The Little Things Give You Away

"The Little Things Give You Away"
Song by Linkin Park; from the album Minutes To Midnight
Released	May 14, 2007
Recorded	2006-2007
Working Title	Drum Song
Genre	Alternative rock, Soft rock, Power ballad
Length	6:23
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Writer	Linkin Park
Producer	Mike Shinoda, Rick Rubin
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The Little Things Give You Away is the twelfth and final track on Linkin Park's album Minutes to Midnight. It was the longest Linkin Park song to date until The Hunting Party came out in 2014 with A Line in the Sand.

It features Chester Bennington singing; at the end he is joined by Mike Shinoda and Phoenix. The lyrics critique the government response to Hurricane Katrina in Year 2005, specifically the leadership of then president George W. Bush for sluggish recovery responses during the crisis.

Lyrics[]

Water gray, through the windows, up the stairs
Chilling rain, like an ocean everywhere

Don't want to reach for me, do you?
I mean nothing to you, the little things give you away
And now there will be no mistaking
The levees are breaking

All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you
And six feet under water, I do

Hope decays
Generations disappear
Washed away,
As a nation simply stares

Don't want to reach for me, do you?
I mean nothing to you, the little things give you away
But now there will be no mistaking
The levees are breaking

All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you
And six feet under water, I do

All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you
And six feet underwater, i do

Now I do...

Oh, oh...

Little things give you away (Oh)

All you've ever wanted (Little things give you away)

Was someone to truly look up to you (little things give you away)

(Little things give you away) All you've ever wanted