Inspiration
The Catalyst is the bombastic, thrilling conclusion to A Thousand Suns, and it exhilarated me as a 13 year old. I used to imagine the most badass scenery to the backdrop of this song; everywhere from fighting through hordes of ravenous zombies to giant robots clashing on an desicated urban battlefield, or mad dashes through the untamed wilds of an alien planet. Its furious tone borne of injustice and desperation made me feel like a rebel just by listening... few songs have made me feel so alive in the years since.
Lyrics
God bless us everyone we're a broken living under loaded gun, and it can't be outfought, it can't be outdone, It can't 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 out matched, it can't be outrun, no. And when I close my eyes tonight to symphonies of blinding light 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 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. And when I close my eyes tonight to symphonies of blinding light 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.
About
The Catalyst is a song by the American rock band Linkin Park. Released on August 2, 2010, it is the first single from their fourth studio album, A Thousand Suns, which was released on September 8, 2010. The music video for the song, directed by the band's turntablist Joe Hahn, was released on August 25, 2010. "The Catalyst" is used in the trailer and credits of the video game Medal of Honor and also the opening song of Namco-Bandai's Arcade game, Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs.. It was also used in select commercials of the Discovery Channel series, Surviving the Cut.