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Jul 30th 2012!⃝In this song ben writes a conversation between two people. One person is ben himself, or a person who who tries to deliver a message of hope and the second is a caricature of a person who is too headstrong and arrogant to accept help. If you know the band and where they stand it's easy to understand it. Ben is really clever in his writing, so not everyone understands the song. The band is called breaking benjamin. Ben made the band to break himself. This song is about the opposite of what they stand for. The character will not break, will not bow. They leave the world in darkness.
The song starts out with a statement, "fall! " this conversation starts after the fall of the world.
The first four lines are from the character or perspective of hope.
Now the dark begins to rise
Save your breath it's far from over
Leave the lost and dead behind
Now's your chance to run for cover
After the fall dark rises, but it's not over. The voice says says leave the lost, take hope. The next four lines is the other characters reply. You'll notice ben changes his voice, it's almost a high and whiney voice.
I don't want to change the world
I just want to leave it colder
Light the fuse and burn it up
Take the path that leads to nowhere
All is lost again, but i'm not giving in
The character does not wish to change the state of the fallen world. He takes the path that leads to nowhere. Then the chorus kicks in, from the second perspective, the character refuses to bow. Refuses to break although he very well should. (big band culture note, they're called breaking benjamin).
In the next verse a second chance is offered by the first voice.
Watch the end through dying eyes
Now the dark is taking over
Take the fall and run to heaven
The voice said to run to cover, run to heaven, run to home.
Again the second character says "all is lost again, but i'm not giving in. "
Repeat the chorus again and again. We see the character will survive, paranoid, which is no way to live. There should be a period in one of the lines. I am not proud. Cold blooded, fake. The character dodges all cares for other people, all hope to change himself or the world. Change is required to move forward, the character has fallen behind.
The world is fallen, the character falls! After the first chorus statement, and then finally falls! Again after the last repeating chorus tantrum.
This song isn't a good fist-shaking song to be proud of. It's a sad look at a situation that actually happens in the world made from the tender heart of writer. I think ben draws this to tell about the situation he sees and hopefully illustrate the story so others can see it and learn from it.
To stand first you must bow. To be whole first you must be broken.
