lyrics, it could also be applicable to the death of a very intimate consort, maybe a spouse, a partner, parent, child, or even a very close BFF. The dominant soprano in this song is unable to cope with the loss of the deceased, while the tenor grieves his earnest efforts. The tenor cannot be blamed for lack of attempt. He tried and tried in vain resilience …until he finally reluctantly died/exited. And, just like all my music-inspired poems, I suggest playing the song{which I have embedded below for your convenience} as you read; it truly elevates the experience!

No Air – poem by Ruelha

How can one breathe without air?
I've lost interest in everything; I no longer care
How can one appreciate other things
When life's running out and they're suffocating!

I'd rather die before I wake
Because anymore this pain I can't take
You snatched my breath away
While in lonely isolation, I lay

How and why am I still breathing?
I'm gasping for air and I'm struggling
If only there were a way
I'd swim through the dismay

How am I still alive
Must be a reason for me to survive
I'm breathing when there's no air
Somehow I'm alive; but I ain't there

I walked, I ran, I jumped, I flew
I did more than a human could do
But still landed at the inevitable endpoint
After glueing and taping several holes and joints

Not resting peacefully in my grave, yet I'm six feet deep
In my lungs, water has begun to aspirate and seep
I can't even see the surface anymore
I'm right at the bottom of the ocean floor

And I'm struggling to breathe with no air
Somehow I'm still alive; but I ain't there
I don't know how and why, but I'm still alive
There must be a reason for me to survive

- RUELHA
www.ruelha.com
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Lyrics of ‘No Air’ by Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown

Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air?

If I should die before I wake
It's 'cause you took my breath away
Losing you is like living in a world with no air, oh

I'm here alone, didn't wanna leave
My heart won't move, it's incomplete
Is there a way I could make you understand?

But how
Do you expect me, to live alone with just me?
'Cause my world revolves around you
It's so hard for me to breathe

Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air?
Can't live, can't breathe with no air
That's how I feel whenever you ain't there
There's no air, no air
Got me out here in the water so deep
Tell me how you gon' be without me?
If you ain't here I just can't breathe
There's no air, no air
No air air, No air air

I walked, I ran, I jumped, I flew right off
The ground and float to you
There's no gravity to hold me down, for real

But somehow I'm still alive inside
You took my breath but I survived
I don't know how but I don't even care

So how do you expect me to live alone with just me?
'Cause my world revolves around you
It's so hard for me to breathe

Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air?
Can't live, can't breathe with no air
That's how I feel whenever you ain't there
There's no air, no air
Got me out here in the water so deep
Tell me how you gon' be without me?
If you ain't here I just can't breathe
There's no air, no air
No air air, No air air

Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air?
Can't live, can't breathe with no air
That's how I feel whenever you ain't there
There's no air, no air
Got me out here in the water so deep
Tell me how you gon' be without me?
If you ain't here I just can't breathe
There's no air, no air
No air air, No air air

Got me here out in the water so deep

Tell me how you goin' be without me?

If you ain't here I just can't breathe

There's no air, no air
No air air, no air air