Breathe lyrics

Clearly the stanza about ft bliss has to do with a soldier returned from the war to a country he no longer understands and finds solace in a bottle. Makes perfect sense. Wondering why the person who wrote the long explanation failed to recognize who and what she was referring. I guess it's a perfect example of how americans have no idea what the war youth of our country go through. Leave as boys and return as broken men. He has been drunk sink october of last year, since he returned from iraq.

This song was one of those that simple made an impact on me and i couldn't stop thinking about it and trying to find information! Here's what i have found and/or thought so far:

First stanza: this one is probably the most open to interpretation. I've read about abortion after a break-up, and also the role of alcohol. I think you could take this in a lot of directions. A friend could have been out at a bar and gotten drunk, broke up with a boyfriend or somebody she went out with for a possible one-night stand once she realized she didn't want to go through with it. If she came to bail her friend out and took her drunk/sobbing from a bar everyone might look at them like the girl was a slut or something but they were all their to pick up dates also. Winter could be the age of somebody, the season, or (heck) the color scheme of the clothing she was wearing. Even anna nalik says that when she reads through this song the meaning changes for her as well. I can definitely see the interpretation of the abortion clinic, but this really doesn't mesh well with 2am, unless the action took place later. If this is the case, then this could make a very good deal of sense in relation to abortion.

In the fort bliss stanza, this seems pretty simply about a guy who is an alcoholic. I think it touches the listener because she pulls away the mask of the alcoholic and unveils the vulnerable little boy underneath it all. According to anna during an interview , this is based on an actual man from the base of fort bliss, who is now married and has a child. He's 24 as of 2006. In the stanza he is clearly lonely and life has lost much meaning. His 21st birthday is "just a day" and his companion he speaks to is his flask of alcohol.

Now, the "end of this tunnel" stanza is one i think some people have trouble wrapping their minds around. You shout to yourself and the world that there is a light at each end of this tunnel because you know you can not turn back and if you did you'd just make the same mistakes all over again. You have to convince yourself that there is a purpose and a light that you're working toward, because to think otherwise is too scary and lonely and filled with meaninglessness. However, you note, anna is not the one saying that the light is there--the lost person is saying it, is shouting it because he/she needs to believe it.

This is the verse that i think ties in the most to the chorus--(hourglass glued, cars on a cable). It is pretty clear that this is a fatalistic song. However, fatalism isn't so bad. It is saying that life isn't pretty and that if we look at ourselves and the world around us, it seems that everyone is trapped on a path that they simply middle through the best they can. She wants to empathize with them and share the common human experience of not really knowing if there is any meaning to anything. However, we deal with it, breathe, and support each other without judging. And, maybe anna had to put these fears on paper herself--of whether or not life had any true meaning, so they would stop devouring her.

The nice thing is anna says in all her interviews that she wants people to make what they'd like from her songs, and that their meaning changes even for her. Sooo, here's my personal take based on my own psyche:

To me this song has deep buddhist meaning. The concept that the only way to be liberated is to give up desire and wanting, and to accept that you have no control. That within this is a deeply liberating simplicity ("breathe"). It is also fundamental to not judge, and to support others in this path. Even the concept of the tunnel and moving forward... That we must move forward because to go back is to make the same mistakes and our goal is to live past them sot hat our soul is purged and grows and becomes more liberated. Some of us have trouble accepting that our lives are like an hourglass gled down or a train that is forever stuck to its track. Buddhism teaches to accept it and to let go, which is the only way to rise above it. Of course, this is my personal reading, and i can not prove in any way that this is what she intended. If you know something of buddhism, maybe this is useful to you. If not, just ignore this part and look to the rest of the interpretation.

This song is about when you don't think things can get any worse, but u have to remember to just breathe & everything will work itself out. I absolutely love this song! =)

I think this song is trying to say that when life throws struggles at you that you have seek the silver lining out on a dark cloud. If you don't look through the rose colored glasses you only dive deeper into all the mess in your life. Life is only what we make it. And sometimes you just have to keep smiling and pull through the struggles, even when it hurts most. There is no solution to the problem, all you can do is go with the flow. So just breathe.

I think what she's trying to say is that sometimes we get caught up in situations we think are important, and when the take a turn for the worse we think that our whole life depends on it and we need to slow down, look around, realize what is important. Just breathe.

I lubb dis song
and i guess wat shes trying to say is just move on and jus forget about the rest

This song fits what i am going through right now. I just sometimes need to stop and breathe. Cause my life is in a fast pace and i can't stop.

This song is talking about when you're having a hard time you just have to breathe and not worry, love the song... ;-)

I luv this song. She means when the time is rough, just breathe in and out

When you feel that your life is screwed up and that you made a big mistake then just breathe and know that you can't fix it now, and that you just have to move on.