SONG INFO

"Leave Out All The Rest"
by "Linkin Park"

SONG MEANING

I think everyone can relate to this song, the moment they reach at the end of their life or when they want to get away to start their new life to be someone better. At that moment, this song can be good dedication to their loved ones. :)

The song starts with the writer dreamed he was gone. No one else cared other than one person. I have no idea about that one person, it could be someone special, loved one or best friend. After the dreaming, he woke up with the same feeling and thinking there's nothing he could leave for that special one to remember him after he's gone.

Throughout the chorus, the writer wants to be remembered for the person he means to his special one; despite the things that were done and could have been done.

The second verse continues as he confess of things he have done. He have paid for those things that he have caused and have taken responsibility for those things. He admit he is not perfect and others too, are not perfect as well and everyone have done mistakes.

This song taught me, all the hurts that we have, we should not ignore it, instead we should learn from it and keep moving on with life. We should not hope for something or someone would come and save us from our self or our circumstances, we should save our self. The last line reminds us that not everyone can be expected to be the same with the rest of people.

We're explorers in space, just like when we go on tour. We're leaving our home life behind, and I guess it kind of ties into 'Leave Out All the Rest', in that we have to leave things behind in order to do something better. - Joe Hahn

LYRICS

I dreamed I was missing
You were so scared
But no one would listen
Cause no one else cared
After my dreaming
I woke with this fear
What am I leaving
When I'm done here

So if you're asking me
I want you to know

When my time comes
Forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some
Reasons to be missed
Don't resent me
And when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory

Leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest

Don't be afraid
I've taken my beating
I've shared what I made
I'm strong on the surface
Not all the way through
I've never been perfect
But neither have you

So if you're asking me
I want you to know

Forgetting
All the hurt inside
You've learned to hide so well

Pretending
Someone else can come and save me from myself
I can't be who you are