Never Again (Breaking Benjamin song)

The song was written during the sessions for Breaking Benjamin's 2015 album release Dark Before Dawn, which saw frontman Benjamin Burnley reforming the band after a multi-year hiatus with an entirely new lineup.^[2] While Burnley states that he ended up writing 95% percent of the album alone prior to recruiting the new band lineup, "Never Again" was one of the album's few collaborative songs,^[2] and the only song to feature input from all members of the new lineup.^[3] Newly recruited guitarist Jasen Rauch came in to help Burnley finish the track, writing the song's guitar riff himself, and collaborating on the song's bridge with Burnley.^[2]

The band first teased a release of a music video for the song on January 9, 2017,^[4] before officially releasing it on January 13, 2017.^[5][6] The music video involves a group of three friends who get addicted to a fictional drug from a tree that prevents aging.^[5] While initially enjoying the effects, one friend takes too much from the tree at once, causing the tree to die. When discovered, a fight ensues with the friend who killed the tree leaving.^[7] In the end, all three eventually succumb to their fate and turn to dust dying peacefully.

The song was described as similar to some of the band's prior music, as a mix of heavy metal and hard rock, and having a "wonderful dynamic between softer melody driven choruses, the hard-edged crunch of Burnley's guitar and the dirty backing vocals."^[8]

• Benjamin Burnley – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Jasen Rauch – lead guitar
• Keith Wallen – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Aaron Bruch – bass, backing vocals
• Shaun Foist – drums