Breaking Benjamin: Home Meaning
Home Lyrics
And I bought it for you
'Cause I know you're not fair
I don't get it, oh well
And you color my skin
And the colors don't blend
'Cause I'm gonna get you
And your little dog too
There's a yellow brick road
That we...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWaga-tSFG8
I'm sure Breaking Benjamin doesn't care how you interpret the song,but it seems to me that the song is about the Wizard of Oz; In this video he actually says "This song is about the 'Wizard of Oz'" . -
This song is very much so aligned with the Wizard of Oz. The three times I've seen BB live they have introduced this song by shutting off all the lights on stage except for a single green strobe that they flash all over the crowd while a recording of the Wicked Witch states her famous line, "Ill get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!"
There is no arguing for the song not having attachment to the classic film, but its highly likely that he is interpreting the movie to his own life. Maybe he had a childhood thing for Dorothy, maybe he is relating to a character. This is a freshman album, by all means, so quite possibly the song isnt the deepest of all their work to date, its still a great song and open to interpretation. We can take this as deep as we'd like, too. -
The Wizard of Oz is a methapor.
This wabsire can explain it better than I can... Http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?noframes;read=115708
Anyway, seeing as how the Wizard of Oz is a metaphor (at least, the characters) I'd sayt that the song is a metaphor for a methaphor. It talks about going home, away from everything, and that could mean getting away from politics, government, etc.
But that's just my thought. It could be wrong. =) -
THE WIZARD OF OZ IS A METAPHOR. life is a fucking metaphor. This song is about Wizard of Oz, therefore yes it is metaphorical.
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I've got a little red bow
And I bought it for you
(This refers to Dorothy)
'Cause I know you're not fair
I don't get it, oh well
(This refers to Ben's confusion of the story line, as he probably watched it as a small child)
And you color my skin
And the colors don't blend
(Refering to the black and white section's of the movie)
'Cause I'm gonna get you
And your little dog too
(A line courtasy of the Wicked Witch of the West)
There's a yellow brick road
That we follow back home
(Well that's a no-brainer)
'Cause I know you can't wait
Your belligerent hate
(This may be referring to the "Deeper Meaning" everyone seems to be talking about)
There's no place like home
There's no place like home
Like home
(Again, a line from Dorothy, another no-brainer there)
I've, got a southern belle too
And ruby red shoes
(Dorothy once again, from Kansas and her shoes)
With a body of straw
(Duh, the scarecrow)
Are you sick of it all?
(Refering to the twisted plot line of the movie)
There's a man made of tin
With an oil can grin
(The tin man)
And I'm gonna get you
And your little dog too
(Wicked Witch of the West)
There's a yellow brick road
That we follow back home
And I know you can't wait
Your belligerent hate
There's no place like home
There's no place like home
There's a little white porch
And you wanted it so
(Refering to how much Dorothy wanted to go home during the course of the movie)
Can you let me go down
To the end of the road
(The Wizard of Oz)
In the black and the white
A technicolorful life
(This is refering to how boring the World seemed to Dorothy when she got home)
Can I stand by your side?
We can make it alright
Like home
'Cause I'm home
There's a little white porch
And you wanted it so
Can you let me go down
To the end of the road
In the black and the white
A technicolorful life
Then another arrived
It's a cowardly lion
What I want from this world
What I wanna resolve
When I want you to stay
So I wash you away
I don't wanna be bold
I don't wanna be cold
I don't wanna grow old
I don't wanna go home
(This is basically about how much Dorothy regrets going home in the end, as she finds the wirld boring compared to Oz)
Well that's my interpretation, I don't get why everyone seems to think that every one of thier songs has to have a deep meaning, the song is probably about a love that Ben had for this song as a child. -
This song IS a fucking metaphor. Why would Breaking Benjamin write about the damn Wizard of Oz?! It makes no sense. This song is about the differences between himself and another person (probably a girl). He loves her but they just don't click together for her.
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The song does have a metaphor. It is surrounding the story of wizard of oz.
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It IS a metaphor, nobody as brilliant as Breaking Benjamin will write about a story. He doesn't know what he wants out of life (what I want from this world, what I want to resolve)
There is a girl, but he's confused about her. She makes his black and white life a technicolorful life. but the colors don't blend and she hates him. He wants to go home, which is back to how he was before her. -
This song IS about the wizard of oz. Ben himself usually introduce "home" as "the song about the wizard of oz"
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Its a metaphor for her being different and wanting different things than him, and she wants him to be something he's not but he loves her anyway and can't figure out what to do. There you go.
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It's about him being in love but there are other people that are standing in his way of the girl. He is willing to give her everything, but isn't sure if the will is worth the reward.
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IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MOTHER FUCKING WIZARD OF OZ!!! It's a metaphor. I just don't know what the hell it means.
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Not to mention "There's a yellow brick road that we follow back home" "I'm gonna get you and your little dog too" "There's no place like home" "Ruby Red Shoes" and "Black and the white, technicolorful life" Basically all about the wizard of oz.
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Is Wizard of Oz. "Man made of straw,""Man made of tin with an oil can grin" and "Then another appears, its a cowardly lion" give way to Wizard of Oz.
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