Lyric discussion by Legionfalls 

Cover art for Fade Away lyrics by Breaking Benjamin

The meaning of the song simplified:

The song is directed to the listener for obvious reasons (putting it in your shoes) It can reflect if your both male or female and from the understanding of it.


Its a broken friendship, not necessarily a relationship As for as hard as it is to realize, for as close as they are they cannot be together You feel shattered, stripped and barren, maybe its aimed at a close friend or a lover Its so painful for you that you can't bare to see their face everyday and you never want to see them again since just looking at them brings you misery, and you turn to rage to solve your answers

Your trying to move on, but you can't you have that rush and urge to hold on, and it will kill you if you don't strip it. Knowing that the mental abuse will only continue and the whole "logic" behind the friendship, its going to hurt you regardless if your close or not, because it will never feel the same, you try to break off, but you'll never will, shes in your head.

You withdraw, you being to fall, suffer, gasp for air you mentally break down, trying to hold on but you fall even harder Hold on harder you say,trying to forget the memory, but all thats left is your cold dignity

You try to reminisce over the break up Remembering all the friendships you severed just to keep this one alive Its to the point where your always pissed off and suffering where you began where it all started. You want her but you cant have her, so you suffer just to try again the next day

Again, you advance and withdraw from the power narcotic (the woman) who strips down everything you've fought for. Your cold, your fading away, broken and alone once again

Next time it happens, it goes to the point where you can't hold on anymore regardless of how hard you try, and you suffer even more, she forgets your face, she leaves, your alone, your done. Your not friends, lovers and family anymore, just one broken man, and a free woman to bring down the next man