The Little Things Give You Away
| Title | The Little Things Give You Away |
|---|---|
| Artist | Linkin Park |
| Album | Minutes to Midnight |
| Release Date | 2007-05-14 |
| Description | This is the closing track from Linkin Park’s third studio album Minutes to Midnight. This song is allegedly about the devastation wreaked on New Orleans by the hurricane Katrina and how the Bush administration did not do enough, indeed according to some views – nothing at all to help the people of the community. This whole album marked a departure from the style Linkin Park had portrayed in their earlier albums and this song is just another example of that. Rather than heavy riffs and vocal screams, this song has vocal harmonizing, prominent use of acoustic and electric guitars, rhythmic syncopation and a vocal centric aesthetic. The last one is not much of a difference. Just a very obvious characteristic. Not the most famous from the album, but nonetheless, a hard hitting one. |
| Lyrics | [Verse 1: Chester Bennington] Water grey Through the windows, up the stairs Chilling rain Like an ocean, everywhere [Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington] Don't want to reach for me, do you? I mean nothing to you The little things give you away And now there will be no mistaking The levees are breaking [Chorus: Chester Bennington] All you've ever wanted Was someone to truly look up to you And six feet underwater, I do [Verse 2: Chester Bennington] Hope decays Generations disappear Washed away As a nation simply stares [Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington] Don't want to reach for me, do you? I mean nothing to you The little things give you away But now there will be no mistaking The levees are breaking You might also like[Chorus: Chester Bennington] All you've ever wanted Was someone to truly look up to you And six feet underwater, I do All you've ever wanted Was someone to truly look up to you And six feet underground Now I, now I do [Guitar Solo: Brad Delson] [Bridge: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda] The little things give you away The little things give you away The little things give you away The little things give you away All you've ever wanted The little things give you away Was someone to truly look up to you The little things give you away All you've ever wanted The little things give you away Was someone to truly look up to you The little things give you away All you've ever wanted The little things give you away Was someone to truly look up to you The little things give you away All you've ever wanted The little things give you away Was someone to truly look up to you The little things give you away [Outro: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda] All you've ever wanted The little things give you away Was someone to truly look up to you The little things give you away All you've ever wanted The little things give you away Was someone to truly look up to you The little things give you away |