HAND HELD HIGH- The real gem on the album

[OmegaRoyale]

For those of you that judge a song by its content, did you even pay attention to this? This shows what a war can do to society if it is not addressed. Everyone can relate to this song on an emotional level.

Turn my mic up louder,
I got to say somethin.
Lightweights steppin' aside,
when we comin.
Feel it in your chest,
the syllables get pumpin.
People on the street,
they panic and start running.
Words on loose leaf,
sheet complete coming.
I jump on my mind,
I summon the rhyme Im dumping.
Feeling the blind,
I promise to let the sun in.
Sick of the dark ways,
we march to the drumming.
Jump when they tell us
they want to see jumping.
Fuck that, I want to
see some fist pumping.
Risk something.
Take back what's yours
Say something that you know
they might attack you for
cause I'm sick of being treated
like I have before.
Like it's stupid standing for
what I'm standing for.
Like this war is really just
a different brand of war.
Like it doesn't cater to the rich
and an abandoned the poor.
Like they understand you
in the back of the jet,
When you can't put gas in your tank.
These fuckers are laughing their way
to the bank and cashing their check
asking you to have compassion and to have some respect.
For a leader so nervous
in an obvious way
Stuttering and mumbling
for nightly news to replay
and the rest of the world
watching at the end of the day
in the living room laughing
like what did he say?

Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen

In my living room watching,
But I am not laughing.
'Cause when it gets tense,
I know what might happen.
The world is cold,
The bold men take action.
Have to react,
To get blown into fractions.
10 years old is something to see,
Another kid my age drugged under a G,
Taken and bound and found later under a tree,
I wonder if he had thought the next one could be me.
Do you see?
The soldiers that are out today.
That brush the dust with bulletproof vests away.
It's ironic.
At times like this you pray,
But a bomb blew the mosque up yesterday.
There's bombs in the buses, bikes, roads,
inside your markets,your shops, your clothes,
My dad, he's got a lot of fear I know
but enough pride inside not to let that show.
My brother had a book he would hold with pride
A little red cover with a broken spine.
In the back he hand wrote a quote inside,
when the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.
Meanwhile, the leader just talks away
Stuttering and mumbling
for nightly news to replay
and the rest of the world
watching at the end of the day
both scared and angry
like what did he say?

Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen.

With Hands Held High
into a sky so blue
the ocean opens up
to swallow you. (x5)


Tell me this song doesnt affect you on another level. this is rock, this isnt rap, this is linkin park. This is reality.

[Mr_Hell]

great song..

[OmegaRoyale]

to say this is political is entirely correct. to bring attention to this war in this manner is very exceptional. I think people dont like it since its a slower song, but the content behind the song is what drives fans to connect. own it.

[Mr_Hell]

exactly...

[BenjaminBroken]

to say this is political is entirely correct. to bring attention to this war in this manner is very exceptional. I think people dont like it since its a slower song, but the content behind the song is what drives fans to connect. own it.

Took the words out of my mouth. Fort Minor (Mike) should release another album. :)

[OmegaRoyale]

cause I'm sick of being treated
like I have before.
Like it's stupid standing for
what I'm standing for.
Like this war is really just
a different brand of war.
Like it doesn't cater to the rich
and an abandoned the poor.

this is the line that everyone should relate to. to believe in something so much, you say it. Say what you mean, mean what you say.

[OmegaRoyale]

For a leader so nervous
in an obvious way
Stuttering and mumbling
for nightly news to replay
and the rest of the world
watching at the end of the day
in the living room laughing
like what did he say?

Actually this line as well has some merit since our President, Mr George W Bush has had multiple moments of foot-in-mouth disorder.

[LinkinParkChik3]

Took the words out of my mouth. Fort Minor (Mike) should release another album. :)

I hope they do, too. I love Fort Minor.

[k3vin]

It is a brilliant song lyrically.

[OmegaRoyale]

I agree whole heartidly. If people can listen to this album with thier hearts, instead of thier egos, everyone will see that its a wonderful album.

[Xodus]

I agree whole heartidly. If people can listen to this album with thier hearts, instead of thier egos, everyone will see that its a wonderful album.

Totally agree. And this song is the best example of that.

[Tael]

This song's great, shows off Mike's lyrical prowess.

[J.]

Its an ok-ish song. Not brilliant. Hes not saying anything other people havent said before in the same old boring way. Reminds me of toy soldiers -Eminem (Another song to be "admired" and then forgotten after listening only a few times)

Go listen to Year Zero - NINE INCH NAILS. Now that is pure political and musical genius.

[bLaZiNcOdE3]

See here's the thing, the whole "Only the poor suffere in war because of the rich" thing isn't really all that true now a days. There isn't a draft, no one forces the poor or anyone for that matter to join the military. It's an all volunteer force and actually quite a few members of it are middle class and very well educated. This isn't Vietnam where every man was forced to go fight. BTW this war is the LEAST BLOODY IN THE HISTORY OF WARFARE. That's something for ya to think about. I love this album but sometimes it get just a tad to political for me

[MyEvilTim]

Does anyone know who sings the Amen parts? Is it Imogen Heap?

[Bucko]

Sounds too much like fort minor.. aint a bad thing but shouldnt be on the album.

[J.]

Does anyone know who sings the Amen parts? Is it Imogen Heap?
Pay attention damnit. Its BSB.

[Temperance]

Pay attention damnit. Its BSB.

LMAO.

While I think you're hilarious, it is actually all 6 band members blended together. I think it mentions it in the notes of the special edition booklet. =)

[TheGenie]

I love this song, its one of my favs. It deserves to be on the album and people dont compare it to Toy soldiers by eminem I hate that song. This is another level, great stuff.

[trentreznor]

<.<
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BSB would have been better :p

[DMCMaster550]

Jump when they tell us
they want to see jumping.
Fuck that, I want to
see some fist pumping.
Risk something.
Take back what's yours
Say something that you know
they might attack you for
cause I'm sick of being treated
like I have before.
Like it's stupid standing for
what I'm standing for.

this is one line that we should all pay attention to. we should stand up and pump our fists instead of jumping for them, we have to risk something if not everything to take back what's ours, who cares if they might attack us or put us in jail, we have to stand up and do something to try and make change instead of being treated like youre stupid standing for what you believe

[GMUPATRIOT]

yeah this song is amazing i'm actually listening to it right now lol.

[AnN]

It´s a beautiful song!!! everybody should listen to it once and again!!!...nobody can complain about it!!

just listen to it and love it!!!

[Trust_me_Im_not]

fantastic song. the lyrics are what drives it, but i dont mind the rhythm either. its just fun to listen to, but reading the lyrics is powerful.

[OmegaRoyale]

when the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.

Your thinking to litterally my brother. Think about it. The rich are the ones in power like our president, or the president of some other country. The rich are the ones who make our decisions even though they may be against what the general public voted for! The poor are the innocent lives lost such as the 500,000 plus iraqis and the 3,000 plus american lives. Now tell me you didnt think of that?
And as for the draft, nothing to do with this song and dont know why you brought it up. And you say its the "LEAST BLOODY IN THE HISTORY OF WARFARE"?? No, its not in terms of americans who voted to bring our trips home and our president VETOED the bill that the AMERICAN PUBLIC voted for.

And saying this album is "a tad too political for me". listen up. In todays world, if you are not following politics, YOU ARE THE LOST ONE MY FRIEND. AMericans have been sitting on the sidelines and its time to bring change to what we define as the freedom of america. PLease "grow up" in a sense and care more about our countrys future and the path its taking the world down. GO VOTE.

[JaxFL]

Are ya'll kidding? This is not a "song"....there is no flow, no substance, you cant dance to it, or rock along with it, or tap your foot, nothing...it's just a basic drum beat...just Mike "ranting on." Basically a church sermon. I'm a fan of LP & Mike, but come on...it's a wasted track that is simply a rhyme of his beliefs/feelings. Go on Preacher! Halleluia ! Worthless.

[J.]

when the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.

Your thinking to litterally my brother. Think about it. The rich are the ones in power like our president, or the president of some other country. The rich are the ones who make our decisions even though they may be against what the general public voted for! The poor are the innocent lives lost such as the 500,000 plus iraqis and the 3,000 plus american lives. Now tell me you didnt think of that?
And as for the draft, nothing to do with this song and dont know why you brought it up. And you say its the "LEAST BLOODY IN THE HISTORY OF WARFARE"?? No, its not in terms of americans who voted to bring our trips home and our president VETOED the bill that the AMERICAN PUBLIC voted for.

And saying this album is "a tad too political for me". listen up. In todays world, if you are not following politics, YOU ARE THE LOST ONE MY FRIEND. AMericans have been sitting on the sidelines and its time to bring change to what we define as the freedom of america. PLease "grow up" in a sense and care more about our countrys future and the path its taking the world down. GO VOTE.
We also have the right NOT to vote if we dont want to. We have the right not to care.

Now listen up. IM NOT SAYING I DONT CARE. Im saying people have the right not to care.

You seem to have issues accepting other peoples freedom of speech and opinion as thier own. Your posts attempt to force your own half-baked views on the rest of us.

You also have avoided responding to all of my valid criticms made here and elsewhere. Possibly because you know I am right or maybe because you fail to understand what I am saying.

Are ya'll kidding? This is not a "song"....there is no flow, no substance, you cant dance to it, or rock along with it, or tap your foot, nothing...it's just a basic drum beat...just Mike "ranting on." Basically a church sermon. I'm a fan of LP & Mike, but come on...it's a wasted track that is simply a rhyme of his beliefs/feelings. Go on Preacher! Halleluia ! Worthless.

Yeah. I agree. I hate being preached at. You cant say its not a song, it is a song...but it is also a bit of a frickin sermon.

[Shinkoru]

For those of you that judge a song by its content, did you even pay attention to this? This shows what a war can do to society if it is not addressed. Everyone can relate to this song on an emotional level.

Turn my mic up louder,
I got to say somethin.
Lightweights steppin' aside,
when we comin.
Feel it in your chest,
the syllables get pumpin.
People on the street,
they panic and start running.
Words on loose leaf,
sheet complete coming.
I jump on my mind,
I summon the rhyme Im dumping.
Feeling the blind,
I promise to let the sun in.
Sick of the dark ways,
we march to the drumming.
Jump when they tell us
they want to see jumping.
Fuck that, I want to
see some fist pumping.
Risk something.
Take back what's yours
Say something that you know
they might attack you for
cause I'm sick of being treated
like I have before.
Like it's stupid standing for
what I'm standing for.
Like this war is really just
a different brand of war.
Like it doesn't cater to the rich
and an abandoned the poor.
Like they understand you
in the back of the jet,
When you can't put gas in your tank.
These fuckers are laughing their way
to the bank and cashing their check
asking you to have compassion and to have some respect.
For a leader so nervous
in an obvious way
Stuttering and mumbling
for nightly news to replay
and the rest of the world
watching at the end of the day
in the living room laughing
like what did he say?

Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen

In my living room watching,
But I am not laughing.
'Cause when it gets tense,
I know what might happen.
The world is cold,
The bold men take action.
Have to react,
To get blown into fractions.
10 years old is something to see,
Another kid my age drugged under a G,
Taken and bound and found later under a tree,
I wonder if he had thought the next one could be me.
Do you see?
The soldiers that are out today.
That brush the dust with bulletproof vests away.
It's ironic.
At times like this you pray,
But a bomb blew the mosque up yesterday.
There's bombs in the buses, bikes, roads,
inside your markets,your shops, your clothes,
My dad, he's got a lot of fear I know
but enough pride inside not to let that show.
My brother had a book he would hold with pride
A little red cover with a broken spine.
In the back he hand wrote a quote inside,
when the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.
Meanwhile, the leader just talks away
Stuttering and mumbling
for nightly news to replay
and the rest of the world
watching at the end of the day
both scared and angry
like what did he say?

Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen.

With Hands Held High
into a sky so blue
the ocean opens up
to swallow you. (x5)


Tell me this song doesnt affect you on another level. this is rock, this isnt rap, this is linkin park. This is reality.



This song sucks! and I'm not talking about what it said, I'm talking about that f****ing amen thing and that way of almost-not-rapping that could be the worst song on the rising tied album (wich I loved) That is not linkin park, linkin park was a band who wisely mixed hip hop, hard rock and electronic music, this is just a good profound song of a not important pop/rock band

[Shinkoru]

Pay attention damnit. Its BSB.

Back Street Boys??? mmmmmmmm that makes some sense..........

[Jameson]

I agree i really love this song

[SavanaZero]

I think its a great song. Love the lyrics (mike did a really good job singing) and the marching type of music gives the whole thing a great contrast to it. But i kinda dont like the amen part. I think its great that all band members are singing together, but still dont get used to it for some reason.

[Poizun]

Sorry this song isn't a rock song, and sometimes I like to listen to music to get away from all the politial bullshit going on in the world.

[I7536]

I like the singing at the end :D

[bman35]

Are ya'll kidding? This is not a "song"....there is no flow, no substance, you cant dance to it, or rock along with it, or tap your foot, nothing...it's just a basic drum beat...just Mike "ranting on." Basically a church sermon. I'm a fan of LP & Mike, but come on...it's a wasted track that is simply a rhyme of his beliefs/feelings. Go on Preacher! Halleluia ! Worthless.

Totally disagree, the rapping flows perfectly. Obviously this isn't something that you can rock out to, but to say it doesn't have any flow? No way. The total focus of the song is on the lyrics, and I really like the melodic singing at the end.

[stealthslash]

Yeah, I gota agree, the song is excellent. So what if you can't rock out to it, let the smooth melody and meaningful lyrics speak for themselves. :) Not every Linkin Park song has to be hard rock.

[Ant87]

this is rock, this isnt rap, this is linkin park. This is reality.[/QUOTE]

Well said! The song is great! That's the point, LP doesn't sing some uselessness, their songs contain great sense

[GrosKaka]

My brother had a book he would hold with pride
A little red cover with a broken spine.
In the back he hand wrote a quote inside,
when the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.

This little quote touch me a lot because it's true, when we have war it's poor who die:( because they live outside in the street so when bombs explode, that explode in they're face and they die. So song is really good song, I guess they did it for think about life, when I listen this song I think about the life and actually it's what I do 'cause I listen this song.:cool:

Think about it

Take Care LP 4EVER

[RockMetalFairy]

For quite a while after MTM was released I really didn't like this song! But I realised just how amazing it was, and I really love Mike's voice in the outro. Fantasticly constructed lyrics too, second best on the album only to Little Things.

[1_Stp_Kloserz]

Best two verses Mikes ever done :( love this song so much, really unapriciated (spelling?!)

[Nazami]

In my opinion, the power of this song is the lyric. Hip-hop/Rap is about truly feelings.. emotions.. life experience.. things you lived or opinions about reality.. Mike just made it happen.. (like always ;P) This song can really make a person think about life.. about the Real World.

I Hope they keep doing songs like this. LP's songs don´t have to be only hard rock, it´s good for the band to try new styles. I love MTM as much as I love the other albums even being a little different =)

[ms_shock]

When i download the video where they sang it with the chorus.... I was in love with it!!! it was great.. So Hands Held High is 1 of my fave songs.... And this vid too

[shinoda_me]

awesome song...
deserves some kind of award for certain...
so touching...definitely the best Linkin Park song to date

[ms_shock]

yeeeee.... aaghhh, I want to make russian poem and use these words...

[I_B_Long]

HHH is one of my absolute favs on MTM, i think it was about time for LP to speak up and voice their opinion about this. this is definelty a subject that hits home for me, my hubby is doing his 2nd tour in iraq right now (15 month tour, been gone for over a year), only spent 2 weeks with our son since he was born. but its not just the verses that i love, the music absolutely friggin rocks too!

[Lawrz]

i agree that its a gem. i used it as my ringtone for the longest time.

it and LOATR are my faves.

[_FaiNt_]

Are ya'll kidding? This is not a "song"....there is no flow, no substance, you cant dance to it, or rock along with it, or tap your foot, nothing...it's just a basic drum beat...just Mike "ranting on." Basically a church sermon. I'm a fan of LP & Mike, but come on...it's a wasted track that is simply a rhyme of his beliefs/feelings. Go on Preacher! Halleluia ! Worthless.

You're a dumbass if you think every song needs to have 5 different instruments blaring at you for it to be considered a song. Isn't every song they do based on their "feelings/beliefs" This SONG is supposed to make you think, and its an emotional song. He's not forcing you to believe what he does, he is just rapping about reality. Its one of Linkin Park's best song.

[EvoOba]

it's my fav song too...number 1!!!...i like it cause it means a lot to mike(my cuttie!!!) and the lyrics are awsome!!!...

[Nor_Alex]

AWESOME SONG ! I LOVE IT! "When The Rich wage war, it's The Poor who die."

[serotoninXxX]

when the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.

No, its not in terms of americans who voted to bring our trips home and our president VETOED the bill that the AMERICAN PUBLIC voted for.

And saying this album is "a tad too political for me". listen up. In todays world, if you are not following politics, YOU ARE THE LOST ONE MY FRIEND. AMericans have been sitting on the sidelines and its time to bring change to what we define as the freedom of america. PLease "grow up" in a sense and care more about our countrys future and the path its taking the world down. GO VOTE.


Go vote...so the president can...vote it down again:confused:

[Isandula]

At first it was alright but jeez when you really listen to it its quite a powerful song. Right up there as a favourite and it gets better with more listening, even a year later its a fantastic song. The lyrics are of a high quality, would just about be the best from the album.

[rEEcEJ]

this song has some really legendary quotes on it, a lyrical masterpiece from mike

[ms_shock]

I've written a russian lurics of all this song... It's amasing. I'm genius!! haha!

[EvoOba]

it's the best song mike has ever written!!!<3 i like the line ''when the rich wage war is the poor who died'' such a toutching song!!! welldone mikey!!!

[SK2008LV]

I like this video where crowd sings "Amen" part
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFWR6Waucvw&feature=related
:)

[shinoda_me]

just wanted to share this one video someone made:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwAGc4aM5q0&feature=rec-fresh

great... totally awesome..
*sigh*

[I_B_Long]

ive seen that clip before. its REALLY good. proly the best HHH video out there.

[Rob1]

Old threads are old. Do not bump them.

And the song is corny.

[Shadow_of_A_Doubt]

I don't like it because it is all rap and it's political. That's all I'm going to say.

[minuteman]

Everyone can relate to this song on an emotional level.This song isn't as broad as others, not everybody will be able to relate Shinoda talking about the situation he describes. :rolleyes: People can, to some degree, empathise with the emotions he puts into the lyrics, though.

[Isandula]

Gets a lot hate which is a little unfair, I really like the song but suppose been quite political/hate it might appeal to many.
Quite a brave song really.