I think this song is about the band's success. "Breathing Underwater" means achieving what everyone thought was impossible.
"I'm the blade, you're the knife / I'm the wind, you're the kite"
This is band talking to their fans, saying that one doesn't work without the other. The band got to where they are because of their fan base, and they make the music that their fans love so dearly.
"Out of place all the time / In a world that wasn't mine to take"
The band is constantly on the move, doing tours and interviews. They never expected to be so successful.
"Is this my life? / Am I breathing underwater?"
There is a note of happy incredulousness here. They are ecstatic they made it this far, achieved the impossible.
"They were right when they said we should never meet our heroes / When they bow at their feet, in the end it wasn't me"
This part's a bit tricky. Perhaps they're saying that, in order to stay original, to be 'Metric,' they couldn't become their heroes.
"Lights of days will beat a path through the mirrored maze / I can see the end but it hasn't happened yet"
The road the band's taken through the music industry -- all the failures, all the successes -- is long and winding and, at times, confusing. The memories and hopes are what guide them through that maze. And they know that they can't keep doing this forever, but they choose to live for now and savor it while it lasts.
The reason I interpret it this way is because, if you watch the music video, it's distinctly triumphant; there's no hint at a relationship between a couple. It's pure happiness, and it's the band doing what they do best.
@MNice I just went to a show a couple days ago and I hadn't given much thought to the meaning of this song before then, i would have to 100% agree with you on the idea that this is about their journey/success as a band. This was their closing song and i mean the tour was called "I can see the end" so it was an appropriate song to end with, but what makes me think that it's about them is before she sang her last "is this my life, am i breathing underwater" Emily Haines said, "I want to...
@MNice I just went to a show a couple days ago and I hadn't given much thought to the meaning of this song before then, i would have to 100% agree with you on the idea that this is about their journey/success as a band. This was their closing song and i mean the tour was called "I can see the end" so it was an appropriate song to end with, but what makes me think that it's about them is before she sang her last "is this my life, am i breathing underwater" Emily Haines said, "I want to keep this moment for just a bit longer, because it's going to be gone like that" and she paused looked around the venue and said " there is goes" and continued to finish the song. So that makes me think that this song means something to them, because they are really reveling in their reality and that's very special.
I think this song is about the band's success. "Breathing Underwater" means achieving what everyone thought was impossible.
"I'm the blade, you're the knife / I'm the wind, you're the kite" This is band talking to their fans, saying that one doesn't work without the other. The band got to where they are because of their fan base, and they make the music that their fans love so dearly.
"Out of place all the time / In a world that wasn't mine to take" The band is constantly on the move, doing tours and interviews. They never expected to be so successful.
"Is this my life? / Am I breathing underwater?" There is a note of happy incredulousness here. They are ecstatic they made it this far, achieved the impossible.
"They were right when they said we should never meet our heroes / When they bow at their feet, in the end it wasn't me" This part's a bit tricky. Perhaps they're saying that, in order to stay original, to be 'Metric,' they couldn't become their heroes.
"Lights of days will beat a path through the mirrored maze / I can see the end but it hasn't happened yet" The road the band's taken through the music industry -- all the failures, all the successes -- is long and winding and, at times, confusing. The memories and hopes are what guide them through that maze. And they know that they can't keep doing this forever, but they choose to live for now and savor it while it lasts.
The reason I interpret it this way is because, if you watch the music video, it's distinctly triumphant; there's no hint at a relationship between a couple. It's pure happiness, and it's the band doing what they do best.
@MNice I just went to a show a couple days ago and I hadn't given much thought to the meaning of this song before then, i would have to 100% agree with you on the idea that this is about their journey/success as a band. This was their closing song and i mean the tour was called "I can see the end" so it was an appropriate song to end with, but what makes me think that it's about them is before she sang her last "is this my life, am i breathing underwater" Emily Haines said, "I want to...
@MNice I just went to a show a couple days ago and I hadn't given much thought to the meaning of this song before then, i would have to 100% agree with you on the idea that this is about their journey/success as a band. This was their closing song and i mean the tour was called "I can see the end" so it was an appropriate song to end with, but what makes me think that it's about them is before she sang her last "is this my life, am i breathing underwater" Emily Haines said, "I want to keep this moment for just a bit longer, because it's going to be gone like that" and she paused looked around the venue and said " there is goes" and continued to finish the song. So that makes me think that this song means something to them, because they are really reveling in their reality and that's very special.