Meanspeed Music Summary
song title=”What I’ve Done”
performer=Linkin Park
Album=’Minutes To Midnight’, track 6
recording source=iTunes by Apple®
File Type=m4p
Intellectual Property Rights=Warner Brothers © 2007 fir the United States and WEA International
Kind=Protected AAC audio file
Size=3.3 MB
Bit Rate=128 kbps
Sample Rate=44.100 kHz
Volume=(-11.4 dB)
Profile=Low Complexity
Channels=Stereo
FairPlay Version=2
total number of beats measured=3,528
Total elapsed time=1,762.9 seconds
mean time per trail=195.88 seconds
mean beat count per trial=392
average beat=0.500 seconds
average tempo /mean speed=120.07 beats per minute
wikipedia assertion=”There is exactly one down per second”
expression category according to meanspeed music theory=victory
most interesting rhyme=”In this farewell
There’s no blood, there’s no alibi
‘Cause I’ve drawn regret
From the truth of a thousand lies”
Ian Schneider
Sophia St. John Newman
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February 8, 2008
What I’ve Done
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“What I’ve Done”
“What I’ve Done” cover
Single by Linkin Park
from the album Minutes to Midnight
Released Digital
Flag of the United States April 2, 2007
Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Australia April 3, 2007
CD Single
Flag of the United States April 30, 2007
Flag of Australia May 5, 2007
Flag of the United Kingdom May 7, 2007
Format CD single
Recorded Los Angeles, California
Genre Alternative rock
Length
* 3:25 (Album Version)
* 3:28 (iTunes Version)
* 3:29 (Radio Edit)
Label Warner Bros. Records
Writer Mike Shinoda, Chester Bennington, Linkin Park
Producer Rick Rubin, Mike Shinoda
Linkin Park singles chronology
“Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You”
(2005/2006) “What I’ve Done”
(2007) “Bleed It Out”
(2007)
“What I’ve Done” is the lead single from Linkin Park’s third album Minutes to Midnight, and is the band’s highest debut on the US Hot 100. It had its first radio play on April 1, 2007, and was digitally released on April 2, 2007. The CD Single was released on April 30, 2007. It was also featured during and at the end of the movie Transformers.
Contents
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* 1 Background information
* 2 Track listings
* 3 Music video
o 3.1 Alternate music video
o 3.2 Notable clips from the video
* 4 Chart performance
* 5 References
* 6 External links
[edit] Background information
Chester Bennington described the track in a March 2007 interview with MTV:
“ Joe [Hahn] came up to Mike and me and asked us to take the whole idea of Minutes to Midnight and apply that to how the band has changed. So, in a way, it’s us saying goodbye to how we used to be…The lyrics in the first verse are ‘In this farewell, there’s no blood, there’s no alibi,’ and right away, you’ll notice that the band sounds different: The drums are much more raw, the guitars are more raw and the vocals aren’t tripled. It’s just us out there … and that’s how Rick [Rubin] wanted it.[3] ”
The single and video appeared in the iTunes Store shortly after midnight EST on April 2, 2007.[4] It became available the day after on iTunes in the UK and Australia. On April 2nd, the song was featured streaming on the front page of their official website, with the video being added to the site shortly thereafter.
The song starts out with a piano riff reminiscent of the Halloween theme, before going into a raw guitar sound. During live events, Mike Shinoda plays the piano intro and the guitar after that. This song differs from most of Linkin Park’s previously released songs (except Breaking the Habit) in that it features almost no lead vocals from vocalist Mike Shinoda, save for a brief “na na na” refrain at the end and contributing harmonies throughout. “What I’ve Done” was the last song written for Minutes to Midnight.[5] The song also has a downbeat exactly once every second, consistent throughout its entirety.
It is featured during the film Transformers, playing on Bumblebee’s radio as Sam is dropping Mikaela off at home, as well as leading in to the end credits, and included on the official soundtrack and used heavily in the film’s ad campaign. Megan Fox revealed that when the band first heard about the movie, they asked to be on the soundtrack.[6]
A remix is available on the Bleed It Out single & on the Tour Edition of Minutes to Midnight entitled What I’ve Done (Distorted Remix) which was remixed by Mike Shinoda, one of the vocalists in the band.
[edit] Track listings
CD 1
1. “What I’ve Done” (Radio Edit) - 3:29
2. “Faint” (Live) - 2:45
CD 2 (Maxi / AU Single)
1. “What I’ve Done” - 3:28
2. “Faint” (Live) - 2:46
3. “From the Inside” (Live) - 3:31
DVD Version
1. “What I’ve Done” (Video) - 3:29
2. “Faint” (Live) (Video) - 2:45
7″ Picture disk format
1. “What I’ve Done” (Radio Edit) - 3:29
2. “Faint” (Live) - 2:45
All of the live tracks on this CD (And Record) were recorded at the Chiba Marine stadium in Tokyo, Japan on August 13, 2006 at the Summer Sonic Festival.
[edit] Music video
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“What I’ve Done” music video
The Music Video for “What I’ve Done” explores the many ironies of humanity and its ill effects on the earth and the environment. It features clips of a large, well fed man eating fast food, a woman measuring her waist and a man who is so malnourished that his ribcage is visible through his skin, clips of African Americans being hosed down and the Klu-Klux-Klan, clips of nuclear explosions, the World Trade Center towers collapsing, clips of children waving American flags, a Middle Eastern child holding an AK-47, clips of oil tankers torn in half and birds covered in an oil slick.
DJ Joe Hahn of the band directed the video for the single, which was shot in the California desert.[7] The video premiered on April 2, 2007 on MTV and Fuse. It premiered on MTV-Asia, MTV-Germany, TMF Netherlands and Canada’s MuchMusic on April 3, 2007.
It features footage of the band performing in the desert, interspersed with stock footage reflecting on a variety of social and environmental issues including pollution, global warming, racism, Nazism, gay rights, famine, terrorism, wars, deforestation, poverty, drug addiction, obesity, destruction, rising gasoline prices and crimes committed by humanity. The video also features short views of important historical figures, such as Mother Teresa, Buddha, Abraham Lincoln, Robert Kennedy, Fidel Castro, Saddam Hussein, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Mao Zedong, and Mahatma Gandhi. Some cut scenes like the traffic scene and the napalm exploding were also featured on the Rise Against music video for Ready To Fall.
The video clip was featured and won on MTV’s Battle of the Videos against videos by Evanescence (”Sweet Sacrifice”) and Lil’ Mama (”Lip Gloss”).[8] The video also marks the first appearance of a Linkin Park video in the #1 spot on MTV’s TRL, hitting #1 six times so far. The video is among the all-time top 10 most viewed on YouTube with over 30 million views. AOL currently has a live performance of “What I’ve Done” on their website.[9]
The two different faces of the drum set used in the music video. The picture on the right is from the beginning of the video (with incorrect logo).
The two different faces of the drum set used in the music video. The picture on the right is from the beginning of the video (with incorrect logo).
When the band’s logo is shown for the first time in the video (on the front of Rob’s bass drum), it features a complete circle with the stylized letters “LP” within it. However, every time the logo is shown after this, the circle is not complete, being “separated” by two blank spaces above the “L” and below the “P”.. This is explained in “Making of What I’ve Done”, where the band shows the original drums that were wrongly made, and that they had to use black tape to make the breaks in the circle.
So far, this is the only video in which Joe Hahn’s face is not focused at although some parts shown his hands on the turntables.
[edit] Alternate music video
A second video, made exclusively for Australia, features a completely different scenario from the first; instead of clips of human sin, the video tells the story of a woman working at a government-run pharmaceutical company learning of a plan to develop a new virus for “social control”, and - with the help of several people dressed in black hooded sweatshirts with Linkin Park’s logo on them - smuggles out several blood samples of a human test subject of the virus to expose the conspiracy. The video can be seen on YouTube and Linkin Park’s Australian website.[10]
[edit] Notable clips from the video
The following is a non-exhaustive list of historical and/or stock footage in the music video:
* a Scorpion
* Clockwork
* a Bald Eagle
* Desertification
* The Second Gulf War
* A 1960s civil rights demonstration in Birmingham, Alabama
* Government-controlled societies (Fascist-Nazi-Militarist)
* The Vietnam War
* Global Warming
* Urbanization
* Pollution
* Poaching (Ivory)
* Deforestation
* a Polar Bear
* Citizens of the world’s least developed countries
* Obesity
* An Anorexic woman
* Starvation
* Effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans
* Stonehenge
* Hagia Sophia
* Great Pyramid of Giza
* Parthenon
* Vitruvian Man
* Mother Teresa
* Robert F. Kennedy
* Mahatma Gandhi
* Buddha
* Mao Zedong
* Abraham Lincoln Memorial
* Fidel Castro
* Ku Klux Klan
* Adolf Hitler
* Saddam Hussein
* September 11 terror attacks
* Cellular mitosis
* Genetic engineering
* Drug abuse
* a Penguin
* Oil spill
* The Trinity Test mushroom cloud
* Ethnically diverse children with American Flags (Brad Delson)
* Palestinian child (holding an AK-47)
* Auschwitz concentration camp
* other Atomic weapons testings
* Joseph Stalin
* Nationalism (particularly Americanism)
* Acropolis of Athens
* Sultan Ahmed Mosque
* Robert Mugabe
* Benito Mussolini
* Martin Luther King Jr.
* Oklahoma City Bombing
* Homosexuality[citation needed]
[edit] Chart performance
The song made big debuts on the US charts during the chart week of April 21, 2007. The song debuted in the top 10 of the US Hot 100, at #7. It is by far the band’s highest debut to date on the chart (this title was previously held by “Somewhere I Belong” which opened at #47), earning “Hot Shot” debut of the week, and subsequently becoming the second highest position for a Linkin Park single to date on the Hot 100. At the time of its debut it was only the eleventh song since 2000 to debut at #7 or higher on the Hot 100, and only the third song to do so by an artist not from American Idol.[11] The song was partly fueled by digital sales, debuting at #4 on the digital chart.
In addition the song became only the third song ever to open at #1 on the Modern Rock chart, also becoming the band’s seventh number one on the chart. It held the #1 spot on Modern Rock Tracks for 15 consecutive weeks, at the time tying it with “Sex and Candy” as the second longest running #1 in that charts history (it is now tied as the third longest running). It was the most successful song on the Modern Rock Tracks chart of 2007 until Foo Fighters released “The Pretender” which has so far been at number 1 for 18 weeks, the longest stay in history. The song also reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart, where it stayed for more than a month. In the iTunes music store the song had reached number two. It was kept out of the top spot by “Give It To Me” by Timbaland. The music video is the first to reach the number 1 spot on TRL for Linkin Park video history. It has also become a moderate hit on the Adult Top 40, and Pop 100 Airplay charts, so far peaking at number 22 and 24 respectively on those charts.
In the rest of the world the song has been their most successful overall, reaching the top ten in over twenty countries including Brazil, Canada, Germany, Italy, Poland, and New Zealand to name a few. In the UK the song hit #6 once the physical format was released, making it Linkin Park’s highest-charting UK single. The song was highly successful in China as well, where it became their first number one there. It is their best charting single on the United World Chart, where it peaked at #4. Statistically speaking, this is Linkin Park’s biggest song to date.
Chart (2007) Peak
position
Argentina Top 100 6
Austrian Singles Chart[12] 8
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[12] 13
Billboard Hot 100[12] 7
Billboard Pop 100 8
Billboard Hot Digital Songs 4
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 1
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
Brazil 4
Canada MuchMusic Countdown 1
Channel [V] Top 200 of 2007 19
Chile Top 100 Singles 70
Czech Republic 2
Dutch Top 40[12] 26
Dutch Top 100 Singles 9
French Download Chart 20
German Singles Chart[12] 4
German Download Chart 1
India 1
Israel 3
Ireland[12] 15
Italy 3
Latvian Airplay Top 5
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[12] 9
Norwegian Singles Chart[12] 12
Polish Singles Chart Top 50 3
Europa Plus Top 40 Chart (Russia) 12
Swedish Singles Chart[12] 6
Swiss Singles Chart[12] 6
UK Singles Chart[12] 6
United World Chart[12] 4
[edit] References
1. ^ French Download Chart (2007-04-11).
2. ^ De top40 van week 21 - 2007. Radio 538. Retrieved on 13 July 2007.
3. ^ Linkin Park Finish Apocalyptic Album, Revive Projekt Revolution Tour. MTV (2007-03-06).
4. ^ What I’ve Done on iTunes
5. ^ LP Times reports on “What I’ve Done”.
6. ^ Megan Fox Interview.
7. ^ Clock Strikes ‘Midnight’ For New Linkin Park Album. Billboard (2007-03-06).
8. ^ “What I’ve Done” wins MTV Battle Of the Videos.
9. ^ “What I’ve Done” live on AOL.
10. ^ http://minutestomidnight.com.au/
11. ^ http://billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus.jsp Billboard.com Retrieved on 05-27-07
12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l “Linkin Park - What I’ve Done global chart positions and trajectories”. aCharts.us. Retrieved June 30, 2007.
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many peopel have many opinions as to what rhe song actually “means.” Thanks to Songmeanings.net, an excellent company that escews intellectual property law and therefore by act of law makes all its “copyrighted” material public - thanks!
y vegetablelasagne on 04-03-2007 @ 10:33:18 AM
woo. first to comment.
This song is great. Or good at least, can’t wait to hear linkin parks new upcoming album… it should be good. Although i’m hoping to hear mike in their songs as much as chester.
by acodemaster on 04-03-2007 @ 02:28:54 PM
This song is truly awsome. I can definetly hear how LP has changed. I think it means “What ive done” really is more like what mankind has done that is destroying this world, hence the music video. and this song is about forgiving the evil people have done and starting over in a clean slate.
by devildo?l+LD on 04-03-2007 @ 02:37:27 PM
ya!i’ve heard and
seen the video and its awesome!i definetly cant wait for minutes to midnight,i’m sure it will be awesome!ah!i cant wait!hehe:-)..ya i agree wif u there,to me its about how mankind is destroying the nature and this song is like saying forgiving what has been done wrong..dats wat i think base on the video and reading the lyrics..yeah!lp’s bak!they rocks!
by LickMySpatula00 on 04-03-2007 @ 03:27:21 PM
such a great song, they really outdid themselves with this one. Great new sound, and great lyrics as always
by Kuntry Azz Niggah on 04-03-2007 @ 05:12:43 PM
Damn This Song Rocks! This Song Means A Lot To Me It Reminds Me Of When I Was Strung Out On Xanax And All The Awful Things That I Did To The People I Loved Most More Than Myself & Also Hurt.., Till I Heard This Song I Felt Like I Could Never Forgive Myself For What I’ve Done I Really Needed This One They Choose The Right Time To Release This One Also Saw The Video And Love It.
by nmcmahon on 04-03-2007 @ 05:31:41 PM
I’m glad to hear some of the new LP songs, and this is definately different, but in a good way. It’s nice to hear Linkin Park trying something new, even if they are dropping the nu-metal sound altogether. This song is great with meaning behind the lyrics, as other people have said. I think it is obvious from the music video (found here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADpRcrGZ4LU) that the song is about the variety of problems we face such as terrorism, poverty, using natural resources, taking drugs, etc. and forgiving others and yourself for “what I’ve done”. Keep it up, LP!
by Metallica123 on 04-03-2007 @ 07:36:54 PM
This song is awsome!!!! I think it means to start anew. I cant wait for the new Cd Minutes to Midnight
by wynn19 on 04-03-2007 @ 09:15:07 PM
its about how the band has changed
” a March 2007 interview with MTV.com, Chester Bennington had this to say about the song: “Joe Hahn came up to Mike and I and asked us to take the whole idea of Minutes to Midnight and apply that to how the band has changed. So, in a way, it’s us saying goodbye to how we used to be” which came from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_I’ve_Done
by gusmetora on 04-03-2007 @ 10:07:08 PM
I think this song has to do with changing. Whether it be the band itself going through a change, or you or I. Maybe changing for the better, especially with the verse.
What I’ve
Done, I’ll face myself
To cross out what I’ve
Become, erase myself
And let go of what I’ve
Done
You are moving on from what you did before, and starting anew.
by hd676 on 04-04-2007 @ 12:03:21 AM
Have to agree with most other comments, good to finaly hear some new LP. The sound is solid and the lyrics are almost as good as they have ever been. am hoping to hear Mike as much a chester. Im liking it
by XNirvanaFreakX on 04-04-2007 @ 03:53:07 AM
Ahhh I love it. I think it’s about changing =]
by psykes on 04-04-2007 @ 06:50:00 AM
The song isn’t about his experience with the 12 steps program? I heard him (old chester) talking about his drug problems, and the program on a radio show a while back. When I heard this, I assumed he was singing about that.
by neongreen44 on 04-04-2007 @ 11:11:42 PM
I didn’t know they were going to release a new song..but it’s a lot more I guess positive than their older stuff. It talks about facing your mistakes and forgiving, rather than just dwelling on them.
by GA bass master on 04-05-2007 @ 02:09:54 AM
wow, LP has changed alot since thier first album, great song about changing from what youve already done. awesome song, just wish mike was in it
by ken0777 on 04-05-2007 @ 02:29:19 AM
Heard the song on the premiere day itself and was so proud that chester decided to drop by at my country (Malaysia-for those who don’t know where is that? It’s in Asia and we’re hosting the Formula1 race this weekend) yesterday to promote the presale of “Minutes to Midnight” album… Linkin Park rules!!!
by ken0777 on 04-05-2007 @ 02:33:46 AM
The song is about moving on…changing one self…and to put the past behind… because by doing that…you don’t need any blood shed…you don’t need an alibi because the change in you will be the testimonial itself…to strive to be a better human being living in a cruel world…
by Closure11 on 04-05-2007 @ 04:11:08 AM
Ok anyone who Says this song is about how the band has changed needs to understand wikipedia isnt always right lol, if you look at the artical theres alot of “…” so its obviously edited, and i’m thinking one person on wiki put that there and ppl belive him now.
anyway, this song seems to be more about wanting to start over, be forgiven, and forvive others.
The video may be about something even deeper, the bands new CD is called minutes to midnight (the doomsday clock, probalitlity of a nuclear holecost). The video shows much poverty, nationalism, war, hunger. The state of this world. It also contrasts the fat, rich, greedy of this world.
by shadowy on 04-05-2007 @ 07:57:45 AM
the song’s awesome…clearly about erasing ur past and strting a new life..reforming…startin all over again…!!!
jus cant wait to listen to the other songs on this album..!!!
by Xtr1k on 04-05-2007 @ 08:17:17 AM
I think this song is about saying goodbye to the old you. The part of you you can’t forgive because of the lies and horrible things you’ve done to hurt yourself and others. It’s about having hope, forgiving that part of you and wanting to change for the better. It’s an awesome song.
by Closure11 on 04-05-2007 @ 02:22:04 PM
Yah since I’ve Listend to the song/ video like 50 times in the past day
(http://www.virb.com/linkinpark/videos/6151#comments)
I’m thinking parts of this song are about forgiving yourself.
PS: whoever posted these lyrics please change them, the way that it goes into new lines are annoying like:
In this
Farewell, there’s no blood, there’s no
Alibi, ’cause I’ve drawn
make it
In this Farewell,
there’s no blood,
there’s no Alibi,
’cause I’ve drawn
when put like that it makes what the song is about easier to see
by ken0777 on 04-05-2007 @ 03:28:17 PM
i think the whole idea behind the title of the new album “minutes to midnight” can be interpreted as the awaiting the dawn of a new day due to once the clock hits midnight, it’s a whole new day…so it may symbolize as turning a new leaf and to evolve and to start a fresh once more…
by septimusphoenix on 04-06-2007 @ 09:45:11 AM
i’m going to be the first to say this, but i didn’t fall in love with this song. dont get me wrong, Lp are a fucking awesome band. they were my first favourite band adn will always hold a special place in my heart. my honest first impression when i heard this was that it is very flat adn empty. it doesnt have the ummppff that their old stuff did. after a 4 year gap they needed something that jumped in your face, like ‘we’re not dead here we are screams!’. maybe i got that impression from snippets i heard of some of their new material on trailers for their video diary, but they should have come back with an explosion, not this. it’s kinda mellow…sits in the background kinda thing. adn i dont like the video. sorry but im sick of bands making videos with stock footage. (i didnt like it wen tool adn apc did it either). all that said i still await the album adn hipe for some better material.
by SmackedByGodsmack on 04-06-2007 @ 03:24:33 PM
Wow, that’s all I can say about this song. Phoenix how can you say this song is empty, I think it is much more deeper than their older stuff. Personally I’m kinda glad they ditched the rap-rock. It’s a nice change, not that I’m in any way saying I ddn’t like them before. I think people will start taking LP a little more seriously now that they’ve dropped the rapping more. Appearantly they will still be some on MTM but yea. And the video of this song is amazing too. it pretty much shows everything that’s wrong with the world and how we should just start over on as other people said, a clean slate. All in all, in my opinion this song is a fucking orgasm.
by PCS153 on 04-06-2007 @ 06:16:09 PM
I was really excited about their new album until this happend. I mean it does’nt even seem original or at least the video didn’t. Don’t get me wrong I really like the whole Idea of forgiveness is essential to our survival without grace we are doomed. It’s such a powerful concept I just don’t see this song reflecting it. My problem comes with the new image, what happened, it just seems so cookie cuter, like all the faux political music that is being put out. By the way the Minutes to midnight thing I think is in refrence to the doomsday clock, midnight being the end of the world.I could be wrong though.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_clock)
At any rate knowing this I was interested in hearing what they had to say and feeling like it would be at the best some powerfull music, but any one could do this out there, this is not, linkin park, at least not in my mind. I won’t make my final judgment until the full album comes out, but for now no cookie for you LP I will give it to some one else who is working on a more creative end of the world kinda album, Trent Reznor. Please prove me wrong, let Mike sing/rap a little more, and don’t what ever you do, ever follow the crowd, they will steal your soul!!!!!!!
by enjoythesilence on 04-07-2007 @ 05:53:38 AM
The video for “What I’ve Done” shows the song in a hole different light.
In the video, there are clips of wars, scandals, global warming, etc. and I think that the song is trying to say that we can fix all of this by starting over. For so long, we have denied global warming, let conflicts between countries continue and haven’t really learned from the past. If we just face the music, and try to work on all of these issues, the future may not look quite so bleak.
I was expecting a bit more from the single, but of course this is the only song out at the moment, so I hope that the album is as eclectic as the band says it is. And Mike, what’s with the “na na na”’s at the end? Siiiiing!
by The Interloper on 04-07-2007 @ 02:26:59 PM
First off, I like this song. But out of all LP songs, its my least favourite.
I agree with Septimuspheonix, though. Makes some good points. Agree totally.
I like the lyrics, but the sound, to me…is a bit flat.
That’s just my opinion. So, I’m not saying I am right or wrong if the song is crap or not.
So yea…
Also, the song, as many people have said, is about the band changing there music.
by Closure11 on 04-07-2007 @ 06:54:45 PM
The concept of a band like linkin park making a song about changing their music is just so stupid to me. OK if you follow that reasoning i guess the video would show that they are interested in those ypes of thigs now, and changing them. But why would a group of musicians who are so deep make a song about them changing? I’m thinking the interview part meant that this song is A WAY of breaking out of ,or changing, their old sound, , the song isnt ABOUT changing their song.
The video deffinatly shows a “new begining”.
In the beggining the grass disapearing, the wars, the thriving of some as others die in poverty, and the hate crimes.
Then the people who have made a differecne in the middle.
At the end the band members are jumping, then falling in slow mo, like a new begining. Then the babies being born, and the grass green again.
by Rori the Rocker on 04-07-2007 @ 08:51:42 PM
This is what I posted as a MySpace bulletin about this song…
Anyways, I heard LP’s new song on the radio yesterday and was… a little dissappointed. If you go hear it, it’s not like the LP you expect. I know that they were going for a different style, such as quieting down their numetal/rapcore/alternative sound and looking at classic ’80’s music. That’s fine with me, but I heard their song, “What I’ve Done” and… it’s a little weak.
The entire reason they dropped the numetal sound was because numetal is commonly discriminated as being stupid, the idea of combining rap and rock sounding completely absurd. What’s odd is that even if people made fun of it, so many were fans. Numetal bands include Korn, Deftones, Mudvayne, and even Disturbed. But now, because people make fun of it, most bands want to drop that name and sound.
When it first came on the radio, I was like, “Who is this?” because it sounded so different. At first I thought it was Fall Out Boy or Panic! at the Disco, but sadly, it was Linkin Park. Now, they sound just like every other band out there, and for that I’m depressed. Fall Out Boy and Panic! are great, but as for LP I expected something else. I liked their sound, and I wanted them to stick with it, but nooooooooo. They just had to go find something else. It makes me mad.
When their song, “Breaking the Habit” was released off of Meteora, LP had said specifically for that song that, “This is what Linkin Park will probably sound like in the future. It’s different, and we like it…”
So, I’m frankly just hoping that Minutes to Midnight album has more to offer than “What I’ve Done” does.
Rori the Rocker
by Nikkii_sixx on 04-08-2007 @ 02:15:14 PM
This song is soo different then their earlier work but it’s still soo amazing. I’m in love with this song. Tour Australia LP, pleaseeeeeee!!! =).
by Nikkii_sixx on 04-08-2007 @ 02:16:21 PM
Yet the lack of Mike singing and the awesome screaming sorta sucks =(.
by chubigans on 04-08-2007 @ 02:33:40 PM
I would assume the song is about the end of days.
so let mercy
Come and wash away What i’ve done
Come, today, this ends
I’m forgiving What I’ve done
These seem to be asking ‘God’ to wash away their sins and maybe start over again, for they know the human race has failed. I’m thinking this is kind of like asking for the extinction of mankind before it destroys more, upsetting the balance of the universe.
I would have thought it were about his meth usage, if not for the video, actually.
by nameless_undertaker on 04-08-2007 @ 11:25:30 PM
ok, this is a good song but it doesnt feel like LP. Its not like One Step Closer or Faint, Somewhere I Belong, Runaway…You know? …This is the type of songs that you get bored of after a while.Anyways i hope Minute to Midnight will be ‘more’ LP…needless to say anything about the meaning as a lot has been said already.
by nameless_undertaker on 04-08-2007 @ 11:31:10 PM
I missed Rori the Rocker’s comment…100000% agree with you.
by kangaroobixcube on 04-09-2007 @ 05:44:30 AM
At first I agree with a lot of the people on here about how it just does not sound like LP. That this song was just bad and not what I was looking for from them. But then I went back and thought about that statement and how was Reanimation seen at first?? And even Meteora??? People were like this sucks compared to Hybrid Theory WTF were they thinking?? If you really look at it Linkin Park’s sound between CD’s is probably the most incocistent dynamic sound I personally have ever heard. But thats what really makes them good at the end of it all. I don’t know about you but I am not ready to point my finger or judge.
by david_lpfan on 04-10-2007 @ 05:20:53 AM
It’s a fairly good song, but it seems like LP are suffering from something of an identity crisis.
While the lyrics are still fairly consistent with their old stuff, the music comes dangerously close to pop-rock.
Then again, I wasn’t a big fan of the Jay-Z thing, and Fort Minor wasn’t too great, and this sort of thing seems to have gone in a completely different direction to all that.
I guess I’ll probably buy the album, but by changing their rather distinctive sound Linkin Park risk losing their identity.
by piccolomair on 04-10-2007 @ 06:24:39 AM
Alright, maybe its to obvious to be correct. Is this single basically the bands statement??? As in, minute to midnights will be the bands newest greatest most different album? That thier style will be different and not categorized into that nu-metal shtuff they always get thrown with?
Lets examine the chorus, am i the only one who sees the “pen to pad” references? Erase and cross out, like when writing lyrics. alright let me try to break it down completely…here i go…
In this farewell
There’s no blood, there’s no alibi
‘Cause I’ve drawn regret
From the truth of a thousand lies
So let mercy come and wash away
(saying goodbye to what everyoone thought about them. They draw regret from what critics say about thier nu metal music, and its all true, except the fact that they are nu metal which is a lie, truth from a thousand lies anyone?)
Put to rest what you thought
Of me while I clean this slate
With the hands of uncertainty
So let mercy come and wash away
(hoping to put to rest that nu metal genre they keep getting hit with, and they are uncertain of whether it will work, oh by the way, that last line; “so let mercy come and wash away” i think they mean mercy from critics and fans, to aid them and way away the mark they have thus left on music society.)
For what I’ve done, I start again
And whatever pain may come
Today this ends, I’m forgiving
What I’ve done, I’ll face myself
To cross out what I’ve become, erase myself
And let go of what I’ve done
(So for everything they have created, music wise, here they go again, starting with a brand new look, sound, and feel, and maybe it will work out, or maybe we will hate them for the change, but its done and they are forgiving themselves for what theyve done, which is get clumped into a nu-metal genre rather than prove they are something brand new.)
thats my take on this song, its also why i believe its the first single, because it was meant to relay that message. I do wish it sounded a lot more different than this, because this still sounds nu-metalish. I also get that the video probably shows a second meaning which alot of people here are agreeing on about mankind and what theyve done, but i think the images in the video are actually symbolistic of the music world, and they are actually not discussing world politics but the politics of music. feel free to take apart my comment.
by blackmyeyes on 04-10-2007 @ 10:27:30 PM
its one of those whatever songs. I love LP’s other stuff but this sounds like they hopped on the bandwagon. Kinda scares me to think what the rest of the album is gonna be like. oh.dear.god!
by minuteman on 04-11-2007 @ 05:05:01 AM
the song, i believe, was written about the concept of “minutes to midnight” - to depict how the band had changed. hence, “in this farewell, there’s no blood, there’s no alibi”.
if the some of the lyrics don’t fit that theme, it’s just to keep things nice and broad … and cryptic and whatever … that’s how LP are.
this song is sort of supposed to be LP’s re-introduction. it covers the new sound on the album so it was chosen as a single. LP starting anew. 
otherwise, re-interpreted with the video, yeah, it’s about mankind destroying the environment and anything else too.
by TheBigMattowski on 04-11-2007 @ 12:50:08 PM
A call to humankind to forgive itself and destroy the cycles of destruction in which it has snared itself. This song is both hopeful and desperate, but its message is clear: humankind cannot forgive itself until the individual–you and me–forgives himself for the wrongs he has done.
Man is something that must be overcome.
by samanthastfu on 04-11-2007 @ 03:26:55 PM
amazing.
that is all.
by septimusphoenix on 04-11-2007 @ 11:02:12 PM
glad to see im not the only one who was somewhat dissapointed by this song. i, and others, or not flaming this song or the band, nor saying it’s a bad song. but it doesn’t reach their usual standard. i’m actually missing the rap/hip hop influence in that it can bring a heavier beat (and i detest hip hop *shudders*) LP are a good band, one of the best, but i’m hoping for some heavier adn more interesting songs from the album. what i’ve learnt from their previous albums is that their music not only gets ur attention - IT DEMANDS IT. the rhythms kidnap you and chester screams in your face. this song was very mellowed out.
by ~bre~ on 04-12-2007 @ 09:36:30 AM
I love Linkin Park and have since i was like 11 i love this new song heaps too spesh the piano thingo at the start but i dnt like the clip for it at all it doesnt really match with linkin park even if they are changling.. i dunno LP have had some great original clips in the past and this seems to be like everyone elses clips… Wolfmother meets U2 anyone??
Dont get me wrongtho i love linkin park and i cant wait for their new album, im counting down the days already lol
by NoNotTheBees on 04-12-2007 @ 11:08:43 AM
To me, this song is kind of an intriguing direction for the band. It definitely sounds like they stripped down all the heavy electronic stuff and made it sound a lot more clean, but in a lot of ways, that ways, the old stuff with all the DJ work was what gave them the distinctive style I’ve come to like. I’m guessing they figured their old music had this certain “ZOMG hardcore!” teen angsty feel and wanted to move past that, but in the process, they kind of got rid of their distinctive edge in favor of something more generic. As much as I’d like them to ditch their old “SHUT UP WHEN I’M TALKING TO U!!!!” material, I’m hoping that with the rest of the album, they’ll do that while *also* retaining their unique sound.
Lyrically, the song is more or less the same as their old stuff, although for some reason, it seemed kind of refreshing in an odd way. Maybe it’s because it actually contains a tinge of positivity? I don’t know, I usually never listen to Linkin Park for their lyrics anyway. >_>
Also, Fort Minor > Linkin Park, to whoever said “Fort Minor wasn’t that great.”
by gigglepie951 on 04-14-2007 @ 03:45:27 AM
pretty much, it means forgive and forget to me.
luv it.
luv linkin park.
glad to hear that got a new record cumin.
id preorder it, but i dont think itunes runs out of downloads.
im markin my calender for may 15th.
by hate2luv on 04-14-2007 @ 11:55:47 AM
When I first heard this song, I thought it was an April Fool’s joke or sumthin…is this LP for real?? I am not impressed by it…in fact, I was so depressed when I heard this song…i didn’t expect this from them. It seems shallow..the lyrics don’t hold an air of inspiration as they used to before…and honestly..the music itself seems unbearably common. Sorry…
by Slitwrist on 04-14-2007 @ 11:55:53 AM
hmm new look badass __ video gross __ … nice song __ simple __ less complex and less effort than previous songs __ .. mr Hahn does less work __ .. and so does shinoda _ all he does is nah nah nah __ .hopefully , i hope the vid convinced me he was playing guitar… ___ nice =) __ .. eont wanna be dissapoitned by new album __ i fyou listen closely, the song almost sounds like lp’s reason __ .. the change in style is almost emo=popish __… interesting nonetheless… LP started off badass__ Hybrid Thoery __ then technologically basass reanimation __then transcended to divinity __ Meteora__ collaborated for popmaket __ Collision Course __ .. and now its XXXXXX — hmm __ interesting __ …
by Slitwrist on 04-14-2007 @ 12:41:37 PM
Joe (Hahn) came up to Mike and me and asked us to take the whole idea of Minutes to Midnight and apply that to how the band has changed. So, in a way, it’s us saying goodbye to how we used to be…The lyrics in the first verse are ‘In this farewell, there’s no blood, there’s no alibi,’ and right away, you’ll notice that the band sounds different: The drums are much more raw, the guitars are more raw and the vocals aren’t tripled. It’s just us out there … and that’s how Rick wanted it.
—Chester Bennington, March 2007[2]
by Slitwrist on 04-14-2007 @ 12:44:24 PM
Joe (Hahn) came up to Mike and me and asked us to take the whole idea of Minutes to Midnight and apply that to how the band has changed. So, in a way, it’s us saying goodbye to how we used to be…The lyrics in the first verse are ‘In this farewell, there’s no blood, there’s no alibi,’ and right away, you’ll notice that the band sounds different: The drums are much more raw, the guitars are more raw and the vocals aren’t tripled. It’s just us out there … and that’s how Rick wanted it.
—Chester Bennington, March 2007[2]___on WIkipedia
by Slitwrist on 04-14-2007 @ 12:50:13 PM
ooops anyways ++ as for the meaning i think the band is sayin sorry for changin our style __ to the fans and stuff __-…forgive us for what we did when we changed the trippled voice, screams and hardcore nu metal sound
by muse82 on 04-14-2007 @ 02:19:11 PM
I think the main problem with people not liking this song is that they are expecting to hear Linkin Park continue to write and record the same style of music from their first two albums (essentially, nu-metal with screaming and rapping). Unfortunately for those fans, bands and artists don’t always do that. Quite honestly, Linkin Park are very wise to adopt a more grown-up sound. First of all, the group members are now into their late 20’s and early 30’s and would look ridiculous trying to duplicate the nuances on Hybrid Theory. Moreover, their fans are aging along with them; many of the same people that were rocking out to “One Step Closer” at 18-21 are now 25-28, and I’m guessing they wouldn’t enjoy the LP of 2000 so much. Secondly, nu-metal was pretty much on its way to the grave by the time Meteora was released.
If this song is really about global issues - and I think the video reflects that - then it’s laudable that they are addressing something bigger than themselves instead of wallowing in “whats-wrong-with-me” lyrical content.
Kudos to LP for this song.
by J95SE on 04-14-2007 @ 11:26:36 PM
Whoo! first post for my profile
anyway the song and video both are good and my b-day is the same day the album comes out! sweet
by Bubblegum on 04-15-2007 @ 05:58:06 AM
there are so many artists making songs about what we’ve done in/to this world. it teaches us a lesson though.
by Cavenaghi on 04-15-2007 @ 12:49:03 PM
gr8 & awsome can’t wait for the new album to hit the stores
by EricsOzone on 04-15-2007 @ 09:19:55 PM
Just from a first impression this is my idea of the video and song: Shows how American commercialism isn’t benefiting the rest of the world. Some would like to think we contribute, such as “Helping” other places that are starving while we are leading two different paths of starving ourselves for glamour and fame or destroying ourselves through over eating and ruining everything we touch for the ‘better’ of society - to keep costs low and not change anything we do. This is achieved not only through the blood of other humans, but through our own blood.
However, there’s always the next generation to start everything over again, metaphorically. We can change our laws, the way we go about helping other people. We can try to fix our mistakes of the past, by learning from the past. Not deciding to choose blood over talking.
by MrHahnKitty on 04-16-2007 @ 05:01:24 PM
My friend thinks it’s about Chester’s addiction when he was younger… it makes some sense, but I think it’s more about changing and hoping to make things better.
by GhostEyes on 04-18-2007 @ 01:32:12 AM
Does anyone else think of Abe Lincoln when they hear Linkin Park, or is it just me?
I love this song. I’ve always loved songs with a redemption tone to them. Sweet.
by nukey on 04-18-2007 @ 03:54:22 PM
this is about the same person from faint but now he’s asking for forgiveness from his old friends.
“In this farewell There’s no blood, there’s no alibi”-if there’s no blood it’s not terorism, war or something else it’s about a person who left his friends for othe gang or some other people [more information on faint lyrics] and now he’s asking for forgiveness from his old friends and he wants to be back with them.
faint s about his story and this song what ive done is “the forgiveness asking speech” of the same person from faint
really good song and another thing i didnt see mike on the video he left the band or something
by nameless_undertaker on 04-18-2007 @ 09:24:14 PM
Mike IS in the video.He is just playing guitar tho…. 
by +Bloody_Angel+ on 04-18-2007 @ 11:30:16 PM
I really like this song, the opening vocals remind me of My December, which is their best song in my opinion. I don’t mind that Mike isn’t showing up all that much. I mean, it’s LP without him, but I really like this song.
by IndelibleEntity on 04-20-2007 @ 02:37:14 AM
This song is lyrically shallow and musically boring.
Na-Na-Na? Linkin Park? Singing na-na-na? Huh? Really? Gross.
by mulcite on 04-20-2007 @ 03:20:47 AM
Has no one seen the connection?
This song is so obviously the exact message of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Before you rebuke me, just look at it! -Forgivness- comes by God’s -mercy- through Christ and -washes away- sin, -cleaning a person’s slate- and -cross-ing out what they’ve become; this is exactly what the song is saying! I’m not saying LP meant this, but the parallel is entirely there whether you wish to admit it or not.
And so I must ask, if you agree with the lyrical message of this song, then that means you agree with the message of Christ, so what’s keeping you from asking forgiveness?
by phlp314 on 04-20-2007 @ 03:54:55 AM
yea, this is pretty blatantly a cry to God…i wonder what the backstory is to this song? This would be a #1 hit on the Christian Rock charts if done by any other band. Good stuff.
by NoNotTheBees on 04-23-2007 @ 07:47:48 AM
I like Linkin Park’s old style of music, but it’s stupid for people to go “WTF man it shooda bin louda wit mo’ hardcore SCREAMIN’ and shiz!” because face it, that stuff is the sort of image you would market towards angsty 12-year-olds. Linkin Park’s long been needing to grow up past their “AN’IMMABOUTA BREAK!” phase, and you can tell they’re trying to do that with this song. But the thing is, they may have tried so hard to do so that they basically undid a lot of what made their old music unique. The potential problem isn’t that “itz not hardcore enuff” but the fact that they might have severely toned down the DJ work to the point that they’re no different from any other band.
And I can’t believe people are actually criticizing *this* song for being lyrically shallow. Not because this song isn’t, but because ALL Linkin Park songs are lyrically shallow. 95% of their songs are variations of the same themes of “OMG teh pain inside!” or “WTF SHUDDAP WHEN IM TALKING 2 U!!!!11″ and this song is lyrically EXACTLY their old stuff. Linkin Park’s strong suit is their unique style of music, not their lyrics. The people who actually listen to them for “moving” lyrics are probably angsty teens in middle school or something.
Another thing I never understand is whenever I read people commenting on this song or the music video or whatever, I always see all these people who call themselves fans and yet don’t even seem to know some basic facts about the band. Like the fact that the band has ONE regular guitarist, and if you see two people on guitar, then the second one is Mike Shinoda. I always see folks watch the video and somehow think that Mike Shinoda is missing from it or something, as if they don’t even know what he looks like. And then there are the people who just assume he’s absent when they don’t hear rapping, completely oblivious to the fact that he can actually play instruments. I mean they’ve been performing songs like Faint and Breaking the Habit for years now, yet I still see people all surprised when they see Mike doing something other than rap.
by Leblanc on 04-23-2007 @ 11:38:14 PM
Okay who doesn’t know that Mike plays guitar? I mean come on, if your a fucking LP fan you should know that he plays guitar!
I hate when people say that they are a bands biggest fan when they don’t know shit about them! FUCK OFF!
by Fallen Leaves on 04-24-2007 @ 02:37:18 AM
I like the LP songs that i have heard. And i like this one. im sure its a political song. and people, i agree with Leblanc, don’t say you are the “biggest fan” bc there are probably people out there who stalk the LP members…
by xtrubeastxcs on 04-24-2007 @ 02:57:03 AM
This song, to me, relates to one of my best friends ever that was a girl. A little less than a year ago, when summer hit, my best friend who was a girl and I were separated, unnoticed by either of us. When school came back around, things just weren’t the same, she wouldn’t come to me with problems and I just had less of them, or I’d goto someone else. But the point was, she feels I’m a complete different person, a bad person. But I’m really not, sure I’m a little more popular than before, but this is how it was last year for me too, my personality blossomed and therefor I made more friends. But the thing is she believes that I ‘m “Too popular to talk to her anymore” and thats not true at all and I didn’t want it to be like this. And I want to be her best friend again but at the same time I don’t see why she thinks I’m all that bad..
Put to rest what you thought
Of me while I clean this slate
With the hands of uncertainty
So let mercy come and wash away
by angel of sloth on 04-24-2007 @ 08:06:57 AM
this song is good, but i like their older style. i like it better when they were a Nu Metal band, but this is ok.
by byakuya93 on 04-24-2007 @ 11:15:00 AM
LP has surely changed a lot. i’m quite amazed that they can change like that. when i first heard it i was really disappointed but then after listening to it again and again i noticed that they did well. but i miss all they’re rapping and screaming. i cant wait to get a hold of their album. they say that they changed theyre style.
i think that this whole song talks about global warming. theyre saying that what we have done to the world is changing everything and that we can change it.
i like the song but i want MIKE to do something more than that backup…
by MrHahnKitty on 04-25-2007 @ 04:50:44 PM
personally, i think the na-na-na thing is ok. it kinda fits in.
i hope the rest of the songs are better though.
can’t wait. 
by mike16 on 04-29-2007 @ 01:23:10 AM
i love this song,i hope mike shinoda doesent rap in the new albumn it gets really annoying with him rapping.they sound alot better without the rapping
by Manicville on 05-02-2007 @ 08:37:43 PM
Linkin Park is slapping us in the face by releasing this as the first single from Minutes to Midnight. They’re slapping us to make us realize that this is a very different style of music, and to keep us on our toes for when the rest of the album comes out. I’m sure they have one or two songs on MtM that sound like Meteora (Probably not Hybrid Theory) and if they’d released one of those we’d dismiss the entire new album as the same old stuff.
This builds further anticipation and would have been completely unexpected if they hadn’t been blabbing about how different their sound was going to be.
Btw, the Minutes to Midnight is in fact a reference to the Doomsday Clock that measures proximity to nuclear war. I think it was a Kerrang interview or something where they said that.
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by phoenix_phyre on 05-03-2007 @ 04:06:28 PM
I first heard this song going home one night. Without watching the video, I got the impression that they’re talking about letting of your past and rising anew, like a phoenix from the ashes. Like a lot of their other songs, they leave the interpretation(sp?) up to the listener, which is one of many things that I love about Linkin Park. The song rocks, and I can’t wait to get the album when it releases.
by djnick on 05-03-2007 @ 11:00:47 PM
Very disappointed in this track! LP says they are coming with a new sound and it sound exactly like their old stuff. And the sound and chord progression of this song is almost like Numb. I am not impressed and hope the rest of the album can makeup for this
by Richard Enahobo on 05-05-2007 @ 02:45:14 AM
Well they’re trying to not be nu-metal anymore now that nu-metal isn’t popular anymore.
by tears_of_the_night on 05-05-2007 @ 07:21:05 PM
This song means a lot to me, I have been through a lot and It is easy to relate to this song….
by tiamat85 on 05-06-2007 @ 12:21:24 AM
just heard the new album and hv to say tht i’m disappointed…i knw that they r coming up with new sounds for minutes…..but their old albums were def better… a lot more passion
by bleedthecoloursopen on 05-07-2007 @ 11:34:38 AM
woooo linkin park!
nice to see them back and at it.
at it?
alright, whatever.
nice one boys, i like this song.
by BlinkBullet71 on 05-07-2007 @ 09:26:37 PM
To me those “na-na-na’s” sound like “Don’t know why”. Might be just me, but listen closely. I know I’m not going insane.
by maggalo95713 on 05-07-2007 @ 11:39:34 PM
OMG!!! i love this song so much!! and the vid is great. ya know LP has been my fav band since they started. i cant wait until the album releases in 8 days!
by Fallen Leaves on 05-08-2007 @ 12:14:10 AM
This is a really good song. The piano really adds to it at the beginning. And it’s just a GOOD song. Meaningful-he wants to start over, and he’s realizing his mistakes, and he wants “So let mercy come and wash away what I’ve done”. I like linkin park.
This video is so sad. The poor, straving black guy, and there’s that fat guy horking out on the HUGE burger.
Go LP.
by chendo on 05-08-2007 @ 05:45:56 AM
i love it its great
by mikeua69 on 05-11-2007 @ 02:11:08 AM
Lol at all the people that think this song is about the typical” America is at fault for everything” BS. Anyone that can’t see that this song is about a call to god is just plain retarded.
by Fallen Leaves on 05-12-2007 @ 01:09:27 AM
Yeah I’d thought it was about asking God for forgiveness for “what i’ve done.” or he’d done, i guess. the video is mainly about america at fault though. it shows people like Mother Theresa tho.
by spacegirl92 on 05-13-2007 @ 02:33:59 AM
To me this song represents my coming to terms with who I use to be and who I now am. Learning how not to focus on the mistakes I made and how to accept the fact that I’m not that person anymore.
by Skippy the Pirate on 05-13-2007 @ 10:37:21 AM
All you linkin park fans are assraping monkey fuckers. This song blows donkey dick just like chester an mike.
by saleemx on 05-14-2007 @ 11:44:11 PM
can anyone give me a valid link between the lyrics of the song and the themes in the video- global warming, pollution, racism etc…
by pinkgummibears on 05-16-2007 @ 01:55:05 AM
I love this song and the video. I’m so glad to see them sending messages to the world about global warming and the so many other conflicts through this video. The song is amazing and I just love it!
by KingALRock on 05-17-2007 @ 02:16:12 AM
I’m pretty sure the video didnt have anything to do with the songs meaning…but their songs really leave a lot open for inerpretation. Was probably a way for them to get their views out to the world while releasing a hit song.
When I hear this song I think of someone making a mistake so big that their life will never be the same. Something so big that it changes your life and someone elses for the rest of you lives and no matter what you do, nothing can change what happened. To not be able to look yourself in the eye in the mirror to me means you fucked up, and no matter what you do things will never be the same.
by DeepSouthern on 05-17-2007 @ 05:10:04 PM
I’m glad that Linkin Park is trying some new and better. I wish them the best. This song is pretty rocking.
by septimusphoenix on 05-17-2007 @ 11:42:00 PM
okay now i’ve heard most of the album i can say i like this song more. one thing that really dissapointed me about the album was too many damn slow songs!!!!
by septimusphoenix on 05-17-2007 @ 11:47:05 PM
can anyone pick up what horror film the opening piano is from. i swear it’s so familiar
by pinkgummibears on 05-18-2007 @ 12:26:58 AM
septimusphoenix–i’m thinking it was from Halloween, but i could be wrong.
by lostcause08 on 05-19-2007 @ 08:03:28 PM
Its showing the destruction that everyone has caused in the world. “What I’ve done”. The holocaust, war in Iraq, people starving, ect. Maybe if we try hard enough we can stop it. Become one. Help one another, finally stop this world tradgety.
by rocker1190 on 05-21-2007 @ 01:34:53 PM
They put a whole new spin on their music and I like it. It’s like putting “One Step Closer” and “Faint” together. It’s different but at the same time, what more do you expect from LP?
Great song. Can’t wait to finally get the new CD and see them live again!
by famous_last_words on 05-21-2007 @ 11:55:43 PM
In this farewell
There’s no blood, there’s no alibi
[[ in saying good bye, theres no fight only the ne that exists within him self to change, and theres no reason.
'Cause I've drawn regret
From the truth of a thousand lies
So let mercy come and wash away
[[ hes regret from telling so many lies and no prolly no one belives him when he despretly needs it.]]
What I’ve done, I’ll face myself
To cross out what I’ve become
Erase myself and let go of what I’ve done
[[ he ready to face him self and change to become a better person]]
Put to rest what you thought
Of me while I clean this slate
With the hands of uncertainty
So let mercy come and wash away
[[ hes saying to forget what you originally thought of him. he wants to start over again and bring forth a rebirth in himself. hes clensing himslef but isnt sure tht thi is what he wants.]]
For what I’ve done, I start again
And whatever pain may come
Today this ends, I’m forgiving
[[ hes ready to face head on wat ever comes his way, hes willing to fall in order to change himself. he decides to change himself today hes sick nd tired of procrastinating.]]
mwahaa. i love thi song to death and rite now i need to change a bit my self o this sis how you say, is the theme song of my life as of now. i needd to change in order o make sumone see how i can change …o.o
by KirbyRocks on 05-24-2007 @ 03:37:43 AM
In this farewell,
There’s no blood,
There’s no alibi,
‘Cause I’ve drawn regret,
From the truth of a thousand lies.
So let mercy come, and wash away…
What I’ve done,
I’ll face myself,
To cross out what I’ve become.
Erase myself,
And let go of what I’ve done.
Put to rest what you thought of me,
While I clean this slate,
With the hands of uncertainty.
So let mercy come, and wash away…
What I’ve done,
I’ll face myself,
To cross out what I’ve become.
Erase myself,
And let go of what I’ve done.
For what I’ve done,
I start again,
And whatever pain may come,
Today this ends,
I’m forgiving what I’ve done.
I’ll face myself,
To cross out what I’ve become.
Erase myself,
And let go of what I’ve done.
What I’ve done.
Forgiving what I’ve done.
by Judy123 on 05-25-2007 @ 03:49:39 AM
i think this song is great and I like the meaning but i also think it has a link to the movie REQUEIM FOR A DREAM the beginning beat that is also throughout the entire song is used in the movie. the movie is also about society and their effects on people and i just love the connection
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by unclerico007 on 05-31-2007 @ 08:57:11 AM
Liberal and Anti-American BS
