☝️ Key Points
- The song addresses the themes of death, memory, and legacy, with a focus on self-reflection and regret
- The core message of the song is the artist's desire to be remembered for the good things he has left behind and to forget the negative aspects
- He expresses the wish to leave a positive legacy and give reasons to be missed
- The artist expresses that he hides the truth of his inner wounds and pretends that someone else can save him
- The artist emphasizes that he cannot change to meet others' expectations and hopes to be remembered in a positive light after his death
Interpretation
The song 'Leave out All the Rest' by
Linkin Park is an emotional appeal to others to remember the artist for the good things he left behind after his death and forget the negative aspects. It deals with themes of death, memory, and legacy.
The line 'When my time comes, forget the wrong that I've done' speaks about when his time comes, people should forget the mistakes he has made. He asks to be helped to leave some reasons to be missed, indicating his desire to leave a positive legacy.
The lines 'Don't resent me, and when you're feeling empty, Keep me in your memory, leave out all the rest' mean that people should not resent him and when they feel empty, they should keep him in their memory but leave out all the negative aspects.
The lines 'Forgetting all the hurt inside you've learned to hide so well, Pretending someone else can come and save me from myself, I can't be who you are' express that he forgets the hurt inside that he has learned to hide so well and pretends that someone else can come and save him from himself. He can't be who you are, which means he can't change to meet others' expectations.
Overall, the song is an expression of self-reflection, regret, and the desire to be remembered in a positive way after death.