In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
I remembered black skies
The lightning all around me
I remembered each flash
As time began to blur
Like a startling sign
That fate had finally found me
And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve
So give me reason
To prove me wrong
To wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross
The distance in your eyes
Give me reason
To fill this hole
Connect the space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies
Across this new divide
There was nothing in sight
But memories left abandoned
There was nowhere to hide
The ashes fell like snow
And the ground caved in
Between where we were standing
And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve
So give me reason
To prove me wrong
To wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes
Across this new divide
In every loss
In every lie
In every truth that you'd deny
And each regret
And each goodbye
Was a mistake to great to hide
And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve
So give me reason
To prove me wrong
To wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes
Give me reason
To fill this hole
Connect the space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies
Across this new divide
Across this new divide
Across this new divide
The lightning all around me
I remembered each flash
As time began to blur
Like a startling sign
That fate had finally found me
And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve
So give me reason
To prove me wrong
To wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross
The distance in your eyes
Give me reason
To fill this hole
Connect the space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies
Across this new divide
There was nothing in sight
But memories left abandoned
There was nowhere to hide
The ashes fell like snow
And the ground caved in
Between where we were standing
And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve
So give me reason
To prove me wrong
To wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes
Across this new divide
In every loss
In every lie
In every truth that you'd deny
And each regret
And each goodbye
Was a mistake to great to hide
And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve
So give me reason
To prove me wrong
To wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes
Give me reason
To fill this hole
Connect the space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies
Across this new divide
Across this new divide
Across this new divide
Lyrics submitted by Krylon, edited by gunmaster0099
New Divide Lyrics as written by Chester Charles Bennington Brad Delson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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To me, this song is about a relationship, whether it be a friendship or something more, that has recently fallen apart. The beginning of the song describes the initial downfall, and how the other person seems to think that the rift between them is the speaker's fault (And your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve). In the chorus I feel like the speaker is asking the other person to give him/her a reason to keep this relationship alive, when really the passion of the music shows that he/she wants desperately to keep the relationship intact. To me it's almost like the speaker is begging the other person to realize that there are reasons to stay together, and I feel as though he/she never does...
That's probably the most sense anyone's said about this song, everybody else just talks about how great or suckish the song is or about the movie, that's not what this site is about. Short, simple, and straight to the point. Most music deals with relationships, and that can be just about anything, a relationship doesn't have to deal with just human relationships and emotions. With that said, your interpretation hits closest to home for me... it makes it more official for me. For that, I rate your your comment positive.
The song isn't a chick flick... None of Linkin Park's songs have to do with "relationships" with another person.<br /> <br /> The way you use the word "relationship" is broad. However I believe that you intended to imply that he was a lover of another person. Which is incorrect.<br /> It is clear that he had a fight with a person. But in the song he is reminiscing on a past event where a person said to him "That you get what you deserve", and his response to the event he remembered was "SO GIVE ME REASON, TO PROVE ME WRONG". Because the person was not giving a reasonable explanation as of why he was wrong. Just that he was wrong about whatever they were arguing about.<br /> <br /> This argument could have been with anybody.