Breaking Benjamin: The Diary of Jane Meaning
The Diary of Jane Lyrics
I would put myself right beside you
So let me ask
Would you like that?
Would you like that?
And I don't mind
If you say this love is the last time
So now I'll ask
Do you like that?
Do you like that?
No!
Something's...
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anonymous Jan 11th 2007, 13:39 report
you guys are all wrong. It's deeper than that. The diary is literal, it shows in the music video. The guy loves the girl but the girl is depressed and lost. She doesn't even know who she is or how she feels about the guy and keeps pushing him away and it's killing him. The girl ends up committing suicide. (hence the grave at the end) and the guy doesn't know why she did it or how she fully felt, if he loved her or not. He finds her diary and try to figure it out, while asking her what to do, and even considers killing himself (if I had to, I would put myself right beside you) He's trying to "find his place" in her life, her heart, her diary. Finally he gives up with the diary, burns it (as I burn another page) and tries to forget about it (as I look the other way) but still can't get it out of his head, (still I try to find my place...) as in it'll eat at him forever. Did he love her? will he ever know?
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anonymous Apr 22nd 2007, 04:21 report
I love this song, it's one of my favorite but I never knew what it meant exactly && all the articles && responses I have read about it never seemed right so I'm just gonna say what I really feel it means.
It's about a guy who is in love with a girl, Jane (obviously). First of all, the diary is literal && at the same time it also represents her life. He wants to find out more about the girl, the main thing is trying to find his place in her life. If she loves him or not. Also he wants to know more about her herself.
She is depressed && she thinks she loves him but she is trying to keep him away no wanting to open up or be hurt. It was mainly because she, herself, didn't know who she really was. Hence there being no reflection of her in the mirrors. She ends up commiting suicide && he is both hurt but angry.
He is driving himself crazy trying to find out if she really loved him. The only problem is she never knew && though he flips through the pages of his diary they never tell him because she was unsure herself && he begins to grow angry (somethings getting in my way, something's just about to break). He get furious one night because realizes that neither of them knew the truth && he has no way of finding out if it was true or not (tell me how it should be) && through his rage he burns the pages of Jane's only outlook on the her life (as I burn another page). He trys not to care because he is mad at her for leaving him && even madder that she left him with no way of knowing is she loved him but is feels guilty about destroying it so he trys to turn the other way && not care but he can't do it && it continues to eat at him (as I look the other way, I still try to find my place in the diary of Jane).
He begins to think she just wanted to tourment him (as I lie down sore && sick, do you like that) && would killing himself too be the only thing that would make her happy && he is willing to do so just so he could find out if she loves him or not (If I had to I would put myself right beside you, would you like that). He's trying to tell the girl that the more toys with him, the more he is slowly begining to fall out of love with her. He begins to feel proud of himself thinking he has her right where he wants her && she will send him a sign of how she feels then he relaizes that if she could see him his behavior would have made her not love him to start with && he feels disgusted with himself. Then he realizes it took her suicide to make him realize that he really was in love with her but his maddness to try && find out drove them out of love for one another all because of him. He feels awful but a part of him still isn't sure && wants to find out if it was ever really true. He thinks he insane willing to kill himself for a girl just to know if she loved him or not. (Desperate, I will crawl waiting for so long No love, there is no love. Die for anyone What have I become?) -
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anonymous Mar 21st 2007, 23:34 report
Well let's see here, this is my first submission for something like this so cut me a little slack.
If I had to
I would put myself right beside you
So let me ask
Would you like that?
Would you like that?
What I get out of that after listening to the song many many times and watching the video I am just assuming it meens something about dying with her, to be buried along side of her maybe.
And I don't mind
If you say this love is the last time
So now I'll ask
Do you like that?
Do you like that?
From this verse I get the idea he is talking about how his love for her will never go away and he will never be able to love again. and as for asking "Do you like that" I think he is asking if this is what she wanted to happen from her death.
Something's getting in the way.
Something's just about to break.
I will try to find my place in the diary of Jane.
So tell me how it should be.
This confuses me more than most this song. I don't believe that the "Diary of Jane" in any way refers to an actual Diary, regardless if the video showed it or not. I believe that whole statement meens something to the nature of finding his place within her life, what he really meant to her.
As I burn another page,
As I look the other way.
This right here is the fun one that seems to have everyone baffled. Just from these two lines I think of a whole new interpretation of the song.
Just for fun maybe this song is not about her dying and him missing her or anything, maybe it's about his relationship with this girl and how she treats him. Sounds kind of like he is in a relationship where he is being controlled, and just mentally butchered by this women. She is doing things that hurts him, could be drugs, might be just cheating on him I don't know, but if this was true then burning another page could refer to going through another day in their life and "looking the other way" would meen that he chooses to ignore what she is doing to herself and him. Overall he wants to know where he fits into this girls life, and no matter what he does he is basically her slave because of his love for her.
Yea this is me just babbling on but maybe this will spark some creative ingenious thing within one of your minds and you will be able to tell us all the exact truth of this song. -
anonymous Feb 4th, 16:12 report
Guys, what if I tell you Benjamin is way genius and he kinda encoded the song. It's deeper than you think!
Replace the word "beside" with "behind", then read the lyrics. -
anonymous Jan 10th, 10:19 report
The grave at the end of the music video says "Jane Eyre". Jane Eyre is the protagonist of the novel "Jane Eyre" and the title character. Orphaned as a baby, she struggles through her nearly loveless childhood and becomes governess at Thornfield Hall. Jane is passionate and opinionated, and values freedom and independence. She also has a strong conscience and is a determined Christian. Its a pretty screwed up movie...
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anonymous Sep 19th 2012, 17:21 report
The video for "The Diary of Jane", directed by Ryan Smith, made its world premiere on Yahoo! Music on June 21, 2006, after originally being scheduled for release on June 16. The video features a woman named Jane, played by Sarah Mather from Season 4 of American Idol. Jane wakes up suddenly in a bathtub, getting out and getting dressed. However, her vanity's mirror is gone, and only the frame remains. Jane runs around her house, with similar results wherever there should be a mirror. She eventually stumbles across a room where all the mirrors are, and she cannot see her reflection in any of them. The video ends with Benjamin Burnley (the band's frontman) placing a rose in a book atop her tombstone, explaining the story of the video: she fell asleep and drowned in the bathtub.
At the end of the video where Burnley closes the diary on Jane's tombstone, the last name was obscured. However, in the second episode of the band's podcast, the name can be clearly seen as "Bryan" during a shot of the tombstone. A Breaking Benjamin celtic knot can also be seen on the tombstone in a brief shot before he closes the diary.
Jane Bryan was a female filmstar in the 1930s and 1940s. She was in many films, including We Are Not Alone, which is also the title for Breaking Benjamin's second album. -
anonymous Jul 26th 2012, 23:30 report
The part of the song when he says "I will try to find my place in the dairy of jane" is probably him saying there are many other people in her life and he is looking for a place next to her. The other part when he says "as I burn another page as I look the other way, I still try to find my place in the dairy of jane" he burning pages looking through and still can't find a place next to her.
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anonymous Jun 26th 2012, 15:47 report
I never watched the video. I love the song. I have never wrote an interpetation before either, but here goes :)
"If I had to
I would put myself right beside you
So let me ask
Would you like that?
Would you like that?"
I can force myself to think like you do, I can quit on this relationship like you have, I can start pretending that I feel the same way about you that you do about me, if that will make you happy.
"And I don't mind
If you say this love is the last time
So now I'll ask
Do you like that?
Do you like that?"
If you want me to walk away from you right now, I will do it, if it would make you happy
"No!"
Actully I am not as capable of being as cold as you. I can pretend but inside I will never treat you as coldly as you treat me.
"Something's getting in the way.
Something's just about to break.
I will try to find my place in the diary of Jane.
So tell me how it should be."
We are getting close to a solution. We will be done with this one way or another. Where do I fit into your life? What do you want from me? Why cant I walk away?
"Try to find out what makes you tick.
As I lie down
Sore and sick.
Do you like that?
Do you like that?"
You continue being concerned about yourself, continue to make me wait for you to figure it out while I am getting torn apart at the seams because I know what I want. I want you. I love you so damn much.
"There's a fine line between love and hate.
And I don't mind
Just let me say that
I like that
I like that"
If we are being honest,I love you so much, I hate you when you treat me this way. Yes I want to be honest with my feelings toward you. I prefer it. I want you to be honest with me.
"Something's getting in the way.
Something's just about to break.
I will try to find my place in the diary of Jane."
We are getting closer to deciding how you feel, where is my place in your life? Why cant I walk away?
"As I burn another page,
As I look the other way.
I still try to find my place in the diary of Jane.
So tell me how it should be."
Time continues to pass by ("burn" like when someone says I "have to burn an hour) I continue to ignore the way you are treating me hoping you can finally tell me how you feel and where my place is in your life.
"Desperate, I will crawl
Waiting for so long
No love, there is no love.
Die for anyone
What have I become?"
Im at the end of my rope. You are driving me crazy leading me on. What do I have to do to find out if you want to be with me or if you even care about me? What has happened to me? All I can think about is you, everything you do consumes me. Waiting for you to tell me how you feel about me if you feel anything. Your continued silence and coldness makes me feel like there isnt anything here between us.There is no love.
"Something's getting in the way.
Something's just about to break.
I will try to find my place in the diary of Jane."
We are getting close to a solution; something is going to happen to determine this one way or another. But why cant I end it? Where is my place in your life?
"As I burn another page,
As I look the other way.
I still try to find my place in the diary of Jane."
Time continues to pass, I continue my life waiting every minute for you to tell me you love me and want to be with me and you want me in your life. -
anonymous Jun 26th 2012, 02:11 report
its about his gf she died commited suicide for another guy and the lead singer from breaking benjamin was her bf ..he found the diary in her room and everything was about the other guy ..witch is why he was trying to find his name in her diary. this is a legit answer.
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anonymous Jun 12th 2012, 02:32 report
to me it sounds like he's trying to make an impression on someone possibly the one he loves. He does anything he can to be noticed asking if the person accepts what he has done and ask what else could he possibly do to find a place in the diary of jane "be noticed or make a impression." but states that something is getting in the way probably his conscience but doesnt realize his personal feeling or morals/standards are telling him to remain who he is. then he notices towards the end all the thing he does just to find his place in this persons thoughts and thinks what have i just done and questions why has he done it. for all i know i could just be relating this to things in my life which is usually the goal of the artist's songs when creating.
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anonymous Mar 8th 2012, 22:03 report
I think this song is very complex. It is a man in love with a women(Jane) and he tries to figure out where he belongs in her life. He wants to know if Jane thinks what she is doing to him is okay even if it is destroying him. He tries to find out more about Jane but she pushes him away(Something's getting in the way). But no matter what he still goes on(I still try to find my place). He wants to get rid of his feelings for her(as I burn another page). He also wants to forget her(as I look the other way). But he still tries to find his place. He also stats the he keeps falling for people
But Jane can't tell him about herself because she doesn't even know herself. Since she can't see herself in any mirrors or pictures.And it ends up in her committing suicide. -
anonymous Jan 31st 2012, 18:13 report
Im 99% sure that The Song Diary Of Jane by breaking Benjamin is about the Story "The Yellow Wallpaper" Read it and Than Watch the music video their is parts in it where The wallpaper in the house is yellow and A Good bit of the lyrics come straight from the Book. And at the End of "The Yellow Wallpaper" the main character (Girl in Diary of Jane music music video) States her name Jane which is never mentioned before in the book, in a third person point of view as is Ben when he's Singing the Song. Oh and the whole story is actually her Diary Hence The Diary of Jane. Theres more to it than that too but its too much to write and you'll just have to read the story and figure it out for yourself.
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anonymous Jan 22nd 2012, 20:55 report
I think the song is about a guy who is wondering why his girlfriend is acting depressed and lonely around him . Also I think she doesn't fully understand why she loved him in the first place and then she commits suicide showing she couldn't take not knowing why. Then he finds out and doesn't understand what would make her do this especially if she did it to get away from him. Now he is this hopeless romantic who would do anything for her even if he had to die for it....he would do anything for anyone he just wants to be loved by someone. The diary of Jane ( the diary) is practically literal. If you watch the video you will understand. I hope this gives you guys some clue about this song.
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anonymous Jan 11th 2012, 20:14 report
Well, it is, without a doubt, a depressing love song.
We do think, however, that it might be about a guy in a relationship with a girl hooked on drugs.
For example, "As I burn another page // As I look the other way" sounds like he's in denial about her drug issues.
On the other hand, we may be full of hot air. -
anonymous Nov 29th 2011, 20:19 report
I think that this song is about a man and wife wanting to get along, he tries but fails, he says "I dont care if this love(sex) is the last time, so let me ask (he tries to make her confortable) do you like that?do you like that?" But theres no feeling for him, so he tries to to read her diary, not a real diary, like her diary of things she feels, like i felt this and i liked it, i felt that and i dint like it, he tries to figure out how to please her by reading rhe diary of things she tells him daily, remember he is desperate, every day she is imposible to please.
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anonymous Jul 12th 2011, 17:32 report
I believe that there are many interpperations to 'The diary of Jane'. This song is very deep and is seen differently to everybody.
I think that it's about a guy trying to find his place in Jane's life ('I will try to find my place in the diary of Jane') Jane is trying to find who she is and he is wanting to be in her life. I think all comments made are great. I've fallen in love with this song after not long finding it on my ipod :) Definatley my favourate song at the moment :) -
anonymous Jun 28th 2011, 19:25 report
the person right under me makes the most sense. when you listen to the song you try to find out what hes talking about but you cant. this person interpets it the best. and the song is deep and passionate and sad to in a way. i love this song. my favorite song.
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anonymous Jun 23rd 2011, 12:28 report
So I'm thinking maybe its this girl that he's been with and things aren't going right and its making him insane? O_o idk just a thought
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anonymous May 22nd 2011, 06:05 report
I think it's about a married couple; the husband's wife died, he was lousy and never gave her the love and attention she deserved. He finds a diary that belonged to her, he reads how she hated herself and that wanted to die. "If I had to I would put myself right beside you", it must have meant he wished he could have been there or had known that she was sick of living. "As I lie down sore and sick", he's sick with guilt for not knowing and for being so horrible to her emotionally. "As I look the other way" it must mean how he is trying to move on, but he is always think about how he could have been better to her. "I will try to find my place in the diary of Jane" must mean he can't find his place as someone who made her happy, but keeps looking. "Die for anyone" I think it means he would have done anything for her. "What have I become?" It means he hates what he became after being with her.He finally just throws her diary in the fire and lets it burn.
Hope you enjoyed my analyses on this song, it was very classic and dark. -
anonymous May 22nd 2011, 06:05 report
I think it's about a married couple; the husband's wife died, he was lousy and never gave her the love and attention she deserved. He finds a diary that belonged to her, he reads how she hated herself and that wanted to die. "If I had to I would put myself right beside you", it must have meant he wished he could have been there or had known that she was sick of living. "As I lie down sore and sick", he's sick with guilt for not knowing and for being so horrible to her emotionally. "As I look the other way" it must mean how he is trying to move on, but he is always think about how he could have been better to her. "I will try to find my place in the diary of Jane" must mean he can't find his place as someone who made her happy, but keeps looking. "Die for anyone" I think it means he would have done anything for her. "What have I become?" It means he hates what he became after being with her.He finally just throws her diary in the fire and lets it burn.
Hope you enjoyed my analyses on this song, it was very classic and dark. -
anonymous May 14th 2011, 20:54 report
in the video at the end though it looks like the graves says Jane Eyre
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anonymous May 14th 2011, 20:54 report
in the video at the end though it looks like the graves says Jane Eyre
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anonymous Apr 19th 2011, 18:50 report
He's talking about a girl who he had feelings for but he never knew if she liked him the same away. She killed herself because she was depressed and felt lost. He had her diary and was reading it to see if she had ever written about him "I will try to find my place in the diary of Jane"
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