Breathe is a warning. Breathe is about enjoying your life when you are young, before you have to worry about all the crap life chucks at you.
Look at the first line:
"breathe, breath in the air,"
enjoy life now while you can.
"Don't be afraid to care"
Don't hide your emotions, let people know what you think.
"leave, but don't leave me"
Go out and see the world and make new ties, but don't forget the ties you had when you were young.
"Look around choose your own ground"
Make your own decisions, don't let others think for you.
"For long you live, and high you fly, and smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry"
You'll go through a lot of good and bad in your life.
"All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be"
You have to make you're own way. the only way to make your life better is do something with yourself.
This may be life in general speaking to you, giving you advice. But the next lines are "society" talking, telling you to spend all your time working, "digging holes". The only way to be sucessful is to "ride the tide", do what everybody else is doing. But even here, some forshadowing is used. cus all this will lead you to "an early grave". Maybe not physically, but in brain damage, the guy is mentally non-existant.(Much like Syd Barrett)
Breathe is a warning. Breathe is about enjoying your life when you are young, before you have to worry about all the crap life chucks at you.
Look at the first line: "breathe, breath in the air," enjoy life now while you can. "Don't be afraid to care" Don't hide your emotions, let people know what you think. "leave, but don't leave me" Go out and see the world and make new ties, but don't forget the ties you had when you were young. "Look around choose your own ground" Make your own decisions, don't let others think for you. "For long you live, and high you fly, and smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry" You'll go through a lot of good and bad in your life. "All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be" You have to make you're own way. the only way to make your life better is do something with yourself.
This may be life in general speaking to you, giving you advice. But the next lines are "society" talking, telling you to spend all your time working, "digging holes". The only way to be sucessful is to "ride the tide", do what everybody else is doing. But even here, some forshadowing is used. cus all this will lead you to "an early grave". Maybe not physically, but in brain damage, the guy is mentally non-existant.(Much like Syd Barrett)