Breathe

It sounds like it's about a girl who's messed up and feels like nobody understands her. She pretends she's alright to the point "that God Himself can't tell". She tries to commit suicide but they save her (?) and everyone asks if she needs anything, but all she needs is to breathe / feel alive. That's what I got from it.

This song is about Rachel's best friend in middle school and high school. The girl had been through a lot at a young age. Rachel's father, a police officer, found the girl one day... she had overdosed. There was a suicide note next to her. However, they were able to revive her. Such a sad story, but this song is beautiful.

Does anyone have a though about what does 'my words are less than parallel' mean?

I think this song is about a girl who suffocates herself, and even though she hides her pain so well, she clearly doesnt deal with it very well because all she really needs is to breathe.

I think every sentence in the song points out on the fact that this girl is in pain and while she's suffering inside she fakes it all so well. This song is obviously about a tragedy that this girl is going through, and yet i couldnt figure out what rachel means in the chorus by saying 'my words are less than parallel, with my feet, you ask me what i need' ..

I have been through a lot in the past year. Sophomore year was not the best. My dad always expects so much of me with my grades, but I always fail him. I always disappoint him because I'm not perfect like my A and B sister and I don't play sports. Perfection. That's what he expects, but I can't do that. I'm not my sister. I don't straight A's. I don't play sports.

I guess what I'm saying is that this song has really helped me. For the past year I have gotten at least 5 panic attacks and 3 nervous breakdowns. I know they are similar but trust me there is a difference.

One day my best friend played this song for me after another one of my episodes when I was at her house. I listened to the words, realizing that the lyrics were her words to me. As soon as the chorus came, I couldn't help but break down and hug my best friend who is like a sister to me.

One day I am going to play this song for my dad. I am having Rachel say what needs to be said for me. But right now I need to take my time and breathe.

I think it's about a girl who tries to commit suicide. Then someone finds her and takes her to the hospital: "Doctor,oh,doctor. I fear she may not be breathing." so yeah

I know this song is about someone who's gone through something tragic, but this song really hits hard for me.

As a person suffering from Compulsive Lying Disorder, I've had to hide myself between so much disguises in the past few years, telling people lies to hide my true self and sometimes just telling lies because that's how I've always been. I fake it so well that even I can't tell sometimes why my "words are less than parallel" which in my view, means that your words have absolutely 0 connection to each other, which I've been doing to hide myself, so that the people wouldn't see the "real me".

Sometimes when things get rough and you're bombarded with all the pressure given to you by life, you just need to breathe and believe that it'll be over soon. When I eventually learned how to stop hiding behind a mask of lies, I realized how easy it could've been if only I didn't keep lying to others and myself, I'm 37 now, I've come a long way from where I started, I'm just glad that this song helped me in hopeless times where I felt like giving up.

Thank you so much, Rachel. :)))

A girl who's slipped under the cracks and is still caught up in the everything of life. She just needs to get away from everything and breathe.

I think this song is about a girl who everyone thinks is perfect. Her life seems like it's all together, but it's all just an act and she's been suffocating herself with the fake perfection. She's wearing a mask, but nobody can tell.

This song is so beautiful, and heartbreaking. I cry every time I hear it. :'(

She means that she is lying. Like the saying, "Be straight with me"(meaning don't lie) Her words being less that straight forward means she's lying.

"Does anyone have a though about what does 'my words are less than parallel' mean?"

parallel means pretty much 2 things that will never touch but for something that is less than parallel means that somewhere they will touch so my thoughts would be that even thought she is hiding her pain so well sometimes it shows