anonymous December 9th, 2006 05:42PM  
I don't think it's literally a diary. I think that the guy is in love with some girl and he doesn't know if she likes him or even know him.
So he is going crazy to find out how she is feeling about him. Her diary is simply her thoughts and feelings, cause that's what you write in a diary.
So he's trying to find out what she likes. "try to find out what makes you tick" and "so tell me how it should be"
And he's waiting and waiting. But there's no love.
Eventually he's trying to get over her ("look the other way" and "burn another page"), but he fails to do so. He can't get her out of his mind.
Anyway, that's my theory. Hope it makes sense.

anonymous January 25th, 2007 09:44AM  
i dunno I guess I have two interpretations to this song which I guess has already been mentioned ^^^ but here goes anyway.
without seeing the video clip and just hearing the lyrics themselves I would say it is about a guy in love with the girl (jane) yet he doesn't know how she feels, or that she is constantly keeping him at a certain point, bringing him in only to push him out again. Toys with him. He wants to find out how he stands in her life. possibly becoming more frantic as it moves along.
with seeing the video a whole different view could be seen. more from her point of view of trying to find herself. Trying to make sense of what has happened to her life. She goes searching for her life. can't find herself (hence no reflections). There could possibly be an underlying regret in what she had never said during her life and now that she begins to realise this possibility that she is dead she maybe regrets what she said to the guy that she loved. or that the way she treated him.

anonymous January 31st, 2007 10:34PM  
I for one believe this song is deeper than want anyone has said. I believe he is going insane as he falls more in love with her. They were prevoiusly dating and she broke up with him. He was in love and she got rid of him, and the man's name who she left him for is unknown. (though some I have talked to believe it's Frank)

Alright, time to break it down to everybody. Firstly her name is on the tombstone. (Jane Bryan, an actor in the 30's and 40's although BB may have a connection to another Jane Bryan) Also at the beginning he is saying he will always be beside her. (if I had to, I would put myself right beside you) he asks her does she like that about his personality. (would you like that, would you like that)


He also says he doesn't mind if he's her last love (marriage) but later on it becomes different, as I will explain.

When he screams "NO" that could either be her rejecting him or him screaming no when she tells him it's through.

Now in the chorus (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)
He is realizing it's over in the first two lines, then he is looking for where he ever really fit into her life (if at all, he wonders looking through the diary)

In the second verse he is saying wants to see how she thinks so he can get back with her, which has now become the only goal he will ever have in the rest of his life. He says also that does she like seeing him suffering, dying of her. (basically, if she says yes he will either regain atleast some sanity and get over the, in his mind, vain bitch, OR, he won't pay any attention to her and still stay the course for her love) He then says he is torn between love and hate for her now. BUT, he still likes this feeling he has. (his growing insanity)

Now during the second chorus, he trys to walk away and recover from her grip on his mind. (as I burn another page, as I look the other way, I still try to find my place in the diary of Jane

anonymous March 21st, 2007 11:34PM  
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.

literofcola2369 March 28th, 2007 09:05PM  
Ok I've read everyones interpretation of this song. I have no idea what the meaning is of it but am slowly starting to piece it together... I think. I feel that "as I burn another page, as I look the other way I still try to find my place in the Diary of Jane" is his way of saying that this is his way of trying to get over her, but for whatever reason he can't! also think of it this way when people are so angry with someone the "burn bridges" with them. So he's burning a page, and trying to look the other way, but the feelings he has for are to strong and he's still trying to find his place as a means of closure. Hopefully that makes sense. The reason I think that is what this about is because I feal I'm going through the same kind of thing now. Let me know what you think.

anonymous April 22nd, 2007 04:21AM  
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?)

anonymous August 20th, 2007 01:20AM  
It goes even DEEPER than all of you have written. Jane doesn't exist. Jane is just a generic name for a girl, like John Doe, or Jane Doe are generic names for people who have no identity.

The reason why there is no identity is that this guy is going through many many many women. None of these relationships are working and Jane is just the current girl he's on at the moment. Even though he randomly has sex with these girls, he wants his relationships to mean something, but they never do.

The significance of him "finding his place, in the diary of jane" is he wants to be an important part of these girls' lives. He wants to matter, even though his relationships are so short and meaningless.

As he "burns another page" someone him, or her always gets hurt, as he "looks the other way" cold and callused to her feelings, only caring about his. He contradicts himself as he simultaneously cares about their feelings and doesn't, but has no idea what their feelings really are

"Die for anyone" means that in his quest to find love he has sex with all these sluts, usually boozing and doing drugs with them, and may die from an overdose or AIDS.

"WHAT HAVE I BECOME!?!?" signifies how much of a whore/drunk/drug addict he has become as his desire for love becomes futile, thus turning into a desire for pleasure.

"Do you like that?" is just a question you'd as while having kinky sex with someone. Some people are really perverse and to strange things in bed, like biting you, hurting you, because they've done it so many times, their bored. "NOOOO" says that he doesn't like what she's doing, but really he doesn't like what he's doing, even though he does at the same time.

"Desperate I will crawl" Crawling on the floor drunk, he realizes that he's so desperate he'll have sex with girls he doesn't even like.

"No love" That's pretty obvious.

anonymous September 1st, 2007 09:04AM  
Okay this is my very first thing, so give me a break.. please? =] A diary contains inside a persons thought, feelings, personality etc. Anyways I think this song is about a guy that loves a girl, but they have already had relationship problems..like her cheating for an example. This girl doesn't know who or what she is anymore, hence the no reflection in the mirrors. (Kind of like she feels dead inside). When he yells NO he is either denying her cheating or denying she doesn't want to be around him anymore. "Somethings getting in the way" meaning there is a slight problem from him trying to figure out if she's still in love. Like I said before the diary contains thoughts felling personality yadda yadda yadda, when he says "I will try to find my place, in the diary of Jane" he's trying to figure out what he is in her life now, if he's a good friend, an enemy etc. "As I look the other way" "As I burn another page" "Try to find out what makes you tick" is when he's finding more out where he places in her mind. Not necessarily something he WANTS to hear. "So tell me how it should be" "Desperate I will crawl, what have I become?" Is when he is DETERMINED to find out where he stands. He becomes desperate for answers. "Die for anyone, what have I become" is when he just needs to be loved back but can't seem to find love because he still loves Jane. When Jane commits suicide (the graveyard in the video at the end) he gives her a rose as in forgiveness, but even though she has passed, he still wants to know if she thought of him differently than what he thought of her. Thanks for reading this, this is my first one... EVER, so I hope it helped =D

anonymous September 24th, 2007 12:35AM  
The song is about a man who has deep-seeded feelings for a girl who doesn't reciprocate such emotions as strongly as he does. She is elusive and he can't figure out why she is so aloof towards him. He was to get closer to her but is in a constant struggle to get anywhere with her "I would put myself right beside you, would you like that?" His attempts to get closer to her "I will try to find my place in the diary of Jane" don't amount to anything true "as I burn another page". Every time he thinks he achieves a breakthrough it is foiled "something is getting in the way, something is just about to break". It causes him much distress and he comes to the conclusion that she has "no love" for him and throws him into desperation. He needs someone to love him as he loves another, he would "die for anyone" to reciprocate the love he has. After realizing his desperation, he is concerned by what he has turned into "what have I become". In spite of all of this he still desires to be with her "I still try to find my place in the diary of Jane"

musica_equals_love October 3rd, 2007 08:45PM  
He wants to mean so much to her, that she constantly writes about him in his diary.

anonymous October 20th, 2007 08:46PM  
Just my two cents worth in here but the Jane part could represent any girl out there if you think about it "John Doe" "Jane Doe" that kind of thing and the "I STILL try to find my place in the diary of Jane" part definitely says to me that she doesn't care too much about the guy compared to how he cares about her and he's angry because he says "as I burn another page" I understand that that could be just the expression form but its a strange choice of words

anonymous October 28th, 2007 05:55PM  
Just felt like adding that in terms of the video, the grave you see at the end need not to be her actual death but symbolic for the end of their relationship..

To sum it up:

This guy has a relationship with this girl, he obviously wants more out of it than her. The relationship isn't all good (fine line between love and hate), had a lot of ups and downs, very strong ups and downs, but making it worth for the guy. He wants to be with her and only her, but she does not seem to be on the same level. In total anger he then rants sarcastically that he would stay with her till the end, possibly marry her. The fact that he repeats the questions shows his anger. He knows the answer, as he grunts no at the end of the second verse, so he's not actually asking her. He is convinced she feels different.

"Something's getting in the way, something's just about to break"

The relationship is just about to break, he doesn't know why she wants to cut it off, but he feels something is wrong. Maybe he thinks she met someone else (not necessarily seeing her)

"Try to find out what makes you tick
As I lie down
Sore and sick
Do you like that?
Do you like that?"

He still wants to fix the relationship and is desperate to do anything for her to please her. He's messed up because of the situation, where he has no clue what to do. Again the anger and desperation show in the double question. Maybe even demeaning as in, he's going through a serious down in this song and is trying to pick up an argument with her to confront her with the fact that he's not getting enough back from her.

"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"

Actually we fast forward in time her, as this part of the chorus is when the breakup actually occurred and he is trying to get over her. He "burns another page", i.e. He tries to forget about her, and as he "looks the other way", he tries to do something completely different to forget about her and to move on, but still he only wants to get back with her.

"Desperate, I will crawl
Waiting for so long
No love, there is no love
Die for anyone
What have I become"

This is also after the break-up, quite some time after. All this time he cannot forget about her and tries to get her back, but she obviously doesn't want to. There is no love, meaning no love from her to him. Die for anyone is to be interpreted as he is so angry inside with her that he no longer calls her someone, but claims he would die for anyone, meaning that he is willing to go so far for this one girl that is not worth it, that it feels like he would die for just about everyone. He then reflects upon his period of utter distress after the break-up and realises what has become of him, an angry and hurt guy who should have moved on a long time before.

The diary of jane is not literal, it's her life, including her thoughts. The song ends with the chorus, implying that despite the self-reflection, he Still cannot get over her.

anonymous October 30th, 2007 03:18PM  
I believe that he loves a girl but she doesn't treat him right, hence "look the other way" and he keeps trying to find the good in the relationship by "burning another page" or ignoring the facts. I had a relationship like that once... It sucked lol

amwvirgo November 1st, 2007 04:59PM  
I think that Jane is the girl that doesn't see herself in the mirrors is they way ben sees her in his dreams. I think that the diary is a cover up of the real reason why he has writing the song. He loves her in a way but has no reason why he can not find her. Maybe he thinks she's lost but I think he can hear her say it would be nice to met you I need your help can you find me and he saying if I had to I would put myself right beside you and he's trying to hear what she says when she's talking about herself so he wants to know what makes her tick but he lies down sore and sick because he's stressing about her so much. I think that he's desperate considering that he will crawl to her if he finds her and his way of getting to her he will because he has waited so long to find this love of his life but can not see her so he asks her how it should be between them. He wants to get to the bottom of all of this confusion he wants to meet her.

anonymous December 5th, 2007 02:48PM  
I think this song has to deal with a guy who likes/loves a girl. He is willing to do anything for her no matter what but there is something getting in the way from them being together completely like he isn't good enough for her. He wants to do everything and anything for her but something is keeping them apart. He is trying to figure out why or how he plays a role in her life (Diary) . He wants her to tell him how things should be he will do anything for her. He is so desperate and waiting for her and trying his hardest to do everything right. He crawls just to find there is no love and he is basically dying inside for her all in vain. When it gives reference to him burning the pages of the diary he is trying to forget about all of what they had and her because in the end no of it really mattered that it was a false love and she never really wanted him.

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