I understand that Generation Y uses "I" and "me" an awful lot. But if this is the kind of timely pop that sometimes emerges from the kids, then I'm all for it. This is Linkin Park's biggest single yet, crashing the charts over a month ago. But I have finally come around to like the song. It is timely. It can be interpreted in many ways. It is not explicitly partisan or Christian. I found the video to be somewhat shocking at first, but I have come to like it. Maybe it was my PTSD. That is "my" building falling down, after all. But it isn't anywhere near as shocking as Chevy using images of Americans being victimized to sell pickup trucks.

In this farewell,
There’s no blood,
There’s no alibi
‘Cause I’ve drawn regret,
From the truth,
Of a thousand lies

So let mercy come,
And wash away

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

Put to rest,
What you thought of me
While I clean this slate,
With the hands,
Of uncertainty

So let mercy come,
And wash away

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

For What I’ve Done

I start again,
And whatever pain may come
Today this ends,
I’m forgiving 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
What I’ve done

Forgiving What I’ve Done