Kelly Richey - The Artist In Me lyrics

[Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] I don't know why the artist in me kept choking [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] I don't know why the artist in me was choking [Verse 3] I said f** 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 [Chorus] I don't know why the artist in me kept choking – choking [Verse 4] 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