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Awaken

Artist: Breaking Benjamin

Album: Awaken

Contains themes requiring parental guidance
Contains themes requiring parental guidance

Minimum age: Age 13+

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Detailed Analysis

These lyrics explore themes of despair, inner darkness, existential struggle, and ultimately resilience and survival. There is no explicit language, sexual content, or drug/alcohol references. The song contains some dark and potentially disturbing imagery, such as references to feeling 'dead,' cutting, ripping the world apart, finding a 'devil' within, and a 'broken life.' However, the overall arc of the song is one of overcoming hardship — the repeated chorus emphasizes awakening, surviving, and hearing 'the call of life,' suggesting themes of perseverance through darkness. The metaphorical violence (e.g., 'rip my world apart,' 'tear my head apart') and themes related to hopelessness and inner turmoil are the primary concerns, as these could resonate deeply with younger listeners who may be emotionally vulnerable. The mental health undertones, while presented constructively, are mature enough to warrant parental guidance for younger audiences.

Themes
existential struggle
inner darkness
despair
hopelessness
resilience
survival
mental health
self-reflection
metaphorical violence
awakening
perseverance

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Lyrics

So far away, I'm dead awoken And I'm faded out of breath Life falls to grey, hope of the hopeless And I pray without a prayer Cut my cover down In the hollow between, you find the venom in me Rip my world apart In the sorrow beneath, you find a devil in me Stay forever in the light I awaken, I arise I still hear the call of life I'm taken by the tide Life falls to grey, hope of the hopeless And now only lost remain Tear my head apart A brokеn life has left me by thе past Stay forever in the light I awaken, I arise I still hear the call of life I'm taken by the tide Stay forever in the light I awaken, I survive And I still hear the call of life I'm taken by the tide Arise! Stay forever in the light I awaken, I arise I still hear the call of life I'm taken by the tide Stay forever in the light I awaken, I survive And I still hear the call of life I'm taken by the tide


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Analysis performed on July 13, 2026
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