Andrey Kuptsov
What does "breathe the pressure" mean? 1) What does "breathe the pressure" mean? 2) What does "addict-insane" mean? A person who is drug addict (narcomaniac) and insane (mad) at the same time? or a person who addict of insane (love being insane :)) )? -- This is lyrics from the song named 'Prodigy - Breathe" http://www.metrolyrics.com/breathe-lyrics-prodigy.html
11 de jul. de 2009 12:10
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Remember that, with song lyrics, writers say things that we would not really say in conversation. However, here is the meaning, in this song: "breathe the pressure" = feel intimidated by me; feel the adrenaline rush as you prepare to compete with me "addict insane" was part of a longer line... "Psycho-somatic addict insane": "psycho-somatic" is a psychology term that means you feel something in your body that has no physical cause, but only a psychological cause. For instance, I may complain of stomach pain, but the doctor finds no medical cause. They, in talking with me, he discovers that I am worried about losing my job. The cause of my stomach pain is stress and worry. It is not an ulcer, etc. So this pain is psycho-somatic. In the line by Prodigy, the songwriter is saying that other people will become addicted to the "rush" they feel around him, even though there is no physical cause for the addiction (drugs, alcohol, cutting, etc.). He will make them a "psycho-somatic addict". OR, they might even go "insane", because of the adrenaline and competition with him. Because there is no context, the writer may also mean that HE HIMSELF is addicted to competition, or that he is insane ("I'm crazy! Watch out! I'll do anything to win!"). And, as songwriters often do, he may have meant people to think BOTH of these. Really, he chose these words because of their sound value; "somatic" and "addict" nearly rhyme, so this makes a hard-hitting rhyme for the song. And "insane" is an approximate rhyme to "game", so it works for the same reason. You may also be interested in the English idiom "to play mind games": "to manipulate and confuse people for the purpose of amusement or self gain." This is the "game" in Prodigy's lyrics.
11 de julio de 2009
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это просто художественная группа слов-- это бессмысленное на разговорном языке по-моему
13 de julio de 2009
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A person who is drug addict (narcomaniac) and insane (mad) at the same time? or a person who addict of insane (love being insane :)) )? Lyrics in this kind of song work best when they have contradictory meanings. You can never completely understand the lyrics, so they fascinate you. I think the idea in the song is a combination of your two ideas. The world of a rock star is both an insane world of high pressure to be a success, and a world where drug abuse is normal. breath the pressure The singer invites you to come “breath the pressure” to come “play my game”. The singer invites you to experience his world. He later in the song asks you ”to inhale, you’re the victim”. Prodigy is challenging you to experience the high pressure world of rock music which is, of course, also a world where drug abuse is common. Keith Flint one of the members of Prodigy, for example, admitted to a decade of drug abuse. And Flint admits being back onstage has become his new narcotic of choice: "It's like my drug. You've got to go out there firing! addict insane The high pressure world of rock and roll can make you insane. Drug addiction is also insane. If you accept the challenge to “breath the pressure” you would then be a person who willingly becomes an addict to the world of rock and perhaps a narcomaniac at the same time. You would be doubly insane. Or psycho, -somatic addict, insane. In the end songs like these defy explanation…..and that is why we like them so much…we can give to the lyrics our own private interpretation.
14 de julio de 2009
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