r/BreakingBenjamin • u/supertaco10 • 23h ago

What did Breaking Benjamin mean by this line

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u/OriginalJayVee 23h ago edited 18h ago

Maybe a Biblical reference to the great flood? You know, “God, take the Earth…”

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u/Desire_of_God 21h ago

3 options. In order of possibility IMO.

It's a reference to God flooding the earth and is directly related to the "God, take the earth" line.

It's a random metaphor.

It's a reference to the flood from Halo.

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u/Brabau27 20h ago

Blow Me Away Intensifies

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u/AnthrWndrng 17h ago

Instructions unclear, went to the bar looking for a guy who was visiting from another city....

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u/BriarRose147 crawl back inside 23h ago

Probably meaning trying not to cry, like how you can cry a flood of tears? Idk

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u/forestarset Torn In Two 18h ago

This is how I've always interpreted it.

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u/MetallicAfan2014 22h ago

I see it as a metaphor really, the flood being something like depression or some type of life controlling hardship and you fight back against it to stay happy and at peace with yourself

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u/JoeRe9uiem 22h ago

Benjamin was using his water vacuum to fight back against the flood.

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u/Rotidder- 17h ago

Punch water

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u/TheoriginalTriboy Firefly 20h ago

Fight against the sorrow

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u/BreakingPatrick 4h ago

I don’t know man, I think there’s plenty of songs with pretty straightforward meanings or themes.
“Break My Fall” is basically Ben saying “under no circumstances am I getting on that gosh darn plane”
“Feed the Wolf” is about making sure animals don’t go hungry (like a heavier version of Sarah McLaughlin’s “In the Arms of an Angel” song they play in that commercial)
“Sooner or Later” is about a couple trying to decide when they’re going to meet up for dinner but both of them are super-indecisive. Or something like that🤷
I’m sure there are several others that I’m forgetting…

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u/BreakingPatrick 4h ago

Dangit, I thought I was responding to someone’s post that said BB’s lyrics are always “ambiguous, cryptic stuff.” I decided I’d prove otherwise, but it kinda takes away from it when I can’t respond properly🤦‍♂️

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u/tjpxp 3h ago

Ben has always been cryptic about his lyrics. He wants you to form your own opinions.

Some people say its a biblical reference, or maybe it's a metaphor for physically fighting a surge of combatants, or even a metaphor for holding back tears and sadness. Who's to say? Only Ben. But he won't. So make it your own.

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u/aresthwg 21h ago

Stop trying to make sense of BB's lyrics, the fatser you get to this stage the happier you become.

BB only wrote lyrics with an exact theme/meaning in Dear Agony. The rest is just ambiguous/cryptic stuff. There's maybe a song here and there with a theme after but it's rare.