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Should've stayed. Were the signs I ignored?
Can I help you not to hurt anymore?
We saw brilliance when the world was asleep.
There are things that we can have but can't keep.
If they say...
Who cares if one more light goes out?
In the sky of a million stars,
It flickers, flickers.
Who cares when someone's time runs out?
If a moment is all we are,
Or quicker, quicker.
Who cares if one more light goes out?
Well I do.
The reminders pull the floor from your feet.
In the kitchen, one more chair than you need, oh.
And you're angry. And you should be. It's not fair.
Just cause you can't see it doesn't mean it isn't there.
If they say...
Who cares if one more light goes out?
In the sky of a million stars,
It flickers, flickers.
Who cares when someone's time runs out?
If a moment is all we are,
Or quicker, quicker.
Who cares if one more light goes out?
Well I do.
I do...
Who cares if one more light goes out?
In the sky of a million stars,
It flickers, flickers.
Who cares when someone's time runs out?
If a moment is all we are,
Or quicker, quicker.
Who cares if one more light goes out?
Well I do.
Well I do.
Can I help you not to hurt anymore?
We saw brilliance when the world was asleep.
There are things that we can have but can't keep.
If they say...
Who cares if one more light goes out?
In the sky of a million stars,
It flickers, flickers.
Who cares when someone's time runs out?
If a moment is all we are,
Or quicker, quicker.
Who cares if one more light goes out?
Well I do.
The reminders pull the floor from your feet.
In the kitchen, one more chair than you need, oh.
And you're angry. And you should be. It's not fair.
Just cause you can't see it doesn't mean it isn't there.
If they say...
Who cares if one more light goes out?
In the sky of a million stars,
It flickers, flickers.
Who cares when someone's time runs out?
If a moment is all we are,
Or quicker, quicker.
Who cares if one more light goes out?
Well I do.
I do...
Who cares if one more light goes out?
In the sky of a million stars,
It flickers, flickers.
Who cares when someone's time runs out?
If a moment is all we are,
Or quicker, quicker.
Who cares if one more light goes out?
Well I do.
Well I do.
Lyrics submitted by AdamArtz, edited by Drazen99, colormecassy
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Chester wrote this for us, for all of us. Dealing with the loss of a loved one is the hardest thing you ever go through. The emotions, the pain that you feel. It's unbearable, but it makes us human.
I think he knew he going to end it when he wrote this for us.
This song helps, it helps so much with grieving not just from suicide but in general. Dealing with all the conflicting emotions coming out a loss by suicide. Anger, hurt, regret and loss.
We're all a "light" to someone else even if we don't know it and you will be hurting someone by ending your life. Even if that person simply had a brief "moment" with you, it's a loss they'll feel and won't ever let go.
In a way Chester hurt us to show us how we'd hurt everyone else if we committed suicide.
@darksadsky I get this sentiment to some extent. I know when I was younger I genuinely thought of ways to end my life but it was my family that stopped me. I had a young nephew and a niece and it was those growing up that kept me going. But then I think what about the people who have nobody? What about the homeless man on the street? Everybody walks on by, he has nothing, what's stopping him when he feels like that?
@darksadsky This comment almost brought me to tears.
@darksadsky Actually, it was Mike who wrote this song.
<br /> Shinoda wrote of this song: "One More Light was written with the intention of sending love to those who lost someone. We now find ourselves on the receiving end. In memorial events, art, videos, and images, fans all over the world have gravitated towards this song as their declaration of love and support for the band and the memory of our dear friend, Chester. We are so very grateful and can’t wait to see you again."