Breaking Benjamin: Breath Meaning
Song Released: 2007
Breath Lyrics
Is it over yet, in my head?
I know nothing of your kind, and I won't reveal your evil mind.
Is it over yet? I can't win.
So sacrifice yourself, and let me have what's...
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Yea oddly I see a vampire reference. but I feel she is the vampire and he loves her but he knows she is dangerous. when he says "I know nothing of your kind" also it could be about a relationship that is wrong like cheating or something and they're in love but they need to end it.
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Notice how a lot of his songs have the same reoccurring issue.
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This song is about a man who sees his relationship with the one he loves fading. He sees that she has no desire to be with him anymore, she just hasen't realized this yet. He knows that she once loved her that there was a "fire" in her eyes but that fire has faded and he wants to try and find it.
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This song is definitely about a dying relationship.
Not cigarettes so whoever said that has clearly never been in love.
Back to the interp, the couple loves each other, however they are falling out of love.
I haven't figured it out yet, but it seems everyone has their own interp -
I think there is a lot of truth in some of these responses (not cigs perhaps) but particularly those that focus on unrequited love. In fact, the song reminds me of a relationship I once had, where I did care, but the guy was so insecure he couldn't believe it. I think Ben is talking to a lover, and is telling her, and the song isn't necessarily biographical, "I fear that you don't want me, I have this dread that you are going to leave me any day. But I'm not sure if it's real or imagined." Because of his confusion, his responses are indefinite, he will make her want him and find fire in her eyes, he will kill her because if he can't have her no one can, and at the same time, he wants her to leave because he doesn't want to harm her, which is exactly what he feels like doing. Thus, he is torn, he hates her because he fears she doesn't want him. He is praying with all of his might that he is either wrong, and she does care, or that he can find a way to get her to care. So I think the reason the song is so hard to pin down, is that the man is having so much difficulty figuring out what to do, what is real, and what is not. He isn't sure whether she cares and he is just imagining that she doesn't, or whether she really is on the verge of leaving. He wants her to stay because he wants her, and maybe he wants her so badly because he thinks she doesn't want to stay. At the same time, he wants her to leave before something terrible happens while all the while he is praying that he is wrong and everything will be okay. Needless to say, this is a no win situation. She should have gotten the hell out of there yesterday!
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I think this song is about a dying relationship.
"I see nothing in your eyes, and the more I see the less I like." She doesn't care for him, when he looks into her eyes he doesn't see that love anymore.
"Is it over yet, in my head?" But he doesn't know if he can let go of her yet.
"So sacrifice yourself, and let me have what's left." He wants her to end it and be the one who dumps him (sacrifice her dignity) and whats left is he'll have a free life.
"You got to fight just to make it through,
'cause I will be the death of you." If they don't break up, they'll end up hating each other and probably have a life long grudge.
I think a lot of people have been in this situation where a relationship has gone stale but neither have the guts to end it. I'm doing a fan video for this song, should be up on youtube at the end of may if anyone is interested. x -
Or maybe saying when he will be the death of you maybe when he says YOU he is saying it to the depressed person or the person on drugs. He wants to help this person. He knows that there is still that person left inside and he will go all the way to help that person but at the same time it is hurting him to see that person hurting. He may think this is all a dream and wish it was over.
Who knows. -
Maybe it's about a girl the he was once IN LOVE with who is into drugs or is severely depressed and He doesn't want to be with her anymore maybe because she isn't giving him what she used to she is lost within herself and hurting him and he wants to save her asking her to sacrifice herself but He knows if he leaves she will kill herself "I will be the death of you" probably what he meant maybe?
Probably not what it means but that is what I got out of it. -
The guy that says it is about cigarettes could be right.
cause
"you take the breathe right out of me" explains itself.
"you left a whole where my heart should be" ciggs destroy your heart and lungs.
"you got to fight just to make it through" like if you get cancer you have to fight to stay alive.
"cause I will be the death of you" he's fighting his nicotine addiction. -
-I couldn't tell anyone what it means. Infact, I bet that's what the rest of us know we can't do. This song is a very hard song to understand-
My guess is that the one this guy loved did something wrong and now he wants to scare her off by fighting her away. But then again, a part of him doesn't want to fight her. Closing his eyes, in his mind he fights her away, knowing he can't win. Telling her to sacrifice herself and let him have whats left, this probably means he wants her to fight him, and he wants to keep her? That's one part that always confuses me. The fire in her eyes is the will to fight. He tells her to get away because he thinks something is playing with his mind, but he wants her dead because of what she has done to him. She takes the breath out of him because she is beautiful? The thing she has done to him left him with a hole in his heart? Fight, and he will kill her? The thought of her will be over soon, then pouring salt into open wounds would burn the guy and get his mind off of her. Are the thoughts over? He wants inside of his mind to kill the thought of her himself. The girl doesn't want to fight back and the guy tells her to realize and start hating him just so she could fight him. He won't let her go until he kills her.
-This is just something that I thought. You never know because the song could have an entirely different meaning that has to do with something other than the lyrics tell us. The song Start the Machine by Angels and Airwaves has a slightly different meaning than the words. It is called Start the Machine! He can't love! Well.... I'll stop here- -
You're right strawberryhead. He fucked up really bad while using drugs what other regrets can be that strong and painful to inspire him to become the amazing talent he is and then write a song about it.
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This song can also be interpreted as being directed toward himself. "I see nothing in your eyes, and the more I see, the less I like...is it over yet, in my head?" I picture the singer looking with disgust and his own image in the mirror. And maybe (this is reaching) knowing too much about himself, things he keeps hidden in his head out of shame. He's tired of the intensity of his emotions and the weight he bears. And he finally pushes that part of his life away and begins to hate it (who he was, past regrets, etc.) Anyway, awesome song. Love these guys.
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I think that he has this picture of this girl in this head and he can't quiet get her out so he keeps thinking of her and asks her "is it over yet in my head?" He wants her to sacrifice everything now that she has and give the rest to him because he can save her. They are not a couple I think he dreams of this girl and wants her to know that he can save her. He knows she has the power to take away those thoughts in his head and that she can block him out and refuse to let him in. He thinks that if she fights to actually get to him and say I'm here that it'll break everything going on in their lives as individuals. He wants to know if the person he is dreaming about is actually real in real life because he actually never has met this girl. As in the diary of jane he can hear her speak not specifically the girl in the video that's not the girl he's dreaming about but like he can hear her in his dreams but he can not actually see her but he sees a mirror instead so he's not sure that this is real.
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