The Diary of Jane Lyrics

Lyric discussion by AcesUpSleeve 

Cover art for The Diary of Jane lyrics by Breaking Benjamin

I absolutely love this song.

I believe that the lyrics are about a guy who is in love with a girl who has died. The first line...If I had to, I would put myself right beside you...sounds to me like he is considering killing himself to be with her in the afterlife...put himself right beside her in the graveyard. If you see in the video, he is visiting her grave in the beginning of the song and the end.

I think what is driving him mad is that he knows that Jane didn't love him during her life. He tries to fool himself by 'looking the other way' and burning the pages of the diary that are not about him, but there's a fine line between love & hate, meaning that when he allows himself to see that she didn't love him, he hates her.

When he realizes that he is thinking about killing himself to be with the one he loves (even though she doesn't love him), he starts wondering what he has become, contemplating killing himself for someone who does not think he is special.

"No love, There is no love Die for anyone What have I become?"

That's what the song means to me...very powerful lyrics. Amazing song...Amazing band.