LINKIN PARK LYRICS

"Papercut"
Album: Hybrid Theory

Why does it feel like night today?
Something in herê?Ts not right today?
Why am I so uptight today?
Paranoiâ?Ts all I got left
I don?Tt know what stressed me first
Or how the pressure was fed / but
I know just what it feels like
To have a voice in the back of my head
It?Ts like a face that I hold inside
A face that awakes when I close my eyes
A face watches every time I lie
A face that laughs every time I fall
(And watches everything)
So I know that when it?Ts time to sink or swim
That the face inside is hearing me / right beneath my skin
It?Ts like I?Tm / paranoid lookin?T over my back
It?Ts like a / whirlwind inside of my head
It?Ts like I / can?Tt stop what I?Tm hearing within
It?Ts like the face inside is right beneath my skin
I know I?Tve got a face in me
points out all the mistakes to me
You?Tve got a face on the inside too and
Your paranoiâ?Ts probably worse
I don?Tt know what set me off first but I know what I can?Tt stand
Everybody acts like the fact of the matter is
I can?Tt add up to what you can but
Everybody has a face that they hold inside
A face that awakes when they close their eyes
A face watches every time they lie
A face that laughs every time they fall
(And watches everything)
So you know that when it?Ts time to sink or swim
That the face inside is watching you too / right inside your skin
The sun goes down
I feel the light betray me

"With You"
album: "Hybrid Theory"
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 Iâ?Tm pretending to be where Iâ?Tm not anymore
A little taste of hypocrisy
And Iâ?Tm left in the wake of the mistake / slow to react
Even though youâ?Tre so close to me
Youâ?Tre still so distant / And I canâ?Tt bring you back
Itâ?Ts true / the way I feel
Was promised by your face
The sound of your voice
Painted on my memories
Even if youâ?Tre not with me
Iâ?Tm 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 isnâ?Tt real
Now I'm trapped in this memory
And Iâ?Tm left in the wake of the mistake / slow to react
Even though youâ?Tre close to me
Youâ?Tre still so distant / And I canâ?Tt bring you back
no
No matter how far we've come
I can't wait to see tomorrow
With you

"One Step Closer"
album: "Hybrid Theory"
I cannot take this anymore
I'm saying everything I've said before
All these words they make no sense
I find bliss in ignorance
Less I hear the less you'll say
But you'll find that out anyway
Just like before...
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I find the answers aren't so clear
Wish I could find a way to disappear
All these thoughts they make no sense
I find bliss in ignorance
Nothing seems to go away
Over and over again
shut up when I'm talking to you

"Points Of Authority"
album: "Hybrid Theory"
Forfeit the game
Before somebody else
Takes you out of the frame
Puts your name to shame
Cover up your face
You can't run the race
The pace is too fast
You just won't last
You love the way i look at you
While taking pleasure in the awful things you put me through
You take away if i give in
My life
My pride is broken
[Chorus:]
You like to think you're never wrong
(You live what you learn)
You have to act like you're someone
(You live what you learn)
You want someone to hurt like you
(You live what you learn)
You want to share what you have been through
(You live what you learn)
You love the things i say i'll do
The way i'll hurt myself again just get back at you
You take away when I give in
My life
My pride is broken
[Chorus]

"Crawling"
album: "Hybrid Theory"
[chorus:]
crawling in my skin
these wounds they will not heal
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
[bridge:]
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
[chorus]
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...
[bridge]
[chorus]
[chorus]

"Runaway"
album: "Hybrid Theory"
Graffiti decorations
Under a sky of dust
A constant wave of tension
On top of broken trust
The lessons that you taught me
I learn were never true
Now I find myself in question
(They point the finger at me again)
Guilty by association
(You point the finger at me again)
I wanna run away
Never say goodbye
I wanna know the truth
Instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answers
No more lies
I wanna shut the door
And open up my mind
Paper bags and angry voices
Under a sky of dust
Another wave of tension
Has more than filled me up
All my talk of taking action
These words were never true
Now I find myself in question
(They point the finger at me again)
Guilty by association
(You point the finger at me again)
I wanna run away
Never say goodbye
I wanna know the truth
Instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answers
No more lies
I wanna shut the door
And open up my mind
i'm gonna run away and never say goodbye
(gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away)
i'm gonna run away and never wonder why
(gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away)
i'm gonna run away and open my mind
(gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away gonna run away)
I wanna run away
Never say goodbye
I wanna know the truth
Instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answers
No more lies
I wanna shut the door
And open up my mind
i wanna run away
and open up my mind
i wanna run away
and open up my mind
i wanna run away
and open up my mind
i wanna run away
and open up my mind

"By Myself"
album: "Hybrid Theory"
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 õ?" handed?
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness,
Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?
Because I canõ?Tt hold on / when Iõ?Tm stretched so thin
I make the right moves but Iõ?Tm lost within
I put on my daily faĐade but then
I just end up getting hurt again
By myself [myself]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I canõ?Tt rely on myself
chorus:
I canõ?Tt hold on
To what I want when Iõ?Tm stretched so thin
Itõ?Ts all too much to take in
I canõ?Tt hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in
If I
Turn my back Iõ?Tm defenseless
And to go blindly seems senseless
If I hide my pride and let it all go on / then theyõ?Tll
Take from me õ?~till everything is gone
If I let them go Iõ?Tll be outdone
But if I try to catch them Iõ?Tll be outrun
If Iõ?Tm killed by the questions like a cancer
Then Iõ?Tll be buried in the silence of the answer
[by myself]
How do you think / Iõ?Tve lost so much
Iõ?Tm so afraid / Iõ?Tm out of touch
How do you expect / I will know what to do
When all I know / Is what you tell me to
Donõ?Tt you know
I canõ?Tt tell you how to make it go
No matter what I do, how hard I try
I canõ?Tt seem to convince myself why
Iõ?Tm stuck on the outside

"In The End"
album: "Hybrid Theory"
(It starts with)
One thing / I don?Tt know why
It doesn?Tt even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind / I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time
All I know
time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away
It?Ts so unreal
Didn?Tt look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on / but didn?Tt even know
Wasted it all just to
Watch you go
I kept everything inside and even though I tried / it all fell apart
What it meant to me / will eventually / be a memory / of a time when I tried
so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter
One thing / I don?Tt know why
It doesn?Tt even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind / I designed this rhyme
To remind myself how
I tried so hard
In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I?Tm surprised it got so (far)
Things aren?Tt the way they were before
You wouldn?Tt even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me
In the end
You kept everything inside and even though I tried / it all fell apart
What it meant to me / will eventually / be a memory / of a time when I
I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn?Tt even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn?Tt even matter
I've put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
Therê?Ts only one thing you should know
I've put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
Therê?Ts only one thing you should know
I tried so hard
And got so far
But in the end
It doesn?Tt even matter
I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn?Tt even matter

"A Place For My Head"
album: "Hybrid Theory"
I watch how the
Moon sits in the sky / in the dark night
Shining with the light from the sun
The sun doesn't give / light to the moon assuming
The moonâ?Ts going to owe it one
It makes me think of how you act to me / You do
Favors and then rapidly / You just
Turn around and start asking me / about
Things you want back from me
Iâ?Tm sick of the tension / sick of the hunger
Sick of you acting like I owe you this
Find another place / to feed your greed -
While I find a place to rest
I want to be in another place
I hate when you say you donâ?Tt understand
(Youâ?Tll see it's not meant to be)
I want to be in the energy, not with the enemy
A place for my head
Maybe someday Iâ?Tll be just like you / and
Step on people like you do and / Run
Away the people I thought I knew
I remember back then who you were
You used to be calm / used to be strong
Used to be generous / but you shouldâ?Tve known / That youâ?Td
Wear out your welcome / now you see
How quiet it is / all alone / Iâ?Tm so
Sick of the tension / sick of the hunger
Sick of you acting like I owe you this
Find another place / to feed your greed -
While / I find a place to rest / Iâ?Tm so
Sick of the tension / sick of the hunger
Sick of you acting like I owe you this
Find another place / to feed your greed -
While / I find a place to rest
You try to take the best of me
Go away

"Forgotten"
album: "Hybrid Theory"
From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
At the core I?Tve forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture is there
The memory won?Tt escape me
But why should I care
[Chorus x2]
Therê?Ts a place so dark you can?Tt see the end
Skies **** back and shock that which can?Tt defend
The rain then sends dripping / acidic question
Forcefully, the power of suggestion
Then with the eyes shut / looking thought the rust and rot
And dust / a small spot of light floods the floor
And pours over the rusted world of pretend
The eyes ease open and its dark again
[Chorus x1]
In the memory you?Tll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up
Moving all around / screaming of the ups and downs
Pollution manifested in perpetual sound
The wheels go round and the sunset creeps behind
Street lamps, chain-link and concrete
A little piece of paper with a picture drawn floats
On down the street till the wind is gone
The memory now is like the picture was then
When the paper?Ts crumpled up it can?Tt be perfect again
[Chorus x2]
In the memory you?Tll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up
Now you got me caught in the act
You bring the thought back
I?Tm telling you that
I see it right through you
[x7]
In the memory you?Tll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up
[x2]