HOOBASTANK It was a nice surprise seeing this band jump on stage right before Linkin Park was to come on! By than, I didn't know much about them except that I had heard a couple of their songs before. I have to admit that I still don't know 'too much' about them, but I like many of their songs not to mention they're great live! Though, their music is sometimes a little 'too calm' for me; take the song "my reason" for instance, it sounds to me more like a boyband-hit than a true rock-song. But overall this band compose great music; they're expressive and definitely worth listening to!

'Famous' songs by Hoobastank:
"Crawling in the dark"
"Why are you running away"
"My reason"

"We're not a band that is pretentious. If there are people out there that haven't listen to our records and that think we're a one of those one hit song radio bands they should come out to our show" - Chris Hesse (so true!)

Open your eyes

You want what you deserve
but it's right in front of you
you want something better
then any other
you don't even bother
to figure what it is
that you think you deserve
you'll find it all one day
but not this way

Open your eyes
your heart will follow
open your eyes
see what you've been missing
open your eyes
and find the answer

I can't take anymore
have you ever asked yourself
what am I looking for?
you're indecisive
you are just another
caught up in all of this
plastic glamorous world
you'll never see
who you could be

Open your eyes
you're heart will follow
open your eyes
see what you've been missing
open your eyes
and find the answer

Your world is waiting, anticipating,
but your time is fading,
if you never open your eyes

If only you could see,
that there is something you can do,
to make this better

Open your eyes
you're heart will follow
open your eyes
see what you've been missing
open your eyes
and find the answer

You're world is waiting, anticipating,
but your time is fading,
if you never open your eyes

Crawling In The Dark

I will dedicate and sacrifice my everything
for just a seconds worth of how my story's ending
and I wish I could know if the directions that I take
and all the choices that I make won't end up all for nothing

Show me what it's for
make me understand it
I've been crawling in the dark
looking for the answer
is there something more
than what I've been handed?
I've been crawling in the dark
looking for the answer

Help me carry on
assure me it's ok to
use my heart and not my eyes
to navigate the darkness
will the ending be
ever coming suddenly?
will I ever get to see
the ending to my story?

So when and how will I know?

How much further do I have to go? (have to go)
and how much longer until I finally know? (finally know)
cause I am looking and I just can't see what's in front of me
in front of me