LINKIN PARK They were probably the first band that actually got me into liking rock. Though it's a different kind of rock; a so-called "rap-rock" that by the way become popular after the bands' success. Their music has a great impact on me; last year I was feeling all the way 'down there', and I put on the TV and they were there with one of their songs "Somewhere I belong". I just totally changed my way of thinking; everything they said was like written down from my own thoughts, and ever since that I've been a fan! Some say I'm even a little 'too obsessed' sometimes! Well anyway, they write their own music as well, very expressive. What's great about this band is that they really put their every soul into making their own personal music, they don't get satisfied until it's 'complete'. Theres something called "express things the right way"--Linkin park really works on getting their message out there. I saw them live last year, and it was one of the best times in my life. This band does a great job, and they're without doubt succeding..

'Famous' songs by Linkin park:
"In the end"
"One step closer"
"Crawling"
"Somewhere I belong"
"Numb"
"Breaking the habit"

" i think our lyrics are still about everyday things, but we've added some new topics to what we are already comfortable talking about. It's not just about frustration and anger and confusion, it's also about hopefulness and confidence (mixed in) - Mike Shinnanda

Part Of Me

Part of me won�t go away
Everyday reminded how much I hate it
Weighted against the consequences
Can�t live without it so it�s senseless
Wanna cut it out of my soul
And just live with a gaping hole
Take control of my life
And wash out all the burnt taste
I made the problems in the first place
Hang my head low �cause it�s part of me
Ya hardly see right next to the heart of me
Heard of me the routine scar
New cuts cover where the old ones are
And now I�m sick of this
I can�t stand the sandpaper thoughts that grade on my sanity
I rather not even be then the man that�s staring in the mirror through me

Cut myself free willingly
Sstop just what�s killing me

I feel it everyday
I feel I made my way
I feel it swell up inside, swell up inside
Swallowing me

Freedom can be frightening if you've never felt it
Once it�s been dealt with you feel like you�ve been touched by something angelic
And then melted down into a pool of peace
Cease to be the animal you used to be
Remove the broken parts you know were wrong
And feel the karma when the problem�s all gone
And then you start to see another piece of yourself that you can�t let be
Memories of the last fight to free yourself
Take it to the depths of the bottom of the well
And now you know you can choose to lose the part in your heart
Where your insides bruised
You can live if you�re willing to
Put a stop to just what�s killing you

(Alive in me, inside of me, a part of me screams away silently
This part of me won�t go away, part of me won�t go away
Everywhere I look around I see how everyone aught to be
Every time I see myself I see there�s always something wrong with me)

I feel it swell up inside, swell up inside, swallowing me

With you

I woke up in a dream today
To the cold of the static / and put my cold feet on the floor
Forgot all about yesterday
Remembering I�m pretending to be where I�m not anymore
A little taste of hypocrisy
And I�m left in the wake of the mistake / slow to react
Even though you�re so close to me
You�re still so distant / And I can�t bring you back

It�s true / the way I feel
Was promised by your face
The sound of your voice
Painted on my memories
Even if you�re not with me
I�m with you

You / Now I see/ keeping everything inside
You / Now I see / Even when I close my eyes

I hit you and you hit me back
We fall to the floor / the rest of the day stands still
Fine line between this and that
When things go wrong I pretend the past isn�t real
Now I'm trapped in this memory
And I�m left in the wake of the mistake / slow to react
Even though you�re close to me
You�re still so distant / And I can�t bring you back

no
No matter how far we've come
I can't wait to see tomorrow
With you

Crawling

Crawling in my skin
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real

There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming/confusing
This lack of self-control I fear is never ending
Controlling/I can't seem

To find myself again
My walls are closing in
(without a sense of confidence and I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take)
I've felt this way before
So insecure

Discomfort,endlessly has pulled itself upon me
Distracting/reacting
Against my will I stand beside my own reflection
It's haunting how I can't seem...

To find myself again
My walls are closing in
(without a sense of confidence and I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take)
I've felt this way before
So insecure

By myself

What do I do to ignore them behind me?
Do I follow my instincts blindly?
Do I hide my pride from these bad dreams?
And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?
Do I sit here and try to stand it?
Or do I try to catch them red-handed?
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness,
Or do I trust none and live in loneliness?
Because I can't hold on when I'm streached so thin
I make the right moves but I'm lost within
I put on my daily facade but then
I just end up getting hurt again
By myself [myself]

I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can�t rely on myself

[Chorus:]
I can�t hold on
To what I want when I�m stretched so thin
It�s all too much to take in
I can�t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in

If I
Turn my back I�m defenseless
And to go blindly seems senseless
If I hide my pride and let it all go on then they�ll
Take from me �till everything is gone
If I let them go I�ll be outdone
But if I try to catch them I�ll be outrun
If I�m killed by the questions like a cancer
Then I�ll be buried in the silence of the answer
by myself [myself]

I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can�t rely on myself

[Chorus] How do you think I�ve lost so much
I'm so afraid that I'm out of touch
How do you expect... I will know what to do
When all I know Is what you tell me to

Don�t you know
I can�t tell you how to make it go
No matter what I do, how hard I try
I can�t seem to convince myself why
I�m stuck on the outside

Pushing Me Away

I've lied to you
The same way that I always do
This is the last smile
That I'll fake for the sake of being with you

(Everything falls apart
Even the people who never frown
Eventually break down)
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
(Everything has to end
You'll soon find we're out of time left
To watch it all unwind)
The sacrifice is never knowing

Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see you're testing me pushes me away
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me pushes me away

I've tried like you
To do everything you wanted too
This is the last time
I'll take the blame for the sake of being with you

Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see you're testing me pushes me away
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see you're testing me pushes me away

(We're all out of time
This is how we find how it all unwinds)
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
(We're all out of time
This is how we find how it all unwinds)
The sacrifice is never knowing
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see you're testing me pushes me away
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see you're testing me pushes me away
Pushes me away

Somewhere I Belong

(When this began)
I had nothing to say
And I get lost in the nothingness inside of me
(I was confused)
And I let it all out to find
That I�m not the only person with these things in mind
(Inside of me)
But all the vacancy the words revealed
Is the only real thing that I�ve got left to feel
(Nothing to lose)
Just stuck/ hollow and alone
And the fault is my own, and the fault is my own

[Chorus]
I wanna heal, I wanna feel what I thought was never real
I wanna let go of the pain I�ve held so long
(Erase all the pain till it�s gone)
I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I�m close to something real
I wanna find something I�ve wanted all along
Somewhere I belong

And I�ve got nothing to say
I can�t believe I didn�t fall right down on my face
(I was confused)
Looking everywhere only to find
That it�s not the way I had imagined it all in my mind
(So what am I)
What do I have but negativity
�Cause I can�t justify the way, everyone is looking at me
(Nothing to lose)
Nothing to gain/ hollow and alone
And the fault is my own, and the fault is my own

[Repeat Chorus]
I will never know myself until I do this on my own
And I will never feel anything else, until my wounds are healed
I will never be anything till I break away from me
I will break away, I'll find myself today

[Repeat Chorus]

I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I�m somewhere I belong
I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I�m somewhere I belong
Somewhere I belong

Easier To Run

It's easier to run
Replacing this pain with something numb
It's so much easier to go
Than face all this pain here all alone

Something has been taken from deep inside of me
The secret I've kept locked away no one can ever see
Wounds so deep they never show they never go away
Like moving pictures in my head for years and years they've played

(If I could change I would take back the pain I would)
(Retrace every wrong move that I made I would)
(If I could stand up and take the blame I would)
(If I could take all the shame to the grave I would)
(If I could change I would take back the pain I would)
(Retrace every wrong move that I made I would)
(If I could stand up and take the blame I would)
(I would take all my shame to the grave)

[Chorus]
It's easier to run
Replacing this pain with something numb
It's so much easier to go
Than face all this pain here all alone

Sometimes I remember the darkness of my past
Bringing back these memories I wish I didn't have
Sometimes I think of letting go and never looking back
And never moving forward so there'd never be a past

Just washing it aside
All of the helplessness inside
Pretending I don't feel misplaced
It's so much simpler than change

[Chorus]
It's easier to run
Replacing this pain with something numb
It's so much easier to go
Than face all this pain here all alone

It's easier to run
(If I could change I would take back the pain I would)
(Retrace every wrong move that I made)
It's easier to go
(If I could change I would take back the pain I would)
(Retrace every wrong move that I made I would)
(If I could stand up and take the blame I would)
(I would take all my shame to the grave)

Lying From You

I don�t know who to trust no surprise
(Everyone feels so far away from me)
Heavy thoughts sift through dust and the lies
(Trying not to break but I�m so tired of this deceit)
(Every time I try to make myself get back up on my feet)
(All I ever think about is this)
(All the tiring time between)
(And how trying to put my trust in you just takes so much out of me)

[Chorus]
Take everything from the inside and throw it all away
Cuz I swear for the last time I won�t trust myself with you

Tension is building inside steadily
(Everyone feels so far away from me)
Heavy thoughts forcing their way out of me
(Trying not to break but I�m so tired of this deceit)
(Every time I try to make myself get back up on my feet)
(All I ever think about is this)
(All the tiring time between)
(And how trying to put my trust in you just takes so much out of me)

[Chorus]
Take everything from the inside and throw it all away
Cuz I swear for the last time I won�t trust myself with you

I won�t waste myself on you
You
You
Waste myself on you
You
You

I�ll take everything from the inside and throw it all away
Cuz I swear for the last time I won�t trust myself with you
Everything from the inside and just throw it all away
Cuz I swear for the last time I won�t trust myself with you
You
You

Numb

I'm tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless lost under the surface
Don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)

[Chorus]
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I've become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

Can't you see that you're smothering me
Holding too tightly afraid to lose control
Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
And every second I waste is more than I can take

[Chorus]
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I've become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

And I know
I may end up failing too
But I know
You were just like me with someone disappointed in you

[Chorus]
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I've become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

[Chorus]
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I'm tired of being what you want me to be
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I'm tired of being what you want me to be