Hands Held High - Linkin Park (Minutes To Midnight) 

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

Shinoda is so underrated.

I cant believe this literally word per word makes sense right now in every country

It’s crazy how every time the talk of war starts, I come back to this song. And it’s fits the situation one way or another every single time.

"Mike Shinoda the best songwriter ever " Chester Bennington

"When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die." "With hands held high to skies so blue, the ocean opens up to swallow you." Truest quotes in LP history

i grew up with Linkin Park, and i grew because of them.

This song was written and released 15 years ago. It was an entirely different war, in a different region of the world, of a different generation. And wouldn't you know it. It still fits. "Mostly scared and angry like, 'what did he say?'".

I fear that this song will forever be relevant to the day.

its sad how this song reflects today's society with everything that's going on

Whenever your ears get infected by shitty meaningless songs out there, this masterpiece acts as a sanitizer.

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda] Turn my mic up louder, I got to say something Lightweights step it aside when we come in Feel it in your chest, the syllables get pumping People on the street, they panic and start running Words on loose-leaf sheet complete coming I jump in my mind and summon the rhyme I'm dumping Healing the blind, I promise to let the sun in Sick of the dark ways we march to the drumming Jump when they tell us that they wanna see jumping Fcuk that, I wanna see some fists 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's really just a different brand of war Like it doesn't cater to rich and abandon poor Like they understand you in the back of the jet When you can't put gas in your tank These fcukers are laughing their way to the bank and cashing the check Asking you to have compassion and 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?" [Refrain] Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen [Verse 2: Mike Shinoda] 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 or get blown into fractions Ten years old, something to see Another kid my age drugged under a Jeep 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? They brush the dust from bulletproof vests away It's ironic, at times like this you'd pray But a bomb blew the mosque up, yesterday There's bombs on the buses, bikes, roads Inside your market, 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 On 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 The rest of the world watching, at the end of the day Both scared and angry, like, "What did he say?" [Refrain] Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen [Chorus: Mike Shinoda] With hands held high into a sky so blue (Amen) As the ocean opens up to swallow you (Amen) With hands held high into a sky so blue (Amen) As the ocean opens up to swallow you (Amen) With hands held high into a sky so blue (Amen) As the ocean opens up to swallow you (Amen) With hands held high into a sky so blue (Amen) As the ocean opens up to swallow you (Amen) With hands held high into a sky so blue (Amen) As the ocean opens up to swallow you (Amen) With hands held high into a sky so blue (Amen) As the ocean opens up to swallow you (Amen)

"When the rich wage war it's the poor who die." When I first heard that I was like Damn that's so true!!!

This song deserves the klicks Despacito got...

I can ensure that this is the most underrated LP song. It doesn't get the attention it deserves. Masterpiece of a track

Why does this song have only 3M views? Why do people forget that Mike Shinoda is as integral to LP as Chester was? The most underrated rapper!

:,( R.I.P. Chester

is normal to cry with this song?

"It's ironic, at times like this you pray But a bomb blew the mosque up yesterday" I don't know what it is about this specific line, but it really gets to me. I hope for a day where this song is irrelevant.

You might think that they predicted future, but it's always been this way

I'll miss you Chester Bennington :(

to those of you watching this masterpiece in 2016 i salute you

"Say something that you know they might attack you for" This song is just too damn real...

These guys were so ahead of their time in terms of interpretive lyrics. They could hit so many subjects and I feel like that's part of what made Linkin Park so strong.

Our hands are held high for you, Chester. You were a huge influence that helped me get through growing up and gave me a voice to what I was going through. Thank you. Thank you for everything.

Very relevant in these times :/

This song came up in my playlist in the car yesterday, and it hit so hard. It's frustrating and saddening how relevant this is, once again, even 15 years later. I really slept on Minutes to Midnight when it originally came out, because I was a silly teen who couldn't deal with the fact that their favorite band changed their style and evolved, but listening to it now, I really have so much respect for this album. The way political messages were weaved into the songs, without being too obvious, but still so poignant. Stepping away from the teenage angst to open the music up to problems of a more international scale. While still keeping the tone of Linkin Park, while still remaining approachable and not too 'wannabe deep'. So, 15 years late with this, but kudos to a great album, that unfortunately has stayed way too relevant throughout the years.

"And the rest of the world watching at the end of the day, in their living room laughing like 'What did he say?'" Very true words today

This song makes me cry 😢

"When the rich wage war, its the poor who die"

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

RIP Chester Bennington, this song helped me through some tough times and I am forever grateful

My favorite song of all time.. "My brother had a book he would hold with pride, a little red cover with a broken spine, on the back he hand wrote a quote inside, when the rich wage war, it's the poor who die."

In a world that capitalize from your self-resentment, loving yourself can really be a revolutionary thing to do. Hope Chester had found his peace. I have depression too. Hope whoever reads this and I can both find the strength to continue living

More relevant today than it ever has been.

Its crazy to see all of Linkin Parks mainstream songs flooded with Chester memorials, but a master piece like this, there isnt? Where are the true fans.. RIP Chester.. you will deeply be missed man.

Being born the year Hybrid Theory came out, I never really got into LP that much. I listened in middle school and liked them, and their music literally kept me alive, but I fell off the LP train after awhile. Fast forward 4 years. I had stopped listening to LP, and was expanding my horizons again. Those years were full Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, and Thousand Foot Krutch. Red, Evanescence. I listened to literally everything. Move a little bit forward to July of 2017. I was just working on a book I'm writing. I open a new tab in Microsoft Edge (because I was too lazy to download Chrome), and I see the horrible news. I literally dropped everything and just stopped, and reflected on my life and how Chester affected it for the better 4 years prior. The last LP song I had heard was Heavy, and that was months prior to his death since I don't listen to the radio. I couldn't listen to Linkin Park without crying for the first couple days. Now here I am, on a Linkin Park marathon, just listening to the music again, and remembering. Remembering those times I would just go to my room and just listen to the music. Remembering when I had figured out how I would die, and then I was listening to Chester's voice and decided to give life another chance with LP in the background. Then high school happened. I had a clean slate with these people. I gained hope. After awhile, LP left the soundtrack of my life, replaced by similar (but not quite the same) bands. Now, I just listen to the music and see how most of these songs were cries for help, similar to my cries, but society put them off as "emo" and ridiculed the band. Nobody heard, even among the fanbase. We were all deaf the cries. Depression is real, and moments like these help us to realize that.

sadly, this song is still as real as ever... FREE PALESTINE

This song moves me to tears every time. It's so meaningful

I'm being honest here, am I the only one who finds this album refreshing?

Lyrics wise, the best song ever made. And just in general as well, Shinodas lyrics are some of the most hard hitting you'll ever listen to.

The world needs to listen to this song.

2013, Wrote a paper on this song for CSUF POSC 200. The assignment was to pick a song, submit it to the class, and write a paper on it. This was the one the teacher chose to play for the entire class, and I received a 100% on the paper. One of my favorite moments, because I just wanted to listen to the song haha.

Need this tonight. So tragic. R.I.P. Chester. You were an idol to me and made my teenage years.

It happened. The rich waged a war, and the poor are dying 😔

Boy did this song age... It's beautiful, yet horrifying at the same time

Mike Shinoda is an amazing human being

This Song deserves popularity :C

This definitely applies to what's happening right now. Especially when he says "meanwhile, the leader just talks away, stuttering and mumbling for nightly news to replay."

Hands held high ✊🏼✊🏻✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

Who has their Hands Held High in 2019?

I hated this album when it first came out. When I think of what LP are producing now, this is pure art with such a deep and meaningful message and I appreciate it even more now with everything happening in the world. Mike was always so good at verbalising passion and pain.

one of the most underrated songs ever made ...

This song feels ever more relatable in 2020 :'(

5/31/2020. Too relevant

one of the most underrated rap songs of all times

2:25 "When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die"

i feel like this song is so underrated and it should be more in the spotlight. especially during these hard times.

This song was so important to my transition back to civilian life from the military... Chester helped save my life with this song. I’m sorry I couldn’t return the favor. Thank you forever.

Beautiful song :')

is it sad that the lyrics apply to everything in this day and age

This is the song I thought of after watching all these videos about Ukraine and Russia.. It's so true when he says "when the rich wage war its the poor who die"

Given what's happened in the past 24 hours, the message in this song is super-fucking important.

This song is so underrated, and I'm not really much of a Linkin Park fan. I used to be, so I know all of their songs, no need to recommend any to me, I'm just saying as someone who used to listen to them a lot, this is one of the few songs that holds up, which saddens me that nobody ever talks about this song.

Still waiting for the day I hear this song without thinking "man this is so fitting to the moment we live in!" Were such a dumb species.

This should be the U.S.A. national anthem.. this should be our national anthem now

This song hits so different now, it’s really sad

12 years later and still as relevant as it has ever been. This will forever stand the test of time.

When i was in middle school i depended on this album to live. I felt suicidal from all the other kids in school.

Shinoda is so talented! He was 50% of Linkin Park. Underrated!

"I'm sick of being treated like I had before, like it's stupid standing for what I'm standing for" I stand for accepting EVERYTHING that doesn't hurt anyone

So many underrated songs of Linkin park!

This is the most heart-rending song of Linkin Park. The song almost moved me to tears.

Being here, end of may 2020 and this is still so up to date. What happened in last time in USA is so sad... and some things are hard to believe something like that still happens today

This song is criminally underrated

Mike is so underrated. He is such a great musician. World must not loose him. 🌹🌷🌺

Anyone else hear to remember Chester Bennington? Hands down, LP's best album ever. This music got me through so many tough times in my younger days, I just wished it could've helped you in your moment of absolute darkness, Chester. R.I.P, man. We'll miss you.

I am from Pakistan this made me cry 😢

This song couldn't be more relevant today.

Wow this song made me cry.

THIS SONG DESERVE A VIDEO

This song is just as relevant today, as it will be forever in time. Thank you Mike for this masterpiece!

12 years later, still gives me chills.

I think this is one of the most underappreciated, underrated Linkin Park songs. For some reason it's the first one I wanted to look up when I heard the news today. RIP Chester.

I wish they did a video for this song. I came up with an idea for one too. it's be Mike at the front rapping in a destroy church because of war and jets and machines of war moving around outside and Mike would be the preacher and the amens would be the people he's preaching to and they all in unison say amen

Bought this CD in 2007, it's eerie how relevant this song is today in 2020

Next time someone sees Chester in heaven, please tell him there was a global pandemic in 2020. Tell him to come back and sing his heart out. To give us strength.

I'm so heartbroken... This is one of the first songs I thought of when I heard the news. This song, this message, the rhythm and meaning conveyed throughout is just so important. Rarely have I heard such beauty in describing the act of destruction. I wish that Linkin Park's songs done in this vein got just as much recognition, not out of some sense of fan jealousy, but just because what this song says and what it does is so valuable. Chester, you gave the world a gift. I would have loved to have heard even more.

I feel like this song really applies to today for any side of this horrible time ❤️ thank you Linkin Park

Let's see who else comes to listen this masterpiece in 2023?

A week of being mad at the world, not knowing if we have a future. I just randomly started singing this song today. Can't believe how fitting this song is right now. Best of luck Ukraine and Russian people. The whole world is with you and we can see how strong you are. Keep your spirits up. We're all soldiers in this comment section.

A young man came and gave voice to a generation. Pulled many of us out of our darkest places. Gave hope to more people than he could ever know. And stays in many hearts,even though he himself is gone. So it's with arms held high I say Amen, thank you, and rest easy brother. Your always with us wherever we go. R.I.P. Chester.

I'm not a huge Linkin Park fan but this is one of my favorites songs.

this is the song i was listening to when i got the news that Chester passed. I was driving down I-95 and broke down in tears. had to call my friend that showed me LP in the first place all those years ago. hope yall are okay! gotta stay strong

Best song from Linkin Park.

Mike has so much heart....

When the rich wage war, it´s the poor who die... deep. Pray fou Ukraine

This is pure emotion.

No song can be more relevant than this

Most perfect song to represent how low we’ve gotten as human beings ,yet we still hold on to hope after all the tragedies 2017 brought us..rest in peace Chester