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Speak to Me/Breathe 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
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
Don't be afraid to care
Leave but don't leave me
Look around and choose your own ground
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
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
But only if you ride the tide
And balanced on the biggest wave
You race towards an early grave
A moral tale of how one must keep moving and working to survive. But working too hard to get to the top rushes you to an early grave, so you must always remember to ride with the tide not on it.
Similar themes are shown throughout the album, including in Time and Money in particular. A warning to balance work and life or risk losing both.
I can't believe nobody has commented on this song! Taoism at it's finest.