Released: February 15, 1999
Songwriter: Shirley Manson Butch Vig Steve Marker Duke Erikson
Producer: Garbage
[Verse 1]
She's not the kind of girl
Who likes to tell the world
About the way she feels about herself
She takes a little time
In making up her mind
She doesn't want to fight against the tide
[Chorus]
Lately, I'm not the only one
I say, never trust anyone
Always the one who has to drag her down
Maybe you'll get what you want this time around?
[Verse 2]
Can't bear to face the truth
So sick he cannot move
And when it hurts he takes it out on you
[Chorus]
Lately I'm not the only one
I say never trust anyone
Always the one who has to drag her down
Maybe you'll get what you want this time around?
[Post-Chorus]
The trick is to keep breathing
The trick is to keep breathing
[Verse 3]
She knows the human heart
And how to read the stars
Now everything's about to fall apart
[Chorus]
I won't be the one who's going to let you down
Maybe you'll get what you want this time around?
(The trick is to keep breathing)
I won't be the one who's going to let you down
(The trick is to keep breathing)
Maybe you'll get what you want this time around?
[Outro]
The trick is to keep breathing
The trick is to keep breathing
The trick is to keep breathing
The trick is to keep breathing
The trick is to keep breathing
The trick is to keep breathing
She's not the kind of girl
Who likes to tell the world
About the way she feels about herself
She takes a little time
In making up her mind
She doesn't want to fight against the tide
[Chorus]
Lately, I'm not the only one
I say, never trust anyone
Always the one who has to drag her down
Maybe you'll get what you want this time around?
[Verse 2]
Can't bear to face the truth
So sick he cannot move
And when it hurts he takes it out on you
[Chorus]
Lately I'm not the only one
I say never trust anyone
Always the one who has to drag her down
Maybe you'll get what you want this time around?
[Post-Chorus]
The trick is to keep breathing
The trick is to keep breathing
[Verse 3]
She knows the human heart
And how to read the stars
Now everything's about to fall apart
[Chorus]
I won't be the one who's going to let you down
Maybe you'll get what you want this time around?
(The trick is to keep breathing)
I won't be the one who's going to let you down
(The trick is to keep breathing)
Maybe you'll get what you want this time around?
[Outro]
The trick is to keep breathing
The trick is to keep breathing
The trick is to keep breathing
The trick is to keep breathing
The trick is to keep breathing
The trick is to keep breathing
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