Linkin Park - New Divide

Blog number 2, Here we go

Today i have decided to focus on the song New Divide by Linkin Park. It was released on the Transformers 2 sound track in 2009. I consider it to be medium rock/ punk genera. The lyrics can be found at http://www.metrolyrics.com/new-divide-lyrics-linkin-park.html and a sample version of the song can be found at http://www.apple.com/itunes/charts/songs/linkin-park/new-divide/

I think there are two ways to view this song. The first is one person singing the song, the other is two people having a discussion.

The lyrics to this song are very well put together both in the musical sense and in a writing sense. As i was reading over the lyrics it felt to me like it was more of a poem than just a song. In the first verse, he is remembering a lot of things, black skies, lightning, time beginning to blur and so on. "Like a startling sign that fate had finally found me And your voice was all i heard that i get what i deserve" to me this indicates that he has done either some or a lot of stuff in the past that was not appropriate or not approved of. "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" He is talking to someone who know of the wrong that he has done. I don't think either of them understand fully what he has done, hence the "prove me wrong" but also he is starting the understanding of what has happened. He understands that he has some work to do to get back in line with the world, he is wanting to "fill this hole, (and) connect the space between" but the question is between him and who? Is it one person that he has wronged or is it a community or the world? And also how big is the hole? How much work does he need to do to to connect back them?

"There was nothing in sight but memories left abandoned" I am taking this to be memories of him and one other person. Because if something happens to a lot of people at least one person will remember and not forget. But if it happens to only two people, one might remember but one will want to forget it. As he is looking, he sees that the memories of of him are being abandoned by someone else, he is being forgotten. "There was nowhere to hide, the ashes felt like snow" Not only are the memories being forgotten, they are being burned. Burned out of their mind as if they want nothing to do with him. With the ashes feeling like snow, he is seeing the memories being burned, and he feels so cold and alone. With out those memories he feels abandoned, alone and forgotten. "And the ground caved in between where we were standing And your voice was all i heard that i get what i deserve" This shows that he was with a singular person because of the memories. Because of what he did and they do not agree with what he did there is a gap between him and them. It also says to me that they talked about it because "your voice was all i heard that i get what i deserve" They are ready to break off the relationship what ever it is because they knew that something like this would happen and they were almost expecting it. Although they did warn him because he got what he deserved.

After the chores there is an amazing musical break by Mr. Hahn. AMAZING!!!!

"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" They (whoever they are) are telling him what they think about what he has done to them. He had made mistakes that are so big that no one can hide them. He acknowledged them and that it was coming to him and they still tell him their opinion. What is interesting to me is that i think they want to be back with him. I think that mainly because they want to "wash this memory clean" Maybe they know its wrong but they still like the person and are willing to look over what he has done but only after he has made restitution to whoever he wronged. "Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies across this new divide." They know that there is truth that he is talking about however there is a divide between him and them. That divide is going to have to have a lot of work done on it until they can be with him again.

SUMMARY

I love this song. It is a fun song to listen to and to rock out to. It also has a good meaning behind it. Also some of Linkin Park's songs do have screaming or what is called 'screamo' but this one doesn't. It is one of those songs that i think can be tolerated by all and enjoyed by most. I highly recommend listening to this song and others of Linkin Park.