"The Little Things Give You Away" as written by Chester Charles Bennington, Robert G. Bourdon, Brad Delson, Mike Shinoda, Dave Farrell and Joseph Hahn....
Water gray
Through the windows, up the stairs
Chilling rain
Like an ocean everywhere
Don't wanna reach for me, do you?
I mean nothin' to you
The little things give you away
And now there will be no mistakin'
The levees are breakin'
All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you
And six feet under water
I do
Hope decays
Generations disappear
Washed away
As a nation simply stares
Don't wanna reach for me do you
I mean nothin' to you
The little things give you away
But there will be no mistakin'
The levees are breakin'
All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you
And six feet under water
I do
All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you
And six feet under ground now
Now I
Now I do
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Little things give you away
Little things give you away
Little things give you away
Little things give you away
All you've ever wanted (Little things give you away)
Was someone to truly look up to you (Little things give you away)
All you've ever wanted (Little things give you away)
Was someone to truly look up to you (Little things give you away)
All you've ever wanted (Little things give you away)
Was someone to truly look up to you (Little things give you away)
All you've ever wanted (Little things give you away)
Was someone to truly look up to you (Little things give you away)
All you've ever wanted (Little things give you away)
Was someone to truly look up to you (Little things give you away)
All you've ever wanted (Little things give you away)
Was someone to truly look up to you (Little things give you away)
Through the windows, up the stairs
Chilling rain
Like an ocean everywhere
Don't wanna reach for me, do you?
I mean nothin' to you
The little things give you away
And now there will be no mistakin'
The levees are breakin'
All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you
And six feet under water
I do
Hope decays
Generations disappear
Washed away
As a nation simply stares
Don't wanna reach for me do you
I mean nothin' to you
The little things give you away
But there will be no mistakin'
The levees are breakin'
All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you
And six feet under water
I do
All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you
And six feet under ground now
Now I
Now I do
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Little things give you away
Little things give you away
Little things give you away
Little things give you away
All you've ever wanted (Little things give you away)
Was someone to truly look up to you (Little things give you away)
All you've ever wanted (Little things give you away)
Was someone to truly look up to you (Little things give you away)
All you've ever wanted (Little things give you away)
Was someone to truly look up to you (Little things give you away)
All you've ever wanted (Little things give you away)
Was someone to truly look up to you (Little things give you away)
All you've ever wanted (Little things give you away)
Was someone to truly look up to you (Little things give you away)
All you've ever wanted (Little things give you away)
Was someone to truly look up to you (Little things give you away)
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When I heard this song, I imagined the singer as either a very, very close friend or a lover to an extremely controlling person. The lover/friend tries to reach out time and time again to this person, but always gets slapped or screamed at. This person doesn't want to be close to anyone, because they don't want to lose control or start feeling helpless, but the friend/lover stand stand seeing them so sad.
The friend/lover comes over to the controlling person's home. The controlling one leaves the bathtub running and goes to answer the door. They go inside. This controlling person overreacts to some kind gesture the friend/lover has done(it might be a present, it might be confort/consolation after someone dies). The controlling one, in a panic, drowns the friend/lover in their bathtub(and leaves the water running for hours). He/she runs away and the story becomes national news, but the murderer is never found and the story is forgotten after a week.
As for the lyrics of the song itself, the murder victim knows that the murderer was sick, and doesn't regret trying to reach out to them.
This little story ran through my mind listening to the song, and still does. Perhaps I am a bit morbid...
Great (but morbid) story, by the way.
And do you honestly think a band should be making music just for the money? Cause that is not what it should be about.
I could go on and on about greedy record labels and globalisation but it isn't worth it. Suffice to say, Linkin Park will still get my money (or the small percentage that isn't taken by governments, record labels or any host of suppliers etc.) And i'm doing nothing wrong by downloading it when i'm going to buy it as well.
Don't be so narrow minded.
Is it some sort of reference fo him, knowing that he is a better person than the other, and that he is the one who has to look down on her?
But we consider it an accusation, that makes sense too.
"Water gray,..." May be all that reference to water is taking about his tears and misfortunes. The water symbolises a smothering, drowning grief. He thought he could trust God, the higher authority. Turns out, he could not.
Then, he moves on to the bigger picture, of how God has destroyed the lives of so many. The little things give him really. He does not really, Its as if he is not there.
Maybe that's almost saying the song is about a storm, an act of God.
It isn't due for international release until the 14/15th of May!
"Water grey, through the windows, up the stairs"
Houses got flooded during the hurricane.
"Chilling rain, like an ocean, everywhere"
Fits with the hurricane/flooding theory.
"Don't wanna reach for me do you?
I mean nothing to you, the little things give you away"
This is telling. LP has known liberal leanings, so this would be a commentary on the governments poor reaction time.
"And now there will be no mistaking, the levees are breaking."
Again, hurricane reference.
"All you ever wanted, was some one to truly look up to to you."
Could be talking about the government, or even Bush himself.
"Now six feet, under water, I do."
Bush surveyed the scene from his helicopter. This could be an Ironic statement from the point of view of a hurricane victim.
"Hope decays, generations disappear.
Washed away, as a nation simply stares."
Another hurricane reference. And more on the poor reaction to the crisis.
"All you ever wanted, was some one to truly look up to you.
And six feet under ground now I do."
More Irony. "six feet under ground" a reference to death.
We failed to act in time.
So, those are my thoughts.
The elder has always wanted the younger to look up to them. The younger has always wanted to mean something to the elder, and for them to reach out when they're needed.
The younger sibling can see that the elder doesn't give a shit about them no matter how bad it gets, but they still look up to them.
Anyways, i think its about a person in a realtionship with a controlling person and he or she wants to get away and wants some freedom.
Water grey, through the windows, up the stairs - Talking about the flooded houses
Like an ocean everywhere - All of the water makes the are like an ocean
Don't want to reach for me do you? I mean nothing to you - Refers to how not many people in the world or even the U.S. try 2 help the victims because even though they're people, they mean nothing to the individuals out there who could help.
All you've ever wanted was someone to truly look up to you and six feet underwater I do - Everyone wants someone to look up to them and even though now these people are six feet under water, the members of Linkin Park do look up to them for being able to overcome this disaster.
Hope decays, generations disappear - Not much hope is there and this one storm wiped out generations of people.
Washed away, as a nation simply stares - These homes and lives were just washed away and all everyone in the U.S. does is stare in shock.
Probably the most meaningful song Linkin Park... or anyone for that matter has ever written.
These are the lyrics I can make out.
Water grey, through the windows of the stairs,
Chilling me, like an ocean everywhere,
Don't want to reach for me do you?
I mean nothing to you.
The little things give you away.
And now there will be no mistaking,
The levees are breaking.
All you've ever wanted,
Was someone to truly love come to you.
And six feet underwater I do.
Hope decays, generations disappear,
Washes away, as a nation simply stares.
Don't want to reach for me do you?
I mean nothing to you.
The little things give you away.
But now there will be no mistaking,
The levees are breaking.
All you've ever wanted,
Was someone to truly love come to you.
And six feet underwater I do.
All you've ever wanted,
Was someone to truly love come to you.
And six feet underground oh I.
Now I do.
Little things give you away.
ok yeah, this site had them right, you didnt....you are too funny.
Was someone to TRULY LOOK UP TO YOU,
And six feet underwater I do.
That makes more sense ^