The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Separate
Sifting through the wreckage
I can't concentrate
Searching for a message
In the fear and pain
Broken down and waiting
For the chance to feel alive
Now in my remains
Are promises that never came
Set this silence free
To wash away the worst of me
Come apart
Falling in the cracks of every broken heart
Digging through the wreckage of your disregard
Sinking down and waiting
For a chance to feel alive
Now in my remains
Are promises that never came
Set this silence free
To wash away the worst of me
Like an army
Falling
One by one by one
Like an army
Falling
One by one by one
Like an army
Falling
One by one by one
Like an army
Falling
One by one by one
Now in my remains
Are promises that never came
Set this silence free
To wash away the worst of me
Like an army
Falling
One by one by one
Like an army
Falling
One by one by one
Sifting through the wreckage
I can't concentrate
Searching for a message
In the fear and pain
Broken down and waiting
For the chance to feel alive
Now in my remains
Are promises that never came
Set this silence free
To wash away the worst of me
Come apart
Falling in the cracks of every broken heart
Digging through the wreckage of your disregard
Sinking down and waiting
For a chance to feel alive
Now in my remains
Are promises that never came
Set this silence free
To wash away the worst of me
Like an army
Falling
One by one by one
Like an army
Falling
One by one by one
Like an army
Falling
One by one by one
Like an army
Falling
One by one by one
Now in my remains
Are promises that never came
Set this silence free
To wash away the worst of me
Like an army
Falling
One by one by one
Like an army
Falling
One by one by one
Lyrics submitted by MusicFREAK20, edited by deathop56, guime1998, Skoobasteve24, 1lpfan
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Official lyrics from the official linkin park website. site.linkinpark.com/music/2012/living-things/#
It is set this silence free to wash away the worst of me not except this silent rain. This an amazing song!!! :)
Separate, sifting through the wreckage I can't concentrate, searching for a message In the fear and pain, broken down and waiting For the chance to feel alive
somewhere there would be the guys, sitting and smiling at our interpretations , i always wonder what inspires them to write such good songs. some point in life, we all go through such traumas, where the near future seems very dim.
Like an army, falling One by one by one
how many of us do really understand what it is like to see a whole army,falling, one by one... how small and conceited is our thinking, the whole life passes and we dont really learn anything.
I totally agree with your thought.<br /> <br /> Now in my remains<br /> Our promises that never came<br /> Except this silent rain<br /> To wash away the worst of me<br /> <br /> A person, propably standing on a yard in the rain, regretting everything what it's now too late for. Cause life ends someday, for everyone.<br /> Everyone<br /> Falling - one - by - one - by - one<br />
i think this is the best song on this great new album :)
so heres my interpretation (sry for my bad english :S)
i think this song might be about taking drugs and feeling bad about the own life.
Separate, sifting through the wreckage I can't concentrate, searching for a message In the fear and pain, broken down and waiting For the chance to feel alive
ths might be about how he doesnt feel good and tries to feel better by taking drugs
Now in my remains Are promises that never came Except this silent rain To wash away the worst of me
this could be about how the drugs didnt work the way he wished and about the rehab
i thinks that this song is about the this because linkin parks singer and songwriter chester bennington had problems with drugs
You may be right, but it may be about a bigger picture, it may be about just doing something bad in general and regretting it.
The first time I heard this song I immediately related to it; here's my interpretation.
Separate Sifting through the wreckage I can’t concentrate
Now in my remains Are promises that never came
Come apart Falling in the cracks of every broken heart Digging through the wreckage of your disregard Sinking down and waiting for a chance to feel alive
The song could be about dying to the self/ego, where the person left behind is the remains. This might be called enlightenment, second birth. The person has died but still walks the earth, like a fallen angel. More realizations happen every day "like an army falling one by one" Silence (as in meditation) is the sanctuary that washes away the remaining attachments.
One of my favorite songs by these guys, and I relate to this, but here we go. I'm going to label each part as 1, 2, 3, etc. so hang on while I explain since I can't summarize this baby. ;)
Getting out of this drama/situation/whatever you want to call it. While getting out of this, he/she is trying to find answers on why and whatnot in their mental pain and fear. He/she is not physically broken but is mentally messed up. Still, this person is trying to find happiness despite what has happened.
Just now I realized I don't have time so let me speed though this. This person is broken and but wants everything bad as he/she has seen to be gone from the surface of the Earth.
almost the same as #!, but he/she addresses that he/she knows what the other did to them.
In the interlude or whatever you call it (like an army...) I saw it as the person who's hurting's others realization that this is going to slap him/her in the face.
Wish I had more time to explain but that gets the gist.
Is very hard to tell, and so deep in my heart
I think that this song is about a person dying to blood loss. "I can't concentrate" is a symptom of lack of oxygen in the brain, "fear and pain" is fear of death and pain from the wound, "waiting for a chance to feel alive" is hope to survive, and i'm too lazy to break down the whole song, but you get my point
Sucks.