Not Alone
►Linkin Park Lyrics
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The cold comes, racing through my skin
Searching for a way to get to you
Through the storm you
Go, giving up your home
Go, leaving all you've known
You are not alone
With eyes like, echoes in the night
Hiding from the hell that you've been through
Silent one, you
Go, giving up your home
Go, leaving all you've known
You go, giving up your home
Go, leaving all you've known
You are not alone
You go, giving up your home
Go, leaving all you've known
You go, giving up your home
Go, you are not alone
You are not alone
You are not alone
The song "Not Alone" by Linkin Park speaks to the feelings of fear, coldness and isolation that come with the struggles of life, but also reminds us that we are not alone in our hardships. The opening lines, "I break down, fear is sinking in, the cold comes, racing through my skin" express a state of anguish and anxiety, making it clear that the singer is experiencing a difficult time. They are desperate for a way to connect with someone who can empathize with their situation and help them through it.
However, the chorus provides a glimmer of hope, with the repeated lines of "Go, giving up your home, Go, leaving all you've known, You are not alone". In this section, the message is clear: even when we feel like we are giving up everything familiar to us in order to push through challenges, we are not alone. Whether it is the support of friends and family, a higher power, or simply the resilience that comes from within, there are resources available to help us through tough times. The repeated line of "You are not alone" serves as a reminder that we can find strength in connection and community.
Overall, "Not Alone" is a powerful song that speaks to the emotions of anxiety, grief, and loss that many of us experience in life. It is a reminder that even in the darkest of moments, we can find hope and solace in the knowledge that we are not alone.
Line by Line Meaning
I break down, fear is sinking in
Feeling overwhelmed with fear, unable to handle the situation
The cold comes, racing through my skin
A feeling of anxiety sets in and physically affects me
Searching for a way to get to you
Looking for a path to reach you, to overcome the distance
Through the storm you
Even with obstacles in your way
Go, giving up your home
Leave your comfort zone
Go, leaving all you've known
Leaving behind everything familiar
You are not alone
You are not the only one going through this
With arms up, stretched into the sky
Reaching for something higher, something beyond the current situation
With eyes like, echoes in the night
Eyes that reflect the pain, struggles and the quest for hope
Hiding from the hell that you've been through
Trying to escape the pain, trauma and distress of the past
Silent one, you
You who have been suffering in silence
Go, giving up your home
Leaving your comfort zone
Go, leaving all you've known
Stepping towards the unknown
You go, giving up your home
Making the difficult choice to leave behind the familiar
Go, you are not alone
Encouragement to keep going and a reminder that others are facing similar circumstances
You are not alone
Assurance that there is support and help available to you
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: BRAD DELSON, CHESTER CHARLES BENNINGTON, DAVE FARRELL, JOSEPH HAHN, MIKE SHINODA, ROBERT G. BOURDON
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@midgardianloki
To this day, this song and this music video don't fail to amaze me.
First off, how the entire music in the video perfectly fits the song title, through the tunes echoing throughout the track.
And then there's the video, which perfectly, again, correlates to the song title and its meaning: how the "angel" (guy with the briefcase handing out pictures) is there for the purpose of helping trapped souls (the people in the abandoned buildings) who had passed away but aren't yet free from the chains of attachment they have to their loved ones (the people appearing from the first set of pictures), and so, they wander about in the abandoned locality desperately.
Their "each word gets lost in the echo" because their cries and shouts cannot be heard by their loved ones who have survived them and who also are trying to cope with their passing.
And how towards the end when all of them realize the importance of having to let their living counterparts go so they can move on and continue to live on in the world, the angel utters the chants leading to the spirits finally turning to ashes, therefore being finally free, turning into a picture, not more than a memory.
The impact Linkin Park has had as a group of artists, to me personally, is severe, unique, irreplaceable. Their lyrics and distinctive sound conveying powerful messages on our relations, feelings, hurt, kindness and love.
@metawolf987
I don't know what this song means to other people, but to me, it deals with death, loss, grief, acceptance, and moving on.
The story in the music video as I see it: The young man with the suitcase is a Reaper Of Souls. He has come to Earth, the plane of the living, to take those who have shed their mortal coil, for they do not belong in the plane of the living anymore. However, these souls are trapped, unable to move on, emotionally tethered to the loved ones they can no longer reach in their current ethereal state.
To help these trapped souls move on, the Reaper shows each soul the reason they are trapped. Photographs representing the loved ones they can no longer reach, but still cannot let go of. These "photographs" however, are actually "portals" that transport the souls to the living loved ones they left behind. At first glance, it seems as if the portals brought the living to the dead. However, upon deeper thought, it can be interpreted that the souls are visiting their living relatives in a "dream state". I don't know who believes what, but I, personally, believe that spirits can visit us in our dreams and even communicate with us.
Anyway, as each soul interacts with their living loved ones, it becomes clear that the living have also not let go of the dead. However, each one of the living finally approaches their breaking point. As the photographs of the living start to disappear, I believe this symbolizes the reality that the dead can no longer reach/coexist alongside their surviving loved ones as they once could. It could also symbolize that as the living are about to let go of the dead, the living will finally be completely out of reach for the dead.
Once each person finishes letting go of the loved one they lost, the dead can no longer remain on the plane of the living. The Reaper feels the moment approaching, and prepares himself. One by one, each soul shatters and disperses into a cloud of dust, and the souls become photographs themselve. This time the photographs of the dead most likely representing that they are now nothing more than a memory. Perhaps the photographs of the living were also memories. Memories which were links to the souls of the living. The Reaper's job now complete, he collects the souls and leaves.
@fernandosms4762
You were that foundation
Never gonna be another one, no
I followed, so taken
So conditioned I could never let go
Then sorrow, then sickness
Then the shock when you flip it on me
So hollow, so vicious
So afraid I couldn’t let myself see
That I could never be held
Back or up no, I hold myself
Check the rep
Yep, you know mine well
Forget the rest
Let them know my hell
There and back
Yet my soul ain’t sell
Kept respect up
The best they fell
Let the rest be the tale they tell
That I was there saying
And these promises broken
Deep below
Each word gets lost in the echo
So one last lie
I can see through
This time I finally let you go
Go, go
Test my will, test my heart
Let me tell you how the odds gonna stack up
Y’all go hard, I go smart
How’s that working out for y'all in the back, huh?
I’ve seen that frustration
Been crossed and lost and told no
And I’ve come back unshaken
Let down and lived and let go
So you can let it be known
I don’t hold back, I hold my own
I can’t be mapped, I can’t be cloned
I can’t C-Flat, it ain’t my tone
I can’t fall back, I came too far
Hold myself up and love my scars
Let the bells ring wherever they are
‘Cause I was there saying
And these promises broken
Deep below
Each word gets lost in the echo
So one last lie
I can see through
This time I finally let you go
Go, go
No, you can tell 'em all now
I don't back up, I don't back down
I don't fold up and I don't bow
I don't roll over, don't know how
I don't care where the enemies are
Can't be stopped
All I know go hard
Won't forget how I got this far
But every time saying
And these promises broken
Deep below
Each word gets lost in the echo
So one last lie
I can see through
This time I finally let you go
Go, go
@theharshtruthoutthere
Quran readers, believers still in hell after time on earth. Heaven is for the Christians who do the WILL OF GOD:
- KEEP
- PREACH
- WATCH,
- EXPOSE
Matthew 7:21
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
muslims are out from heaven, they are in hell,
new agers out from heaven, in hell,
ignorants out from heaven, in hell
indus, out from heaven, in hell,
atheists, out from heaven, in hell,
lukewarm Christians, out from heaven, in hell.
Bible clears out who go into heaven, FEW.
So, why keep following many, if only few shall go into heaven?
Matthew 7:13
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Matthew 7:14
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Psalms 27:11
Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
Proverbs 1:15
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
Proverbs 4:14
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
@itsma3l501
[Shinoda:]
(yeah) (yo)
You were that foundation
Never gonna be another one, no.
I followed, so taken
so conditioned I could never let go
Then sorrow, then sickness
then the shock when you flip it on me
So hollow, so vicious
so afraid I couldnt let myself see
That I could never be held
Back up, no, Ill hold myself.
Check the rep, yep you know my rail
Forget the rest let them know my hell
Damn, Im back yep, my stories sell,
Kept respect up the vets stay their,
Let the rest be to tell they tale
That I was there saying…
[Chorus]
[Chester:]
And these promises broken
deep, below
Each word gets lost in the echo
So one last lie I can see through
This time I finally let you
Go, go, go.
[Shinoda:]
Test my will, test my heart
Let me tell you how the odds gonna stack up
Yall go hard, I go smart
Hows it working out for yall in the back, huh?
Ive seen that frustration
big cross, their lost but dont know
And Ive come back unshaken
Let down, Ive lived and let go
So you can let it be known
I dont hold back, I hold my own
I cant be mad, I cant be calm
I cant sing flat, it aint my tone
I cant fall back, I came too far
Hold myself up and love my scars
Let the bells ring wherever they are
Cause I was there saying...
[Chorus]
[Chester:]
And these promises broken
deep,below
Each word gets lost in the echo
So one last lie I can see through
This time I finally let you go!!!
Go, go, go.
[Shinoda:]
No, you can tell em all now
I dont back up, I dont back down
I dont fold up, and I dont bow
I dont roll over, dont know how
I dont care where the enemies are
Cant be stopped, all I know: Go Hard!
Wont forget how I got this far
And every time, saying…
[Chorus]
[Chester:]
And these promises broken
deep,below
Each word gets lost in the echo
So one last lie I can see through
This time I finally let you
Go, go, go. (Go, go, go)
@arrax8241
Lost In The Echo - Linkin Park Lyrics
You were that foundation
Never gonna be another one, no
I followed, so taken
So conditioned I could never let go
Then sorrow, then sickness
Then the shock when you flip it on me
So hollow, so vicious
So afraid I couldn't let myself see
That I could never be held
Back up, no, I'll hold myself
Check the rep, yep you know my rail
Forget the rest let them know my hell
Damn, I'm back yep, my soul ain't sell,
Kept respect up the vets stay their,
Let the rest be to tell they tale
That I was there saying
And these promises broken
Deep, feeble
Each word gets lost in the echo
So one last lie I can see through
This time I finally let you
Go, go, go
Test my will, test my heart
Let me tell you how the odds gonna stack up
Y'all go hard, I go smart
How's it working out for y'all in the back, huh?
I've seen that frustration
Big cross, they're lost but don't know
And I've come back unshaken
Let down, I've lived and let go
So you can let it be known
I don't hold back, I hold my own
I can't be mad, I can't be calm
I can't sing flat, it ain't my tone
I can't fall back, I came too far
Hold myself up and love my scars
Let the bells ring wherever they are
'Cause I was there saying
And these promises broken
Deep, feeble
Each word gets lost in the echo
So one last lie I can see through
This time I finally let you
Go, go, go
No, you can tell 'em all now
I don't back up, I don't back down
I don't fold up, and I don't bow
I don't roll over, don't know how
I don't care where the enemies are
Can't be stopped, all I know go hard!
Won't forget how I got this far
And every time, saying
And these promises broken
Deep, feeble
Each word gets lost in the echo
So one last lie I can see through
This time I finally let you
Go, go, go
@aprilpugh8035
WHO'S STILL HERE IN 2024??
@ervinm.5065
I don't know, It suddenly popped in my mind after years and I decided to listen to it
@DarkeMinos-vw1ts
Me
@anisarik4587
I didn't even leave....
@appadhoodylan3777
Here mate😊❤
@suvituulikkivahanen2600
Here forever❤
@aakashsharma3557
he saved most of us from depression but couldn't save himself 😢😢
@Addicted2wowlulz
Aakash Sharma very sad news... truly
@aldopolo6272
fuck, it's true... shit... that's very hard
@patrickrnorthforest2184
Aakash Sharma your comment is so true 😥