While listening to the song Breathe by Anna Nalick it suddenly struck me that this isn’t the first song called Breathe that I’ve heard recently. So I did a search.
The results are interesting. Since the 1970′s there have been 30 major releases of songs entitled Breathe. This doesn’t include tunes with the words ‘Breathe’ or ‘Breath’ in longer titles. The percentage breakdown is as follows:
Over 73 percent of all songs entitled Breathe have been released since 2000. Forty percent of all songs have occurred since 2005.
What does this point to?
I created a mindmap to categorize what the word ’breathe’ might be connected to.
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When I got stuck I did a quick search of idiomatic use of Breatheto see if any meanings were missed and there were a couple so I added them to the mindmap. We could learn even more by looking at the lyrics of every song, but I don’t think it’s necessary to dive in that deeply.
Let’s take a breath and look at what this all means…
The word ‘breathe’ is a verb. When it is used on its own in the English language it is used in the imperative form. It’s basically a command. What are the results of following the order?
Rest, relaxation, grounding, slowing down, functioning properly, etc.
Why do we need to slow down?
The 21st century has brought an increase Read the rest of this entry »
