# Breathe, breathe in the air #
Don.
Leave, but do not leave me
Look around and choose your own ground
For 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
Run, rabbit, run
Dig that hole, forget the sun
And when all 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 towardss an easy grave
This text comes from the song "Breathe" on the album "The Darkside of the Moon" by Pink Floyd. The album is released in March 1973, now almost fifty years ago. In my opinion, it is still an iconic long player, whom I have been listening to with great pleasure for fifty years and of which I have several copies.
The text begins with the invocation to breathe deeply, to love and to begin your journey, without removing and yet above all to remain yourself.
The first chorus that follows describes the desire to have a long, prosperous life. That you may develop and enjoy spiritually and emotionally, including the material world.
The following verse opens with a reference to the story "Alice in Wonderland" and the call to repent within yourself to deepen, over and over again.
The last chorus seems to be another wish, a wish for you to go with the flow and balance on the biggest wave you can find, like a surfer. But then there's a turning point, because it doesn't end well when you live like this, according to the writers of the song, Richard Wright and David Gilmour, it leads to premature death. Spiritual or physical seems to me.
The text is clearly a legacy of the previous flower power of the sixties. Love should be the most important goal in life, but it is often not. The song is an introduction to the rest of the songs of the album. It is a concept album, this is an album on which all songs belong and tell a consistent story. "The Darkside of the Moon" is an album that covers the various ailments of the 1970s, such as boredom, money, war and madness.
Between 50 and 70 million copies were sold.
Today, these issues are as relevant as they were 50, 60 years ago. Like breathing, love remains a prerequisite for life, not only to lubricate and shape the contact between all participants in human society, but also to ensure the survival of that same humanity. Flights, also one of the themes of "Breathes', are not a solution, although sometimes a imaginable desire. Facing the situation and handling it to the best of knowledge is a better choice.
