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Song meanings:

the meaning of this song is about her letting go of someone that she loves so much... (cause none of us thought it would gonna end that way) she didn't expect that she will lose him.. (And we know it's never simple,Never easy.
Never a clean break, none here to save me.You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand,And I can't,Breathe,Without you,But I have to,Breathe,Without you,
But I have to.) She know that she can't live without his presence but still she let it all go...This part is a great proof, she don't want to hurt that person and the best way to do is to let go. (Never wanted this, never wanna see you hurt.Every little bump in the road I tried to swerve.But people are people,And sometimes it doesn't work out,
Nothing we say is gonna save us from the fall out) for me the most tragic part of the song is the bridge part (It's two a.m.Feelin' like I just lost a friend.Hope you know it's not easy,Easy for me) well its not easy for her to give up on him.

Taylor herself said that this song is about losing a friend, not a boyfriend.
"Now I don't know what to be without you around" I can personally relate to it. When I lost my best friend I didn't realize that I had made her the center of my life so when I lost her I simply didn't know what to be without her around. When a person who is very close to you walks out of your life, they take a part of your life with them and the more important they were, the more lost you feel when they are gone.
"People are people and sometimes it doesn't work out and nothing we say is gonna save us from the fall out." People change and sometimes they change apart and it's nobody's fault and no words can avoid a break up. It's sad but it's just life and it's not easy and Taylor realizes all of this.

"See your face in my mind as I drive away"
I had to walk away from the fight crying(I wasn't and can't drive)

"Cause none of us taught it was gonna end this way"
Nobody expected the fight to go that far

"But it's killing me to see you go after all this time"
We don't talk anymore and it's been two days

"It's the kind of ending you don't really wanna see"
You wouldn't really wanna see the aftermath

"And we know it's never simple, never easy, never a clean break, no one here to save me"
I know fighting is never good but now that we don't talk I don't know if we'll ever be the same

"You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand"
I know her so well, I mean come on she's my sister

"I can't breathe without you but I have to"
Life's not the same without her but I just gotta keep going

"Never wanted this, never wanted to see you hurt, every little bump in the road I tried to swerve"
I never meant to leave a scar under her eye, my anger just got the better of me. Every time she'd be annoying I'd hold in my anger.

"But people are people and sometimes it doesn't work out"
But like humans, I just couldn't hold it in any longer, I started the fight.
"Nothing we say is gonna save us from the fallout"
Even though my mom made us apologize, we were still mad at each other deep, down, inside, and the next day we had another fight.

it is important to recognize that these songs were written within the context of Taylor's actual life, and the many changes that came so quickly for her. Maybe there are (were) people in her life that simply couldn't fit in the ship as she rocketed to the top. Nobody wanted it to happen this way, but it did, and it is just sad
it may be about one person who she cared for greatly, but neglected to remind herself that there was no room in her life to properly love and care for him. She's sorry for not recognizing that, and for the hurt it caused. But it may have a wider meaning:
Cause none of us thought it was gonna end that way.
People are people,
And sometimes we change our minds.
Notice the plural "us" and "we". There may be more than one individual that this song draws inspiration from, and Taylor is probably the only one who could really tell you.
Either way, Breathe is a good-bye song, and I think that Taylor feels that she is the one that caused the pain this time.

this song is about saying goodbye to someone, who, while they were a part of your life, they only hurt you, or caused you heartbreak, but despite that, without them in your life, you feel you can't breathe without them. She feels that she has to let go and move on, but she admits that its not easy (Hope you know it's not easy, Easy for me.). Its about moving on in life from a relationship, or a love like that.

(None of us thought it was gonna end that way.) They thought it would work out.
(It's never simple never easy. Never a clean break no one here to save me.) She's sad and has no on to help her out.
(You're the only thing I know like the back of my hand) She got too comfortable and it just wasn't enough anymore.
(And I can't breathe without you but I have to) Even though she doesn't want him anymore she misses him because she was so comfortable.
(Every little bump in the road I tried to swerve) She tried to make it work.
(Nothing we say is gonna save us from the fallout) Nothing is going to help them fix this now.
(It's 2 a.m., feelin like I just lost a friend. Hop you know this ain't easy, easy for me.) Even though she broke up with him breakups still aren't easy.
(I'm sorry, I'm sorry) She didn't want to hurt him.

its about letting go of someone even though they are everything to you and trying to deal with the pain of it all and its really hard because you need them in your life and you're lost without them

It's about moving on after you lose someone close to you (BFF breakup, BF breakup, death). You'd rather have them by your side, but you realize that you can't go back in time and change what has happened, so you learn to cope with it & move on.

it's about having to let go of someone who meant the world to you, such as a boyfriend, bestfriend, or the death of someone you love. It's saying that no one thought that their relationship would end that way, it's never easy to let go of someone you love (never a clean break,), and having to try and live your life without them in it (I can't breathe without you, but I have to)

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