Breaking Benjamin: I Will Not Bow Meaning
Song Released: 2009
I Will Not Bow Lyrics
Now the dark begins to rise
Save your breath its far from over
Leave the lost and dead behind
Now's your chance to run for cover
I don't want to change the world
I just want to leave it colder
Light the fuse and burn it up
Take...
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I tend to believe and agree with #1 musicjenn. Maybe i'm more optimistic and see it from a spiritual perspective. With that said #2 anonymous was well written and I like the interpretation (perspective). Way to provoke thought... Hope thats not how you feel. sounds rough
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i think the song represents now bowing to satin and not giving in to the evil's of the world. really a song about fighting the good fight and spiritual warfare.
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i think that even when things get tough, there is still a way to beat those battles by not giving in just because it is a challenge. the hard times for me grow me closer to god and the ones i love.
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Song is about strength
song is about freedom
song is about not bowing to the devil -
I personally always see a ravaged battlefield and a lone soldier undeterred by the death around him who charges headlong into the enemy lines. Whenever they say light the fuse and burn it up I think dynamite. I think it is about a determined soldier who wants to just KILL (I don't wanna change the world/ I just wanna leave it colder). All is lost again everyone is dead. But I'm not giving in.
"I'd like to thank Benjamin for breaking my fucking microphone." Haha so funny I bet that guy wishes he never said that now. -
Think what you may,this song is the theme song for the movie Surrogates.
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I think the singer is talking to the world/society saying he will stand for what he believes in even if it does mean shutting himself away from others and being different. It sounds like he's fed up with people and society
Also when the lyrics
"and I'll survive paranoid
I have lost the will to change
And I'm not proud
Cold blooded fake
I will shut the world away"
He's saying he will live his life how he wants it even though he knows others don't approve(I'll survive paranoid)
He is done trying to be like others and society(I have lost the will to change)
He's not like most people(I'm not proud cold blooded fake)
Hes tired of society and wants to shut it out(I will shut the world away) -
The Song was used for a Bruce Willis movie about robots that are disguised as humans and who have essentially taken over. Willis is trying to shut them all down, even tho most of humanity is dead. That would be the meaning behind the song. See the official Vid if you don't believe me.
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LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!
To me, this song talks about a person who's tried hard to living with people who pretend to be someone they aren't and when times turn into ashes. AWESOME SONG AND LOVE THE BAND!!!!! -
I see this almost the same as others, but I see it as him talking to someone. He is saying things like "the dark begins to rise, save your breathe it's far from over" and "nows your chance to run for cover" as saying to someone else. "Go, run away from your problems. Hide and give in". And then he is saying "I will not bow..." as in "I will not give in, I will stand and face it well you run away".
The part of "tell me where forever dies. Take the fall and run to heaven" makes me think it could be relationship issues. Issues she would rather leave him and not face, where he wants to stand and face them and work them out. Maybe people are against them being together, their families don't want them together, etc. The lines "I don't want to change the world, I just want to leave it colder" and "I have lost the will to change", could also mean the after effects. He's hurt, and where once he was a sweet guy, he has gotten a little colder to the world. He wanted to be with her, but she gave up so easily, so he lost the will to change for her.
Finally him saying "I am not proud, cold blooded, fake" could be a comparison. Saying "I would have loved you, and stayed with you like you said you would do with me. I didn't lie about my love and commitment like you did" that is how I read it. -
This song it about someone who sounds like they have had a lot a trouble/struggles in his/her life and finally realized he doesn't have to give in to everyone else's ideas about what he/she should do about it.
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this song is pretty much about how you should never give up on things, even if you are the only one supporting something. dont listen to other people and give in to things because you need to stay strong and show people how tough you are pretty much
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