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Breathe (Reprise) 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

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 your life will ever be

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 towards an early grave
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this fits really well at the end of "Time" since it's basically somebody returning home after they realized that they've grown old wasting their time

And this could quite possibly be the best part in Dark Side of Oz as Dorthy returns home and this plays. Wow.

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This is mind blowing music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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yes, its talking about someone coming home after growing up. GREAT song!

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I LOVE THIS SONG!

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I love when the Breathe Reprise kicks in at the end of Time. Amazing

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Rock City.

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It is amazing, but it's actually about a guy who comes home (home, home again, etc.) who hears a funeral bell ringing. Prayers are the softly spoken magic spells.

It really fits in well at the end of Time, because this person has wasted his life away, and now he's died.

A Poem:

called: I can't go on anymore

Je n'en peux plus J'abandonne Je craque Je n'en peux plus

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My last comment was not clear. The person from the beginning of the song comes home, and hears funeral bells ringing. They are for some other person just like him that kicked back and watched the years fly by.

The man (from the beginning of the song) realizes that it will be him next. And that some other guy will hear his funeral bells and realize the same thing. It's a never ending cycle.

Of course, by the time anyone gets the message, it's too late to do anything about it for you, and young people won't listen if you advise them. So the cycle is doomed to go on endlessly.

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I think Dark Side of the Moon is one of the best albums ever. I like this song because that's what I'll do. When I get home, I'll sit somewhere quiet and listen to this album.

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i sure hope nukethesun doesnt know anything about Dark Side of the Moon