Welcome to the Friday song off my iPod. And once again, I found a song that I didn’t even know I had on my iPod!

Breaking Benjamin is an alternative rock band from Pennsylvania. The group was founded ten years ago by Benjamin Burnley (lead singer) and Jeremy Hummel (drummer) and gets its name from an incident in which Burnley knocked over a microphone during a show and was “thanked” by the owner of the equipment for “breaking my f***ing mic.” The group has been very successful with 5 singles making Billboard’s main stream rock list.

The album, Phobia, reached #2 on the Billboard top 200 list. The album was named for Burnely’s many phobias including flying, getting sick, driving, fear of the dark, and many more. The group does not tour outside of the US and Canada because of Burnley’s fear of flying. The song, The Diary of Jane, reached #2 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks list.

The Diary of Jane
If I had to
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!

[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.

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

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

[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.
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.

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

[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.
As I burn another page,
As I look the other way.
I still try to find my place in the diary of Jane.

Written by Benjamin Burnley

The video of the song includes a tombstone with the name “Jane” and the last name obscured. In another version of the video, the last name can be seen as “Bryan”. There was an actress named Jane Bryan who was famous in the 30′s and was expected to be huge star but she retired after four years of acting when she married Justin Dart, head of the Rexall Drug empire. However, Ms. Bryan is still alive and doing well at the age of 90. (Ms. Bryan has since died. See the comments for more information.) Her stepson, Justin Dart Jr., was an activist for the rights of the disabled and helped write the Americans with Disabilities Act.