Just Breathe

My favorite song of all time is a song called Just Breathe by Pearl Jam. This song has gotten me through some many hard times, however there is a lot of debate about what the song means. A lot of people play this song at there weddings as a love song, others find this song as a song that should be played at a funeral of a loved one. there are many interpretations of this song.

I understand where both parties are concerned. I understand how it is a love song, as well as i understand that this song is about loss, the song is definitely expressing love for someone though out the whole song,  however i think that the real confusion in the song (weather its for death) is in the very first line "Yes, i understand that every life must end, uh-huh, As we sit along i know someday we must go, uh-huh," To me this isn't talking about death, to me this means that eventually we do die, and because of this we should appreciate (at the end of the day) what it is that we have... Life is hard, but when you have people that you love (even when you know that eventually you guys will die) its easier to just sit there, and well just breathe.

This song is an amazing song, i listen to it almost daily. the song is a constant reminder for me that even when things get hard, i just need to appreciate the things that are in front of me, that every once in a while i need to stop and smell the roses. The people that you love are more important than anything and they are the perfect people to just stop to breathe with at the end of the day. They will make things hard, but they will make everything better in the end. Even in death people can be loved and should be loved.

Bellow i posted the lyrics and in the first sentence i added a link of the song, I'd like to get some other peoples opinions on my thoughts and your own thoughts as well.

Yes, I understand that every life must end, uh-huh

As we sit alone, I know someday we must go, uh-huh
Oh I'm a lucky man, to count on both hands the ones I love
Some folks just have one, yeah, others, they've got none

Stay with me...
Let's just breathe...

Practiced all my sins, never gonna let me win, uh-huh
Under everything, just another human being, uh-huh
I don't wanna hurt, there's so much in this world to make me bleed

Stay with me
You're all I see...

Did I say that I need you?
Did I say that I want you?
Oh, if I didn't I'm a fool you see
No one knows this more than me

As I come clean...
I wonder everyday, as I look upon your face, uh-huh
Everything you gave
And nothing you would save, oh no

Nothing you would take
Everything you gave...

Did I say that I need you?
Oh, did I say that I want you?
Oh, if I didn't I'm a fool you see
No one knows this more than me
And I come clean, ah...

Nothing you would take
Everything you gave
Hold me til I die
Meet you on the other side...