Lyrics for Breaking The Habit as interpreted by ruben

Breaking The Habit Lyrics
Memories consume
Like opening the wounds
I’m picking me apart again
You all assume
I’m safe here in my room
(unless I try to start again)

I don’t want to be the one
The battles always choose
‘Cause inside I realize
That I’m the one confused

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
I don’t know how I got this way
I know it’s not alright
So I’m
Breaking the habit
Tonight

Clutching my cure
I tightly lock the door
I try to catch my breath again
I hurt much more
Than anytime before
I had no options left again

I don’t want to be the one
The battles always choose
‘Cause inside I realize
That I’m the one confused

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
I don’t know how I got this way
I know it’s not alright
So I’m
Breaking the habit
Tonight

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

I don’t know what’s worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
But now I have some clarity
To show you what I mean
I don't know how I got this way
I’ll never be alright
So I’m
Breaking the habit
Breaking the habit
Tonight

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LeepsBot
11-03-2009

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I'll paint it on the walls - People usually say they will paint the walls with blood so this could mean suicide
Cause I'm the one at fault - Hes wrong so he will kill himself
I'll never fight again - Hes gone so theres no more fighting
And this is how it ends - He killed himself so its over.

Just my thoughs.


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KillViacom
10-21-2009

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Does anyone else agree that this song and Linkin Park represent faggotry at its finest?

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at625
10-18-2009

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this song my LP's fav. next to my december.
well..... out many comments, one said that hybrid theory is better than meteora , i think its wrong meteora has so much melodious touch within hard rock , such as the song 'lying from you' its hard rock but with strong melody!!

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signthebread
08-22-2009

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yeah i mean this song is meant to be relateable to different people in different ways. really really great song. Maybe my favorite linkin park song. I disagree with most and think meteora is as good as hybrid theory. The music video (animated) for this song is great. Looking at the lyrics, i would look at the last verse (well, i guess its a verse) in any case, the last stanza where chester is almost screaming. That's where the change (breaking the habit) occurs. In particular i would look at "i'll never fight again". Does this mean that he'll never fight the habit again because this time he'll break it and be done with it or because the habit has something to do with fighting? I don't know but I think that stanza is key in understanding the song. It's the "climax" as you will, in the story that is the song.

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swkarate8
08-06-2009

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This song was actually written by Mike Shinoda about a friend of his who overcame a drug addiction. The only reason it focuses on Chester is because Chester had similar problems, along with a bad relationship with his dad.

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UrbanGothic
07-11-2009

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Actually, if you watch the video there are three different people.
These people represent suicide, self harm, and drug use.
So actually, it's about those three things.
You could also just use it to refer to any bad habit that needs to be broken.

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3nails1cross4given
07-09-2009

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i think in this one he is fighting with self mutilation and/or suicide.
he has hurt himself and he keeps doing it. he's not really sure how it all began and how he got depressed. but now he sees what he's become and he wants to change. hence, breaking the habit.

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koltjg17
06-23-2009

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i think this song is about suicide. i think his cure is to kill himself. i personaly love this song and numb by LP, they are one of my all time fav bands.
if you listen at the start of the song it sounds like a gun shot.


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DunklerCherub
03-27-2009

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This song is based a drug addiction, and its mental effects. The "I don't know how it got this way" part combined with "I had no options left again" seems to create a sort of black hole feeling, and a wish to come out of it, but not being able to. The little sounds at the beginning that sound like cash registers printing out a receipt show a bit about how the addiction doesn't stop, it just takes and takes and takes.

Though this is based on a drug addiction, its significance is more about any sort of behaviour that is harmful to one's self, but also uncontrollable and usually recurring many times. So, in my humble opinion, while it wasn't based on self-harm, it is largely about the feelings associated with it and you would be correct if you interpreted it that way. Of course, however it relates to you is correct, because songs aren't stories; they're emotions.

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METALFANATIK101
02-27-2009

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this song is about the lead singer slitting his wrists because of an abusive relationship with his dad.

"memories consume,like opening the wounds"
"im picking me apart again"
"you all assume im safe in my room"
"unless i try to start again"

the bad memories with his father consume him, so he's picking himself apart again{cutting himself again}

"i dont want to be the one, the battles always choose"
"cause inside i realize im the one confused"

he doesnt want to cut himself, the battles with his father force him to. deep inside he realizes that he's confused.

"i dont know whats worth fighting for, or why i have to scream"
"i dont know why i instigate and say what i dont mean"
"i dont know how i got this way, i know its not alright"
"so im breaking the habit tonight"

he doesnt know what the meaning of these fights are, or why he screams, he cant figure out why he says things he doesnt mean, or how he got this way. he knows it isnt alright, so he's gonna break the habit soon.

"clutching my cure, i tightly lock the door"
"i try to catch my breath again"
"i hurt much more than any time before"
"i had no options left again"

after another fight, he clutches his razor, or "his cure", and he tightly locks the door trying to catch his breath once again. he hurts so much more than he's ever felt before, he feels as if he has no options left again.

thanks for reading.
linkin park rools

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fuzzyforever
12-06-2008

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I always thought this song was about mental illness. Although a lot of people seem to think it's about suicide. But then again, many people with mental disorders commit suicide.

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designerdrugs
11-11-2008

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well this could tie in with the self-harm/mutilation theory,

but i always thought this song was about somebody who fought just because they can. i relate to it in this way.. i always just seem to need to fight with the person i love. for the stupidest reasons aswell. and i can tell it hurts them alot. and i just want to get rid of my obsession with having problems with them.

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almosteasy
09-26-2008

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Obviously the main theme of this song is suicide as a solution to whatever problem your facing.

The first two verses describe the problem. LP wasnt too specific on what the problem they were talknig about was. But based on the lyrics its most likely drugs or cutting is taken literally. Or it could be describing how severe depression makes you feel.

The chorus and the last bridge clearly describes suicide
"I'll paint it on the walls" :Self explinatory

"I'll never fight again
and this is how it ends" : Hes totally giving up on trying to get better

"I'll never be allright
so Im breaking the habit tonight" : He realizes his problem will never go away so he kills himself

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Swede7777
08-26-2008

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The first time I heard this song, I knew it was about drugs. All you guys are right about self mutilation. The song is about self mutilation through drugs.

"I don’t know how I got this way
I know it’s not alright
So I’m
Breaking the habit
Tonight"

That whole part of the chorus directly relates to what drugs can do to you.

The verse after that is what really confirms that it is about drugs.

"Clutching my cure
I tightly lock the door
I try to catch my breath again
I hurt much more
Than anytime before
I had no options left again"

He clutches to his "cure" which to him is drugs. He locks the door so no one can stop him. He hurts more and more every time he takes the drugs, but he feels that he needs to take them. Therefore, he had no options left other than to keep taking the drug.

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Asiandriver187
08-24-2008

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Yeah it may be about Chesters problem but to me its like your trying to accomplish somthing but somthing that you normaly do is getting in the way and so you finnaly do everything u can to break the habbit and finanly it comes down to the last resort

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Asiandriver187
08-24-2008

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Yeah it may be about Chesters problem but to me its like your trying to accomplish somthing but somthing that you normaly do is getting in the way and so you finnaly do everything u can to break the habbit and finanly it comes down to the last resort

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entitude
08-12-2008

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Hey, GUESS WHAT everybody? The lyrics are wrong. I don't know if anyone noticed this in all 12 pages of comments, but it's not "safe here in my room". I tried and tried again to hear that, it's just not correct.

"You all assume
I'm suturing my wound"

Which, honestly, makes more sense in the context of the song. I doubt anyone's going to fix this, but I'm just going to mention it for anyone that wants to know the correct lyrics.

If anyone has the album jacket and wants to look inside to see if it has the correct lyrics, feel free.

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nirvanarox7
08-08-2008

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this song is about a man's descent into madness and eventual suicide. he's so confused, and he's always fighting himself, he doesn't know what to think, because he has different opinions on everything. his so called "cure" is drugs, which help out for a while, but eventually get him even more stressed out, and he can't take it, so he kills himself. Thats how i see it

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XXultamateXX
08-05-2008

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well here's the actual meaning
The song was based on a close friend's drug addiction. It is a common idea that it was written about Bennington due to his extended drug abuse issues, although Shinoda began writing the song before he met Bennington. The rumour has its roots in Bennington's reluctance to play the song at early live shows, because he was able to relate to it so closely.
Now, I'm not denying the reason for the song, but this is what it meant to me when I heard it the first time, because I was goin through a rough time myself.
In my mind it its about suicide, although the way I see it, is not exactly suicde. it's about someone who cuts their wrists, trying to stop, but he can't. he tries to tell someone about his problem, but no one will listen to him. He hates the way his life is, he's constantly fighting with himself, thus "I don’t want to be the one The battles always choose ‘Cause inside I realize That I’m the one confused." He's fighting himself in his mind. Part of him is telling him to end it all, to kill himself, yet the other side of him wants to live, to try and deal with the pain and get over it. In the end, because he cannot convince himself that there is a chance, he get's a gun. Now saying "I'll paint it on the walls! 'Cause I'm the one at fault!" I think is saying that he is planning to write his suicide note on the walls in his room, possibly in his own blood. In saying ""Clutching my cure. I tightly lock the door. I try to catch my breath again" Is him locking himself in his room with the gun, and he's nevous, so he has to catch his breath. that in turn gives him the "clarity", thus he writes his reasons, on the walls.Ffinally, he pulls the trigger on himself. Thus, Breaking The Habbit, whether it be cutting himself, or just living the horible life he is.

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TheWutt
07-23-2008

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sigh...this song is just like 90% of all linkin park songs ever, something happened during someone's life (but you don't get to know what it is) and that person just wants to forget about it, but cant. now don't get me wrong, i like linkin park, but don't you think they could come up with more songs that tell a different story? most are about pain, not fogetting how terrible an event in your life was, and stuff like that. i do like their music, and fort minor is awesome (mike is, in my opinion, the most talented in the band, (think "gallery 1988", people)) but i can't understand why their songs are almost ALL about pretty much the same thing. maybe i'm just interpreting them wrong, but they all seem to be about someone's past and how terrible their life was, do they not?

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dark_secrets
07-23-2008

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this song is obviously about cutting or self harming.
it could be suicide, but that doesnt really work cuz hes sayin that he's breaking the habit.. and suicide cant really be a habit can it?
it could be drugs too, but im pretty sure its about SI...
a lot of people have said they think its drugs cuz of the line "Clutching my cure" saying that drugs are what he needs, so they are his cure... but with a lot of people, cutting is their cure. the physical pain helps with the mental pain, so cutting could be the cure to mental pain...
this song really spoke out to me for a lot of reasons...
it helps me every time i really want to cut again, it gives me the strength to help me stop and think about other ways to deal with stuff

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Robzehi
07-19-2008

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This is an awethome song... I automatically assumed it was about slitting wrists or self harm... you know... but it could equally by about drugs or alcohol...

Still a cool song :)

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ScaryGirl666
07-19-2008

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the three most mentioned meanings are drugs, suicide and self harm.i don't think all the lines apply to the suicide and self harm theories(like, if it's about suicide, then the lines :
You all assume
I'm safe here in my room
Unless I try to start again
don't belong here at all.like, what, he will commit a suicide again?
and if it's about self harm then :
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
makes no sense)
so. I think it's about drugs:
Memories consume
Like opening the wound
I'm picking me apart again

That means he remembers something in his past that made him do drugs

You all assume
I'm safe here in my room
Unless I try to start again

he already did drugs before, and people thinks he stopped, but he actually didn't and they think he's safe from doing it in his room

I don't want to be the one
The battles always choose
Cause inside I realize
That I'm the one confused

He (at first) doesn't want to fight it, because it makes it easier for him anyway

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 thinks he has nothing to live for/fight for; the addiction and whatever it is in his life makes him easily pissed, so he yells and does stuff he doesn't want to do

I don't know how I got this way
I know it's not alright
So I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit tonight

he realizes that it's wrong, do decides to stop

Clutching my cure
I tightly lock the door
I try to catch my breath again

but he can't

I hurt much more
Than anytime before
I had no options left again

he has to do drugs again, because that's all he has left to do

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

that probably means that he decided to let people know, he knows it's all his fault, he gives up

I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
But now I have some clarity
To show you what I mean

I don't know how I got this way
I'll never be alright
So I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit tonight

but in the end he eventually stops

still, since Mike wrote the song, it's probably not about drugs.
it says many things i have on mind, especially when thinking about suicide.that theory might be true too...even though as i said some lines don't fit in the explanation.I know if i ever commit a suicide, i'd put this songs a the note.

btw, amazing song

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j_ramirez16
07-09-2008

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as i was sayin dis song also means a lot 2 one of my friends and i think dis might b 1 of da best song of lp (n da world) btw mike wrote dis song took him 6 tears 2 and he wrote it about 1 of his friends not chester he started 2 write dis song 3 YEARS b4 he met chester

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j_ramirez16
07-09-2008

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Memories consume
Like opening the wounds
I’m picking me apart again (da memories r destroyin me and hurtin myself again)
You all assume
I’m safe here in my room
(unless I try to start again) (all think im ok cuz i keep it inside but i hav da thoughts of startin over )

I don’t want to be the one (u and every1 else gives me da reasons 2 fight back)
The battles always choose
‘Cause inside I realize
That I’m the one confused (dont know y we hav 2)

I don’t know what’s worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream (theres nothin 4 me and idk y r da reasond y i hav 2 defend myself)
I don’t know why I instigate
And say what I don’t mean (u mak me say thing i regret)
I don’t know how I got this way (thing happen just lik dat but dont know y)
I know it’s not alright
So I’m
Breaking the habit
Tonight (i want 2 end it all but dont knoww wat 2 end my life or da pain)

Clutching my cure (i do wat makes me feel better could b anythin)
I tightly lock the door
I try to catch my breath again (i try 2 calm down after another disaster)
I hurt much more
Than anytime before
I had no options left again (i felt dis way b4 and now there might b no options left 4 me anymor)

I don’t want to be the one
The battles always choose
‘Cause inside I realize
That I’m the one confused

I don’t know what’s worth fighting for (wat i said b4)
Or why I have to scream
I don’t know why I instigate
And say what I don’t mean
I don’t know how I got this way
I know it’s not alright
So I’m
Breaking the habit
Tonight

I’ll paint it on the walls (i can write how i feel lik on da walls)
‘Cause I’m the one at fault (bcuz i know i cant blame my pain on u n its my fault i feel dis way)
I’ll never fight again
And this is how it ends (it ends with me)

I don’t know what’s worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
But now I have some clarity (i can finally admit my faults)
To show you what I mean
I don’t know how I got this
I’ll never be alright (sayin 2 person:its da only way )
So I’m
Breaking the habit
Breaking the habit
Tonight dis song really means a lot 2 me i hav cried 2 dis song idk how many times

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