It is impossible to satisfy everyone with one thing. But Linkin Park ever did and they failed. Now they have changed their attitude on music, and they want to make music they like:
“There have been periods of our career where our maturity level might not be what it is today, and … like, we read 60 things that are positive about the band, and the one thing someone says they didn’t like, you’re like, ‘Oh God, I have to change my life.’ And you know, you can get caught up in that kind of stuff. So we’ve decided — very clearly — that we’re just going to make music that we like, that is challenging to us to create and pushes us in a place that makes us feel uncomfortable and giddy, like we’re discovering something. As long as we do that, and we feel happy with the record we put out, then it’s like, ‘OK, we’ve done our best, and if you like it, great, and if you don’t, go find something that you like.’”
“You don’t have to like something because someone told you it was good, and you don’t have to think something’s bad because someone says.”
“The Catalyst” is the song Linkin Park is going to perform at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards.
Lyrics of “The Catalyst”:
God bless us every one
We’re a broken people living under loaded gun
And it can’t be outfought
It can’t be outdone
It can’t be outmatched
It can’t be outrun
No no
God bless us every one
We’re a broken people living under loaded gun
And it can’t be outfought
It can’t be outdone
It can’t be outmatched
It can’t be outrun
No no
And when I close my eyes tonight
To symphonies of blinding light
(God bless us every one / we’re a broken people living under loaded gun)
Oh / like memories in cold decay
Transmissions echoing away
Far from the world of you and I
Where oceans bleed into the sky
God save us every one
Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns
For the sins of our hand
The sins of our tongue
The sins of our father
The sins of our young
No no
God save us every one
Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns
For the sins of our hand
The sins of our tongue
The sins of our father
The sins of our young
No no
And when I close my eyes tonight
To symphonies of blinding light
(God save us every one/
will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns
Oh / like memories in cold decay
Transmissions echoing away
Far from the world of you and I
Where oceans bleed into the sky
Oh / like memories in cold
Far from the world of you and I
Where oceans bleed into the sky
Lift me up, let me go
Lift me up, let me go
Lift me up, let me go
Lift me up, let me go
Lift me up, let me go
Lift me up, let me go
Lift me up, let me go
Lift me up, let me go
Lift me up, let me go
Lift me up, let me go
God bless us every one
We’re a broken people living under loaded gun
And it can’t be outfought
It can’t be outdone
It can’t be outmatched
It can’t be outrun
No no
God bless us every one
We’re a broken people living under loaded gun
And it can’t be outfought
It can’t be outdone
It can’t be outmatched
It can’t be outrun
