Blow Me Away

Breaking Benjamin

They fall in line, one at a time, ready to play
(I can't see them anyway)
No time to lose, we've got to move, steady your hand
(I am losing sight again)

Fire your guns, it's time to run, blow me away
(I will stay in the mess I made)
After the fall, we'll shake it off, show me the way

Only the strongest will survive
Lead me to heaven when we die
I am a shadow on the wall
I'll be the one to save us all

There's nothing left, so save your breath, lying in wait
(Caught inside this tidal wave)
Your cover's blown, nowhere to go, holding your fate
(Lonely, I will walk alone)

Fire your guns, it's time to run, blow me away
(I will stay in the mess I made)
After the fall, we'll shake it off, show me the way

Only the strongest will survive
Lead me to heaven when we die
I am a shadow on the wall
I'll be the one to save us all

Wanted it back
Don't fight me now
Here it comes
Die

Only the strongest will survive
Lead me to heaven when we die
I am a shadow on the wall
I'll be the one to save us all
Save us all


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Blow Me Away Lyrics as written by Benjamin Burnley Jeremy Hummel

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    I'm going to give this a shot, even though the meaning of this song isn't too hard to figure out.

    In the very beginning the verse,

    they fall in line one at a time ready to play (I can't see them anyway)

    brings to mind Covenant forces dropping in. "I can't see them anyway," makes me think of MC's sheer focus on the mission at hand that everything else is "blurred" and of little importance.

    The chorus,

    only the strongest will survive leaving to heaven when we die I am the shadow on the wall I'll be the one to save us all

    is reminiscent of Master Chief because, well... it should be obvious : ) He is the last one of his kind (that's known, at any rate), and he's obviously set apart from other UNSC soldiers ("shadow on the wall,") and time and time again they count on him for their survival (same with the line, "holding your fate").

    What I think is open to some interpretation may be the line, "I will stay unless I'm made." Master Chief, in essence, was "made" through the genetic and technological enhancements of the SPARTAN project, and that line in particular made me think that its meaning is that the UNSC marines usually stay behind and MC forges on ahead alone because he's the only person capable of doing the job.

    Perhaps I've overanalyzed this completely, but that's my two cents. ;D

    sejinon December 17, 2004   Link

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