Valentine's Day

Album: Minutes To Midnight (2007)
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Songfacts®:

  • Singer Chester Bennington in Kerrang! magazine: "It's definitely one of the poppier songs on the album. We have to be very careful sometimes that we don't lose the integrity of what we're doing - we're a very dark band and we like it like that. We talk about uncomfortable things and try to make you comfortable with that. We tried to do that here in a more poppy song and I really like that aspect of the album."

Comments: 15

  • Luna Loud from Royal Woods, MichiganBen from Edina, Mn has it right, dudes. Lee Russel Bennington. At least they're together now...
  • Brittany from Greenville,ncI lost my dad on February 20th but the last time I got to see him was Valentine's day and this is exactly where the song takes me to,my father passed away from cancer
  • Jennie from Ansonia, CtI wish this song didn't make me think of the school shootings! RIP students of Parkland, Florida!
  • Zero from Nowhere, NjOne time in an interview (way before this album was made) Chester was asked if he had any plans for valentines day. His answer? "Masturbation." Good ole' Chester!
  • Ben from Edina, MnThis song is about the death of Chester Bennington's father on Valentine's Day. :( Poor Ches.
  • Alex from Folcroft, PaThis song is about the feelings of this person on the first Valentine's Day that his significant other past away. The dark clouds are a representation of his sadness and depression and the "heartless wind" is a symbol of how he cant stop dwelling on it.
  • Sam from Clarence, NyIn my town, there was a terrible plane crash less than 26 hours to Valentine's Day that left 50 dead. This is for the people of flight 3407 who died on February 12th, 2009. R.I.P.
  • Steph from Commack, Nysigh....:( good song..terribly sad though
  • Thomas from Surabaya, IndonesiaI still confused with this song, because this song tells us that your beloved one is died because of the wind or typhoon wind. it's proven from the sound of blowing wind approximately 5 seconds before "Valentine's Day". Anyway, i love this song
  • Hope from Naperville, Ili got minutes to midnight...at first i didnt like all of it but this is the song that made me keep listening
  • Hope from Naperville, Ilthis song is sooo good
  • Cody from Wasilla, AkWhen I first played this song, my grandmother started crying. She lost her first husband(my real grandfather) on February 13, 1977. R.I.P.
  • Jordan from Wagoner, Oki trulely love this horrible,horribly sad song,
    about losing your loved ones,right before valentines day...
    sad,sad,sad,
    vicariously sad...
  • Elmer from Zamboanga, Philippinescn any1 tell me abt the whole lyf of chester???wikipedia doesnt xplain all
  • Muna from Syria, United Statesthank you and how i will get the lyrics
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