This is the theme song for the 2009 movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Co-frontman Mike Shinoda told Billboard magazine that as a group of confirmed fans of the toy and cartoon franchise, Linkin Park "created a song that we felt fit the spirit of the movie and the characters and also obviously stayed true to the spirit of the band."
Film composer Hans Zimmer adapted this song into instrumental segments for the film score and Linkin Park worked with Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky on other pieces for the movie.
This song was not Linkin Park's first contribution to the Transformers film franchise. "What I've Done" was included on the original Transformers movie's soundtrack and also was included on its trailer.
The 33 position drop from 6-39 for this song on the chart dated June 13, 2009 set the mark for the biggest descent within the top 40 in the history of the Billboard Hot 100. The previous largest fall was back in 1966 when "They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-haaa" by Napoleon XIV descended 32 places from 5-37.
Lyrics
I remembered black skies
The lightning all around me
I remembered each flash
As time began to blur
Like a startling sign
That fate had finally found me
And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve
So give me reason
To prove me wrong
To wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross
The distance in your eyes
Give me reason
To fill this hole
Connect this space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies
Across this new divide
There was nothing in sight
But memories left abandoned
There was nowhere to hide
The ashes fell like snow
And the ground caved in
Between where we were standing
And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve
So give me reason
To prove me wrong
To wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross
The distance in your eyes
Across this new divide
In every loss in every lie
In every truth that you'd deny
And each regret and each goodbye
Was a mistake too great to hide
And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve
So give me reason
To prove me wrong
To wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross
The distance in your eyes
Give me reason
To fill this hole
Connect this space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies
Across this new divide
Across this new divide
Across this new divide
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