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This song shows one regretting over the bad things he has done. The video shows the effect of wars, poverty, murder, drugs, etc. etc. These are meant to depict that humanity has done a lot of wrong.
During the outro, he is optimistic. Optimistic that the time is not over to do the right thing.
The...
[Verse 1: Chester Bennington]
In this farewell
There's no blood, there's no alibi
'Cause I've drawn regret
From the truth of a thousand lies
[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington]
So let mercy come and wash away
[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
What I've done
I'll face myself
To cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done
[Verse 2: Chester Bennington]
Put to rest what you thought of me
While I clean this slate with the hands of uncertainty
[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington]
So let mercy come and wash away
[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
What I've done
I'll face myself
To cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge: Chester Bennington]
For what I've done
I start again
And whatever pain may come
Today this ends
I'm forgiving
[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
What I've done
I'll face myself
To cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done
[Outro: Mike Shinoda & Chester Bennington]
(Na-na na na, na-na na na)
(Na-na na na, na-na na na)
What I've done
(Na-na na na, na-na na na)
(Na-na na na, na-na na na)
Forgiving what I've done
(Na-na na na, na-na na na)
(Na-na na na, na-na na na)
What I’ve Done was written by Rob Bourdon & Dave Farrell & Brad Delson & Mr. Hahn & Mike Shinoda & Chester Bennington.
What I’ve Done was produced by Mike Shinoda & Rick Rubin.
Linkin Park released What I’ve Done on Mon Apr 02 2007.
Chester Bennington described the track in a March 2007 interview with MTV:
Joe [Hahn] came up to Mike and me and asked us to take the whole idea of Minutes to Midnight and apply that to how the band has changed. So, in a way, it’s us saying goodbye to how we used to be…The lyrics in the first verse...