After all these years nothing quite beats Breaking Benjamin for me and this is exactly why. This song is beyond words beautiful. The instrumentation, the lyrics, and THAT ANGELIC VOICE 😩😭❤️🙌🏻💯🔥
I don’t know about everyone else but I see this song as an analogy for addiction. The love in the song is Ben’s addiction. Sleeping close to heaven is how you feel when you take stuff like heroin. The chorus and bridge is Ben falling back into addiction and wanting to get away from it but is so addicted that it won’t release him. That’s just my interpretation though, I would love to hear others thoughts on it.
When I heard this song the first time, I was stabbed in the back by someone close to me who I believed was "The One". I ignored parts of their character in my own fantasy of them, which was brought crashing down the moment they betrayed me. The song echoed in my head. The next few months, my body physically withered away and I was going to pass on, light as a feather and wanted to slip away into the darkness. luckily I recovered and stand stronger today. That will never ever happen again.
Listen to the song people.. Someone he Loved dearly died on him and he sleeps on the edge of death (close to heave)every night close to heaven waiting to be with her
This song speaks about the challenges of the Christ when he dwelt in humanity. If you listen closely it makes sense. Jesus thought it not robbery to be equal to God but humbled himself and became obedient unto death and death of the cross. Pain come alive I tried to breathe followed the dammed I have lost the way again means becoming sin and obedient unto death the likeness of sinful flesh . It sings about the obedience and the battle of Christ on earth. Stay trust in life carry beneath dead arise sorrow avenged I will face the week within. Means that he needed to face the crucifixión and then resurrection. So I’ll stay unforgiven and I’ll keep love together means he taking the wrath of God and becoming unforgiven for us. I’ll sleep close to heaven means sleep in the tomb where they laid his body in. Hate lost inside I dare to dream faithless lies caught in the web I will face the week within. Meaning all the lies of the world the Pharisees and all of evil men through the work of Satan that God doesn’t exist that Jesus didn’t exist and that if he did exist he didn’t resurrect. It still goes on till this day the influence of the prince of the power of the air. Atheist and the news lying to you spreading fear. 2:08 means his descencion and his ascension to the father of the lights that’s why you hear the devil mad and furious screaming in defeat fear kind of like the passion of the Christ movie but better. 2:27 I’m coming home release me my love he speaking to spirits in prison and chains liberating the captives in Abraham’s bosom.
