Pink Floyd: Breathe Meaning

Breathe Lyrics

Breathe, breathe in the air
Don't be afraid to care
Leave but don't leave me
Look around and choose your own ground
For long you live and high you fly
And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry
And all you touch and all you see
Is all...

1. anonymous

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   Aug 15th 2007 !⃝

   Everyone is blind...This song is about hard labour or slavery. Breathe in the air means the outdoor air. The smiles you give, the tears you'll cry means to cheer up the other slaves and when you cry it means you cry from sorrow and your life as you know it. When it says "dig that hole, forget the sun, it means to keep digging, who cares how hot the sun makes you when you are in great agony from the long work and little nourishment. The last two lines compares waves in the ocean to heat waves like the ones you see at the horizon of a road or something. Racing to an early grave means to release yourself from all the torment and hard labour. Overall, this song points out to the idea hard labour and slavery. Every line in this song points to it.

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2. anonymous

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   Jan 10th 2007 !⃝

   I think that this song is trying to say that you should never give up on life and that if you fall, you should at least try to get back up.

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3. trppnblly

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   Dec 20th 2006 !⃝

   you people are either crazy or just young. This song has nothing to do with acid or pot lol. no one except the band knows what exactly it's about and I'm not even sure that it really matters. Its a good song. lol acid trip..come one now.
   peace
4. white_room

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   Apr 12th 2006 !⃝

   First off, Pink Floyd rocks my socks...even if they were trippin at the time of Breathe (and many others). I think this song is all about existentialsim. Just 'be' and don't care so much about the rest of us. Experience life and don't get caught up in trivial matters. Rock on!
5. cal0390

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   Feb 23rd 2006 !⃝

   Breathe is Water's frustration over pursuit of pointless goals while never being able to appreciate the better things in life.
6. anonymous

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   Nov 1st 2005 !⃝

   It is NOT about LSD, I think I can safely say they did not to LSD during the album after seeing the effects on Syd Barrett (former member).
7. Wakutiki

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   Oct 12th 2005 !⃝

   This song is about your first breath of life. Being born into this world and being carefree because you don,t know what life is about. This song is the beggining journey through the rest of "life" (Dark Side of the Moon)
8. Jeremy

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   Sep 14th 2005 !⃝

   This song is just saying be free, dont care about what they'll say or who sees you, "leave but dont leave me" is just refering to go and find yourself but remember the loved ones you left behind. "And all you touch and all you see Is all your life will ever be". Experience life for all its majisty, then it goes into not conforming into the streotypical, white-collar yuppies that they try to make us "Run, run rabbit run Dig that hole, forget the sun, And when at last the work is done Don't sit down it's time to dig another one For long you live and high you fly But only if you ride the tide And balanced on the biggest wave You race toward an early grave." All this song is saying is be yourself and experience life.
9. username

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   Sep 4th 2005 !⃝

   I always thought that this song was about pot. "Breaaaathhhheeee...breath in the air..." but I've also heard that the band was doing alot of acid when they recorded this.

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10. wish-I-was-where420

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    Aug 18th 2005 !⃝

    I also agree this is about tripping on acid. I have too much time on my hands and will examine each line.
    
    -Breathe, breathe in the air
    I have no clue
    -Don't be afraid to care
    Just go for it
    -Leave but don't leave me
    Leave reality but stay with me
    -Look around and chose your own ground
    you may become territorial on LSD
    -For long you live and high you fly
    I belive that this referrs to flashbacks (flashbacks you can have long after your trip is done)
    -And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry
    youll not be yourself and turn much different and be funny and people will laugh and you will belive they are laughing at you and have a bad trip and cry.
    -And all you touch and all you see Is all your life will ever be
    
    I combine two line here. all you touch and see is that everything will be different on LSD. "Is all your life will ever be" also refers to flashbacks.
    
    wille

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11. anonymous

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    Aug 7th 2005 !⃝

    I think the song Breathe is about tripping on acid. I mean FOR LONG YOU LIVE AND HIGH YOU FLY I mean, It makes you wonder, well me anyway, and you race towards an early grave.

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