The Catalyst

The 14th track and first single off the 2010 album A Thousand Suns, which is LP’s fourth album. As the climactic track of the album, it continues the heavy undertones of war present throughout the album and also features an apocalyptic heralding of humanity’s decline. Also featured as the opening theme to the Japanese arcade/PS3 video game Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs.

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda] 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! [Chorus 1: Chester Bennington with Mike Shinoda] And when I close my eyes tonight To symphonies of blinding light! 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! [Verse 2: Chester Bennington] 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 father, 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 father, the sins of our young? No! [Chorus 2: Chester Bennington with Mike Shinoda] 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, like memories in cold decay Transmissions echoing away Far from the world of you and I Where oceans bleed into the sky! [Keyboard Solo] [Chorus: Chester Bennington] Oh, like memories in cold decay Transmissions echoing away Far from the world of you and I Where oceans bleed into the sky! [Bridge: Chester Bennington with Mike Shinoda] 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 [Outro: Mike Shinoda] 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! 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