Breathe Again

"Breathe Again" is the third single released from Toni Braxton's multi-platinum debut album, Toni Braxton (1993). This R&B ballad garnered heavy airplay during 1993 and 1994 resulting in it being the most successful single released from the album. The Babyface-written and -produced single peaked at number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number four on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks and Adult Contemporary charts.

The accompanying music video directed by Randee St. Nicholas was filmed in black and white. The concept was Braxton running through a maze clearing her thoughts of a special kind of love. The lyric evokes a sense of nostalgia from a relationship that has run its course. The song earned Braxton her second consecutive Grammy Award for "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance" in 1995.

Released: November 9, 1993
Format: CD single, 12" single, cassette single
Recorded: 1992
Genre: R&B
Length: 4:29
Label: LaFace
Writer(s): Babyface
Producer: Antonio "L.A." Reid, Babyface, Daryl Simmons

If I never feel you in my arms again
If I never feel your tender kiss again
If I never hear I love you now and then
Will I never make love to you once again
Please understand if love ends
Then I promise you, I promise you
That, that I shall never breathe again
Breathe again
Breathe again
That I shall never breathe again
Breathe again

And I can't stop thinkin' about
About the way things used to be
And I can't stop thinkin' about
About the love that you make to me
And I can't get you outta my head
How in the world will I begin
To let you walk right out my life
And blow my heart away

And I can't stop carin' about
About the apple of my eye
And I can't stop doin' without
Without the center of my life
And I can't get you outta my head
And I know I can't pretend
That I won't die if you decide
You won't see me again

If I never feel you in my arms again
If I never feel your tender kiss again
If I never hear I love you now and then
Will I never make love to you once again
Please understand if love ends
Then I promise you, I promise you
That, that I shall never breathe again
Breathe again
Breathe again
That I shall never breathe again
Breathe again

And I can't stop thinkin' about
About the way my life would be
No I can't stop thinkin' about
How could your love be leavin' me
And I can't get you outta my mind
God knows how hard I tried
And if you walk right out my life
God knows I'd surely die
And I can't stop doin' without
Without the rythm of my heart
No I can't stop doin' without
For I would surely fall apart
And I can't get you outta my mind
Cause I know I can't deny it
And I would die if you decide
You won't see me again

If I never feel you in my arms again
If I never feel your tender kiss again
If I never hear I love you now and then
Will I never make love to you once again
Please understand if love ends
Then I promise you, I promise you
That, that I shall never breathe again
Breathe again
Breathe again
That I shall never breathe again
Breathe again