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)
Skin to Bone
Linkin Park Lyrics
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Ash to ashes, dust to dust
Let tomorrow have its way
With the promises we made
Skin to bone, steel to rust
Ash to ashes, dust to dust
Your deception, my disgust
I'll be happy that you're gone
Ash to ashes, dust to dust
(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)
Ash to ashes, dust to dust
(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)
Skin to bone and steel to rust
Right to left, left to right
Night to day and day to night
As the starlight fades to gray
I'll be marching far away
Right to left and left to right
(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)
Ash to ashes, dust to dust
(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)
Skin to bone and steel to rust
Let tomorrow have its way?
With the promises betrayed?
Skin to bone and steel to rust
Skin to bone and steel to rust
Skin to bone and steel to rust
The opening lines of Linkin Park's Skin to Bone express the finality of life, using the imagery of physical degradation: "Skin to bone, steel to rust / Ash to ashes, dust to dust." This serves as a reminder of death's inevitability and a call to seize the day, to let go of any doubts and live life to the fullest. The repetition of the phrase "Ash to ashes, dust to dust" reinforces this point while also referencing the Bible's Ash Wednesday phrase "Remember you are dust, and to dust, you shall return." The lyrics then take a darker turn, exposing the betrayal of a relationship and the disgust felt towards the other person who deceived the singer. The final lines imply a sense of relief and closure as the singer welcomes the other person's departure: "When your name is finally drawn / I'll be happy that you're gone." The overall message of the song seems to be about the acceptance of death and holding oneself accountable for living a meaningful life, while also acknowledging the impermanence of relationships and the importance of realizing when it is time to move on.
Line by Line Meaning
Skin to bone, steel to rust
Comparing the fragility of the human body to the decay of metal over time
Ash to ashes, dust to dust
Acknowledging the inevitable cycle of life and death
Let tomorrow have its way
Accepting that the future is uncertain and out of our control
With the promises we made
Reflecting on broken promises and the consequences they bring
Your deception, my disgust
Expressing feelings of anger and betrayal after being deceived
When your name is finally drawn
Looking forward to the end of a toxic relationship or situation
I'll be happy that you're gone
Feeling relieved and content once the negative influence is removed
Right to left, left to right
Referencing the constant motion and changing nature of life
Night to day and day to night
Highlighting the unpredictability and cyclical nature of time
As the starlight fades to gray
Emphasizing the passage of time and the fleeting nature of happiness
I'll be marching far away
Choosing to move on and leave the past behind
Let tomorrow have its way?
Repeating the acceptance that the future is uncertain
With the promises betrayed?
Further examining the consequences of broken promises and trust
Skin to bone and steel to rust
Reiterating the fragility and decay that everything and everyone experiences over time
Skin to bone and steel to rust
Repeating the central theme of the song - the inevitability of decay and change
Skin to bone and steel to rust
Concluding the song with a final reminder of our own mortality and the transience of all things
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
@sefurachan
Skin to bone, steel to rust
Ash to ashes, dust to dust
Let tomorrow have its way
With the promises we made
Skin to bone, steel to rust.
Ash to ashes, dust to dust
Your deception, my disgust
When your name is finally drawn,
I'll be happy that you're gone
Ash to ashes, dust to dust.
(ah) ash to ashes, dust to dust
(ah) skin to bone and steel to rust
Right to left, left to right
Night to day and day to night
As the starlight fades to gray,
I'll be marching far away
Right to left and left to right
(ah) ash to ashes, dust to dust
(ah) skin to bone and steel to rust
Let tomorrow have its way?
With the promises betrayed?
Skin to bone and steel to rust [3x]
@televisxr
Only Linkin Park can make a song that's so simple in terms of beat and lyrics, but still express a much larger meaning.
@novacrawford7244
kind of like Robert Frost
@kyloren4283
Mate, Roads Untravelled as well
@christopherknecht3233
Absolut,der Text klingt recht banal,aber gepaart mit dem beat,ist die Lyric wieder passend und genial und sowas beherrscht einfach nur Linkin Park,die einzig wahre universalband die jeden Musiker auf lange Sicht derbe alt aussehen lässt
@oleg4209
@@christopherknecht3233endlich ein deutscher Kommentar
@EjsCF
Underrated and it's almost criminal that it hasn't been played live
@sonicflubber
Yep. Still waiting for In My Remains, lost in the echo, castle of glass, and skin to bone live
@GackylGhaster
***** Lost in the echo, Castle of glass, and the instrumental of skin to bone was played live. The instrumental of skin to bone was played with the lyrics of "wreches and kings".
@sonicflubber
Swagnemite "The instrumental of skin to bone was played with the lyrics of wreches and kings". Que the darth vader NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Not that wreches and kings is a bad song, it's just that I would prefer that wreches and kings keeps its instrumentals.
@GackylGhaster
***** To be honest wreches and kings sounds better with it's own intrumentals. But we can't choose a setlist.