Most of Linkin Park's song titles are clear, like "Breaking the Habit", "One Step Closer", "What I've Done", "Waiting for the End", etc. But, some are really not clear. I know the band members say that they're really bad when it comes to giving names to songs and albums, but how do they even come up with titles like "Figure.09"? And what the hell does that mean? There are quite some titles I don't understand. The titles of the interludes from A Thousand Suns are understandable, but I don't get some other names, like "Robot Boy". What do you think?
Yeah but how do you come up with a Figure.09 as a working title? Did they have Figure.01, Figure.02 etc?
Well "Figure.09" is a pretty clever title actually. Its basically a spin on the phrase: "figure of eight" which is a continuous pattern/movement. where in this songs case a "Figure of nine" basically is a figure of eight with one piece missing, disrupting the flow and "connection". Thats my theory anyway
Pretty much this. There are a lot of bands out there that have song titles that have nothing to do with the content of the song. Underoath is probably the best example of this, with titles like It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door or Moving For The Sake Of Motion.
I guess "Sold My Soul To Yo Mama" could be attributed to Mr. Hahn, but I'm not so sure that one has a deeper meaning.
That's a really interesting way of looking at it. I always thought of the term 'Figure' as taking the shape of something. Usually you see pieces in an art gallery labelled as 'figures' and are followed up by a number or a letter for identification. I think the term works well with the definition based on the line 'I've let myself become you.' I could be wrong, but it's my own interpretation...