Karaoke Korner

Fond farewell

Photo courtesy of Warner

Linkin Park leave the past behind

In their latest single, �What I�ve Done�, Linkin Park put the past behind them and try to get on with their lives. We�re not sure what they did, but it seems to have left a deep impression on them. This week�s Karaoke Korner takes a look at some synonyms of the word farewell.

Exercises

Let�s look at some words associated with saying farewell. All you have to do is rearrange the letters to spell the words.

1. O-B-O-G-Y-E-D

2. G-P-T-R-A-N-I

3. U-A-I-E-D

4. L-V-E-N-G-A-I

About Linkin Park

Name: Linkin Park
Nationality: American
Style: Nu Metal
Label: Warner
Album: Minutes to Midnight (2007), Collision Course (2004), Meteora (2003), Reanimation (2002), Hybrid Theory (2000).
In brief: Linkin Park�s founding members include three high school buddies, Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson and Rob Bourdon. The guys later recruited Joe Hahn, Dave Phoenix Farrell and Mike Wakefield to form Hybrid Theory. The band began recording and producing songs in Shinoda�s make-shift bedroom studio in 1996, but tension and frustration would later cause the group to disband. In March 1999, the original members brought in singer Chester Bennington to revive the band. The band�s new member also brought with it a new name, Linkin Park, a play and homage to Santa Monica�s Lincoln Park.
Official website: http://www.linkinpark.com
If you like Linkin Park, check out: Limp Bizkit, Korn, Clash and Big Ass

�What I�ve Done�

by Linkin Park

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

Chorus
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

(Chorus)

For what I�ve done, I start again
And whatever pain may come
Today this ends, I�m forgiving

(Chorus)

What I�ve done
Forgiving what I�ve done

	alibi (n): evidence that proves that a person was in another place at the time of a crime and so could not have committed it regret (n): a feeling of sadness or disappointment that you have because of something that has happened or something that you have done or not done mercy (n): a kind or forgiving attitude towards somebody that you have the power to harm or right to punish erase (v): to remove something completely impression (n): the effect that an experience or a person has on somebody or something revive (v): to make something start being used or done again homage (n): something that is said or done to show respect for somebody or something Idiom a clean slate: a record of your work or behaviour that does not show any mistakes or bad things that you have done