| "Waiting for the End" | |||||
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| Single by Linkin Park from the album A Thousand Suns | |||||
| Released | October 1, 2010 | ||||
| Working title | Meadowlands | ||||
| Recorded | 2008-2010 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock, Electronic rock | ||||
| Length | 3:51 | ||||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | ||||
| Writer | Linkin Park | ||||
| Producer | Mike Shinoda, Rick Rubin | ||||
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Waiting for the End is the eighth song from A Thousand Suns, released on October 1, 2010 as the second single from the album. A music video for the single was released on October 8, 2010.
The video features the band performing the song in the dark with heavy digital effects and distortion applied to them (such as on Mike Shinoda in the picture below). The video also showcases the themes of the artwork for their album, A Thousand Suns, with many shots of animals and digital-themed media. The music video was also shot in slow motion and some parts or would feature a band member frozen and rotate around them.
Lyrics[]
This is not the end, this is not the beginning
Just a voice like a riot rocking every revision
But you listen to the tone in the violent rhythm
And though the words sound steady something empty within 'em
We say yeah, with fists flying up in the air
Like we're holding on to something that's invisible there
Cause we're living at the mercy of the pain and the fear
Until we get it, forget it, let it all disappear
Waiting for the end to come
Wishing I had strength to stand
This is not what I had planned
It's out of my control
Flying at the speed of light
Thoughts were spinning in my head
So many things were left unsaid
It's hard to let you go
I know what it takes to move on
I know how it feels to lie
All I wanna do
Is trade this life for something new
Holding onto what I haven't got
Sitting in an empty room
Trying to forget the past
This was never meant to last
I wish it wasn't so
I know what it takes to move on
I know how it feels to lie
All I wanna do
Is trade this life for something new
Holding onto what I haven't got
What was left when the fire was gone
I thought it felt right but that right was wrong
All caught up in the eye of the storm
And trying to figure out what it's like moving on
And I don't even know what kind of things I said
My mouth kept moving and my mind went dead
So I'm picking up the peices now where to begin?
The hardest part of ending is starting again
All I wanna do is trade this life for something new
Holding onto what I haven't got
This is not the end, this is not the beginning
Just a voice like a riot rocking every revision
(I'm holding onto what I haven't got)
But you listen to the tone in the violent rhythm
And though the words sound steady something's empty within 'em
We say yeah, with fists flying up in the air
Like we're holding onto something invisible there
Cause were living at the mercy of the pain and the fear
(Holding onto what I haven't got)
Until we get it, forget it, let it all disappear
Music video[]
Waiting for the End (Official HD)
Trivia[]
- The Ending of Waiting for the End is actually the Beginning of the Song Blackout.
- The Music Video for Waiting for the End has reached over 109 Million Views, being Linkin Park's 11th most viewed Music Video on YouTube.
- It's the Second most viewed Music Video out of all the Singles from the Album A Thousand Suns, the first being the Song The Catalyst with over 125 Million Views.
External links[]
- Chords of this Song at tabfan.com