We laughed at the sun, we laughed at the guns, We laughed at it all And when they, they told us to go, We paid them no mind, like any other time, But little did we know...
Today, I look for a sign, With flames in my hands, A line in the sand, Between yours and mine, And it came, like fire from below, Your greed led the call, My flag had to fall, But little did you know
Another day, your truth will come, You're gonna pay for what you, Pay for what you've done, You'll get what's yours, And face your fraud, You're gonna give me back what's mine Give me back what's mine!
I ain't never been a coward, I ain't never seen blood, You had sold me an ocean, And I was lost in the flood, We were counting on a leader, We were driven by need, Couldn't take temptation, And we were blinded by greed, You were steady as a sniper, We were waiting on a wire, So we never saw it coming, When you ran from the fire, You can try intimidation, Or you can try to roar, But when the time comes calling, Yeah! You are gonna get yours!
Another day, your truth will come, You're gonna pay for what you, Pay for what you've done, You'll get what's yours, And face your fraud, You're gonna give me back what's mine Give me back what's mine!
And so today, your truth has come, You're gonna pay for what you, Pay for what you've done, You'll get what's yours, You're out of time, And you will give me back what's mine Give me, give me back what's mine!
Give me, give me back what's mine! What's mine, give me, give me back what's mine! What's mine! What's mine! Give me back what's mine!
Today, we stood on the wall, We laughed at the sun, we laughed at the guns, We laughed at it all And when they, they told us to go, We paid them no mind, like any other time, But little did we know...
A LIGHT THAT NEVER COMES Nah, you don't know me Lightning above and a fire below me You cannot catch me, cannot hold me You cannot stop, much less control me When it rains, it pours When the floodgates open, brace your shores That pressure don't care when it breaks your doors Say it's all you can take, better take some more
Ooooooooh Cause I know what it's like to test fate Had my shoulders pressed with that weight Stood up strong in spite of that hate
Ooooooooh The night gets darkest right before dawn What don't kill you makes you more strong And I've been waiting for it so long
The nights go on Waiting for a light that never comes I chase the sun Waiting for a light that never comes Ooohh oohh ooohh Ooohh oohh ooohh Ooohh oohh ooohh Waiting for a light that never comes
When I was young, they told me, they said Make your bed, you lie in that bed A king can only reign 'til he's dead It comes that day, it's off with his head
Ooooooooh The night gets darkest right before dawn What don't kill you makes you more strong You'll have my mercy, then when you're gone
The nights go on Waiting for a light that never comes I chase the sun Waiting for a light that never comes Ooohh oohh ooohh Ooohh oohh ooohh Ooohh oohh ooohh Waiting for a light that never comes
I told 'em Nah, you don't know me Lightning above and a fire below me You cannot catch me, cannot hold me You cannot stop, much less control me When it rains, it pours When the floodgates open, brace your shores That pressure don't care, it breaks your door Say it's all you can take, better take some more
Ooohh oohh ooohh Ooohh oohh ooohh Ooohh oohh ooohh Waiting for a light that never comes
The nights go on Waiting for a light that never comes I chase the sun Waiting for a light that never comes Ooohh oohh ooohh Ooohh oohh ooohh Ooohh oohh ooohh Waiting for a light that never comes...
A NEW DIVIDE I remembered black skies The lightning all around me I remembered each flash As time began to blur Like a startling sign That fate had finally found me
And your voice was all I heard That I get what I deserve
So give me reason To prove me wrong To wash this memory clean Let the floods cross The distance in your eyes Give me reason To fill this hole Connect the space between Let it be enough to reach the truth and lies Across this new divide
There was nothing inside The memories left abandoned There was nowhere to hide The ashes fell like snow And the ground caved in Between where we were standing
And your voice was all I heard That I get what I deserve
So give me reason To prove me wrong To wash this memory clean Let the floods cross The distance in your eyes Across this new divide
And every loss and every lie And every truth that you deny And each regret and each goodbye Was a mistake too great to hide
And your voice was all I heard But I get what I deserve
So give me reason To prove me wrong To wash this memory clean Let the floods cross The distance in your eyes Give me reason To fill this hole Connect the space between Let it be enough to reach the truth and lies Across this new divide
Across this new divide Across this new divide
A PLACE FOR MY HEAD 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 moon's 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 that you want back from me [Chorus (x2):] I'm 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 don't understand (You'll 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 I'll 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 should've known That you'd wear out your welcome now you see how quiet it is, all alone [Chorus (x2)] [8x] Go away You try to take the best of me I want to be in another place I hate when you say you don't understand (You'll see it's not meant to be) I want to be in the energy, not with the enemy A place for my head Shut up....what! [Chorus (x2)]
AND ONE Where should I start Disjointed heart I've got no commitment To my own flesh and blood Left all alone Far from my home No one to hear me, to heal my ill heart, I
Keep it locked up inside
Cannot express To the point I've regressed If anger's a gift, then I guess I've been blessed, I
Keep it locked up inside Keep my distance from your lies
It's too late to love me now You helped me to show me It's too late to love me now You don't even know me
Breaking a part of my heart to find release Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace Breaking a part of my heart to find release Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace
Breaking a part of my heart to find release (Break) Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace (Me) Breaking a part of my heart to find release (Too) Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace
Keep it locked up inside Keep my distance from your lies
Breaking a part of my heart to find release (Break) Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace (Me) Breaking a part of my heart to find release (Too) Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace Breaking a part of my heart to find release Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace Breaking a part of my heart to find release Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace
Keep my distance Keep my distance Keep my distance Keep my distance
[music slows to rap solo...]
Spit drips from the jaw of the witless witness Cryptic colloquialism shifts your midrift Dark all I do embark the shadows Involved with my thought catalog, analogue, rap catalog Keep my distance, and fear resistance, hurt by persistance The twisted web of tangled lies Strangles my hope to waste and numbs the taste And I'm forced to face these hate crimes Against the state of being Feeling the weight-less-ness pressed between the ceiling Reeling around room Riding a bubble of sound proof It's the frequency making you Sha-Shake with every boom Involuntary muscle contraction Ignoring and drinking musical gas fueled euphoria The sound pounds to make the dead flush To have you a head rush with red thoughts and said stuff
ANYMORE I don't know why I am here listening to you anymore I can't explain how I feel anymore Do you even love me anymore
{CHORUS}There is something crawling in the back of my head saying why do I take this anymore there is something wrong and I can't take it any more x2
Can you tell me why I am here hearing things in the back of my head listning to things I have never heard before things I thoght I never would hear I guess thing aren't the same anymore
{CHORUS}
Who cares about me Who cares about you things just aren't the same anymore {CHORUS}
BLACKOUT [C. Bennington:] I'm stuck in this bed you made, Alone with a sinking feeling. I saw through the words you said, To the secrets you've been keeping. It's written upon your face, All the lies how they cut so deeply. You can't get enough you take, And take and take and never say.
No / you've gotta get it inside You push it back down / You push it back down No / you'll never get it inside Push it back down / Black out / Blood in your eye
You say that it's not your fault, And swear that I am mistaken. You said it's not what it seems, No remorse for the trust you're breaking. You run but then back you fall, Suffocate in the mess you're making. You can't get enough you take, And take and take and take and take, Fuck it Are you listening?
No / you've gotta get it inside You push it back down / You push it back down No / you'll never get it inside Push it back down / You push it back down No / you've gotta get it inside You push it back down / You push it back down No / you'll never get it inside Push it back down / Black out / Blood in your eye
[M. Shinoda:] Floating down / as colors fill the light We look up from the ground / in fields of paperwhite And floating up / you pass us in the night A future gazing out / a past to overwrite So come down / far below We've been waiting to collect the things you know Come down / far below We've been waiting to collect what you've let go
[M. Shinoda and C. Bennington:] Come down, oh. Come down, oh. Come down. Come down, oh. Come down, oh.
BLEED IT OUT Yeah here we go for the hundredth time Hand grenade pins in every line
Throw 'em up and let something shine Going out of my fucking mind
Filthy mouth, no excuse Find a new place to hang this noose
String me up from atop these roofs Knot it tight so i won't get loose
Truth is you can stop and stare Run myself out and no one cares
Dug the trench out laid down there With a shovel up out of reach somewhere
Yeah, someone pour it in Make it a dirt dance floor again
Say your prayers and stomp it out When they bring that chorus in [Chorus] I bleed it out digging deeper Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper Just to throw it away
Just to throw it away Just to throw it away
I bleed it out [End Chorus]
Go stop the show Choppy words and a sloppy flow
Shotgun opera lock and load Cock it back and then watch it go
Mama help me I've been cursed Death is rolling in every verse
Candy paint on his brand new hearse Can't contain him he knows he works
Fuck this hurts, I won't lie Doesn't matter how hard I try
Half the words don't mean a thing And I know that I wont be satisfied
So why try ignoring him Make it a dirt dance floor again
Say your prayers and stomp it out When they bring that chorus in
[Chorus] I bleed it out digging deeper Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper Just to throw it away
Just to throw it away Just to throw it away
I bleed it out
I've opened up these scars I'll make you face this
I've pulled myself so far I'll make you, face, this, now!!!!
[Chorus] I bleed it out digging deeper Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper Just to throw it away
Just to throw it away Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper Just to throw it away
Just to throw it away Just to throw it away
I bleed it out I bleed it out I bleed it out
BREAKING THE HABIT Memories consume Like opening the wound I'm picking me apart again You all assume I'm safe here in my room Unless I try to start again
I don't want to be the one The battles always choose 'Cause inside I realize That I'm the one confused
I don't know what's worth fighting for Or why I have to scream. I don't know why I instigate And say what I don't mean. I don't know how I got this way I know it's not alright. So I'm breaking the habit, I'm breaking the habit Tonight
Clutching my cure I tightly lock the door I try to catch my breath again I hurt much more Than anytime before I had no options left again
I don't want to be the one The battles always choose 'Cause inside I realize That I'm the one confused
I don't know what's worth fighting for Or why I have to scream. I don't know why I instigate And say what I don't mean. I don't know how I got this way I'll never be alright. So I'm breaking the habit, I'm breaking the habit Tonight
I'll paint it on the walls 'Cause I'm the one at fault I'll never fight again And this is how it ends
I don't know what's worth fighting for Or why I have to scream But now I have some clarity to show you what I mean I don't know how I got this way I'll never be alright So, I'm breaking the habit I'm breaking the habit I'm breaking the habit Tonight
BROKEN GLASS Everyday I away go Sorry don't I mean See seams so different But I can days in stand
[refro] Yeah Broken Glass And die my pride For my swear Broken Glass And come in the snow Scare for the that sky
I most in day so fell run again Safe to most in hurt this is Is not to hold like to splode you I've cry why you stay away
Yeah Broken Glass And die my pride For my swear Broken Glass And come in the snow Scare for the that sky
Yeah Yeah, Yeah
BURN IT DOWN The cycle repeated As explosions broke in the sky All that I needed Was the one thing I couldn't find And you were there at the turn Waiting to let me know
We're building it up To break it back down We're building it up To burn it down We can't wait To burn it to the ground
The colors conflicted As the flames, climbed into the clouds I wanted to fix this But couldn't stop from tearing it down And you were there at the turn Caught in the burning glow And I was there at the turn Waiting to let you know
We're building it up To break it back down We're building it up To burn it down We can't wait To burn it to the ground
You told me yes You held me high And I believed when you told that lie I played soldier, you played king And struck me down, when I kissed that ring You lost that right, to hold that crown I built you up, but you let me down So when you fall, I'll take my turn And fan the flames As your blazes burn
And you were there at the turn Waiting to let me know
We're building it up To break it back down We're building it up To burn it down We can't wait To burn it to the ground
When you fall, I'll take my turn And fan the flames As your blazes burn
We can't wait To burn it to the ground
When you fall, I'll take my turn And fan the flames As your blazes burn
We can't wait To burn it to the ground
BURNING IN THE SKIES I use the dead wood to make a fire rise The blood of innocence burning in the skies I filled my cup with the rising of the sea And poured it out in an ocean of debris Ooooooh I'm swimming in the smoke Of bridges I have burned So don't apologize I'm losing what I don't deserve What I don't deserve We held our breath when clouds began to form But you were lost in the beating of the storm And in the end we were made to be apart Like separate chambers of the human heart Nooooo I'm swimming in the smoke Of bridges I have burned So don't apologize I'm losing what I don't deserve It's in the blackened bones Of bridges I have burned So don't apologize I'm losing what I don't deserve What I don't deserve I'm swimming in the smoke Of bridges I have burned So don't apologize I'm losing what I don't deserve The blame is mine alone For bridges I have burned So don't apologize I'm losing what I don't deserve What I don't deserve What I don't deserve ooh ooh ooh ooh What I don't deserve I use the dead wood to make the fire rise The blood of innocence burning in the skies CASTLE OF GLASS Take me down to the river-bend. Take me down to the fighting end. Wash the poison from off my skin. Show me how to be whole again.
Fly me up on a silver wing. Past the black where the sirens sing. Warm me up in a nova's glow. And drop me down to the dream below.
Cause I'm only a crack In this Castle of Glass. Hardly anything there for you to see. For you to see.
Bring me home in a blinding dream. Through the secrets that I have seen. Wash the sorrow from off my skin and show me how to be whole again. Cause I'm only a crack In this Castle of Glass. Hardly anything there for you to see. For you to see.
Cause I'm only a crack In this Castle of Glass. Hardly anything else I need to be.
Cause I'm only a crack In this Castle of Glass. Hardly anything there for you to see. For you to see.
CRAWLING [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 see
[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 see...
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
DEDICATED I have a dream of a scene between the green hills Clouds pull away and the sunlight's revealed People don't talk about keeping it real It's understood that they actually will And intoxicated and stimulated emcees Staring in the trees, paranoid, are gone in the breeze Watch them flee, hip-hop hits Take a walk with me and what you'll see Is a land where the sand is made up of crushed up wax And the sky beyond you is krylon blue And everybody speaks in a dialect of rhyme And emcees have left materialism behind them Meanwhile I just grip my mic And hope me and my team make it through alright Because say what you will, and say what you might But don't ignore who it's for at the end of the night
[CHORUS] Because this is dedicated to the kids Dedicated to wherever music lives Dedicated to those tired of the same ol' same And dedicated to the people advancin' the game What's real is the kids who know that something's wrong What's real is the kids who think they don't belong What's real is the kids who have nowhere to run Who are hiding in the shadows waiting for the sun
I've seen a lot of shit, I've talked to a bum Out on sunset strip, he asked me "How would you feel If everybody acted like you didn't exist You'd lose your grip, probably eventually flip." So let it be known, the only reason that we do this Is so you can pick it up and just bang your head to it While emcees fight to see who can be the commonest Be floatin overhead like a space odyssey monolith Over seeing the game, over being part of the same ol' thing It's all gonna change in a hurricane of darkness and pain And acidic rain and promises that you won't do it again Meanwhile I just grip my mic And hope me and my team make it through alright Because say what you will, and say what you might But don't ignore who it's for at the end of the night
[Chorus]
Pulling me close, the shadow is warm inside This is where I feel at home, this is my place to hide Pulling me close, the shadow is warm inside This is where I feel at home, this is my place to hide
[Chorus]
This is dedicated to the kids Dedicated to wherever music lives Dedicated to those tired of the same ol' same And dedicated to the people advancin' the game What's real, everybody who doesn't feel safe What's real, everybody who knows they're out of place What's real, anybody with nowhere to run Who hides in the shadows waiting for the sun
DONT STAY Sometimes I need to remember just to breathe Sometimes I need you to stay away from me Sometimes I'm in disbelief I didn't know Somehow I need you to go
[Chorus:] Don't stay Forget our memories Forget our possibilities What you were changing me into Just give me myself back and Don't stay Forget our memories Forget our possibilities Take all your faithlessness with you Just give me myself back and Don't stay Sometimes I feel like I trusted you too well Sometimes I just feel like screaming at myself Sometimes I'm in disbelief I didn't know Somehow I need to be alone
[Chorus]
I don't need you anymore, I don't want to be ignored I don't need one more day of you wasting me away I don't need you anymore, I don't want to be ignored I don't need one more day of you wasting me away
With no apologies
[Chorus]
Don't stay
Don't stay
DONT REMEMBER ah (x7) get it get it
black and white you know your somewhere in between I hate you what I hate about me why can't I I know exactly how you think i'm just as dirty down inside as you could ever be but girl you know you can't control what you do not know you and I we can't let go when they don't control
but you don't remember what you used to be like you don't remember who you used to be cause you lie
so we stop to start, you and I should have never fell apart I hate you what I hate about me girl you know you can't control what you do not know you and Ii we can't let go when they don't control so we fade away so we fade away
but you don't remember what you used to be like you don't remember who you used to be
because you lie
girl you break me thrown into this cell girl you bring me greed I've never felt and we fuck, and we fight, and we fight, and we fuck, and we fuck, and we fight and we fight with me..
aaah!! take back this pain, this pain! girl you know take back this pain, this pain! girl you know fuck me, fuck me, fuck you! girl you know don't touch me I wont touch you so back off!! cause you lie, you lie!!
girl you know you can't control what you did not know so we fade away so we fade away you just don't get it (x3)
DRAG Punture me Make me feel Like I am real Torture me Drag me under you
Time Lifts me up and down Time Makes me SHOUT up
Life is much too short to be Intoxicated Life is much too short to be A drag
Please treat me Like I am a fallen angel Surpress me Tell me LIES
Life is much too short to be Intoxicated Life is much too short to be A drag
You can't tell me
Life is much too short to be Intoxicated Life is much too short to be A DRAG
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
DRAG! DRAG! DRAG!
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
(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)
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)
FACE INSIDE Why does it feel like night today? Something in here's not right today. Why am I so uptight today? Paranoia's all I got left I don't 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 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's time to sink or swim That the face inside is hearing me Right beneath my skin It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
I know I've got a face in me Points out all my mistakes to me You've got a face on the inside too and Your paranoia's probably worse I don't know what set me off first But I know what I can't stand Everybody acts like the fact of the matter is I can't add up to what you can but
Everybody has a face that they hold inside A face that awakes when I close my 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's time to sink or swim That the face inside is watching you too Right inside your skin
It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
The face inside is right beneath your skin
The sun goes down I feel the light betray me The sun goes down I feel the light betray me
The sun I feel the light betray me The sun I feel the light betray me
It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
FAINT I am a little bit of loneliness a little bit of disregard Handful of complaints but I can't help the fact that everyone can see these scars I am what I want you to want what I want you to feel But it's like no matter what I do, I can't convince you, to just believe this is real So I let go, watching you, turn your back like you always do Face away and pretend that I'm not But I'll be here 'cause you're all that I got
[Chorus] (I can't feel the way I did before) (Don't turn your back on me) (I won't be ignored) (Time won't heal this damage anymore) (Don't turn your back on me) (I won't be ignored) I am a little bit insecure a little unconfident Cause you don't understand I do what I can but sometimes I don't make sense I am what you never wanna say but I've never had a doubt It's like no matter what I do I can't convince you for once just to hear me out So I let go watching you turn your back like you always do Face away and pretend that I'm not But I'll be here 'cause you're all that I've got
[Chorus] (I can't feel the way I did before) (Don't turn your back on me) (I won't be ignored) (Time won't heal this damage anymore) (Don't turn your back on me) (I won't be ignored)
(No) (Hear me out now) (You're gonna listen to me, like it or not) (Right now) (Hear me out now) (You're gonna listen to me, like it or not) (Right now)
(I can't feel the way I did before) (Don't turn your back on me) (I won't be ignored)
[Chorus] (I can't feel the way I did before) (Don't turn your back on me) (I won't be ignored) (Time won't heal this damage anymore) (Don't turn your back on me) (I won't be ignored)
I can't feel Don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored Time won't heal Don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored
FALLOUT I'm swimming in the smoke Of bridges I have burned So don't apologize I'm losing what I don't deserve The blame is mine alone For bridges I have burned So don't apologize I'm losing what I don't deserve What I don't deserve
FIGURE .09 Nothing ever stops all these thoughts and the pain attached to them Sometimes I wonder why this is happening It's like nothing I can do would distract me when I think of how I shot myself in the back again 'Cause from the infinite words I could say I Put all pain you gave to me on display But didn't realize instead of setting it free I Took what I hated and made it a part of me
(Never goes away) (Never goes away)
[Chorus] (And now) (You've become a part of me) (You'll always be right here) (You've become a part of me) (You'll always be my fear) (I can't separate) (Myself from what I've done) (Giving up a part of me) (I've let myself become you)
Hearing your name the memories come back again I remember when it started happening I see you in every thought I had and then The thoughts slowly found words attached to them And I knew as they escaped away I was committing myself to them and everyday I regret saying those things cuz now I see that I Took what I hated and made it a part of me
(Never goes away) (Never goes away)
[Chorus] (And now) (You've become a part of me) (You'll always be right here) (You've become a part of me) (You'll always be my fear) (I can't separate) (Myself from what I've done) (Giving up a part of me) (I've let myself become you)
(Get away from me) Give me my space back you gotta just (Go) Everything comes down the memories of (You) I've kept it in but now I'm letting you (Know) I let you go so get away from (Me) Give me my space back you gotta just (Go) Everything comes down the memories of (You) I've kept it but now I'm letting you (Know) I let you go
(And now) (You've become a part of me) (You'll always be right here) (You've become a part of me) (You'll always be my fear) (I can't separate) (Myself from what I've done) (Giving up a part of me) (I've let myself become you)
I've let myself become you I've let myself become lost inside these thoughts of you Giving up a part of me, I've let myself become you
FINAL MASQUERADE Tearing me apart with words you wouldn't say. And suddenly tomorrow's a moment washed away. 'Cause I don't have a reason, and you don't have the time. But we both keep on waiting for something we won't find.
The light on the horizon was brighter yesterday. With shadows floating over the scars begin to fade. We said it was forever but then it slipped away. Standing at the end of the final masquerade.
The final masquerade.
All I ever wanted the secrets that you keep. All you ever wanted the truth I couldn't speak. 'Cause I can't see forgiveness, and you can't see the crime. And we both keep on waiting for what we left behind.
The light on the horizon was brighter yesterday. With shadows floating over the scars begin to fade. We said it was forever but then it slipped away. Standing at the end of the final masquerade.
The final masquerade. The final masquerade. Standing at the end of the final masquerade.
The light on the horizon was brighter yesterday. With shadows floating over the scars begin to fade. We said it was forever but then it slipped away. Standing at the end of the final masquerade.
Standing at the end of the final masquerade.
Standing at the end of the final masquerade.
The final masquerade.
FREESTYLE I'm serious! It can't get no bigger than this Ma homie Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park Puttin' down with DJ Vice
Let 'em know Mike!
Let it begin with the stutter of light and short circuits Driven to givin' a minimal life more purpose Behind closed curtains I don't even exist this Magic's created in the mirrors in the mist It's Mike Shinoda and DJ Vice at the same time Rhymes like rain that trickle down your main line And flood your streets over a high-tech beat To sneak two and full beats into turntable techniques I Don't sleep to dream I sleep to build stamina
FORGOTTEN From the top to the bottom Bottom to top I stop At the core I've forgotten In the middle of my thoughts Taken far from my safety The picture is there The memory won't escape me But why should I care [Chorus x2]
There's a place so dark you can't see the end Skies cock back and shock that which can't defend The rain then sends dripping / an 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'll 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's crumpled up it can't be perfect again
[Chorus x2]
In the memory you'll 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'm telling you that I see it right through you [x7]
In the memory you'll find me Eyes burning up The darkness holding me tightly Until the sun rises up [x2]
FORGOT I cannot deal... again I don't want to show my face to the world today It's like two different people live inside of me And you're so perfect You left me living inside of this hole I, tearing away from my soul I, feel myself losing control I'm living for nothing What would it be like to live a day in your life I want to know Living for nothing I cannot deal with the way that I feel inside I've got to know Living for nothing I don't want to have to beg for another way All I ever really wanted was a chance to say That you're not perfect You left me living inside of this hole I'm tearing away from my soul I, feel myself losing control I, living for nothing What would it be like to live a day in your live I want to know Living for nothing I cannot deal with the way that I feel inside I've got to know Living for nothing I don't wanna show my face, show my face... You left me living inside of this soul I, tearing away from my soul I, feel myself losing control I, living for nothing What would it be like to live a day in your life I want to know Living for nothing I cannot deal with the way that I feel inside I've got to know Living for nothing I cannot deal (I cannot deal) You left me all alone I cannot deal (I cannot deal) And I think for nothing I cannot deal (I cannot deal) You left me all alone I cannot deal (I cannot deal) And I live for nothing
FROM THE INSIDE 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
GIVEN UP Wake in a sweat again Another day's been laid to waste In my disgrace
Stuck in my head again Feels like I'll never leave this place There's no escape
I'm my own worst enemy
[chorus] I've given up I'm sick of feeling Is there nothing you can say
Take this all away I'm suffocating Tell me what the fuck is wrong With me [end chorus] I don't know what to take Thought I was focused but I'm scared I'm not prepared
I hyperventilate Looking for help somehow somewhere And no one cares
I'm my own worst enemy
[chorus] I've given up I'm sick of feeling Is there nothing you can say
Take this all away I'm suffocating Tell me what the fuck is wrong With me [end chorus]
[bridge] Goddddddd!!!!
Put me out of my misery Put me out of my misery Put me out of my Put me out of my fucking misery [end bridge]
[chorus] I've given up I'm sick of feeling Is there nothing you can say
Take this all away I'm suffocating Tell me what the fuck is wrong With me [end chorus]
GIVING IN Will you, walk me To the edge again Shaking, lonely, and I am drinking again Woke up tonight and no one's here with me I'm giving in to you
Take me under I'm giving in to you I'm dying tonight I'm giving in to you Watch me crumble I'm giving in to you I'm crying tonight I'm giving in to you
Caught up, in lies Losing all my friends Family has tried, to heal all my addictions Tragic it seems, to be alone again I'm giving in ... to you
Take me under I'm giving in to you I'm dying tonight I'm giving in to you Watch me crumble I'm giving in to you I'm crying tonight I'm giving in to you
I look forward, to dying tonight Drink till i'm myself, life's harder every day The stress has got me I'm giving in Giving in Giving in now!
Take me under (I'm killing all the pain) I'm dying tonight (I'm sick of all this faith) Watch me crumble (I'm killing all the pain) I'm crying tonight
I'm giving in to you Take me under I'm giving in to you I'm dying tonight I'm giving in to you Take me under I'm giving in to you I'm dying tonight I'm giving in to you
GREY DAZE NO SUN Sometimes things just seem to fall apart When you least expect them too Soemtimes you want to pack up and leave behind All of them and all their smiles
I don't know what to think anymore Maybe things will get better Maybe things will look brighter Maybe maybe maybe
Sometimes people surprise you (And people surprise me) I don't know what to think anymore Maybe things will get better Maybe things will look brighter Maybe maybe maybe
I don't know what to think anymore Maybe things will get better Maybe things will look brighter Maybe maybe maybe
I don't know what to think anymore Maybe things will get better Maybe things will look brighter Maybe maybe maybe Sometimes sometimes sometimes
GUILTY ALL THE SAME Tell us all again What you think we should be What the answers are What it is we can't see Tell us all again How to do what you say How to fall in line How there's no other way
But I know, we all know
You're guilty all the same Too sick to be ashamed You want to point your finger But there's no one else to blame You're guilty all the same Too sick to be ashamed You want to point your finger But there's no one else to blame You're guilty all the same
Show us all again That our hands are unclean That we're unprepared That you have what we need Show us all again 'Cause we cannot be saved 'Cause the end is near Now there's no other way And oh, you will know
You're guilty all the same Too sick to be ashamed You want to point your finger But there's no one else to blame You're guilty all the same Too sick to be ashamed You want to point your finger But there's no one else to blame There's no one else to blame Guilty all the same
Guilty all the same
You're guilty all the same
[Rakim] Yeah, you already know what it is Can y'all explain what kind of land is this when a man has plans of being rich But the bosses plans is wealthy? Dirty money scheme, a clean split is nonsense It's insane Even corporate hands is filthy They talk team and take the paper route All they think about is bank accounts, assets and realty At anybody's expense, No shame with a clear conscience No regrets and guilt free, They claim that ain't the way that they built me The smoke screen before the flame Knowing as soon as the dough or the deal peak They say it's time for things to change Re-arrange like good product re-built cheap Anything if it's more to gain Drained, manipulated like artists, it's real deep Until no more remains, but I'm still me Like authentic hip-hop and rock, 'Til pop and radio and record companies kill me Try to force me to stray and obey And got the gall to say how real can real be You feel me, we'll see that green could be to blame Or greedy for the fame, TV or a name The media, the game, To me you're all the same You're guilty
You're guilty all the same Too sick to be ashamed You want to point your finger But there's no one else to blame
You're guilty all the same Too sick to be ashamed You want to point your finger But there's no one else to blame There's no one else to blame Guilty all the same
Guilty all the same
Guilty all the same
HANDS HELD HIGH Turn my mic up louder I got to say something Light weights step to the side when we come in
Feel it in your chest the syllables get pumping People on the street they panic and start running
Words on loose leaf sheet complete coming I jump in my mind and summon the rhyme, I'm dumping
Healing the blind I promise to let the sun in Sick of the dark ways we march to the drum and
Jump when they tell us that they wanna see jumping Fuck that I wanna see some fists pumping
Risk something, take back what's yours Say something that you know they might attack you for
Cause I'm sick of being treated like I have before Like it's stupid standing for what I'm standing for
Like this war's really just a different brand of war Like it doesn't cater the rich and abandon poor Like they understand you in the back of the jet When you can't put gas in your tank
These fuckers are laughing their way to the bank and cashing the cheque Asking you to have compassion and have some respect
For a leader so nervous in an obvious way Stuttering and mumbling for nightly news to replay
And the rest of the world watching at the end of the day In their living room laughing like "what did he say?"
[Chorus:] Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen
In my living room watching but I am not laughing Cause when it gets tense I know what might happen
World is cold the bold men take action Have to react or get blown into fractions
Ten years old it's something to see Another kid my age drugged under a jeep
Taken and bound and found later under a tree I wonder if he had thought the next one could be me
Do you see the soldiers they're out today They brush the dust from bullet proof vests away
It's ironic at times like this you pray But a bomb blew the mosque up yesterday
There's bombs in the buses, bikes, roads Inside your market , your shops, your clothes
My dad he's got a lot of fear I know But enough pride inside not to let that show
My brother had a book he would hold with pride A little red cover with a broken spine
On the back, he hand-wrote a quote inside When the rich wage war it's the poor who die
Meanwhile, the leader just talks away Stuttering and mumbling for nightly news to replay
And the rest of the world watching at the end of the day both scared and angry like "what did he say?"
[Chorus x6]
[x6] With hands held high into the sky so blue, As the ocean opens up to swallow you.
HIGH VOLTAGE I've been taking into crates, ever since I was livin in space Before the ratrace, before monkeys had human traits Mastered numerology and bigbang theology Performed lobotomies with telekinetic psychology Invented the mic so I could start blessin it And chincheckin kids to make my point like an impressionist Many men have tried to shake us But I twist mic cords to double helixes and show them what I'm made of I buckle knees like leg braces Cast the spell of instrumental-ness and all you MCs that hate us So try on, leave you without a shoulder to cry on From now to infinity let icons be bygones I fire bomb ghostly notes haunt this I've tried threats but moved on to a promise I stomp shit with or without an accomplice And run the gauntlet with whoever that wants this High voltage, the unforgettable sound of High voltage, bringin you up and takin you down High voltage, comin at you from every side High voltage, making the rhthm and rhyme collide
I put a kink in the backbones of clones with microphones Never satisfy my rhyme jones Sprayin bright day over what you might say Blood type krylon Technicolor type A On highways right with road rage I'm patient to win The cage and the tin to bounce all around In surround sound devouring the scene Subliminal gangrene paintings Overall the same things sing songs karaoke copy bullshit Break bones verbally with sticks and stone tactics Fourth dimension, combat convention Write rhymes at ease while the tracks stand at attention (Attention) Meant to put you away with the pencil Pistol, official, 16 line the rhyme missile While you risk it all, I pick out of your flaws Spin, blah blah blah blah You can say you saw
High voltage the unforgettable sound of High voltage bringin you up and takin you down High voltage comin at you from every side High voltage makin the rhytnm and rhyme collide x2
Sometimes I feel like I'm toxic Misunderstood I'm another one Like a new disease x2
High voltage, the unforgettable sound of High voltage, bringin you up and takin you down High voltage, comin at you from every side High voltage, makin the rythm and rhyme collide
HIT THE FLOOR There are just too many times that people have tried to look inside of me Wondering what I think of you and I protect you out of courtesy Too many times that I've held on when I needed to push away Afraid to say what was on my mind afraid to say what I need to say Too many things that you've said about me when I'm not around You think having the upper hand means you gotta keep putting me down But I've had too many standoffs with you it's about as much as I can stand So I'm waiting until the upper hand is mine
[Chorus] (One minute you're on top) The next you're not watch it drop (Making your heart stop) Just before you hit the floor (One minute you're on top) Next you're not missed your shot (Making you're heart stop) You think you've won (And then its all gone)
So many people like me put so much trust in all your lies So concerned with what you think to just say what we feel inside So many people like me walk on eggshells all day long All I know is that all I want is to feel like I'm not stepped on There are so many things you say that make me feel you've crossed the line What goes up will surely fall and I'm counting down the time Cause I've had so many standoffs with you it's about as much as I can stand So I'm waiting until the upper hand is mine
[Chorus] (One minute you're on top) The next you're not watch it drop (Making your heart stop) Just before you hit the floor (One minute you're on top) Next you're not missed your shot (Making you're heart stop) You think you've won (And then its all gone) (And then it's all gone) (And then its all gone) (And then it's all gone) (Now it's all gone)
I know I'll never trust a single thing you say You knew your lies would divide us but you lied anyway And all the lies have got you floating up above us all But what goes up has got to fall
[Chorus] (One minute you're on top) The next you're not watch it drop (Making your heart stop) Just before you hit the floor (One minute you're on top) Next you're not missed your shot (Making you're heart stop) You think you've won (And then it's all gone) (And then he all gone) (And then it's all gone) (And then he all gone) (Now it's all gone)
HOLDING YOU Endless hopes, well That's too bad Smile happy, Enjoy my pain
Hoping I can find What we never had Never holding you It makes me
(Bridge) 100% is where it lies Behind the tide Inside the ocean Inside your ocean
Frozen is the present past, oh Made of stone, but breaks like glass, so Take me now to where I want to go Thoughts astray but who will know
(Chorus) In a dream it seems Just to hold my hand Shaking the release Stop me, Stop me if you can
Endless hopes, well That's too bad Smile happy, Enjoy my pain
Hoping I can find What we never had Never holding you It makes me
(Bridge)
(Chorus)
HOME SWEET HOME You know I'm a dreamer But my heart's of gold I had to run away high So I wouldn't come home low Just when things went right It doesn't mean they were always wrong Just take this song and you'll never feel Left all alone Take me to your heart Feel me in your bones Just one more night And I'm comin' off this Long & winding road
I'm on my way Well I'm on my way Home sweet home Tonight tonight I'm on my way I'm on my way Home sweet home You know that I've seen To many romantic dreams Up in lights, fallin' off The silver screen
My heart's like an open book For the whole world to read Sometimes nothing-keeps me together At the seams
I'm on my way Well I'm on my way Home sweet home Tonight tonight I'm on my way Just set me free Home sweet home ILL BE GONE Like shining oil, this night is dripping down. Stars are slipping down Glistening And I'm trying not to think what I'm leaving now No deceiving now. It's time you let me know. Let me know.
When the lights go out and we open our eyes Out there in the silence, I'll be gone. I'll be gone Let the sun fade out and another one rise Climbing through tomorrow, I'll be gone. I'll be gone.
The air between us is getting thinner now Into winter now Bittersweet. And across that horizon this sun is setting down You're forgetting now It's time you let me go Let me go.
When the lights go out and we open our eyes Out there in the silence, I'll be gone. I'll be gone Let the sun fade out and another one rise Climbing through tomorrow, I'll be gone. I'll be gone.
And tell them I couldn't help myself And tell them I was alone. Oh tell me I am the only one And there's nothing that can stop me.
When the lights go out and we open our eyes Out there in the silence, I'll be gone. I'll be gone Let the sun fade out and another one rise Climbing through tomorrow, I'll be gone. I'll be gone.
I'll be gone.
I HAVE NO BEGUN Maybe's a chance I've already keep y'all waitin' This goes out to everybody still hatin' For those that fake y'all can keep on fakin' Pokin' a plate for you to sink your whole face in Taste good only 'cause its just so you know it's nothin' I getchu buggin' like tabooie and some robutussin Its just the way that I notions time I slap the track And turn around and choke each rhyme, pyrochlast To the nation like NPC, with pairs of 60's like an MPC To letter an ass woopin' via mp3, Givin' you people more reality than MTV Do a PPV snap necks with the pressure mega mess To carry you out on a stretcher You consume the ewl the law won't protect ya Even the courtroom sketcha can out sketch ya And now followin' me, got your number on column A D try you can holla with me, approach the pain I'ma check the body in threes, you can sittin' there stuttering Pr-probably, follow me,
[Hook] I got styles you can chop me one Back in line I know you wanna stop me son Here's news for you fucka that cannot be done You can look and eye it pissed I have not begun
Alcoholic, police close to bat, You think you're hard muh'fucka'? you're an easter egg You gotta past at shell with a soft inside Squash your pride you think I fuckin' lost my mind? I'm not playin'. I might as well be makin' a bomb I'm layin' down a foundation when I'm takin' you on Bet the fall of the rhyme for the sake of my mom She's like "Mike show these pigs what kind of bacon you're on" Its funny but don't laugh, money with no cash The real of the vocab, killin' is no path The realest to romat, don't even know half I'm rankin' a full tank you're runnin' on low gas
[Hook] Take that, crack off your fund , You're nothin' but a butternife stoppin' a gun You can dance with your chances slim and none You can take it I have finished I have not begun
Gotta razor blade tongue And I kid this done No wonder just dumpin' on your crew for fun Machine stop got it locked like the game's a joke Say summin' funny get the whole gang to vote Let 'em pucka now fucka go get your own We've been roamed ten years since we did this note The people on the block start to get numb They expect it its fresh when the new shit come It grows, let 'em know they can fix around Railroad, rap hot tracks one and you're down And they're askin' repeat how I do this now Like I'm really gonna tell 'em how I get this sound We just doin' what we do gettin' from that place We come in the back like we're on this bitch Turn the lights down low when we start this show What, you two get me right back in the go
[Hook] Its take that, take that, cuttin' off your fun You're nothin' but a butternife stoppin' a gun You can dance with your chances slim to none You can think that I am finished I have not begun
Follow me I got styles you can chop me one Back in line I know you wanna stop me son But I got news for you fucka that cannot be done You can think that I am finished I have not begun
I JUST WANT YOUR COMPANY Ain't nothing working, ain't nothing right There's a whole in me, that I can't fill, no matter how hard I try
Hey, hey, hey bartender, hit me with a double And introduce me to that girl with the bobble I'm looking for trouble tonight No momma don't trust me tonight You be the center baby, I'll be the quarter back High get the tail back, watchin all the play back Jaw smash, now heating now rambo Up in the hands all, biting on the cannibal
I just want your company I want you to comfort me, just come with me
Hey bartender, hit me with another I'm just about how to kill this brother I'm lookin for trouble tonight No momma don't trust me tonight You be the beauty baby, I'll be the beast Who give a fucker, take it to the bedroom Take it to the streets, take it like a man Mother fucker, yo bitch chose me, mother fucker
I just want your company I want you to comfort me, just come with me I just want your company I want you to comfort me, just come with me
Take me there, take me with you I can't be alone tonight I can't trust myself tonight I can't trust myself tonight Ladies don't trust me tonight Take me there, take me with you I can't be alone tonight I can't trust myself tonight I can't trust myself tonight No you can't trust me tonight
Ain't nothing working, ain't nothing right Theres a whole in me, that I can't fill, no matter how hard I try There ain't nothing sweeter, there ain't nothing wrong All the pain that I've received keeps me strong, it keeps me moving on
I just want your company, I want you to comfort me, Just come with me (moving on) I just want your company, I want you to comfort me, just come with me I just want your company, I want you to comfort me, just come with me Comfort me, just come with me Comfort me, just come with me
IN BETWEEN Let me apologize to begin with Let me apologize for what I'm about to say
But trying to be genuine was harder than it seemed And somehow I got caught up in between
Let me apologize to begin with Let me apologize for what I'm about to say
But trying to be someone else was harder than it seemed And somehow I got caught up in between
[Chorus] Between my pride and my promise Between my lies and how the truth gets in the way
And things I want to say to you get lost before they come The only thing that's worse than one is none [End Chorus]
Let me apologize to begin with Let me apologize for what I'm about to say But trying to regain your trust was harder than it seemed And somehow I got caught up in between
[Chorus] Between my pride and my promise Between my lies and how the truth gets in the way
The things I want to say to you get lost before they come The only thing that's worse than one is none The only thing that's worse than one is none [End Chorus]
And I cannot explain to you And anything I say or do or plan
Fear is not afraid of you But guilt's a language you can understand
I cannot explain to you And anything I say or do I hope the actions speak the words they can
[Chorus] For my pride and my promise For my lies and how the truth gets in the way
The things I want to say to you get lost before they come The only thing that's worse than one is
Pride and my promise Between my lies and how the truth gets in the way
The things I want to say to you get lost before they come The only thing that's worse than one is none The only thing that's worse than one is none The only thing that's worse than one is none [End Chorus]
IN MY REMAIN Separate Sifting through the wreckage, I cant concentrate Searching for a message in that fear and pain Broken down and waiting for a chance to feel alive.
Now In my Remains! Are Promises that never came Set this silence free To wash away the worst of me
Come apart Falling in the cracks of every broken heart Digging through the wreckage of your disregard Sinking down and waiting for a chance to feel alive
Now In my Remains! Are Promises that never came Set this silence free To wash away the worst of me Like an army falling one by one by one Like an army falling one by one by one Like an army falling one by one by one Like an army falling one by one by one
Now In my Remains!(one by one, one by one) Are Promises that never came(one by one, one by one) Set this silence free(one by one, one by one) To wash away the worst of me(one by one, one by one)
Like an army falling (one by one, one by one) one by one by one
Like an army falling one by one by one
IN PIECES Telling me to go But hands beg me to stay
Your lips say that you love Your eyes say that you hate
There's truth in your lies Doubt in your faith What you build you lay to waste
This truth in your lies Doubt in your faith All I've got's what you didn't take
[Chorus] So I, I won't be the one Be the one to leave this In pieces
And you You will be alone Alone with all your secrets And regrets
Don't lie [End Chorus]
You promise me the sky Then toss me like a stone
You wrap me in your arms And chill me to the bone
There's truth in your lies Doubt in your faith All I've got's what you didn't take
[Chorus] So I, I won't be the one Be the one to leave this In pieces
And you You will be alone Alone with all your secrets And regrets
Don't lie
So I, I won't be the one Be the one to leave this In pieces
And you You will be alone Alone with all your secrets And regrets
Don't lie [End Chorus]
IN THE END (It starts with) One thing, I don't know why It doesn't 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's so unreal Didn't look out below Watch the time go right out the window Trying to hold on but didn't 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't know why It doesn't 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'm surprised it got so (far) Things aren't the way they were before You wouldn't 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 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 I've put my trust in you Pushed as far as I can go For all this There's only one thing you should know I've put my trust in you Pushed as far as I can go For all this There's only one thing you should know 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
ITS GOING DOWN (feat. X-Ecutioners)
[Woman] [Intro] I knew I was being threatened Do you think it was worth holding out? I mean I've heard some pretty ugly things about those guys Ugly stories
[X-ecutioners] Watch them flee... watch them flee Rap rap rap up Watch them flee Hip-Hop hits And you do it like this
[Mike Shinoda] [Verse 1] It's going down
The rhythm projects 'round the next sound Reflects the complex hybrid dialect now Detects the mesh of many elements compressed down The melting pot of a super-futuresque style The combination of vocal caress With lungs the gasp for breath From emotional stress With special effects And a distorted collage Carefully lodged between beats of rhythmic barrage
[Pre-chrus x2:] It's going down The logical progression on the timeline The seperation narrowed down to a fine line To blur the edges so they blend together properly Take you on an audible odyssey Now it's going down A logical progression on the timeline The seperation narrowed down to a fine line To blur the edges so they blend together properly Take you on an audible odyssey Now it's going down
[Chorus (X-ecutioners with Mike Shinoda):] Put it out for the world to see LP and X-Men to the 10th degree (It's goin down) Nobody in the world is safe When we melt down the wax in your record crate (It's going down)
[Mike Shinoda] [Verse 3] Once again it is Composed sentences All together venomous The four elements of natural force Projected daily through the sound of the source Everybody on board as we blend The sword with the pen The mightiest the weapons Swinging right from the chin To elevate of mental states Long gone with the wind To defend men from shoddy imitation pretends It's going down Style assimilation readily Trekking through the weaponry Of the pure pedigree Cleverly seeing through whatever is ahead of me Whatever the weather be We invent the steadily It's going down sub-terrestrial high I rhyme regiment that's calling the shots Exectution of colloborative plots Ready to bring the seperation of style to a stop
[Pre-chorus]
[Chorus (X-ecutioners with Mike Shinoda)]
[X-ecutioners] X-men 'bout to blast off world wide Yo it's a request only X-men 'bout to blast off world wide It's built from scratch Album in stores soon 'Bout to blast off world wide And you do it like this Just like this
[X-ecutioners] Put put...put it up I said it goes like this And you do it like this It's going down Put put...put it up I said it goes like this And you do it like this It's going down
[X-ecutioners, Mike Shinoda] Like this Like this Like this Like this Like this
KEY TO KINGDOM [Chester:] No Control! No Surprise! throw the Keys To The Kingdom down that hole in my eye I'm my own casualty! I fuck up everything I see, fighting in futility!
[Mike:] It's our Final War Tell me what's worth fighting for When we know there's nothing more Take the hand or fist just to sell ourselves for this The path we least resist
[Chester Screams]
[Chester:] No Control! No Surprise! throw the Keys To The Kingdom down that hole in my eye I'm my own casualty! I fuck up everything I see, fighting in futility!
[Mike:] Uh, I give you what you came for This is not the same though Got a different method But I still can bring the pain so Not all give the same flow I got daddy's saying low I ain't shock and get you Never really in my range, though Somehow they ain't grow High five, bango All primetime Mama let the bass bang low All you fucking lames go naming out my name though Careful what you shoot for, cause you might hit what you aim for (Careful what you shoot for, cause you might hit what you aim for)
[Chester:] No control! No surprise! throw the Keys To The Kingdom down the hole in my eye I'm my own casualty! I fuck up everything I see, fighting in futility
[Instrumental Break]
[Chester:] No control! No surprise! throw the Keys To The Kingdom down the hole in my eye I'm my own casualty! I fuck up everything I see, fighting in futility [x2]
[Kid:] I'm not allowed to say certain things Aahhhh!!
[Mike:] Try and do....try and do the other thing
LAST LINE This is the first line here This is the first line again Watch as it disappears I know the last line The last line will never pull me in
This is the second line here This is the second line again Why does it feel like fear As if the last line The last is slowly closing in
This is the last line here This is the last line again Watch as it disappear And the last line The flat line goes here at the end
LEAVE OUT ALL THE REST I dreamed I was missing You were so scared But no one would listen Cause no one else cared
After my dreaming I woke with this fear What am I leaving When I'm done here
So if you're asking me I want you to know
[Chorus] When my time comes Forget the wrong that I've done Help me leave behind some Reasons to be missed
And don't resent me And when you're feeling empty Keep me in your memory
Leave out all the rest Leave out all the rest [End Chorus]
Don't be afraid I've taken my beating I've shed but I made
I'm strong on the surface Not all the way through I've never been perfect But neither have you
So if you're asking me I want you to know
[Chorus] When my time comes Forget the wrong that I've done Help me leave behind some Reasons to be missed
Don't resent me And when you're feeling empty Keep me in your memory
Leave out all the rest Leave out all the rest [End Chorus]
Forgetting All the hurt inside You've learned to hide so well
Pretending Someone else can come and save me from myself I can't be who you are
[Chorus] When my time comes Forget the wrong that I've done Help me leave behind some Reasons to be missed
Don't resent me And when you're feeling empty Keep me in your memory
Leave out all the rest Leave out all the rest
Forgetting All the hurt inside You've learned to hide so well
Pretending Someone else can come and save me from myself I can't be who you are I can't be who you are
LEFT BEHIND I let go Watching you Turn your back like you always do Face away and pretend that I'm not But I'll be here 'Cause you're all that I got
I let go Watching you Turn your back like you always do Face away and pretend that I'm not But I'll be here 'Cause you're all that I got
I can't feel The way I did before Don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored Time won't heal This damage anymore Don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored
I am A little bit insecure A little unconfident 'Cause you don't understand I do what I can But sometimes I don't make sense I am What you never want to say But I've never had a doubt It's like no matter what I do I can't convince you For once just to hear me out
I let go Watching you Turn your back like you always do Face away and pretend that I'm not But I'll be here 'Cause you're all that I got
I let go Watching you Turn your back like you always do Face away and pretend that I'm not But I'll be here 'Cause you're all that I got
I can't feel The way I did before Don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored Time won't heal This damage anymore Don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored
I've known faces that have disappeared in time Find me wrapped in glass and slowly soaked in lime All my friends have pictures made to make you cry I've seen this and wondered what I've done to calcify
I ignore you As I close my eyes I feel it all slipping away I come toward you We all got left behind we let it all slip away
I ignore you As I close my eyes I feel it all slipping away I come toward you We all got left behind we let it all slip away
No Hear me out now You're gonna listen to me Like it or not Right
No Hear me out now You're gonna listen to me Like it or not Right
I can't feel The way I did before Don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored Time won't heal This damage anymore Don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored
I can't feel The way I did before Don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored Time won't heal This damage anymore Don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored
LET DOWN And the tears fall like rain Down my face again Oh the words you wouldn't say And the games you played With my unfoolish heart Oh I should have known this from the start
Oh the winter and spring Going hand in hand Just like my love and pain How the thought of you cuts deep within the vain Brand new skin stretched across scared terrain
So I don't wanna be let down I don't wanna live that life again Don't wanna be let down the same old road So I don't wanna be let down I don't wanna live my lies again Don't wanna be let down the same old road
Oh..
All those years down the drain Love was not enough when you want everything What I gave to you and now the end must start Oh I should have listened to my heart
'Cause I don't wanna be let down I don't wanna live that life again Don't wanna be let down the same old road So I don't wanna be let down I don't wanna live my lies again Don't wanna be let down the same old road
Oh...
I don't wanna be let down I don't wanna live that life again Don't wanna be let down the same old road So I don't wanna be let down I don't wanna live my lies again Don't wanna be let down the same old road
LIED GREED MISERY Choke on your lies Swallow up your greed Suffer all alone in your misery
[Verse 2] What is it you want me to tell ya? I'm not the failure I would rather live and let be But you came with the right kind of threat to Push me to let you No you can't intimidate me You disrespect me so clearly Now you better hear me That is not the way it goes down You did it to yourself and it's over Now let me show ya Exactly how the breaking point sounds
[Chorus] x2 I wanna see you choke on your lies Swallow up your greed Suffer all alone in your misery Choke on your lies Swallow up your greed Suffer all alone in your misery
[Bridge] You did it to yourself You did it to yourself You did it to yourself You did it to yourself You did it to yourself! You did it to yourself! You did it to yourself! You did it to yourself!
[Chorus] I wanna see you choke on your lies Swallow up your greed Suffer all alone in your misery Choke on your lies Swallow up your greed Suffer all alone in your misery
LOST IN ECHO Mike: (yeah) (yo) You were that foundation Never gonna be another one, no. I followed, so taken so conditioned I could never let go Then sorrow, then sickness then the shock when you flip it on me So hollow, so vicious so afraid I couldnt let myself see That I could never be held Back up, no, Ill hold myself. Check the rep, yep you know mine well Forget the rest let them know my hell Damn, Im back yep, my soul ain't sell, Kept respect up, the best they fell Let the rest be the tale they tell That I was there saying
(Chorus) Chester: And these promises broken deep below Each word gets lost in the echo So one last lie I can see through This time I finally let you Go, go, go.
Mike: Test my will, test my heart Let me tell you how the odds gonna stack up Yall go hard, I go smart Hows it working out for yall in the back, huh? Ive seen that frustration Been crossed and lost but dont know And Ive come back unshaken Let down, Ive lived and let go So you can let it be known I dont hold back, I hold my own I cant be mapped, I cant be cloned I cant sing flat, it aint my tone I cant fall back, I came too far Hold myself up and love my scars Let the bells ring wherever they are Cause I was there saying
(Chorus) Chester: And these promises broken deep below Each word gets lost in the echo So one last lie I can see through This time I finally let you go!!! Go, go, go.
Mike: No, you can tell em all now I dont back up, I dont back down I dont fold up, and I dont bow I dont roll over, dont know how I dont care where the enemies are Cant be stopped, all I know: Go Hard! Wont forget how I got this far And every time, saying
(Chorus) Chester: And these promises broken deep below Each word gets lost in the echo So one last lie I can see through This time I finally let you Go, go, go. (Go, go, go)
LYING FROM YOU When I pretend everything is what I want it to be I look exactly like what you had always wanted to see When I pretend, I can forget about the criminal I am Stealing second after second just cause I know I can but I can't pretend this is the way it'll stay I'm just (trying to bend the truth) I can't pretend I'm who you want me to be, so I'm
[Chorus:] (Lying my way from you) No no turning back now (I wanna be pushed aside so let me go) No no turning back now (Let me take back my life,I'd rather be all alone) No turning back now (Anywhere on my own cause I can see) No no turning back now (The very worst part of you is me)
I remember what they taught to me Remember condescending talk of who I ought to be Remember listening to all of that and this again So I pretended up a person who was fittin' in And now you think this person really is me and I'm (Trying to bend the truth) But the more I push the more I'm pulling away 'cause I'm
[Chorus:] (Lying my way from you) No no turning back now (I wanna be pushed aside so let me go) No no turning back now (Let me take back my life I'd rather be all alone) No turning back now (Anywhere on my own cause I can see) No no turning back now (The very worst part of you) (The very worst part of you is ME)
This isn't what I wanted to be, I never thought that what I said would have you running from me Like This This isn't what I wanted to be, I never thought that what I said would have you running from me Like This This isn't what I wanted to be, I never thought that what I said would have you running from me Like This This isn't what I wanted to be, I never thought that what I said would have you running from me Like This
[Chorus:] (You) No turning back now (I wanna be pushed aside so let me go) No no turning back now (Let me take back my life I'd rather be all alone) No turning back now (Anywhere on my own cause I can see) No no turning back now (The very worst part of you) (The very worst part of you is me)
MARK THE GRAVE There's a fragile game you play If the ghosts of yesterday If we can't let go whenever, say goodbye No trace of what remains No stones to mark the graves Only memories we thought we could deny
There's so much more to lose Than the pain I put you through And my carelessness that left you in the dark And the blood may wash away But the skies will never fade At least I know somehow I made a mark
In the dark In the light Demon Let this grow In the dark In the light The demon The demon
In the dark In the light Demon Let this grow
In the dark In the light The demon The demon
MOREI SKY I've lived through things I cannot say Back then we dreamt of yesterday It seemed as if the only way And now we look for hope and pray
(Chorus) If I had a second chance I'd make amends Only to find myself Losing in the end If I had a second chance I'd make amends Only to find myself Losing, losing
It came up from the deepest sea God gave it life and reason to be His Shadow rose above the highest tree And still his face we could not see
(Chorus) (Chorus)
Repeat first verse
MORNING AFTER Caught up against the wall again Tied and chained to the ball again Never cease to amaze in minds So I just sleep sleep sleep please don't Wake me till the morning after [2x] Cut and bruised by the fall again Lick my wounds like a dog again Is that a light at the end of the tunnel That I see I see please let it be but don't Wake me till the morning after [3x] Oh I'm so tired there has got to be an end to the pain I feel when I'm awake and alive alive alive alive and I'm dreamin' Caught up against the wall again Tied and chained to the ball again Is that a light at the end of the tunnel That I see I see please let it be but don't Wake me till the morning after [3x] Oh I'm so tired there has got to be an end to the pain I feel when I'm Awake and alive alive alive Alive and I'm dreamin'
MY DECEMBER This is my December This is my time of the year This is my December This is all so clear This is my December This is my snow covered home This is my December This is me alone
And I Just wish that I didn't feel Like there was Something I missed And I Take back all The things that I said To make you Feel like that And I Just wish that I didn't feel Like there was Something I missed And I Take back all the Things that I said to you
And I give it all away Just to have somewhere To go to Give it all away To have someone To come home to
This is my December These are my snow-covered trees This is me pretending This is all I need
And I Just wish that I didn't feel Like there was Something I missed And I Take back all The things that I said To make you feel like that And I Just wish that I didn't feel Like there was Something I missed And I Take back all the things I said to you
And I give it all away Just to have Somewhere to go to Give it all away To have someone To come home to
This is my December This is my time of the year This is my December This is all so clear
And I give it all away Just to have somewhere To go to Give it all away To have someone To come home to
MY REASON I've never liked the shelter I'm constantly alone I'm pointing out my weakness There's an emptiness at home
I need to find a reason to live this way I'm running out of patience and my life is over
I'm standing here but I'm on my way Searching to find an answer I'm standing here but it's all the same And I'm running out of patience
Well I will take my reason for you And I have gained a reason for you But you left me You left me here and I'm all alone
I've been stripped of my young innocence I take pity in myself A certain chain of events That have left me in this hell
I need to find a reason to live this way I'm running out of patience and my life is over
I'm standing here but I'm on my way Searching to find an answer I'm standing here but it's all the same And I'm running out of patience
Well I will take my reason for you And I have gained a reason for you But you left me You left me here and I'm all alone I'm all alone, I'm all alone, I'm all alone, I'm all alone
Well I'm searching to find my reason To find a reason, to find my reason Why I need you And I need you and I want you But I need to get away from you And I need you and I want you But I need to get away from you But I need you and I want you But I need to get away from you And I need you and I want you But I need to get away from the other
And I will take my reason for you And I needed someone to love me But you just left me here and I'm lonely You know I needed someone to love me But I'm all alone
NEW DIVIDE I remembered black skies, the lightning all around me I remembered each flash as time began to blur Like a startling sign that fate had finally found me And your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve
So give me reason to prove me wrong, to wash this memory clean Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes Give me reason to fill this hole, connect the space between Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies across this new divide
There was nothing in sight but memories left abandoned There was nowhere to hide, the ashes fell like snow And the ground caved in between where we were standing And your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve
So give me reason to prove me wrong, to wash this memory clean Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes across this new divide
In every loss, in every lie, in every truth that you'd deny And each regret and each goodbye was a mistake too great to hide And your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve
So give me reason to prove me wrong, to wash this memory clean Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes Give me reason to fill this hole, connect the space between Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies across this new divide Across this new divide, across this new divide
NO MORE SORROW Are you lost In your lies Do you tell yourself I don't realize
Your crusade's a disguise Replace freedom with fear You trade money for lives
I'm aware of what you've done
[Chorus:] No more sorrow I've paid for your mistakes Your time is borrowed Your time has come to be replaced
I see pain I see need I see liars and thieves Abuse power with greed I had hope I believed But I'm beginning to think that I've been deceived
You will pay for what you've done
[Chorus]
Thieves and hypocrites Thieves and hypocrites Thieves and hypocrites
[Chorus x2]
Your time has come to be replaced Your time has come to be erased
NO ROADS LEFT Standing alone with no direction How did I fall so far behind? Why Am I searching for perfection? Knowing it's something I won't find
In my fear and flaws I let myself down again All because
[Chorus] I run Till the silence splits me open I run Till it puts me underground Till I have no breath And no roads left but one
When did I lose my sense of purpose? Can I regain what's lost inside? Why do I feel like I deserve this? Why does my pain look like my pride?
In my fear and flaws I let myself down again All because I let myself down In my fear and flaws
[Chorus] I run Till the silence splits me open I run Till it puts me underground Till I have no breath And no roads left but one No roads left but one
In my fear and flaws I let myself down again All because
I run And the silence splits me open I run And it puts me underground But there's no regret And no roads left to run
NO BODY LISTNING Yo, peep the style and the kids checking for it The number one question is how could you ignore it We drop right back in the cut over basement tracks With raps that got you backing this up like Rewind that we're just rolling with the rhythm Rise from the ashes of stylistic division With these non-stop lyrics of life living Not to be forgotten but still unforgiven But in the meantime there are those who wanna talk this and that So I suppose that it gets to a point where feelings gotta get hurt And get dirty with the people spreading the dirt it goes [Chorus] (Tried to give you warning but everyone ignores me) Told you everything loud and clear (But nobody's listening) (Called to you so clearly but you don't want to hear me) Told you everything loud and clear (But nobody's listening) I got a heart full of pain, head full of stress handfull of anger, held in my chest And everything left's a waste of time I hate my rhymes, but hate everyone else's more I'm riding on the back of this pressure Guessing that it's better I can't keep myself together Because all of this stress gave me something to write on The pain gave me something I could set my sights on Never forget the blood sweat and tears The uphill struggle over years the fear and Trash talking and the people it was to And the people that started it just like you [Chorus] (Tried to give you warning but everyone ignores me) Told you everything loud and clear (But nobody's listening) (Called to you so clearly but you don't want to hear me) Told you everything loud and clear (But nobody's listening) I got a heart full of pain, head full of stress handfull of anger, held in my chest Uphill struggle Blood sweat and tears Nothing to gain Everything to fear Heart full of pain, head full of stress handfull of anger, held in my chest Uphill struggle Blood sweat and tears Nothing to gain Everything to fear Heart full of pain [Chorus] (Tried to give you warning but everyone ignores me) Told you everything loud and clear (But nobody's listening) (Called to you so clearly but you don't want to hear me) Told you everything loud and clear (But nobody's listening) I got a heart full of pain, head full of stress (Nobody's listening) handfull of anger, held in my chest (Nobody's listening) Uphill struggle Blood sweat and tears (Nobody's listening) Nothing to gain Everything to fear (Nobody's listening) Coming at you from every side
NOT ALONE I break down, fear is sinking in The cold comes, racing through my skin Searching for a way to get to you Through the storm you...
Go, giving up your home Go, leaving all you've known You are not alone
With arms up stretched into the sky With eyes like echos in the night Hiding from the hell that you've been through Silent one, you...
Go, giving up your home Go, leaving all you've known You go, giving up your home Go, leaving all you've known You are not alone I break down, fear is sinking in The cold comes, racing through my skin Searching for a way to get to you Through the storm you...
Go, giving up your home Go, leaving all you've known You are not alone
With arms up stretched into the sky With eyes like echos in the night Hiding from the hell that you've been through Silent one, you...
Go, giving up your home Go, leaving all you've known You go, giving up your home Go, leaving all you've known You are not alone 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 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 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 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
NUMB ENCORE (feat. Jay-Z)
<!-- start of lyrics --> Thank you, thank you, thank you, you're far too kind
Now can I get an encore, do you want more? Cookin raw with the Brooklyn boy So for one last time I need y'all to roar
Now what the hell are you waitin for? After me, there shall be no more So for one last time, nigga make some noise
Get em Jay
Who you know fresher than Hov'? Riddle me that The rest of y'all know where I'm lyrically at Can't none of y'all mirror me back Yeah hearin me rap is like hearin G. Rap in his prime I'm, young H.O., rap's Grateful Dead Back to take over the globe, now break bread I'm in, Boeing jets, Global Express Out the country but the blueberry still connect On the low but the yacht got a triple deck But when you Young, what the fuck you expect? Yep, yep Grand openin, grand closin God damn your man Hov' cracked the can open again Who you gon' find doper than him with no pen just draw off inspiration Soon you gon' see you can't replace him with cheap imitations for DESE GENERATIONS
Now can I get an encore, do you want more? Cookin raw with the Brooklyn boy So for one last time I need y'all to roar
Now what the hell are you waitin for After me, there shall be no more So for one last time, nigga make some noise
What the hell are you waiting for?
[sighs] Look what you made me do, look what I made for you Knew if I paid my dues, how will they pay you When you first come in the game, they try to play you Then you drop a couple of hits, look how they wave to you From Marcy to Madison Square To the only thing that matters in just a matter of years (yea) As fate would have it, Jay's status appears to be at an all-time high, perfect time to say goodbye When I come back like Jordan, wearin the 4-5 It ain't to play games witchu It's to aim at you, probably maim you If I owe you I'm blowin you to smithereeens Cocksucker take one for your team And I need you to remember one thing (one thing) I came, I saw, I conquered From record sales, to sold out concerts So muh'fucker if you want this encore I need you to scream, 'til your lungs get sore
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) And every second I waste is more than I can take
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
I've become so numb Can I get an encore, do you want more (more...) I've become so numb So for one last time I need y'all to roar One last time I need y'all to roar <!-- end of lyrics -->
ONE PERFECT SOMETHING It was nothing but a fantasy (I knew it) But I had a lot of fun before (I blew it) Isn't that what everybody says That you can't eat the cake if you piss on it I put my money on a card roulette And I kept my smile as I placed my bet I knew what I did when I went on the ride It's a 5-align credit on the wild side You showed me how It was too good to be true And that I should grow up And start sniffing the glue But it's all around me To the left and the right And it's eating me up And spitting me out If you've never seen a failure (then here's one!) I was doomed before I ever begun I was on board drinking When titanic went down And the band played on as I ordered a round Thats just how it goes Dont you think I know? You don't have to tell it to my face (tell it to my face) I wont stop the show I just let it flow You dont have to tell it to my face (tell it to my face) I dont ever want to stand in line (you get it?) Cause I could find a better waste of time (you bet it) Everybody wants a piece of the pie So I take what I want and I never ask why If you wondered what would make me up Then you'll self combust if you smell the glove I'm a timebomb running out of batteries And with fellos like you I dont need no enemies Thats just how it goes Dont you think I know? You dont have to tell it to my face (tell it to my face) I wont stop the show I just let it flow You dont have to tell it to my face (tell it to my face) Thats just how it goes Dont you think I know? You dont have to tell it to my face (tell it to my face) I wont stop the show I just let I flow You dont have to tell it to my face (tell it to my face) That's just how it goes Dont you think I know? You dont have to tell it to my face (tell it to my face) I wont stop the show I just let it flow you dont have to tell it to my face (tell it to my face) (Tell it to my face) (Tell it to my face) (Tell it to my face)
ONE STEP CLOSER I cannot take this anymore 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 You'll find that out anyway
Just like before...
[Chorus:] 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 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
Just like before...
[Chorus]
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
Shut up when I'm talking to you Shut up, shut up, shut up Shut up when I'm talking to you Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up
I'm about to BREAK
[Chorus]
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
OVER THE TOP Hear the voices in my head I pretend it's all okay (Do you hear the voices in my head?) Always When you consider a war Cos you don't get what you want to Remember the fact You don't know what I'm in for Squeeze the hex you breathe in me And there's nothing undesired Hey, don't try to understand They take the upper hand (Do you hear the voices in my head?) Always (Always, oh yeah) [Chorus] I try so hard but I can never find The answers lost upon the other side I'm bleeding out before I'm coming out Didn't mean to break in on the outside I try so hard but I can never find The answers lost upon the other side I'm bleeding out before I'm coming out Didn't mean to break in on the outside Here, I'm locked inside my head You can't help me understand (Do you hear the voices in my head?) Deny the things I say, always When you dream of a fan Cos you don't know where they come from Consider the facts When they're moving in behind ya Squeeze the hex you breathe in me And there's nothing we deny ya [Chorus] Do you hear the voices in my head? [4x] [Chorus (2x)]
P5HNG ME A*WY (feat. Mike Shinoda, Stephen Richards)
When I look into your eyes there's nothing there to see Nothing but my own mistakes staring back at me
[Backwards:] Everything has to end You'll soon find that we're out of time left to watch it all unwind Everything falls apart Even the people who never frown eventually break down Everything has to end You'll soon find that we're out of time left to watch in all unwind Everything falls apart Even the people who never frown eventually break down
I've lied to you This is the last smile that I'll fake for the sake of being with you Everything falls apart even Even the people who never frown eventually break down Everything has to end You'll soon find we're out of time left to watch it all unwind The sake of being with you Everything falls apart Even the people who never frown eventually break down The sacrifice is never knowing
Why I stay When you just push away No matter what you see You're still so blind to me
[Backwards:] Even the people who never frown eventually break down
I've tried, like you, to do everything you wanted to This is the last time That I'll take the blame 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 stay When you just push away No matter what you see You're still so blind to me
Reverse psychology is failing miserably It's so hard to be left all alone Telling you is the only chance for me There is nothing left but to turn and face you When I look into your eyes there nothing there to see Nothing but my own mistakes staring back at me Asking why The sacrifice of hiding in a lie The sacrifice is never knowing
Why I stay When you just push away No matter what you see You're still so blind to me
Why I stay When you just push away No matter what you see You're still so blind to me
PAPERCUT Why does it feel like night today? Something in here's not right today. Why am I so uptight today? Paranoia's all I got left I don't 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 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's time to sink or swim That the face inside is hearing me Right beneath my skin It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
I know I've got a face in me Points out all my mistakes to me You've got a face on the inside too and Your paranoia's probably worse I don't know what set me off first But I know what I can't stand Everybody acts like the fact of the matter is I can't add up to what you can but
Everybody has a face that they hold inside A face that awakes when I close my 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's time to sink or swim That the face inside is watching you too Right inside your skin
[x2] It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
The face inside is right beneath your skin [x3]
The sun goes down I feel the light betray me The sun goes down I feel the light betray me
The sun I feel the light betray me The sun I feel the light betray me
It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
PAPERCUT REMIX [Jay-Z] You know I - thug em, fuck em, love em, leave em Cause I don't fuckin need em Take em out the hood, keep em lookin good But I don't fuckin feed em First time they fuss I'm breezin Talkin bout, "What's the reasons?" I'm a pimp in every sense of the word, bitch Better trust than believe em In the cut where I keep em til I need a nut, til I need to beat the guts Then it's, beep beep and I'm pickin em up Let em play with the dick in the truck Many chicks wanna put Jigga fist in cuffs Divorce him and split his bucks Just because you got good head, I'ma break bread so you can be livin it up? Shit I.. parts with nothin, y'all be frontin Me give my heart to a woman? Not for nothin, never happen I'll be forever mackin Heart cold as assassins, I got no passion I got no patience And I hate waitin.. Hoe get yo' ass in And let's RI-I-I-I-I-IDE.. check em out now RI-I-I-I-I-IDE, yeah And let's RI-I-I-I-I-IDE.. check em out now RI-I-I-I-I-IDE, yeah We doin.. big pimpin, we spendin G's Check em out now Big pimpin, on B.L.A.D.'s We doin.. big pimpin up in N.Y.C. It's just that Jigga Man, L-I-N-K-I-N Park Yo yo yo.. big pimpin, spendin G's We doin - big pimpin, on B.L.A.D.'s We doin.. big pimpin up in N.Y.C. It's just that Jigga Man, l-i-n-k-i-n park 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 [Pre chorus] Cut myself free willingly Stop just what's killing me [x4]
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
[Pre chorus x4]
[Chorus]
(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)
[Chorus x2] I feel it swell up inside, swell up inside, swallowing me [x2]
PETRIFIED No-no-no-not not re-re-ready yo! Not re-re-ready yo! We 'bout to drop it steady, yo! So do it like that, like that, like that, like that, like that, like that
(Repeat x2) Now why is everybody so petrified? (What!) Petrified? (What!) Step aside And just drop that (Come on!) Drop that (Come on!) Drop that (Come on!) Drop that (Come on!)
Yeah How you doin', y'all? My name's Mike I'm fooling with the new shit I'm doing it all night I like what i do I do what i like I could quit and get it back like i'm riding a bike Like stop Bring it back, Bring it back
We got that balance keeping us on track That ya' get when 'ya movin quick, with no slow You stare like you don't care But you do it though i know
I know You really must be so lonely Puffed up, lookin' tough, but so phony You and your boys, you don't know me You really wanna hole me? show me, homie.
Lets get it over with for good I got a friction addiction i wish you would Machine shop rockin' when we step inside And we got everybody so petrified
Now why is everybody so petrified? (What!) Petrified? (What!) Step aside And just drop that (Come on!) Drop that (Come on!) Drop that (Come on!) Drop that (Come on!)
Listen you are not ready Like children in a building you can't stand steady It must be the beat so heavy Cos i'm panic attacks like a crack in the levee
Give you that Robert Plant Dancing days are back Feeling all in the track an' in fact For those knowing the name I'm back with some brand new crack You can do it like that
You really must be so lonely Puffed up, lookin' tough, but so phony You and your boys, you don't know me You really wanna hold me? Show me, homie
Tough talk doesn't mean a thing you know yourself you know when we're up in a scene Its machine shop rockin' when we step inside And we got everybody so petrified
(Repeat x2) Now why is everybody so petrified? (What!) Petrified? (What!) Step aside And just drop that (Come on!) Drop that (Come on!) Drop that (Come on!) Drop that (Come on!)
(Repeat x2) No-no-no-not not re-re-ready yo! Not re-re-ready yo! We 'bout to drop it steady, yo! So do it like that, like that, like that, like that, like that, like that (Get up)
(Repeat x2) Now why is everybody so petrified? (What!) Petrified? (What!) Step aside And just drop that (Come on!) Drop that (Come on!) Drop that (Come on!) Drop that (Come on!)
(Reapeat x2) Like stop Bring it back We got that balance keeping us on track
Like Stop stop...stop...stop...stop... 'Chine shop!
PLACE FOR MY HEAD I watch how the moon sits in the sky on a dark night Shining with the light from the sun But the sun doesn't give the light to the moon assuming, The moon's gonna owe it one It makes me think of how you act to me You do favors then rapidly You just turn around and start asking me, About things that you want back from me
I'm 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
I wanna be in another place I hate when you say you don't understand (You'll see it's not meant to be) I wanna be in the energy Not with the enemy A place for my head
Maybe some day I'll be just like you and Step on people like you do Run away all 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 shouldve known That you'd wear out your welcome now you see how quiet it is all alone
I'm 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
I'm 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
I wanna be in another place I hate when you say you don't understand (You'll see it's not meant to be) I wanna be in the energy Not with the enemy A place for my head
You try to take the best of me, go away You try to take the best of me, go away You try to take the best of me, go away You try to take the best of me, GO AWAY You try to take the best of me, go away You try to take the best of me, go away You try to take the best of me, go away You try to take the best of me, GO AWAY!!!!!
I wanna be in another place I hate when you say you don't understand (You'll see it's not meant to be) I wanna be in the energy Not with the enemy A place for my head
Shut... Up... Why..?
I am 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
I am 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
POINT OF AUTHORITY Forfeit the game Before somebody else Takes you out of the frame And 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've learned) You have to act like you're someone (You live what you've learned) You want someone to hurt like you (You live what you've learned) You want to share what you have been through (You live what you've learned)
You love the things I say I'll do The way I hurt myself again just to get back at you You take away when I give in My life My pride is broken
[Chorus]
[Forfeit the game Before somebody else Takes you out of the frame And 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]x2
[Chorus]
[Chorus:] You like to think you're never wrong Forfeit the game (You live what you've learned) You have to act like you're someone Forfeit the game (You live what you've learned) You want someone to hurt like you Forfeit the game (You live what you've learned) You want to share what you have been through (You live what you've learned)
POWERLESS You hid your skeletons when I had shown you mine You woke the devil that I thought you'd left behind I saw the evidence, the crimson soaking through Ten thousand promises, ten thousand ways to lose
(Chorus) And you held it all but you were careless to let it fall You held it all and I was by your side, powerless.
I watched you fall apart and chased you to the end. I'm left with emptiness that words can not defend You'll never know what I became because of you Ten thousand promises, ten thousand ways to lose
(Chorus) (x2) And you held it all but you were careless to let it fall You held it all and I was by your side, powerless
Why does it feel like night today? Something in here's not right today Why am I so uptight today? Paranoia's all I got left I don't 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's like a face that I hold inside A face that awakes when I close my eyes A face that watches everytime I lie A face that laughs everytime I fall And watches everything So, know that when it's time to sink or swim That the face inside is hearing me Right underneath my skin
It's like I'm paranoid looking over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like a face inside that's right beneath my skin
Hey, yo Here we go again with the pain I feel isn't real But in my mind, I find myself in places with names but not faces My memory races at speeds Hundred degrees My soul bleeds, devil must've planted the seed Now it feels like my back's against the wall I'm taking the fall Whenever I call nobody's responding at all But I don't know who I can trust The screaming my name I need somebody to help me out of the frame All I'm trying to do is just master me All I want to do is smoke a blast-to-beat But something keeps talking to me Consciously, responsibly, keeps haunting me from dusk 'til dawn Everything has something for you That voice inside of your head got you projecting paranoia Cold sweat shining on your face Exposing your purpose And if I ripped off your skin I'd probably find another person There's nothing worse than trying to bring yourself on back from the dead So I advise you: listen to that voice in the back of your head
It's like I'm paranoid looking over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like a face inside that's right beneath my skin
It's like I'm paranoid looking over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like a face inside that's right beneath my skin
The face inside is right beneath your skin The face inside is right beneath your skin The face inside is right beneath your skin The face inside is right beneath your skin
The sun goes down I feel the light betray me The sun goes down It's like I'm paranoid I feel the light betray me The sun goes down Can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
It's like I'm paranoid looking over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like a face inside that's right beneath my skin
It's like I'm paranoid looking over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like a face inside that's right beneath my skin
PRETEND TO BE You say what you thought of me Ohhhohhohoh And you take something out of me So predictable Why do I have to see this through? Why do I have to take this? Isn't there something I can do To make myself finally say this
No You've taken this too far Exposing who you are For all to see, You're not the one that you pretend to be
You start with apologies Ohhhohhohoh Then take another shot at me So pretendable Why do I have to see this through? Why do I have to take this? Isn't there something I can do To make myself finally say this?
No You've taken this too far Exposing who you are For all to see, You're not the one that you pretend this No You've taken this too far Exposing who you are For all to see, You're not the one that you pretend to be
No You've taken this too far Exposing who you are For all to see, You're not the one that you pretend this No You've taken this too far Exposing who you are For all to see, You're not the one that you pretend to be
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
(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 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
QWERTY Your lies!
Yeah! I didn't think that I had a debt to pay 'Til they came to take all I had left away You said you wouldn't put me to the test today But I remember you saying that yesterday
There was a time when your mind wasn't out of control Every memory and confession pouring out of your soul Like a pill you couldn't swallow and it swallowed you whole Another lie hard to follow 'til it followed you home And like that
Broken down A victim of your lies
You hide behind lies You don't know why You crossed the line Wrapped up inside your lies You hide behind lies You're lost inside that cold disguise Behind your lies
I don't know what you thought I might say Seems like we never would talk the right way Every other minute I fought for my place And drop what I made thought you might stay so
I'm guessing that you probably know When your inside's hollow then you ought to be cold Like a pill I couldn't swallow and it swallowed me whole Another lie hard to follow 'til it followed me home And like that
Broken down A victim of your lies
You hide behind lies You don't know why You crossed the line Wrapped inside your lies You hide behind lies You're lost inside that cold disguise Behind your lies
You're faking, you're mistaken If you think that you could climb out of this hole Forsaken, what we take when All our lies come from the power of control
Broken down, a victim of your lies
You hide behind lies You don't know why You hide behind lies You don't know why You hide behind lies You don't know why You hide behind Wrapped up inside your lies
You hide behind lies You don't know why You crossed the line Wrapped up inside your lies You hide behind lies You're lost inside that cold disguise Behind your lies
READING MY EYES The microphone molester, machete undresser "Stupid-dope-fresh" type shit resurrector Top gun, Miramar best-of-the-best-er The leave-an-MC-peace-in-rest-er Skill tester, the flex-the-gunner The make-funner, the adversary make runner Make summer cold with rhymes I spit Kick gift to lifted delinquent wit I be the prophet, my rhyme--top it? Stop it. Fly like rocket when I rock it Lock it down with this perverse verse Every fuckin curse a burst of hurt Move crowds: physical fitness rhymes Coke heads couldn't do my lines I'm decorated like christmas pines My battalion rocks MCs become silohetes of chalk
Reading my eyes will say it in many ways Losing my pride will save it in many days
Hit the dirt because the words I spit will Do more than just rip your shirt I'll bitch slap your soul, contact the track control You're coming at me? You can't hack it though So ridiculous, watching my crew get sick of this Wickedness, pitchin' this, lyrical viciousness To crews and cliques, made of men and mistresses This is my life: the twilight and the fight night And trying to see nothing but the highlights when I write These eyes on horizons, die for my song, cry rhymes in Krylon Fire on, move men telekinetically Esoterically beat-speaking with clarity Feel my verity, heroism of heresy And sever every MC I see with severity
Reading my eyes will say it in many ways Losing my pride will save it in many days
Why not... what I came... Why not... what I came...
Why not give me what I came to deserve? Why not give me what I came to believe? Why not give me what I came to deserve? Why not give me what I came to believe?
Reading my eyes will say it in many ways Losing my pride will save it in many days...
REBELLION feat. Daron Malakian
I've seen the blood I've seen the broken The lost and the sights unseen I want a flood I want an ocean To wash my confusion clean I can't resolve this empty story I can't repair the damage done
We are the fortunate ones Who've never faced oppression's gun We are the fortunate ones Imitations of REBELLION
We act it out, We wear the colors Confined by the things we own We're not without We're like each other Pretending we're here ALONE And far away they burn their buildings Right in the face of damage done
We are the fortunate ones Who've never faced oppression's gun We are the fortunate ones Imitations of REBELLION REBELLION REBELLION REBELLION
REBELLION REBELLION WE LOST BEFORE WE START REBELLION REBELLION ONE BY ONE WE FALL APART WE FALL APART WE FALL APART WE FALL APART
We are the fortunate ones Who've never faced oppression's gun We are the fortunate ones Imitations of, imitations of We are the fortunate ones Who've never faced oppression's gun We are the fortunate ones Imitations of REBELLION REBELLION REBELLION REBELLION
RHINESTONE From the top to the bottom (Bottom to top I stop) At the core of the rotten (Stop to just what I thought) But sun has escaped us (So I've frightened the sky) And I'm far from a rapist (Thinking why did I try)
From the thread to the needle; middle to end Where skies cock back and shock that which couldn't defend The rain then sends dripping an acidic question Forcefully; the power of suggestion Then, with the eyes tightly shut looking through the rust And rotten dust, a spot of light floods the floor Pours itself upon the world of pretend Then the eyes ease open and it's dark again
From the top to the bottom (Bottom to top I stop) At the core of the rotten (Stop to just what I thought) But sun has escaped us (So I've frightened the sky) And I'm far from a rapist (Thinking why did I try) In a minute you'll find me Eyes burn me up... You say you'll never forget me But the lies have piled up
Moving all around, swinging of the ups and downs Pollution manifested in perpetual sound And as the wheels go 'round, the sunset creeps past the Street lamps, cars, chainlinks, and concrete A window then grows, and captures the eye And cries out a yellow light as it passes it by A small black figure sits in front of a box Inside a box of rock with a needles on top Nothing stops in this land of the chain When brains lose not knowing they were part of the game And in the insides grow, the box stays the same in shame Shovel up the pieces to the pain You can try to hide yourself in the world of pretend But when the paper's crumpled up it can't be perfect again
From the top to the bottom (Bottom to top I stop) At the core of the rotten (Stop and just what I thought) The sun has escaped us (So I've frightened the sky) And I'm far from a rapist (Thinking why I did try)
In a minute you'll find me Eyes burn me up... You say you'll never forget me But the lies have piled up
Yeah I got you caught in the act You better step back Telling me that I'm seeing right through you
In a minute you'll find me Eyes burn me up... You say you'll never forget me But the lies have piled up...
(In a minute you'll find me Eyes burn me up... You say you'll never forget me But the lies keep piling up...)
ROADS UNTRAVELLED Weep not for roads untraveled weep not for paths left alone cause beyond every bend Is a long blinding end Its the worst kind of pain I've known
Give up your heart left broken and let that mistake pass on cause the love that you lost wasn't worth what it cost and in time you'll be glad its gone
Weep not for roads untraveled Weep not for sights unseen may your love never end and If you need a friend there's a seat here along side me...
RUNAWAY 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 up 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
SABOTAGE I Can't Stand It I Know You Planned It But I'm Gonna Set It Straight, This Watergate I Can't Stand Rocking When I'm In Here Because Your Crystal Bal Ain't So Crystal Clear So While You Sit Backand Wonder Why I Got This Fucking Thorn In My Side Oh My, It's A Mirage I'm Tellin' Y'all It's a Sabotage So Listen Up 'Cause You Can't Say Nothin' You'll Shut Me Dow With A Push Of Your Button? But I'm Out And I'm Gone I'll Tell You Now I Keep It On And On 'Cause What You See You Might Not Get And We Can Bet So Don't You Get Souped Yet You're Scheming On A Thing That's A Mirage I'm Trying To Tell You Now It's Sabotage Why; Our Backs Are Now Against The Wall Listen All Of Y'all It's A Sabotage I Can't Stand It, I Know You Planned It But I'm Gonna Set It Straight This Watergate I Can't Stand Rockin' When I'm In This Place Because I Feel Disgrace Because You're All In My Face But Make No Mistakes And Switch Up My Channel I'm Buddy Rich When I Fly Off The Handle What Could It Be, It's A Miracle You're Scheming On A Thing; That's Sabotage
SECOND TO NONE It's the real authentic Leave ya'll dented Forget what ya heard If I said it, I meant it Did it for real While ya'll pretended Back for more Startin' the war to end it Raw Rippin' like I'm working a chainsaw New York to Cali New Jersey to Crenshaw Speak the gift while you plead the fifth My team is sick We eat, sleep, and breathe this shit Rough and rugged Kill 'em soft We don't leave one standin' when we breakin' 'em off Takin' a loss? Not a chance in your life If being fresh is wrong, I don't wanna be right Stop, drop, and roll We got soul Safe to pop off when we lock and load So this how we get this done You can check on the rep, yep, second to none Check on the rep, second to none, yea This how we get this done You can check on the rep, second to none Check on the rep, second to none, yea This how we get this done You can check on the rep, second to none Yo, check the rep, yep, enough respect If not for the jewels I drop, the chunky neck I'm funky fresh Equipped with a rusty Tek Am I the best? Well I gotta put it bluntly, yes You can't touch me The flows'll get ya Squeeze breath outta your chest like boa constrictors I'm a killer and I usually know my victims So I catch a lot of bodies on the homie system, uh Don't get it twisted, I'll break your jaw You'll be sippin' fried chicken through a crazy straw Liquid diet, bitch We official pirates I ghost ride the ghost ship Drinkin' and drivin', yea You ain't nothing but a whiny kid That cries like a wimp cuz nobody rides with him I ain't a thug, pimp, gangsta or grimey, done But you can check on the rep, yep, second to none Check on the rep, second to none, yea This how we get this done You can check on the rep, second to none Check on the rep, second to none, yea This how we get this done You can check on the rep, second to none Then all the playas wanna step in the gate You can find me at the gym, bench pressing the weights Getting' diesel on that ass and I'm so disgusting I'mma tell the whole god dang globe to suck it I'm bad Now you feelin' something surround you My chemical mix, they got you pumpin' the valium The audience closed in and they had a reaction Similar to explosions off of battery acid My rhymes a razor, to slash your neck with So follow my trail path what next, your exit Into the dungeon, what you bringin' a bucket? No one's hearin' your screams, so start playin' the trumpet I'm outta your reach now So give me some rocket fuel Hookin' a beat down and do the impossible A couple of months later, the record was done So you can check on the rep, yep, second to none Check on the rep, second to none, yea This how we get this done You can check on the rep, second to none Check on the rep, second to none, yea This how we get this done You can check on the rep, second to none
SHADOW OF THE DAY I close both locks below the window I close both blinds and turn away
Sometimes solutions aren't so simple Sometimes good bye's the only way
[Chorus] And the sun will set for you The sun will set for you
And the shadow of the day Will embrace the world in grey
And the sun will set for you [End Chorus]
Pink cards and flowers on your window Your friends all plead for you to stay
Sometimes beginnings aren't so simple Sometimes good bye's the only way
[Chorus] And the sun will set for you The sun will set for you
And the shadow of the day Will embrace the world in grey
And the sun will set for you
And the shadow of the day Will embrace the world in grey
And the sun will set for you
And the shadow of the day Will embrace the world in grey
And the sun will set for you [End Chorus]
SHE COULDNT Won't be long 'til everybody knows
I've seen her smiling The sunlight is shining on her now She couldn't stay here She knows you won't let her down
You know she couldn't stay here with you You know she had to go Even though she couldn't stay here with you You know you're not alone
No matter what you think you did wrong (Won't be long 'til everybody knows) She knew she had to go all along (Won't be long 'til everybody knows) No matter what you think you did wrong (Won't be long 'til everybody knows) She knew she had to go all along (Won't be long 'til everybody knows)
I see her shining The sunlight's crying for her now She wouldn't stay here She knows you won't let her down
You know she couldn't stay here with you You know she had to go Even though she couldn't stay here with you You know you're not alone
No matter what you think you did wrong (Won't be long 'til everybody knows) She knew she had to go all along (Won't be long 'til everybody knows) No matter what you think you did wrong (Won't be long 'til everybody knows) She knew she had to go all along (Won't be long 'til everybody knows)
Won't be long 'til everybody knows Won't be long 'til everybody knows Won't be long 'til everybody knows Won't be long 'til everybody knows
No matter what you think you did wrong (Won't be long 'til everybody knows) She knew she had to go all along (Won't be long 'til everybody knows) No matter what you think you did wrong (Won't be long 'til everybody knows) She knew she had to go all along (Won't be long 'til everybody knows)
No matter what you think you did wrong (You know she couldn't stay here with you) She knew she had to go all along (You know she had to go) No matter what you think you did wrong (You know she couldn't stay here with you) She knew she had to go all along (You know she had to go)
SKIN TO BONE Skin to bone steel to rust Ash to ashes dust to dust Let tomorrow have it's way With the promises we made Skin to bone steel to rust Ash to ashes dust to dust Your deception my disgust When your name is finally drawn I'll be happy that you're gone Ash to ashes dust to dust
Uh-uh-uh Ash to ashes dust to dust Uh-uh-uh Skin to bone and steel to rust
Right to left left to right Night to day and day to night As the starlight fades to gray I'll be marching far away Right to left and left to right
Uh-uh-uh Ash to ashes dust to dust Uh-uh-uh Skin to bone and steel to rust
Let tomorrow have its way With the promises betrayed Skin to bone and steel to rust Skin to bone and steel to rust Skin to bone and steel to rust
SO FAR AWAY [Verse:] Save me now from this mess that I've created All The souls have gone and I'm stranded here with doubt and fear alone Tell me how I'm in fault for all this madness I don't know what's wrong, but I cannot help but try to push it
[Chorus:] So Far Away In so deep and inside of me So Hard to say I don't want to say it anyway
[Verse:] Save me now I'm the mess I have created And my soul has gone and for some reason all I do is push it
[Chorus:] So Far Away In so deep and inside of me So Hard to say I don't want to say it anyway So far away
It's so far away In so deep and inside of me So Hard to say I don't want to say it anyway
So Far Away In so deep and inside of me So Hard to say I don't want to say it anyway
SOMETIMES Sometimes things just seem to fall apart When you least expect them to Sometimes you want to pack up and leave behind All of them and all their smiles
I don't know What to think anymore Maybe things will get better Maybe things will look brighter Maybe, Maybe, Maybe
Sometimes people surprise you And people surprise me But I guess that's the price we pay For wanting so badly
I don't know What to think anymore Maybe things will get better Maybe things will look brighter Maybe, Maybe, Maybe
I don't know What to think anymore Maybe things will get better Maybe things will look brighter Maybe, Maybe, Maybe
I don't know What to think anymore Maybe things will get better Maybe things will look brighter Maybe, Maybe, Maybe
Sometimes...Sometimes...Sometimes
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 that they can see 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 felt 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
SOUL SONG I will be waiting With a song in my soul A fortunate weakling Which I have foretold
He raises his arms tied Above the abyss Singing his sweet song His melody opens up the sun
Freedom raid God has come Rivers of blood Pushed back in my veins
She sleeps with her eyes closed To dream of the past Her mind has gone blind now While the memory closes up this sun Freedom rain God has come Rivers of blood Pushed back in my veins
[yeah] I will be waiting With a song in my soul A fortunate weakling Which I have foretold
STANDING IN THE MIDDLE Im standing inth Middle of it, middle of it
Yo, yall better wake up; you think we dont see yall drifting? Sleeping on the job and forgetting your position? (position) Sit straight and listen; what you are missing I cook up a batch, hot straight out the kitchen No indecision, I spit right Heavy as a fist fight No gloves and no masks No pain and no slack No way to look back Nobody to say I cant make my own path Cause the way that yall act, I wanna break something Comin at me like the pain I feel means nothing Comin from a place where you cant relate Where every word from your face comes across as fake And I can hardly take, the way that yall treat us Sending this out to anyone who wont believe us Spelling it out so yall know the deal And if you cant feel it, maybe you cant feel
Im standing in the middle of it Middle of it Middle of it Man, who are you? Im standing in the middle of it Middle of it Middle of it What are you saying? Im standing in the middle of it Middle of it Middle of it What are you writing? Im standing in the middle of it Middle of it Middle of it Man, who are you?
Tell em, Motion Eat your words Say what you used to say and act how you used to act Every time you heard my occupation was a rap attack (rap attack) My conversations stacked, I switch my defense on you Every time you want to get deep youll see my knuckle package Born to die, ferocious emcee make you go back and write your rhymes My style chokes up like a little league baseball player It moves, Im strangling as Im swinging as main mangler I wanna dee-four, poach you as your seafood is C4 Im gonna rap and you still knee-high Yall wanna train with me, guy? Man, its destructive Man, its like jabs from boxing champ Lennox Perfect for your head, Ill fit it like New Era hats That top off suits, B-boy etiquette Express myself with my hang-side Then I extend one finger, the middle to fucking all crouds
Im standing in the middle of it Middle of it Middle of it Man, who are you? Im standing in the middle of it Middle of it Middle of it What are you sayin? Im standing in the middle of it Middle of it Middle of it What are you writin? Im standing in the middle of it Middle of it Middle of it Man, who are you?
Yo, Motion (yeah?) Sometimes I feel its like nothing that I ever do's ever good enough (for real) Like I should stop and go back to L.A. Back away where I know I wont be seen And nobodys gonna critique the music that I make And mistake me for some fucking kid with a backpack Rapping on a track just to make a buck For a mix-tape that sucks And DJ's that dont get it But I been down that road and I know People dont wanna go where I might go Dont wanna know what its like To step outside your zone with a mike Just controlling the hype And if we need to take shots from them And be stopped by them just to meet these ends Then so be it, I will not hold my breath Im gonna spit til I got none left Motion, where you at?
Im standing in the middle of it Middle of it Middle of it Man, who are you? Im standing in the middle of it Middle of it Middle of it What are you sayin? Im standing in the middle of it Middle of it Middle of it What are you writin? Im standing in the middle of it Middle of it Middle of it Man, who are you? Im standing in the middle of it Middle of it Middle of it Middle of it Middle of it
STATING TO FLY I know the answers from the words of The prophet I've seen the light through the fingers Made of magic
I've seen an image of the future, It's a vision and I know who you are
(Chorus) Go away can't you see you're not real Open your eye some place far away I've seen the ocean and I've seen the sky I've got my wings and I'm starting to fly
I met a poet tonight behind the masses I sang a song about my many true Addictions I saw myself in a hole, down below And I know who you are (Chorus) I'm alright though it's hard to feel Open your eye some place far away I've seen the ocean and I've seen the sky I've got my wings and I'm starting to fly
oh yeah, oh yeah
Open your eyes Look to the sky Grab your wings And then, start to fly
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(Chorus) I've seen the ocean and I've seen the sky I've got my wings and I'm starting to fly
A. I. Rabin (Auth.), A. I. Rabin (Eds.) - Projective Techniques in Personality Assessment - A Modern Introduction-Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (1968) (001-300) (001-100) (001-050) (01-25) PDF