Linkin Park - Breaking the Habit Meaning
Song Released: 2004
Breaking the Habit Lyrics
Like opening the wound
I'm picking me apart again
You all assume
I'm safe here in my room
Unless I try to start again
[Bridge:]
I don't want to be the one
The battles always choose
'Cause inside I realize
That I'm the...
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Basicaly, the song is about suicide, about how you feel when you're out of options, and you give up of your life.
"Memories consume
Like opening the wound
I'm picking me apart again"
*The memories are causing suffering, he doesn't like those memories, and every time they come he feels like openning his scars*
"You all assume
I'm safe here in my room
Unless I try to start again"
*Now he is talking about how the others see him, assuming he is ok, when he's actually in suffer*
"I don't want to be the one
The battles always choose
'Cause inside I realize
That I'm the one confused"
*He is tired of what he is going through, and he knows that it is his fault*
"I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean"
*he lost the will to live, his life has no meaning anymore*
"I don't know how I got this way
I know it's not alright
So I'm breaking the habit
Breaking the habit
Tonight"
*He doesn't know what happened to him, and he is going to suicide (break the habit)*
"Clutching my cure
I tightly lock the door
I try to catch my breath again"
*This is the moment of the suicide, he locks the door, try to keep calm(catch his breath), and his cure is the suicide*
"I hurt much more
Than anytime before
I had no options left again"
*Despite the fact that everyone thinks he's allright, he's worse than ever, and out of options*
"I'll paint it on the walls
'Cause I'm the one at fault
I'll never fight again
And this is how it ends"
*He will show to everyone that he is the on at fault, and after he's dead he won't ever have to fight again, it will be how it ends*
"But now I have some clarity
To show you what I mean"
*The last chorus changes, and he's sayning that in the end he found a way to show his point*
Hope you enjoyed :) -
I actually think its more literal than people think. It just about people who speak without meaning, and cant real picture themselves on the inside because they don't know who they really are, so they say what they can to get through the day and realize this, but don't know what to do about, and they even question how they became like that. Such as speaking without thinking on complete habit, and instigating people unintentionally.
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You can interpretate as a drug addicted or as a suicide song. If you don't know the background of the singer and you would have not known all the words, you would say: "Hey, this song is about a dude who has given up all options and try to break his habit (kill himself).
On the other hand, you could say it is about drug addiction. It is a very bad habit. He says: You all assume, I'm safe here in my room. "Unless I try to start again" .Cause inside I realize, that I'm the one confused, and I don't know how I got this way.
"I'll paint it on the walls
'Cause I'm the one at fault."
In this sentence he want to make clear that he wants to make it public, what kind of habit he had, and say that he's the one at fault. He's the one who is guilty for himself. And he wants it never again, so this is the moment that it will end.
Conclusion: You can interpretate in on two ways, one, suicide, two, drug addiction. I think it is very nice if you can make a song which you can interpretate differently.
The best sentence which makes it clear after you've heard the song is the title itself. Breaking the habit. If you heard about the battles, and says that he don't want to fight again(against bullies) so he says, and this is how it ends, so he'll break the habit of living!
The other side shows us that it could be about drug addiction.
So it's your dicision. -
Damnit you guys, you do know that Wikipedia can be edited by anyone, right? Anyone can go on and put whatever they think. As sources go, Wikipedia is not a reliable one
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This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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I"M Going Thorugh Apathy and I Miss Writing
To Political people,Cheerleaders and My Friends ECT. And I Want To BReak The Habit
By Getting Right with God and I HAve ADD,
and I've Got Sneaky and Caught Up With THe
World System and I want To Be Known as an
Honest MAn Of God Again Trustworthy,Dependable
and reliable And I Want To Be MY Self and
I'm Ready to Do Some Damage To The Devil
and Following God With My HEart Now. -
I think this could be about two things:
1.) Drug Addiction. "Clutching my cure, I tightly lock the door... I hurt much more, than anytime before, I had no options left again." It could be about the addict stealing a pill bottle (full of, say, Vicodin) because He/She cannot withstand the withdrawl any longer.
OR
2.) Breaking Self-Destructive habits. Like worrying or cutting. "Memories consume, Like opening the wound, I'm picking me apart again." -
I think it is a song about his life
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I think the song is about Chester comiting suicide"Clutching my cure" He has to be talking about a gun,right? "I'll paint it on the walls" I think he's talking about his gun. That's my interpertation.
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My interpretation is that even tho its about committing suicide its also showing the pain it gives not just to the person committing suicide but the ppl around eg the girls facial expression at 1:17.
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This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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Well I heard that this song was looking back on chesters childhood and how he was bullied throughout high school and never felt good enough. So he and mike wrote this song looking back on the past and how Chester tried to runaway from not feeling good enough (:
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linkinpark4eva is spot on and u shouldnt always judge song by their filmclips number1 guy
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