Formed in 1996, Linkin Park rose to international fame with their debut studio album, Hybrid Theory (2000), which became certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Released during the peak of the nu metal scene, the album's singles' heavy airplay on MTV led the singles "One Step Closer", "Crawling" and "In the End" all to chart highly on the US Mainstream Rock chart. The lattermost also crossed over to the nation's Billboard Hot 100. Their second album, Meteora (2003), continued the band's success. The band explored experimental sounds on their third album, Minutes to Midnight (2007). By the end of the decade, Linkin Park was among the most successful and popular rock acts.
The band continued to explore a wider variation of musical types on their fourth album, A Thousand Suns (2010), layering their music with more electronic sounds. The band's fifth album, Living Things (2012), combined musical elements from all of their previous records. Their sixth album, The Hunting Party (2014), returned to a heavier rock sound, and their seventh album, One More Light (2017), was a substantially more pop-oriented record. Linkin Park went on a hiatus when longtime lead vocalist Bennington died in July 2017. In April 2022, Shinoda revealed the band was neither working on new music nor planning on touring for the foreseeable future.
Linkin Park is among the best-selling bands of the 21st century and the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 100 million records worldwide. They have won two Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, 10 MTV Europe Music Awards and three World Music Awards. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the music video era and the third-best of the new millennium. Billboard ranked Linkin Park No. 19 on the Best Artists of the Decade list. In 2012, the band was voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1. In 2014, the band was declared as "The Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now" by Kerrang!.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkin_Park
Studio albums
Hybrid Theory (2000)
Meteora (2003)
Minutes to Midnight (2007)
A Thousand Suns (2010)
Living Things (2012)
The Hunting Party (2014)
One More Light (2017)
It Goes Through
Linkin Park Lyrics
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It won't light up the back of my mind
And these fires it won't burn
But to blacken the memories I earned
And these walls, are so thin
But they somehow keep on holding me in
Cause I pushed, and I know,
What's to come at the end of this road!
well my sun, it won't shine, it won't light up the back of my mind, and this fires it won't burn but to blacken the memories I have earned.
And these walls are so thin,
But they somehow keep on holding me in
Caused I pushed and I know
That there's nowhere left to go
Cause it goes through...
Cause it goes through...
Cause it goes through...
Cause it goes through...
The lyrics of Linkin Park's "It Goes Through" paint a somber picture of a person who is struggling to find light and warmth, both inside and outside. The singer's "sun" is not shining, which is symbolic of the fact that their hope and positivity are clouded by something that's not letting them be at peace. The fire that should have burned bright to light up their memories is now destroying them by darkening their past experiences. The "walls" are thin, which means that the singer feels trapped in their own thoughts, unable to escape from their pain and hurt, no matter how hard they try.
The repeated phrase "Cause it goes through" is symbolic of the idea that the only way out of this darkness is to go through it, to face the pain and overcome it to find the light at the end of the tunnel. This journey will not be easy, but the singer acknowledges that there is no other way out - there is "nowhere left to go" but through the pain.
Overall, the lyrics of "It Goes Through" are a poignant reflection of the struggles of human existence, the darkness that we all have to endure at some point in our lives, and the courage it takes to overcome it.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh my sun, It won't shine
My life seems gloomy and hopeless.
It won't light up the back of my mind
I find it hard to think positively and optimistically.
And these fires it won't burn
I can't find a passion or a motivation that sets me on fire.
But to blacken the memories I earned
The things I have experienced, both good and bad, seem to only weigh me down and hold me back.
And these walls, are so thin
My problems and obstacles seem small and insignificant, yet they still have a strong hold on me.
But they somehow keep on holding me in
Despite feeling trapped, I can't seem to break free from my struggles.
Cause I pushed, and I know,
I have tried to overcome these challenges, but it seems like there is no way out.
What's to come at the end of this road!
I am uncertain of my future and where all of this will lead me.
Cause it goes through...
Despite all of this, I know that the only way to get through it is to keep going, even when it feels impossible.
Cause it goes through...
The path ahead of me is difficult, but it's the only way to move forward and overcome my struggles.
Cause it goes through...
I have to keep persevering and fighting, even when it seems like I can't take it anymore.
Cause it goes through...
Ultimately, I believe that I will come out stronger and wiser on the other side of these challenges.
Contributed by Zachary J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Per Santiago
on In the End
ppp
Yaiyen Creed
on Crawling
yo me he sentido asi ,excelente tema y letra .se le extraña mucho ,decsubri otra banda que tiene similar la voz de chester, linkin park son y siempre seran los mejores x la eternidad
Yaiyen Creed
on Now I See
este tema me encanta, x siempre linkin park,
Muhammad Syukron
on Castle of Glass
i like this
Elmhier Seyer AtenCio
on Numb
ang ganda tlga nito :)