How Can I Believe When This Cloud Hangs Over Me?

FORGET IT-BREAKING BENJAMIN

"It's a crime you let it happen to me
Out of mind, I love it, easy to please
Never mind, forget it, just memories
On a page inside a spiral notebook"

IT'S A CRIME, YOU LET IT HAPPEN TO ME. NEVER MIND, I'LL LET IT HAPPEN TO YOU.

Why should I go out of my way to help you and do good things for you if you always treat me like shit? I don't let people walk all over me. I always try my hardest to be good-natured (i.e., going out of my way to help people in need, see them, do nice things for them often, etc.,), but why should I do that when I get pushed aside like dirt? Fuck that bullshit. Life is too short to waste your time on people that don't give you an ounce of theirs.

EVERY TIME I GET IT, I THROW IT AWAY.

Not even on purpose, either. I hate it. I always have good intentions, but I still manage to fuck everything up. But things are starting to look up. So I'm going to keep my head high and hope that everything works out somehow. I have to believe that everything happens for a reason and that there's some logic to the roller coaster of a route I've taken thus far and that it's not some sick, twisted game. It's not much, but hey, it's the best we can do.

YOU'RE THE PART OF ME THAT I DON'T WANNA SEE

Whether it be your parents, your siblings, your significant other, your friends...they all rub off on you, whether it be in a good way or a bad way. Unfortunately, a lot of bad does rub off beyond our control. Regardless of how hard you fight it, it still lingers beneath the surface. I have my dad's horrible anger. But with years of practice, I try my best to hide it and keep control over it so that I don't end up like him. I love my dad to death, but I refuse to put my future children through the same thing.

WE ARE NOT ALONE

This is Breaking Benjamin's third album. On the album, "the songs 'Rain,' 'Forget It,' and 'Follow' were co-written by The Smashing Pumpkins' frontman Billy Corgan and [Benjamin] Burnley [of Breaking Benjamin] over six days in Decemeber 2003...[Burnley] called the experience one of the highlights of his career." While writing the album, "Billy Corgan from the Smashing Pumpkins encouraged the band to create a new album, not just the same as the as the first one all over again." And that's exactly what they did, especially in this song. Benjamin Burnley said that "Forget It" was "the most challenging song ever, especially as a vocalist...it's very cool-both structurally and melodically. It's subtle, but listen closely and you'll hear the song move up a half-step every verse and chorus. As a vocalist, that's really challenging because it forces me to sing in a different key every time. It's definitely unusual, and had it not been for Billy, I probably never would've tried something like that." It pushed Benjamin Burnley's singing limits, but it truly paid off. The song was featured on an episode of "Smallville," along with the movies "American Pie Presents Band Camp" and "National Treasure." Every time I listen to this song, I get so engulfed in the music. There is something intelligent and powerful about this song that I never tire of.