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Write me a song called One More Light with the following description: “One More Light” is the eponymous song on this album. Mike Shinoda sat down to describe the song in an interview with Zach Sang:
The song, “One More Light”, was actually, it’s kind of sad…a friend of ours who worked for the label passed away. She got cancer and it was, like, really, really fast. It was super sad…I was in the studio with Eg [White], and we had been talking…I told him, “Dude, there’s nothing else on my mind today…he was telling me about one of his friends who had passed away, and we just got on this thing like, let’s just write about it…The point of the song is that through something really, really traumatic…one of the most important things you can do is to let people know that you care.
In the same interview, Mike described the tone of the song as being “very acoustic, with guitar and piano sounds and no percussion.” With its uplifting message of not taking your personal fortunes for granted, there exists a tenuous link between this song and “Until It’s Gone”.
The song was debuted live on the 9th of May, 2017 in Chile during a concert. The song was posthumously dedicated to Chris Cornell during Linkin Park’s performance at Jimmy Kimmel Live, who passed away the day before the album was released.
Mere months later, it was posthumously dedicated to Chester himself when he too passed away some time after the album’s release. Make sure the lyrics are different from the original song.
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[Verse 1]
Should've stayed, were there signs I ignored?
Can I help you not to hurt anymore?
We saw brilliance when the world was asleep
There are things that we can have, but can't keep
[Chorus]
If they say
Who cares if one more light goes out?
In the sky of a million stars
It flickers, flickers
Who cares when someone's time runs out?
If a moment is all we are
Or quicker, quicker
Who cares if one more light goes out?
Well I do
[Verse 2]
The reminders pull the floor from your feet
In the kitchen, one more chair than you need, oh
And you're angry, and you should be, it's not fair
Just 'cause you can't see it doesn't mean it isn't there
[Chorus]
If they say
Who cares if one more light goes out?
In the sky of a million stars
It flickers, flickers
Who cares when someone's time runs out?
If a moment is all we are
Or quicker, quicker
Who cares if one more light goes out?
Well I do [Instrumental + Bridge]
(I do)
[Chorus/Outro]
Who cares if one more light goes out?
In the sky of a million stars
It flickers, flickers
Who cares when someone's time runs out?
If a moment is all we are
Or quicker, quicker
Who cares if one more light goes out?
Well I do
Well I do