All that stuff plays a role. We’ve actually lived through that as a band. BURN IT DOWN Lyrics: The cycle repeated / As explosions broke in the sky / All that I needed / Was the one thing I couldn't find / And you were there at the turn / Waiting to let me know / We're The song was written by the band and produced by co-lead vocalist Mike Shinoda and Rick Rubin, who co-produced the band’s studio albums Minutes to Midnight and A Thousand Suns.Mike Shinoda while noting that the song’s meaning can be open to numerous interpretations, clarified his own:We’re talking about my personal story and his personal story, and there’s also a layer of pop culture that plays a role in the lyrics of the song. BURN IT DOWN The song was released to radio stations as well as a digital download on April 16, 2012, as the lead single from their fifth studio album Living Things. “Burn It Down” is a song by American rock band Linkin Park.

The cycle repeated As explosions broke in the sky All that I needed Was the one thing I couldn't find Lyrics to 'Burn It Down' by Linkin Park. For example, people build up a certain celebrity or musician or actor or whatever and they’re popular one minute and the next thing, you know either they’ve done something wrong or they’ve done nothing wrong and there’s just a bad rumor that goes around about them and then everybody’s attacking that person. That’s just the way things are.