Take a Breath
Discovering Depths: Embracing Life's Challenges in 'Take a Breath'
Lyrics
Take a breath
Encouragement to pause and reflect, possibly in a challenging situation.
Take a deep breath now
Emphasis on taking a profound and meaningful breath.
Take a breath
Reiteration of the advice to take a breath.
A deep breath now
Stressing the importance of taking a deep breath at this moment.
Take a breath
Repetition for emphasis on the act of breathing in.
When you're down is where you find yourself
Suggesting that one discovers their true self in challenging times.
When you're drown there's nothing else
When overwhelmed, there is only the drowning experience with nothing else.
If you're lost you'll need to turn yourself
Advice to redirect oneself when feeling lost.
Then you'll find out that there's no one else
Realization that one is alone and must rely on oneself.
To make the moves that you can do
Empowering oneself to take necessary actions.
When you fall from grace your eyes in blue
Reference to a fall from a state of favor, with a visual description of blue eyes.
Your every breath becomes another world
Suggesting the transformative power of each breath, creating a new reality.
And the far horizon's living hell
Describing a difficult and challenging situation symbolized by a living hell.
Take a breath
Reiteration of the earlier advice to take a breath.
A deep breath now
Emphasis on the significance of taking a deep breath in the current context.
This kind of love is hard to find
Reflection on the rarity of a particular kind of love.
I never got to you by being kind
Acknowledgment that reaching someone may involve tough love rather than kindness.
If I'm the one to throw you overboard
If the speaker is the cause of distress, they've provided a means for survival.
At least I showed you how to swim for shore
Highlighting the importance of learning to navigate challenges independently.
When you're down is where you'll know yourself
Similar to line 7, emphasizing self-discovery during tough times.
Then if you're drown there's nothing else
Reiterating the drowning experience with a sense of hopelessness.
When you're lost you need to find yourself
Reemphasizing the need to rediscover oneself when feeling lost.
Then you'll find out that there's no one else
Reiteration that one ultimately relies on oneself for understanding and support.
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