[Verse 1]

It’s hard to breathe these days,
The weight of life is on my chest.
I wake up tired, go to bed tired,
And nothing ever lets me rest.

I’m not feeling good tonight,
I don’t know where to go.
The city keeps on moving,
But I’m moving way too slow.

I don’t need another party,
I don’t need another drink.
I just need somewhere to sit down,
Somewhere I can stop and think.

[Pre-Chorus]

So I’ll walk out into the street,
And find somebody who’s been broken.
Somebody who has lost it all,
Somebody who doesn’t need words spoken.

[Chorus]

I want to sit beside the broken,
The ones that life has torn apart.
The ones who broke themselves to pieces,
The ones who’ve lost their way in the dark.

I don’t need anything from them,
I don’t need them to save me.
I’m too broken to take a thing,
I just need someone who can see me.

Sit beside the broken,
That’s where I want to be.
Because only someone who’s been broken
Can understand someone like me.

[Verse 2]

Life hit me like the strongest drug,
Straight through my veins and through my bones.
It took the ground from underneath me,
And left me standing here alone.

I’ve tried to run from all this pain,
I’ve tried to drown it in the night.
But every morning brings it back,
And I don’t have the strength to fight.

So if I find you on the sidewalk,
With your head down in your hands,
I won’t ask you what went wrong,
I won’t tell you that I understand.

[Pre-Chorus]

I’ll just sit down next to you,
And let the silence say enough.
You don’t have to tell your story,
I already know it was rough.

[Chorus]

I want to sit beside the broken,
The ones that life has torn apart.
The ones who broke themselves to pieces,
The ones who’ve lost their way in the dark.

I don’t need anything from them,
I don’t need them to save me.
I’m too broken to take a thing,
I just need someone who can see me.

Sit beside the broken,
That’s where I want to be.
Because only someone who’s been broken
Can understand someone like me.

[Bridge]

Maybe we don’t need a cure,
Maybe we don’t need advice.
Maybe two broken people
Can keep each other alive.

No promises, no answers,
No words we have to say.
Just sit beside me for a while,
Until the night gives way.

[Chorus]

I want to sit beside the broken,
The ones that life has torn apart.
The ones who broke themselves to pieces,
The ones who’ve lost their way in the dark.

I don’t need anything from them,
I don’t need them to save me.
I’m too broken to take a thing,
I just need someone who can see me.

Sit beside the broken,
That’s where I want to be.
Because only someone who’s been broken
Can understand someone like me.

[Outro]

Life hit me like the strongest drug…
And I still feel it in my veins.

I’m not looking for somebody to fix me…
I’m looking for somebody who knows the pain.

So if you’re broken…

Sit beside me.

I’ll sit beside you.