A Thousand Suns es un álbum de Linkin Park, publicado en 2010 por Warner Bros. Records. El disco incluye 15 canciones, entre ellas «The Requiem», «The Radiance», «Burning In The Skies» y «Empty Spaces».
Sobre el álbum
Con su cuarto álbum de estudio, A Thousand Suns, de 2010, la banda de California se sumerge en su obra más experimental, conceptual y políticamente comprometida. Este trabajo es una ópera rock sobre la guerra nuclear, la tecnología y la condición humana, un álbum que abandona por completo la estructura de canción tradicional para crear una experiencia auditiva inmersiva.
El sonido del disco es una ruptura radical lo que habían hecho antes. La producción, de nuevo con Rick Rubin y Mike Shinoda, está dominada por la electrónica, el rock industrial y los paisajes sonoros atmosféricos. El álbum está lleno de interludios, samples de discursos (como el de J. Robert Oppenheimer) y una estructura que fluye como una única pieza.
Pese a su naturaleza vanguardista, el álbum contiene singles de éxito como "The Catalyst" o "Waiting for the End". Es su trabajo más audaz y el que más dividió a la crítica y al público. Es una obra que requiere una escucha atenta y sin prejuicios para ser apreciada.
En definitiva, "A Thousand Suns" es una obra de arte total. Es un álbum valiente y visionario que demostró que Linkin Park era mucho más que una banda de nu metal, un trabajo que se ha convertido en una obra de culto y en una de sus declaraciones artísticas más importantes.
Listado de Canciones
- The Requiem2:01
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God save us every one Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns For the sins of our hand The sins of our tongue The sins of our father The sins of our young - The Radiance0:58
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"We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty, and to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form, and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." -Robert Oppenheimer - Burning In The Skies4:13
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I used the deadwood to make the fire rise The blood of innocence burning in the skies I filled my cup with the rising of the sea And poured it out in an ocean of debris Oh I'm swimming in the smoke Of bridges I have burned So don't apologize I'm losing what I don't deserve What I don't deserve We held our breath when the clouds began to form But you were lost in the beating of the storm And in the end we were made to be apart Like separate chambers of the human heart No I'm swimming in the smoke Of bridges I have burned So don't apologize I'm losing what I don't deserve It's in the blackened bones Of bridges I have burned So don't apologize I'm losing what I don't deserve What I don't deserve I'm swimming in the smoke Of bridges I have burned So don't apologize I'm losing what I don't deserve The blame is mine alone Of bridges I have burned So don't apologize I'm losing what I don't deserve What I don't deserve What I don't deserve What I don't deserve (oh) What I don't deserve I used the deadwood to make the fire rise The blood of innocence burning in the skies - Empty Spaces0:18
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instrumental - When They Come For Me4:56
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I am not a pattern to be followed The pill that I'm on is a tough one to swallow I'm not a criminal Not a role model Not a born leader I'm a tough act to follow I am not the fortune and the fame Nor the same person telling you to forfeit the game I came in the ring like a dog on a chain And I found out the underbelly's sicker than it seems And it seems ugly but it can get worse 'Cause even a blueprint is a gift and a curse 'Cause once you got a theory of how the thing works Everybody wants the next thing to be just like the first And I'm not a robot I'm not a monkey I will not dance even if the beat's funky Opposite of lazy Far from a punk Ya'll ought to stop talking Start trying to catch up, motherfucker And all the people say Aaaaaah Trying to catch up, motherfucker Aaaaaah Lauryn said money change a situation Big said it increase the complication Kane said "don't step, I ain't the one" Chuck said that uzi weigh a motherfuckin' ton And I'm just a student of the game that they taught me Rockin' every stage in every place that it brought me I'm awfully underrated but came here to correct it And so it ain't mistaken I'ma state it for the record I am the opposite of wack Opposite of weak, opposite of slack Synonym of heat, synonym of crack Closest to a peak Far from a punk Ya'll ought to stop talking Start trying to catch up, motherfucker And all the people say Aaaaaaaah Trying to catch up, motherfucker Aaaaaaaah Oh, when they come for me Come for me I'll be gone Oh, when they come for me Come for me I'll be gone Oh, when they come for me Come for me I'll be gone And all the people say Aaaaaaaah Trying to catch up, motherfucker Aaaaaaaah - Robot Boy4:26
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You say, you're not gonna fight 'Cause no one will fight for you And, you think There's not enough love And no one to give it to And, you're sure You've hurt for so long You've got nothing left to lose So, you say You're not gonna fight 'Cause no one will fight for you You say, the weight of the world Has kept you from letting go And, you think Compassion's a flaw And you'll never let it show And, you're sure You've hurt in a way That no one will ever know But, someday The weight of the world Will give you the strength to go Hold on, the weight of the world Will give you the strength to go So, hold on The weight of the world Will give you the strength to go So, hold on The weight of the world Will give you the strength to go Just, hold on The weight of your world Will give you the strength to go - Jornada Del Muerto1:35
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Mochiagete (Lift me up) Tokihanashite (Let me go) Mochiagete (Lift me up) Tokihanashite (Let me go) Mochiagete (Lift me up) Tokihanashite (Let me go) Mochiagete (Lift me up) Tokihanashite (Let me go) - Waiting For The End3:52
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This is not the end, this is not the beginning Just a voice like a riot rocking every revision But you listen to the tone and the violent rhythm and Though the words sound steady, something empty's within 'em We say yeah With fists flying up in the air Like we're holding onto something that's invisible there 'Cause we're living at the mercy of the pain and fear Until we dead it Forget it Let it all disappear Waiting for the end to come Wishing I had strength to stand This is not what I had planned It's out of my control Flying at the speed of light Thoughts were spinning in my head So many things were left unsaid It's hard to let you go (Oh) I know what it takes to move on (Oh) I know how it feels to lie All I wanna do is trade this life for something new Holding on to what I haven't got Sitting in an empty room Trying to forget the past This was never meant to last I wish it wasn't so (Oh) I know what it takes to move on (Oh) I know how it feels to lie All I wanna do is trade this life for something new Holding on to what I haven't got What was left when that fire was gone I thought it felt right but that right was wrong All caught up in the eye of the storm And trying to figure out what it's like moving on And I don't even know what kind of things I've said My mouth kept moving and my mind went dead So, Picking up the pieces now where to begin The hardest part of ending is starting again All I wanna do is trade this life for something new Holding on to what I haven't got This is not the end, this is not the beginning Just a voice like a riot rocking every revision But you listen to the tone and the violent rhythm and Though the words sound steady, something empty's within 'em We say yeah With fists flying up in the air Like we're holding onto something that's invisible there 'Cause we're living at the mercy of the pain and fear Until we dead it Forget it Let it all disappear (Holding on to what I haven't got) - Blackout4:39
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I'm stuck in this bed you made Alone with a sinking feeling I saw through the words you said To the secrets you've been keeping It's written upon your face All the lies, how they cut so deeply You can't get enough You take and take and take And never say No, you've gotta get it inside You push it back down You push it back down No, you'll never get it inside Push it back down Black out Blood in your eye You say that it's not your fault And swear that I am mistaken You said it's not what it seems No remorse for the trust you're breaking You run but then back, you fall Suffocate in the mess you're making You can't get enough You take and take and take And take and take Fuck it Are you listening? No, you've gotta get it inside You push it back down You push it back down No, you'll never get it inside Push it back down You push it back down No, you've gotta get it inside You push it back down You push it back down No, you'll never get it inside Push it back down Black out Blood in your eye Floating down as colors fill the light We look up from the ground In fields of paperwhite And floating up, you pass us in the night A future gazing out a past to overwrite So come down, far below We've been waiting to collect the things you know Come down, far below We've been waiting to collect what you've let go Come down, oh - Wretches And Kings4:15
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There's a time, when the operation of the machine becomes so odious Makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part You can't even passively take part And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels Upon the levers, upon all the apparatus And you've got to make it stop (Mario Savio) To save face, how low can you go Talk a lot of game but yet you don't know Static on the way, make us all say whoa The people up top push the people down low Get down And obey every word Steady getting mine if you haven't yet heard Wanna take what I got, don't be absurd Don't fight the power, nobody gets hurt If you haven't heard yet then I'm letting you know There ain't shit we don't run when the guns unload And no one make a move unless my people say so Got everything outta control Now everybody go Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Steel unload, final blow We the animals, take control Hear us now, clear and true Wretches and kings we come for you So keep pace, how slow can you go Talk a lot of shit and yet you don't know Fire on the way, make you all say whoa The people up top and the people down low Get down And I'm running it like that The front of the attack is exactly where I'm at Somewhere in-between, the kick and the hi-hat The pen and the contract, the pitch and the contact So get with the combat, I'm letting 'em know There ain't shit you can say to make me back down no So push the button let the whole thing blow Spinning everything outta control Now everybody go Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Feel alone, final blow We, the animals, take control Hear us now, clear and tall Wretches and kings, we come for you Steel unload, final blow We the animals, take control Hear us now, clear and true Wretches and kings we come for you Steel unload, fire blow Filthy animals, beat them low Skin and bone, black and blue No more this Sun shall beat onto you From the front to the back and the side to side If you fear what I feel put 'em up real high Front to the back and the side to side If you fear what I feel put 'em up real high Front to the back and the side to side If you fear what I feel put 'em up real high Front to the back and the side to side If you fear what I feel put 'em up real high Front to the back and the side to side If you fear what I feel put 'em up real high Front to the back and the side to side If you fear what I feel put 'em up real high When the operation of the machine becomes so odious Makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part You can't even passively take part And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels Upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop And you've got to indicate to the people, run in to the people on it And unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all! (Mario Savio) Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! - Wisdom, Justice, And Love1:39
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I come to this magnificent house of worship tonight Because my conscience leaves me no other choice A true revolution of values will lay hand on the world order and say of war This way of settling differences is not just This business of burning human beings with napalm, of Filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows Of injecting poisonous drugs of hate Into the veins of peoples normally humane, of Sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged Cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice, and love Cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice, and love Cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice, and love Cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice, and love - Iridescent4:57
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When you were standing in the wake of devastation When you were waiting on the edge of the unknown And with the cataclysm raining down Insides crying, "Save me now" You were there impossibly alone Do you feel cold and lost in desperation You build up hope but failure's all you've known Remember all the sadness and frustration And let it go Let it go And in a burst of light that blinded every angel As if the sky had blown the heavens into stars You felt the gravity of tempered grace Falling into empty space No one there to catch you in their arms Do you feel cold and lost in desperation You build up hope but failure's all you've known Remember all the sadness and frustration And let it go Let it go Let it go Let it go, let it Go (oh) Let it go! Do you feel cold and lost in desperation You build up hope but failure's all you've known Remember all the sadness and frustration And let it go Let it go - Fallout1:23
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I'm swimming in the smoke / of bridges I have burned So don't apologize / I'm losing what I don't deserve The blame is mine alone / of bridges I have burned So don't apologize / I'm losing what I don't deserve What I don't deserve - The Catalyst5:40
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God bless us everyone We're a broken people Living under loaded gun And it can't be outfought It can't be outdone It can't be outmatched It can't be outrun, no God bless us everyone We're a broken people Living under loaded gun And it can't be outfought It can't be outdone It can't be outmatched It can't be outrun, no And when I close my eyes tonight To symphonies of blinding lights God bless us everyone We're a broken people Living under loaded gun, oh Like memories in cold decay Transmissions echoing away Far from the world of you and I Where oceans bleed into the sky God save us everyone Will we burn inside the fires Of a thousand suns For the sins of our hand The sins of our tongue The sins of our fathers The sins of our young, no God save us everyone Will we burn inside the fires Of a thousand suns For the sins of our hand The sins of our tongue The sins of our fathers The sins of our young, no And when I close my eyes tonight To symphonies of blinding lights God save us everyone Will we burn inside the fires Of a thousand suns, oh Like memories in cold decay Transmissions echoing away Far from the world of you and I 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 Lift me up, let me go Lift me up, let me go Lift me up, let me go Lift me up, let me go Lift me up, let me go Lift me up, let me go Lift me up, let me go Lift me up, let me go Lift me up, let me go Lift me up, let me go God bless us everyone We're a broken people Living under loaded gun And it can't be outfought It can't be outdone It can't be outmatched It can't be outrun God bless us everyone We're a broken people Living under loaded gun And it can't be outfought It can't be outdone It can't be outmatched It can't be outrun - The Messenger3:04
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When you feel you're alone Cut off from this cruel world Your instincts telling you to run Listen to your heart Those angel voices They'll sing to you / they'll be your guide back home When life leaves us blind Love keeps us kind It keeps us kind When you've suffered enough And your spirit is breaking You're growing desperate from the fight Remember you're loved and you always will be This melody will bring you right back home When life leaves us blind Love keeps us kind When life leaves us blind Love keeps us kind It keeps us kind