Linkin Park have spent much of the past tahun touting the secara keseluruhan, keseluruhan insanity of their upcoming A Thousand Suns album (it's a "grandiose insanity," in case anda were wondering), and that idea certainly carries over into the first single, an aching slice of synth doomery titled "The Catalyst." It seems that, every step of the way, the band is trying very hard to pindah beyond their nu-metal roots.

So it should come as no surprise, too, that the video for "The Catalyst" is a far different animal.

"[Linkin Park DJ] Joe [Hahn] directed it, and Joe likes to create things visually, likes to go for something...

I dreamed I was missing
You were so scared
But no one would listen
Cause no one else cared

After my dreaming
I woke with this fear
What am I leaving
When I'm done here

So if you're asking me
I want anda to know

[Chorus]
When my time comes
Forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some
Reasons to be missed

And don't resent me
And when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory

Leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest
[End Chorus]

Don't be afraid
I've taken my beating
I've shed but I made

I'm strong on the surface
Not all the way through
I've never been perfect
But neither have you

So if you're asking me...

Shinoda:
(Yeah) (yo)
You were that foundation
Never gonna be another one, no.
I followed, so taken
So conditioned I could never let go
Then sorrow, then sickness
Then the shock when anda flip it on me
So hollow, so vicious
So afraid I couldn't let myself see
That I could never be held
Back up, no, I'll hold myself.
Check the rep, yep anda know my rail
Forget the rest let them know my hell
Damn, I'm back yep, my stories sell,
Kept respect up the vets stay their,
Let the rest be to tell they tale
That I was there saying...

(Chorus)
Chester:
And these promises broken
Deep, feeble
Each word gets...