| Breaking Benjamin – Home Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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There are a lot of great ideas about this song so far. But for me it goes just a step further. It's not only the place that can make a home, home. I think its also the people in it. At the beginning the protagonist is alone in a strange new world where they don't feel comfortable. They just want to get back home. As the song progresses they begin to realize being with these other individuals helps them feel more at home. Cause I'm home There's a little white porch And you wanted it so Could you let me go down To the end of the road In the black and white Technicolorful life If you watch the movie Dorthy is at home when its black and white. That is what she considers normality. When she gets to Oz everything is in color and its all strange to her. Also I see this as a crossroads in the persons life. They are at the end of the road where everything behind them was home a place where they belong, and right in front of them is this strange place where they aren't sure what could happen. What I want from this world What I want is resolve This part I interpret is the person asking themselves what do they want to gain from the world. Should they stay at a place where they feel like they belong or step into a brand new world and explore? Well I want you to stay So I want you wait I don't wanna be bold I don't wanna be cold I don't wanna grow old I wanna go home... At the very end they are saying they don't want to be bold and travel to this unexplored area where something could go wrong. They fear failure so instead of chancing it they ask this other person, their rock, to stay with them in a place where they feel they fit in and don't chance anything. Just the way I hear it. Let me know if anyone agrees/disagrees. Either way great song! |
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| Breaking Benjamin – Hopeless Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Hopeless is my favorite song on this whole CD. I had a period in my life where this song fit me so well. It felt like no matter what I did I sank deeper and deeper. Now I may be wrong but I agree with the depression idea with this song. It seems to fit the lyrics and the sound of this song. Here I lie forever Sorrow still remains - So first of he feels the sorrow for whatever it is that he did wrong. Will the water pull me down and wash it all away - Hoping that something will come and take his feelings of sorrow away Come and take me over - Wishing someone would come and take control of his life so he doesn't have to live it and suffer anymore. Will the current drag me down and carry me away Suddenly the light begins to fade - But instead of washing his feelings away, his feelings wash over and overwhelm him till he's surrounded by darkness and hatred. HOPELESS I'm falling down - His hopelessness is bringing him down. (obviously :)) I can't wake up - He is in a trance-like state of depression and he can't break free of it. I can not hold on I will not let go - This part I feel Ben is saying he can't quite get a grip on what he did but at the same time his mind just will not let it go WORTHLESS It's over now - He feels bad even though whatever he did is in the past because it can't be changed Silent I go under I am not afraid - He has now reached the point of numbness in his guilt and he's losing all feelings. I can see the daylight shine And slowly drift away - In this part he can see the good or "light" in life but it's just out of his reach he is slowly getting pulled away from it. There is nothing left inside But I am wide awake - And finally Ben's saying that he feels complete apathy. He's alive but he feels no more happiness, sadness, or anything. Also I would like to throw in the screaming words such as hopeless, filthy, worthless, and guilty I view as a voice in his head screaming at him whenever he thinks about whatever it is that he did wrong. I'm not sure what it is that made him so depressed but I am sure that most people have felt this at least once in life. Whether it was a bad breakup, an addiction problem, or even just something smaller that someone did wrong and can't ever forgive themselves for. Well that's just my thoughts hope someone enjoys it :). |
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