What does Lost in the Echo mean?

Linkin Park: Lost in the Echo Meaning

Album cover for Lost in the Echo album cover

Song Released: 2012


Lost in the Echo Lyrics

[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 you flip it on me
So hollow, so vicious
so afraid I...

  1. anonymous
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    Jul 5th 2012 !⃝

    "You were that foundation
    Never gonna be another one, no.
    I followed, so taken
    so conditioned I could never let go"

    Deceived by something appearing great and true

    "Then sorrow, then sickness
    then the shock when you flip it on me
    So hollow, so vicious
    so afraid I couldn't let myself see"

    Betrayed

    "That I could never be held"

    Feeling lost and vulnerable

    "Back up, no, I'll hold myself.
    Check the rep, yep you 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…"

    Travels his/her own road, rejecting what had deceived him/her, and learning new experiences

    "And these promises broken
    deep, feeble
    Each word gets lost in the echo
    So one last lie I can see through
    This time I finally let you
    Go, go, go."

    The lies become obvious and meaningless , and I'm going to let you go (you'll become the past)


    "Test my will, test my heart
    Let me tell you how the odds gonna stack up
    Y'all go hard, I go smart
    How's it working out for y'all in the back, huh?
    I've seen that frustration
    big cross, their lost but don't know"

    Sees the truth while other are blind to what is really going on

    "And I've come back unshaken
    Let down, I've lived and let go
    So you can let it be known"

    Showing that you can survive disappointment and the unknown

    "I don't hold back, I hold my own
    I can't be mad, I can't be calm
    I can't sing flat, it ain't my tone
    I can't fall back, I came too far
    Hold myself up and love my scars
    Let the bells ring wherever they are
    Cause I was there saying..."

    He/She is aware of their weaknesses and strengths and embraces them and continues on


    "And these promises broken
    deep, feeble
    Each word gets lost in the echo
    So one last lie I can see through
    This time I finally let you go!!!
    Go, go, go."

    The lies become obvious and meaningless , and I'm going to let you go (you'll become the past)

    "No, you can tell 'em all now
    I don't back up, I don't back down
    I don't fold up, and I don't bow
    I don't roll over, don't know how
    I don't care where the enemies are
    Can't be stopped, all I know: Go Hard!
    Won't forget how I got this far
    And every time, saying…

    He/She won't break down and give in, they've made it this far and won't back down


    "And these promises broken
    deep, feeble
    Each word gets lost in the echo
    So one last lie I can see through
    This time I finally let you
    Go, go, go. (Go, go, go)"

    The lies become obvious and meaningless , and I'm going to let you go (you'll become the past)

  2. evan.colson.7
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    Jul 2nd 2012 !⃝

    It's a break up song: Allow me to break it down for you:

    "You were that foundation
    Never gonna be another one, no.
    I followed, so taken
    so conditioned I could never let go"

    He was completely head over heals for his lover/girlfriend.

    "Then sorrow, then sickness
    then the shock when you flip it on me
    So hollow, so vicious
    so afraid I couldn't let myself see
    That I could never be held "

    She broke up with him.

    "Back up, no, I'll hold myself.
    Check the rep, yep you know my rail"

    Sadness turns to anger, bitterness, and independence, like most break up victims.

    "And these promises broken
    deep, feeble
    Each word gets lost in the echo
    So one last lie I can see through
    This time I finally let you go!!!
    Go, go, go."

    The promise of the love they once had is gone, we can presume the 'one last lie' may have been "we can still be friends", something that almost NEVER works out after a break up.

    "THIS TIME I FINALLY LET YOU GO"

    The sad, painful finale of recovering from a break up, something we'll all go through at some point.

    In short, it's a break up song.

  3. anonymous
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    Jul 1st 2012 !⃝

    this song reminds that if a guy begs for a girl to stay and girl promise that she will but at the middle girl broke her promise like words lost in the echo"...the guy become strong and face all the frustrations "Test my will, test my heart
    Let me tell you how the odds gonna stack up
    Y'all go hard, I go smart
    How's it working out for y'all in the back, huh?
    I've seen that frustration
    big cross, their lost but don't know
    And I've come back unshaken
    Let down, I've lived and let go"
    it shows that no matter how you want a person to stay they will do anything just to break and hurt someone for there own sake

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