Breaking Benjamin – Forget It

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It's a crime you let it happen to me
Nevermind, I'll let it happen to you
Out of mind, forget it there's nothing to lose
But my mind and all the things I wanted

Everytime I get it I throw it away
It's a sign, I get it, I wanna stay
By the time I lose it I'm not afraid
I'm alive but I can Surely fake it

How can I believe when this cloud hangs over me
You're the part of me that I don't wanna see

Forget it

Just fade away
Please let me stay
Caught in your way

Just fade away
Please let me stay
Caught in your way

There's a place I see you follow me
Just a taste of all that might come to be
I'm alone but holding breath you can breathe
To question every answer counted

Just fade away
Please let me stay
Caught in your way

Forget it

Just fade away
Please let me stay
Caught in your way

It's a crime you let it happen to me
Out of mind, I love it, easy to please
Nevermind, forget it, just memories
On a page inside a spiral notebook

Just fade away
Please let me stay
Caught in your way
I can live forever here

Forget it

How can I believe when this cloud hangs over me
You're a part of me that I don't wanna see

I can live forever here

Send "Forget It" Ringtone to Cell


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Track duration: 03:38


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    Song Meaning:I discovered Breaking Benjamin through my guidance as I often have "channeled" lyrics to help me heal. I was in a relationship that was more than challenging but couldn't completely let go of. I was with him and asked the wiser part of me what to do and I heard "Forget it." Later I searched those words online and that's how I found Breaking Benjamin. What the lyrics meant for me addressed the place where I could go unconscious and "just fade away, please let me stay, I could live forever here" rather than listen to the place where "how can I believe when this cloud hangs over me, you're the part of me that I don't wanna see." For me this was the place that even though he was verbally abusive I would still be with him because I could connect with his love and I would use him there and ignore the rest, which was not loving at all. This was a place in my soul where I was caught "caught in your ways" - where I had love and abuse cross-wired, rather than have clear love without the abuse I would connect with him because he carried both currents, which was like my verbally emotionally abusive alcoholic mother and my neglectful father. This may sound too complicated but on a soul level I needed to go through it in order to come to the place where I realized I was using him as much as he was using me. That was the part of me that I didn't want to see.
    Flag OneInServiceon January 26, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This song....is...SO FRIGGIN GOOD! Lovelovelove.
    Flag Jenny92786on January 04, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I love this song. The combination of Breaking Benjamin and Billy Corgan make this song perfect. I agree, BB really should make more songs like this along with their normal sounding songs.
    Flag kjenkson November 19, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:saddest song, best song, in history. I could prove it if you could read my mind, but my mind will never be unleashed for the world to see.
    Flag ElLibroHibrodoson November 13, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Se desvanecen por favor, que me quede atrapado en su camino

    Most beautiful song ever . how can anyone not like this song? If they don't, they must be crazy. and it is not even funny . they must be crazy
    Flag ElLibroHibrodoson October 01, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I can literally listen to this song non stop. Not the norm for them, but they carried it out perfectly.
    Flag jumpthemoonon December 06, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I can literally listen to this song non stop. Not the norm for them, but they carried it out perfectly.
    Flag jumpthemoonon December 06, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I totally agree with x17xeternelletruthx17x. I myself and going through a very similar situation right now with a guy. And maybe I'm weird, but this song also makes me feel and envision different things in addition to that theory. When he says "You're the part of me that I don't wanna see." I think of one of my friends. We're pretty good friends, but at the same time I feel like we kinda bring out the worst in each other sometimes. And I think we see a lot of each other in each other, so when I'm around her, I see the part of me that I don't like that much. Also, when I hear "How can I believe when this cloud hangs over me, you're the part of me that I don't wanna see." I think of me. I've been battling some depression, self harm, and suicidal thoughts. It's gotten much better the past few months, but sometimes that part of me will come back. So that's the part of me that I don't wanna see. I just want to forget it all and move on. When he says "There's a place I see you follow me. Just a taste of all that might come to be." It's like I see my past and that part of my life following me, and I see what could come to be if that part of me takes over again. This is a very powerful song for me. It reminds me of so many different aspects of my life. And it's a nice mellow side of BB. Very few songs make me feel as much as I do when I hear this one. It's like it makes everything seem so clear. It's a pretty simple song, yet makes you think so much when you hear it. Beautiful!

    I think this song can be interpreted in so many ways. (as is the way with most songs) I personally think this is one of BB's best songs. This and Breath are my all time favorites from them. I've listened to this song so many times today. I just keep my i-pod on repeat. And BB is definitely one of my favorite bands. They're very talented. And from what other people have said about the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, I am going to go watch that soon. It sounds like a good movie!
    Flag Dark Angel 35on November 01, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:the first time I heard this song I was sitting in the back seat of a car, on the way to who knows where, blissfully unaware of everything aournd me and ahead of me...
    but I fell in love...
    the entire mood of this song, the music, the lyrics, Ben's voice...it all just made sense to me, for those few minutes everything made sense to me, and I had no clue why.
    then I met him, years later. the first day of my sophomore year, I had this song stuck in my head, and it was then that I met him, and everything came together.
    to me, this song is about being in love with someone, but just wishing you could "Forget It" and go on living your life as you did before you met that person. "It's a crime" that you love them, but nothing can alter how you feel, and they are the only one you want, and you just cannot have them, no matter what...but...maybe you can one day. so you remain hopeful, "holding breath you can breathe," until you are together.
    until then, seeing them...seeing him...is torture. because we're both alone, but cannot be together. and seeing them makes you happy and sad, and "I can live forever here" is stating what will happen..saying I'll live in the balance, "caught in your way," and I can, as long as it takes.
    still, in the meantime, it would be amazing if the memories could be wiped away, if I could start over, never meet him...
    Because he's so much like me, he is "the part of me that I don't wanna see," but as I said before,
    "I can live forever here..."
    but this is only my life, and how the song makes me feel...it's different for everyone
    =] me
    Flag x17xeternelletruthx17xon July 13, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:This is one of my favorite songs ever, and probably my favorite by Breaking Benjamin. It's so calming and yet epic at the same time.

    I think it's a simple breakup song. He still loves her, but just wants to Forget It ever happened to stop him from feeling pain.
    Flag thereaper609on March 14, 2009   Link

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