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Permalink Reply by Carlos Juarez on August 8, 2010 at 7:25pm

I think that the meaning of this song... is that the "catalyst" is no one...is everyone, we have been the catalyst to all of the happenings in this world... God is not the catalyst, but the only one that can 'neutralize' the effect of the catalyst(s). Since the lyrics say "Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns?..." and then it says "No" ... I guess implying some sort of hope in God. I just heard this song 5minutes ago... so idk....

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Permalink Reply by Ash Nair on August 8, 2010 at 11:44pm

The Catalyst is us.. we are the inner rising consciousness that is awakening.. The band knows this. It is so clear they are on an enlightened path.

God bless us everyone
We're a broken people living under loaded gun

Meaning: We are citizen living in dangerous times, ruled by people who want dont want us to peer thru the veil and seek truth.

And when I close my eyes tonight
To symphonies of blinding light

Meaning: The band is talking about rising consciousness. Perhaps even a Kundalini awakening where everybody that has had this miracle happen to them describe is as a blinding white light that follows with a blissful peace.

Like memories in cold decay
Transmissions echoing away
Far from the world of you and I
Where oceans bleed into the sky

Meaning: The band is talking about the cosmic changes that stem from the heart of our solar system. Waves of energy that are re-writing our DNA and increasing our evolutionary process. And we are at the brink of that transformation... and the oceans will bleed into the sky.. we will become a collective consciousness. There is no line on the horizon.

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Permalink Reply by chris s on August 16, 2010 at 6:55am

This song is FULL of meaning.

"god save us everyone we are broken people living under loaded gun"
- refers the police state being constructed all around us, and the fact that the majority of the population has been lulled into submission.

"it can't be out matched, it can't be outdone, it cant be outfought it can't be out run"
- refers the NWO being worldwide and the ushering in of the new political and belief system of one world government.

"when i close my eyes tonight to the symphony of blinding light"

obviously referring the bombing of nations throughout the night (perpetual war in the name of "peace")


"memories in cold decay transmissions echoing away"
refers to free speech becoming a cold distant memory, especially online.

"far from the world of you and I, where oceans bleed into the sky."
a world we can't understand where anything destitute can happen... like a BP oil spill making the ocean floor literally BLEED and evaporate crude oil and other hydro carbons into the sky!

"god save us everyone will we burn inside the fire of a thousand suns?"
will we be engulffed by our own nuclear war we stared to destroy ourselves?


"for the sins of our tongue the sins of our touch the sins of our father the sins of our young"
the selfish, self fullfilling lifestyle of the past few generations, combined with the ignorance of the newest generation.


"lift me up, let me go" (repeated over and over!)
elevate your conscious, wake up, break free from the mind prison.



The entire song is a WARNING, meant to provoke a reaction and an awakening of the masses.
a "catalyst" by definition is the key component to begin a reaction, with significant results.

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Permalink Reply by Filipe Zamborlini on August 20, 2010 at 8:22pm

God bless us everyone
--->Blessing is strength it is endurance, resilience, wisdom, discernment, capacity, and dependence in God and our brothers.
we're a broken people living under loaded gun
--->When we realize this and take it to heart we can then begin to realize how wrong it is to live under the constant fear of oppression and depression of individual, family, community, nation, race.
and it can't be outfoght
it can't be outdone
it can't out matched
It can't be outrun
--->The old ways of "fixing" the world have failed us. We cannot continue to try to outfight, outdo, outmatch, and ourtun. We have no concrete societal means to avoid being abused by governments and people in "power".
No
--->However we do not accept this, and this is the first step in finding a better and different way from what we have tried and failed at so many times to change this world to a better place.
and when I close my eyes tonight
to symphonies of blinding light
--->Some a re lucky to do this and close their eyes and be able to find "rest" (too often because they simply ignore the rest of the world, other times because they understand that 'blessing' i mentioned earlier). Many close their eyes for good, many do not close their eyes and drown in sorrows all night, and therefore cannot hope to dream of this symphony of peace, a peace of blinding. Since darkness is the lack of light, a blinding light is light that exceeds all darkness.
like memories in cold decay
--->We have forgotten the problems of the past and decided to be selfish and centered in the today, without any care for the lessons of our fathers or the plans of our future.
transmissions echoing away
--->Anytime someone brings up these issues, we let their words echo right out of our minds, pay no heed, forget it all, and continue our mediocre lives
far from the world of you and I
--->We tend to create a real of a perfect world that does not exist around us and think all problems can be placed far from "our" reality, that things that happen elsewhere could never hit our home (take 9/11 for example, who thought the US would ever be attacked in such a way)
where oceans bleed into the sky
--->When we destroy our minds, and our civilization to the extent we have, even nature reflects our mistakes and our disastrous ways. take a look at all that is happening: oil spills, global warming, man-made destruction of forests, extinction of certain species under the earth and above the land.
God save us everyone,
--->No longer do we realize that we need to be "blessed" but actually saved. In being saved we realize we cannot help ourselves on our own, but we must rely on someone else to give us support, this world needs to break its individualistic state of mind in order to be able to move forward.
Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns?
--->A sun has an enormous lifetime for a star, how much time will it take till we realize we need to change our lives in order to change our society, change our thoughts before we change our politics, change who we identify ourselves to be before we change or challenge our ideologies.
For the sins of our hand
The sins of our tongue
The sins of our father
The sins of our young
--->We mess up every day and yet many think of themselves highly and perfect. We speak evil, racism, sexism, demonize our very brothers and sisters. The parents teach their children with lax and lack of leadership, create an atmosphere of hatred, disdain, and imagined superiority, or the very opposite, and teach us we can be nothing.
No
--->Again we need to realize this is all wrong.
Lift me up
Let me go (x10)
--->This is a confused cry in my opinion (probably not what LP means at all though). If you ask someone to lift you up, they should walk with you and you should follow their path, to let go after someone or something lifts you up is disdain and to be confused about their teachings and message. Which makes sense, we often ask for help, but when help arrives we deny the very essential advice of "you need to change"

That's my primary take on this song!

:)

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Permalink Reply by PirateMuffinDaniel on August 27, 2010 at 1:31pm

I'm really glad to see you guys interpreting the song like this. I think that's something LP really wanted. I know they didn't write the song to have one specific theme. I have a couple ideas of my own. The only thing that upsets me is that people honestly believe LP is a "Christian Band" for writing the lyrics "God bless us everyone." LP are not trying to praise Jesus through their lyrics. I'm sure of that.

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Permalink Reply by Garrett Blackman on September 2, 2010 at 11:38pm

I also have a few different ideas about the meaning but the worst one i came up with is it's American supremacy for might

but the major unbiast meaning i came up with was if we continue the corse in terms of hatred and violence our future will be grim and dark

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Permalink Reply by Alexandria on September 4, 2010 at 9:23am

The Catalyst is made up of so many different ways. It depends on the person how it relates to them to find the meaning.
For me this is where we the people need to realize that we can make a difference in our lives things cant be out done out fought out run but we can make them better than what they are. They go to god and ask to bless everyone not just christian or muslims or whatever religion because religion shouldn't matter. We all have a god, in my mind it's the same god just being worshiped differently. The band wants everyone to be safe and to know that they are cared for no matter what the consequences are. If we all just stood together in this world life would be soo different. Why do we need guns? Why do we need to start riots? We are broken people under a loaded gun is why. We need to be healed and to have god save us to bless us and show us yes we are strong and we can out fight out run and out do so many things.

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Permalink Reply by eddie vargas on September 7, 2010 at 4:18pm

hey im cristain but i dont get what you mean

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Permalink Reply by Karlz on September 8, 2010 at 5:47am

I think in this song, it is trying to convey the message that people are committing sins from 'the sins of our hand, the sins of our tongue, the sins of our father the sins of our young' and that we are 'the catalyst' and we always try to ask for God's help when something bad or unfortunate happens as the song repeats the lines 'God bless/save us everyone'

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Permalink Reply by Irving N. on September 10, 2010 at 9:09am

This song's lyrics are one of the best that linkin park have created. it's deep and full of meaning. It speeks to me and should be a warning to the whole world.

(I'm a christian)

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Permalink Reply by DirtyDave on September 12, 2010 at 2:20pm

wOW, That was deep. Me likey!

Alexandria said:

The Catalyst is made up of so many different ways. It depends on the person how it relates to them to find the meaning.
For me this is where we the people need to realize that we can make a difference in our lives things cant be out done out fought out run but we can make them better than what they are. They go to god and ask to bless everyone not just christian or muslims or whatever religion because religion shouldn't matter. We all have a god, in my mind it's the same god just being worshiped differently. The band wants everyone to be safe and to know that they are cared for no matter what the consequences are. If we all just stood together in this world life would be soo different. Why do we need guns? Why do we need to start riots? We are broken people under a loaded gun is why. We need to be healed and to have god save us to bless us and show us yes we are strong and we can out fight out run and out do so many things.

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Permalink Reply by Dave A on September 12, 2010 at 10:53pm

I think the reply from "chris s" sums it up pretty well, except for the whole BP oil spill reference. I didn't quite pull that part from the song. Either way, I've enjoyed LP's music for the longest time now, THEY ARE BRILLIANT MUSICIANS!!!, and recently after watching the video for this song - the Catalyst video seems to encapsulate the feelings of a pain, rage, and pure loneliness from the imagery of what looks like hell. After just seeing the LP at the VMA's Observatory performance for this song, it's prevalent that the same uprising energy is with them. Although the audience may not understand the impact The Catalyst's message brings them as warning, it does shows us a sign of the times, as the entire crowd hammers their fists into the air. Now I know these men in the band don't align themselves with Christ, but the prophecy in the lyrics of this song really holds some weight in the Book of Revelation. Actually, I'd say most of the lyrics in this song applies to that book, but because their message is not completely aligned with this book, this would be considered a false prophecy and they'd be false profits. Go figure... It's crazy how God is still continuing to fulfill his promise to all the people through out these past couple thousand years, even through people who may not want to be used to fulfill his prophecy. Anyways, this is my honest depiction for any deep or intrinsic meaning in this song. If you read this, then thanks. I know, it's a tad overkill.

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