Iridescent
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| "Iridescent" | ||
| Performed by: | Linkin Park | |
| Written by: | Mike Shinoda | |
| Produced by: | Mike Shinoda | |
"Iridescent" is a song by Linkin Park, featured on the 2011 album Dark of the Moon: The Album.
Single releases
- "Iridescent"
- "What I've Done"
- "New Divide"
Release date: May 27, 2011
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Album releases
- 2010 — A Thousand Suns
- 2011 — A Thousand Suns+: Live in Madrid
- 2011 — Dark of the Moon: The Album
- 2011 — iTunes Festival: London 2011
- 2012 — A Thousand Suns: Live Around the World
Music video
In June 2011, Linkin Park released the music video for "Iridescent". It is based on the short story "The Country of the Blind" by H.G. Wells, but set in a post-apocalyptic future. It features Mike Shinoda playing the part of the one-eyed king, singing to a snake (named Trevor) coiled around him, and Chester Bennington singing. The video has various kinds of random imagery edited into it, such as references to The Last Supper and Dark of the Moon. Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Sentinel Prime, Megatron, Shockwave, Driller and Decepticon soldiers appear courtesy of digitally altered clips from the film.
Lyrics
When you were standing in the wake of devastation
When you were waiting on the edge of the unknown
And with the cataclysm raining down
Insides crying, "Save me now"
You were there impossibly alone
Do you feel cold and lost in desperation
You build up hope but failure's all you've known
Remember all the sadness and frustration
And let it go
Let it go
And in a burst of light that blinded every angel
As if the sky had blown the heavens into stars
You felt the gravity of tempered grace
Falling into empty space
No one there to catch you in their arms
Do you feel cold and lost in desperation
You build up hope but failure's all you've known
Remember all the sadness and frustration
And let it go
Let it go
Notes
- The song's single edit was performed live only once on June 23, 2011, during the band's live show on Moscow's Red Square for the world premiere of Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
- In 2012, they debuted The Ballad Medley, which included Leave Out All the Rest, Shadow of the Day, and Iridescent for the 2012 Honda Civic Tour.
