On the album, the song segues into "Bleed It Out".
The single was released on July 15, 2008.
The song's working titles were "Fear" and "When My Time Comes".
The song was featured on the original motion picture soundtrack for the 2008 film Twilight. It is played during the end credits.
In 2011 the German action-series Alarm für Cobra 11 used a part of the song (the chorus) in an especially sad scene, it was the fifth time that a Linkin Park title was used in the series.