The song I have chosen is Breaking the Habit by Linkin Park.
(Screenshot of the music video below)
LYRIC ANALYSIS:
The term Breaking the Habit means to stop doing something that is a habit, especially something bad or harmful.
"Clutching my cure, I tightly lock the door" - The cure for emotional pain is to cause physical pain.
"You all assume I'm safe here in my room, unless I try to start again" - That is showing that the person prefers solitude, and although others think he's safest by himself, it's really when he's worst off, because he will start his self harm all over again.
ARTISTS' REACTION:
The singer, Chester Bennington’s reaction to the song was indeed personal, as he states that Breaking The Habit was the song that motivated him to get clean in MTV’s The Ride [2014]. “The song that really got me straight to the core was Breaking The Habit off of Meteora. Mike had written a song and handed me the sheet with the lyrics on it, and I’m reading it and listening to it and it was like waterworks. I felt like he was writing about my life. The song was very hard for me to record. I get all teared-up thinking about it right now. I’d have to stop, gather myself, get through two lines, start crying, leave the room, come back in. I was like, ‘I can’t do this’.”
Although, despite the fact that the song was difficult for Bennington to record, he has claimed that it remains one of his favourite Linkin Park songs many times and recorded the vocals to the track in just one afternoon.
LYRICS:
Memories consume Like opening the wound 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 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'll never be alright So, I'm breaking the habit 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 I'm breaking the habit I'm breaking the habit tonight
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