Analysis of the Lyrics of Linkin Park's The Catalyst

1. The Catalyst
Lyric Meanings.

2. “Broken people… Asking God’s help
under loaded gun” shows that only
this shows the divine intervention
paranoia of people can save people.
with the threat of
holocaust
 God bless us everyone  God bless us everyone
 We're a broken people living under  We're a broken people living under
loaded gun loaded gun
 And it can't be outfought  And it can't be outfought
 It can't be out done  It can't be out done
Shows how
 It can't be out matched  It can't out matched
nobody can
 It can't be out run  It can't be out run escape nuclear
 No  No fallout.

3. The “Two Symphonies are “A Thousand
the two times a nuclear Suns” suggests
bomb has been used in a the explosion of
war - in Hiroshima and Nuclear weapons.
Nagasaki
 And when I close my eyes tonight  God save us everyone,
 Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand
 Two symphonies of blinding light suns?
 God bless everyone  For the sins of our hand The sins of our
 We're a broken people living under  The sins of our tongue Fathers are those
loaded gun  The sins of our father of who created the
 The sins of our young nuclear bombs.
 Oh  No
 Like memories in cold decay  God save us everyone,
 Transmissions echoing away  Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand
suns?
 Far from the world of you and I  For the sins of our hand
 Where oceans bleed into the sky  The sins of our tongue
 The sins of our father
 The sins of our young
 No
Saying “No” indicates that
people want to stop nuclear
threats.

4.  And when I close my eyes tonight
 To symphonies of blinding light
 (God save us everyone, will we burn
inside the fires of a thousand suns? Oh)
“Transmissions”
 Like memories in cold decay
indicate
 Transmissions echoing away
pleading for
 Far from the world of you and I
help.
 Where oceans bleed into the sky
 Like memories in cold decay
 Transmissions echoing away
 Far from the world of you and I
 Where oceans bleed into the sky

5. “Lift me up, let me Go” is seen as a call for change but
there is confusion as to what to do hence saying: “Let
me Go”
 Lift me up, let me go  God bless us everyone
 Lift me up, let me go  We're a broken people living under
 Lift me up, let me go loaded gun
 Lift me up, let me go  And it can't be outfought
 Lift me up, let me go  Can't be out done
 Lift me up, let me go  It can't be out matched
 Lift me up, let me go  It can't be out run
 Lift me up, let me go  No
 Lift me up, let me go  God bless us everyone
 Lift me up, let me go  We're a broken people living under
 Lift me up, let me go loaded gun
 And it can't be out faught
 Lift me up, let me go
 Can't be out done
 Lift me up, let me go
 Lift me up, let me go
 It can't be out matched
 It can't be out run
 Lift me up, let me go
 Lift me up, let me go

6. Conclusion
 The catalyst is a huge metaphor of the
nuclear threat that constantly surrounds
us.
 Some say that it is a warning to change
in order to negate the threat.