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When you were standing in the wake of devastation
When you were waiting on the edge of the unknown
And with the cataclysm raining down, insides crying save me now
You were there impossibly alone.
Do you feel cold and lost in desperation
You build up hope but failure's all you've known
Remember all the sadness and frustration
And let it go, let it go.
And in the burst of light that blinded every angel
As if the sky had blown the heavens into stars
You felt the gravity of temper grace falling into empty space
No one there to catch you in their arms
Do you feel cold and lost in desperation
You build up hope but failure's all you've known
Remember all the sadness and frustration
And let it go, let it go.
Do you feel cold and lost in desperation
You build up hope but failure's all you've known
Remember all the sadness and frustration
And let it go,
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
Do you feel cold and lost in desperation
You build up hope but failure's all you've known
Remember all the sadness and frustration
And let it go, let it go.
When you were waiting on the edge of the unknown
And with the cataclysm raining down, insides crying save me now
You were there impossibly alone.
Do you feel cold and lost in desperation
You build up hope but failure's all you've known
Remember all the sadness and frustration
And let it go, let it go.
And in the burst of light that blinded every angel
As if the sky had blown the heavens into stars
You felt the gravity of temper grace falling into empty space
No one there to catch you in their arms
Do you feel cold and lost in desperation
You build up hope but failure's all you've known
Remember all the sadness and frustration
And let it go, let it go.
Do you feel cold and lost in desperation
You build up hope but failure's all you've known
Remember all the sadness and frustration
And let it go,
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
Do you feel cold and lost in desperation
You build up hope but failure's all you've known
Remember all the sadness and frustration
And let it go, let it go.
Lyrics submitted by MusicFREAK20
Track duration: 04:57
"Iridescent" as written by Chester Charles Bennington, Robert G. Bourdon, Brad Delson, Mike Shinoda, Dave Farrell, Joseph Hahn
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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I(You) wish or hope for something in life(hoping or planning) for a certain thing to happen in my(your) future. Sort of like achieving a destiny. I(You) plan for this destiny of mine(yours) and I(you) hope or wish for, I(you) fail at it and then I(you) just turn to my(your) sorrowness or mistakes for help. This song is trying to make me(you) remember the mistakes I(you) made, but to let go of it, move on from it and learn from it.
Bottom line: Don't let the negative things in life bring me(you) down, let go of it. I(you) will just keep hurting myself(yourself) over and over again, sort of like holding onto pain. Let the pain go away and move onto whats pleasing.
"You were standing in the wake of devastation
You were waiting on the edge of the unknown
With the cataclysm raining down
Inside's crying save me now
You were there impossibly alone"
-I believe this verse is regarding how the person went through the abuse begging for someone to save them and yet they continued to go through the cycle of abuse.
"And in a burst of light that blinded every angel
As if the sky had blown the heavens into stone
You felt the gravity of tempered grace
Falling into empty space
No one there to catch you in their arms"
- I believe that this verse describes how it's hard to keep faith in religion when you're going through something so traumatic. And again how no one is there to save you.
"Do you feel cold and lost in desperation
You build up hope but failure's all you've known
Remember all the sadness and frustration
And let it go
Let it go"
- I believe that this verse discusses how one must forget the past and look towards the future.
It's a great song and this is just my interpretation, I'm sure there are many more.
"You were standing in the wake of devastation
You were waiting on the edge of the unknown
With the cataclysm raining down
Inside's crying save me now
You were there impossibly alone"
---These lines are unquestionably feelings of unequal emptiness experienced after a rough or possibly abrupt breakup, or even the death of a loved one.
"And in a burst of light that blinded every angel
As if the sky had blown the heavens into stone
You felt the gravity of tempered grace
Falling into empty space
No one there to catch you in their arms"
---This verse is him rethinking what happened, maybe there was a specific event that was so significant that it ended the relationship. Its impact (so great that it "blinded every angel" and "had blown the heavens into stone") is that the relationship came to an unexpected end because this event happened. And once it happened, the significant other was suddenly gone for whatever reason, and was no longer there to support him (as in the line "no one there to catch you in their arms")
"And finally the chorus:
Do you feel cold and lost in desperation
You build up hope but failure's all you've known
Remember all the sadness and frustration
And let it go
Let it go"
---It's like someone trying to push them to overcome the seemingly impossible difficulties of their life right now to move on. When I listen to this, I think of this as some sort of inner passion or strength that won't let the person succumb to the depression, possibly a guardian angel that will look after him even when he is completely alone.
This is a truly beautiful song and the lyrics are truly powerful. Behind 'Waiting for the End', this is my 2nd favorite song from 1000 Suns.
I've got it!
I've been studying the holy hindu text, 'The Bhagavad Gita'. This song is about the Bhagavad Gita!
The words 'In a burst of light that blinded all angels, as if the sky had blown the heavens into stars' is actually in the translation I own. And Mike Shinoda himself said in an interview that some elements of 'A Thousand Suns' are based on the Bhagavad Gita.
If not simply ask yourselves why is there a freaking snake on top of one of the musicians and at the same time they imitate Christ's last supper, and at the same freaking time they repeat: LET IT GO..
Nuclear war? Jesus.. you have to be fucking blind..
You know what is an organization brainwashing people? Religion. Look at how you are desperately clinging for reasons to blame the growth of Atheism on ANYTHING other than logic. It has to be some type of brainwash. Manipulation. Because it's all you know.
Get off it. Maybe it's just an amazing song. Maybe Linkin Park isn't trying to send us all to "Hell."
I think that still keeping in line with the rest of the album, it could simply be about letting go of some pressure, kind of like Robot Boy in the album, and it could be taken as breaking away from pressures put on society. When I listen to this song, I think about a period of calm in the storm:
"And in a burst of light that blinded every angel
As if the sky had blown the heavens into stone
You felt the gravity of tempered grace
Falling into empty space"
I think especially about the myriad of issues that we face today; while some people may panic, and others may just not care. But whoever may be described in the song looks through the issue and becomes enlightened, acting past the worry and sadness, and feeling pure and free.
Or at least that's what I think of.
As far as an interpretation, I see how well the song fits literally, but it seems like there's a more realistic emotional metaphor. Like having experienced personal tragedy, then facing a dilemma of whether or not it's worth going on. But the end of the chorus then feels like the character decides against anything drastic, remembers the sadness and frustration, and lets it go. Or maybe he kills himself, hell, I don't know.
I kinda thought it was about someone surviving a nuclear explosion but then continuing life as normal, but having an irradiated glow and being "iridescent." Lawl.