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 this 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 this space between

Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies

Across this new divide

Across this new divide

Across this new divide

In this farewell

There's no blood, there's no alibi

Cause I've drawn regret

From the truth of a thousand lies

So let mercy come and wash away

What I've done

I'll face myself

To cross out what I've become

Erase myself

And let go of what I've done

Put to rest

What you thought of me

While I clean this slate

With the hands of uncertainty

So let mercy come and wash away

What I've done

I'll face myself

To cross out what I've become

Erase myself

And let go of what I've done

For what I've done

I start again

And whatever pain may come

Today this ends

I'm forgiving

What I've done

I'll face myself

To cross out what I've become

Erase myself

And let go of what I've done

What I've done

(Na-na, na, na)

(Na-na, na, na)

Forgiving what I've done

(Na-na, na, na)

(Na-na, na, na)

(Na-na, na, na)

(Na-na, na)

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

Every step that I take is another mistake to you

(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)

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

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

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

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

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)

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

Tryin' to hold on, did-didn't even know

I 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

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 mockin' 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

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

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

Bled myself out and no one cares

Dug a 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

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

Go, stop the show

Choppy words in 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 won't 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

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

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

[Verse 1: Chester Bennington]

The cycle repeated

As explosions broke in the sky

All that I needed

Was the one thing I couldn't find

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington]

And you were there at the turn

Waiting to let me know

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

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

[Verse 2: Chester Bennington]

The colors conflicted

As the flames climbed into the clouds

I wanted to fix this

But couldn't stop from tearing it down

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington]

And you were there at the turn

Caught in the burning glow

And I was there at the turn

Waiting to let you know

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

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

[Bridge: Mike Shinoda]

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

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington]

And you were there at the turn

Waiting to let me know

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

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

[Outro: Mike Shinoda & Chester Bennington]

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

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

Crawling in my skin

These wounds, they will not heal

Fear is how I fall

Confusing what is real

[Verse 1: Chester Bennington]

There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface

Consuming, confusing

This lack of self-control I fear is never-ending

Controlling, I can't seem

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]

To find myself again, my walls are closing in

Without a sense of confidence

I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take

I've felt this way before, so insecure

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

Crawling in my skin

These wounds, they will not heal

Fear is how I fall

Confusing what is real

[Verse 2: Chester Bennington]

Discomfort endlessly has pulled itself upon me

Distracting, reacting

Against my will, I stand beside my own reflection

It's haunting how I can't seem

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]

To find myself again, my walls are closing in

Without a sense of confidence

I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take

I've felt this way before, so insecure

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

Crawling in my skin

These wounds, they will not heal

Fear is how I fall

Confusing what is real

Crawling in my skin

These wounds they will not heal

Fear is how I fall

Confusing, confusing what is real

[Outro: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]

(There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface

Consuming) Confusing what is real

(This lack of self-control I fear is never-ending

Controlling) Confusing what is real

Should've stayed, were there signs, I ignored?

Can I help you, not to hurt, anymore?

We saw brilliance, when the world, was asleep

There are things that we can have, but can't keep

If they say

Who cares if one more light goes out?

In a sky of a million stars

It flickers, flickers

Who cares when someone's time runs out?

If a moment is all we are

We're quicker, quicker

Who cares if one more light goes out?

Well I do

The reminders pull the floor from your feet

In the kitchen, one more chair than you need oh

And you're angry, and you should be, it's not fair

Just 'cause you can't see it, doesn't mean it, isn't there

If they say

Who cares if one more light goes out?

In a sky of a million stars

It flickers, flickers

Who cares when someone's time runs out?

If a moment is all we are

We're quicker, quicker

Who cares if one more light goes out?

Well I do

Who cares if one more light goes out?

In a sky of a million stars

It flickers, flickers

Who cares when someone's time runs out?

If a moment is all we are

We're quicker, quicker

Who cares if one more light goes out?

Well I do

Well I do

I watch how the moon

Sits in the sky in the dark night

Shining with the light from the sun

And 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 then rapidly, you just

Turn around and start asking me about

Things you want back from me

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 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 should've 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 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

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 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

Stay away

I'm so sick of the tension, sick of the hunger (stay)

Sick of you acting like I owe you this

Find another place to feed your greed (a-)

While I find a place to rest

I'm so sick of the tension, sick of the hunger (-way)

Sick of you acting like I owe you this

Find another place, to feed your greed (stay away from me)

While I find a place to rest

I got a long way to go

And a long memory

I've been searching for an answer

Always just out of reach

Blood on the floor

Sirens repeat

I've been searching for the courage

To face my enemies

When they turn down the lights

I hear my battle symphony

All the world in front of me

If my armor breaks

I'll fuse it back together

Battle symphony

Please just don't give up on me

And my eyes are wide awake

For my battle symphony

For my battle symphony

They say that I don't belong

Say that I should retreat

That I'm marching to the rhythm

Of a lonesome defeat

But the sound of your voice

Puts the pain in reverse

No surrender, no illusions

And for better or worse

When they turn down the lights

I hear my battle symphony

All the world in front of me

If my armor breaks

I'll fuse it back together

Battle symphony

Please just don't give up on me

And my eyes are wide awake

If I fall, get knocked down

Pick myself up off the ground

If I fall, get knocked down

Pick myself up off the ground

When they turn down the lights

I hear my battle symphony

All the world in front of me

If my armor breaks

I'll fuse it back together

Battle symphony

Please just don't give up on me

And my eyes are wide awake

For my battle symphony

For my battle symphony

[Verse 1]

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

[Pre-Chorus]

I don't want to be the one the battles always choose

Cause inside, I realize that I'm the one confused

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 2]

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

[Pre-Chorus]

I don't want to be the one the battles always choose

Cause inside, I realize that I'm the one confused

[Chorus]

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

[Bridge]

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

[Chorus]

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

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

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

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

I don't need you anymore, 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)

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

Don't stay

Don't stay

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 began 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

If we both keep on waiting

For what we left behind

The light on the horizon

Was brighter yesterday

With shadows floating over

The scars began 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

[Intro: Chester Bennington]

Myself! Myself!

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda]

What do I do to ignore them behind me?

Do I follow my instincts blindly?

Do I hide my pride from these bad dreams

And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?

Do I sit here and try to stand it?

Or do I try to catch them red-handed?

Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness?

Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?

Because I can't hold on when I'm stretched so thin

I make the right moves, but I'm lost within

I put on my daily facade, but then

I just end up getting hurt again

[Pre-Chorus: Mike Shinoda & Chester Bennington]

By myself (Myself), I ask why

But in my mind, I find I can't rely on myself

(Myself), I ask why

But in my mind, I find I can't rely on myself

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

I can't look around, it's too much to take in

I can't hold on when I'm stretched so thin

I can't slow down, watching everything spin

I can't look back, starting over again

[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda]

If I turn my back, I'm defenseless

And to go blindly seems senseless

If I hide my pride and let it all go on

Then they'll take from me 'til everything is gone

If I let them go, I'll be outdone

But if I try to catch them, I'll be outrun

If I'm killed by the questions like a cancer

Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer

[Pre-Chorus: Mike Shinoda & Chester Bennington]

By myself (Myself), I ask why

But in my mind, I find I can't rely on myself

(Myself), I ask why

But in my mind, I find I can't rely on myself

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

I can't look around, it's too much to take in

I can't hold on when I'm stretched so thin

I can't slow down, watching everything spin

I can't look back, starting over again

[Interlude: Mike Shinoda]

Don't you, don't you, don't you, don't you

Don't you, don't you, don't you, don't you

Don't you, don't you, don't you, don't you

Don't you, don't you, don't you, don't you

Don't you, don't you, don't you, don't you

Don't you, don't you, don't you, don't you

Don't you, don't you, don't you, don't you

[Outro: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]

Know! I can't tell you how to make it

Go! No matter what I do, how hard I

Try! I can't seem to convince myself

Why! I'm stuck on the outside, don't you

Know! I can't tell you how to make it

Go! No matter what I do, how hard I

Try! I can't seem to convince myself

Why! I'm stuck on the outside, don't you

Know! I can't tell you how to make it

Go! No matter what I do, how hard I

Try! I can't seem to convince myself

Why! I'm stuck on the outside, don't you

Know! I can't tell you how to make it

Go! No matter what I do, how hard I

Try! I can't seem to convince myself

Why! I'm stuck on the outside, don't you

Know! I can't tell you how to make it

Go! No matter what I do, how hard I

Try! I can't seem to convince myself

Why! I'm stuck on the outside, don't you

Know! I can't tell you how to make it

Go! No matter what I do, how hard I

Try! I can't seem to convince myself

Why! I'm stuck on the outside

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

I take everything from the inside

And throw it all away

‘Cause 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

I take everything from the inside

And throw it all away

‘Cause I swear/ for the last time

I won’t trust myself with you

I won’t trust myself with you

I won’t waste myself on you

Waste myself on you

You

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda]

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 (Saw a light in the sky)

But the sun will escape me (So why did I try?)

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 (Saw a light in the sky)

But the sun will escape me (So why do I try?)

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda]

From the thread to the needle, middle to end

When 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 rot and dust

A spot of light floods the floor

And pours itself upon the world of pretend

And the eyes ease open and it's dark again

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda]

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 (Saw a light in the sky)

But the sun will escape me (So why did I try?)

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 (Saw a light in the sky)

But the sun will escape me (So why do I try?)

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

In a minute, you'll find me

Eyes burn me up

You say you'll never forgive me

But the lies have piled up

[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda]

Moving all around, screaming of the ups and downs

Pollution manifested in perpetual sound

And as the wheels go round and the sunset creeps

Past the street lamps, cars, chain-link, and concrete

A window then grows and catches the eye

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 the needles on top

Nothing stops in this land of the pain

The sane lose not knowing they were part of the game

And then the insides change, the box stays the same

The shame, shovel up the pieces of the pain

You can try to hide yourself in this world of pretend

But when the paper's crumpled up, it can't be perfect again

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda]

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 (Saw a light in the sky)

But the sun will escape me (So why did I try?)

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 (Saw a light in the sky)

But the sun will escape me (So why do I try?)

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

In a minute, you'll find me

Eyes burn me up

You say you'll never forgive me

But the lies have piled up

[Bridge: Mike Shinoda & Chester Bennington]

Now I got you caught in the act, you better step back

I'm telling you that I see it right through you

Now I got you caught in the act, you better step back

I'm telling you that I see it right through you

Now I got you caught in the act, you better step back

I'm telling you that I see it right through you

Now I got you caught in the act, you better step back

I'm telling you that I see it right through you

(Are you afraid of the truth?) Now I got you got in the act, you better step back

I'm telling you that I see it right through you

(Afraid of the truth?) Now I got you got in the act, you better step back

I'm telling you that I see it right through you

(Are you afraid of the truth?) Now I got you got in the act, you better step back

I'm telling you that I see it right through you

(Afraid of the truth?) Now I got you got in the act, you better step back

I'm telling you that I see it right through you

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

In a minute, you'll find me

Eyes burn me up

You say you'll never forgive me

But the lies have piled up

[Outro: Mike Shinoda]

In a minute, you'll find me

Eyes burn me up

You say you'll never forgive me

But the lies have piled up

[Verse 1: Chester Bennington]

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

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington]

I'm my own worst enemy

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

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

[Verse 2: Chester Bennington]

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

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington]

I'm my own worst enemy

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

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

[Bridge: Chester Bennington]

God!

Put me out of my misery!

Put me out of my misery!

Put me out of my

Put me out of my fucking misery!

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

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

When you were standing in the wake of devastation

When you were waiting on the edge of the unknown

And with the cataclysm raining down

Insides crying, "Save me now"

You were there, impossibly alone

Do you feel cold and lost in desperation?

You build up hope, but failure's all you've known

Remember all the sadness and frustration

And let it go, let it go

And in a burst of light that blinded every angel

As if the sky had blown the heavens into stars

You felt the gravity of tempered grace

Falling into empty space

No one there to catch you in their arms

Do you feel cold and lost in desperation?

You build up hope, but failure's all you've known

Remember all the sadness and frustration

And let it go, let it go

Do you feel cold and lost in desperation?

You build up hope, but failure's all you've known

Remember all the sadness and frustration

And let it go

Let it go

Let it go

Let it go

Let it go

Do you feel cold and lost in desperation?

You build up hope, but failure's all you've known

Remember all the sadness and frustration

And let it go, let it go

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

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

Don't be afraid

I've taken my beating

I've shared what I've 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

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

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

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

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

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 (lying my way from)

You (no, no turning back now)

I want to 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 fitting 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 (lying my way from)

You (no, no turning back now)

I want to 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

You (no turning back now)

I want to 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

[Intro: Mike Shinoda]

Yeah, yo

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda]

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 couldn't let myself see

That I could never be held

Back or up, no, I hold myself

Check the rep, yep, you know mine well

Forget the rest, let them know my Hell

There and back, yet 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 Bennington]

In 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

[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda]

Test my will, test my heart

Let me tell you how the odds gonna stack up

Y'all go hard, I go smart

How's that working out for y'all in the back, huh?

I've seen that, frustration

Been crossed and lost and told no

And I've come back, unshaken

Let down and lived and let go

So, you can let it be known

I don't hold back, I hold my own

I can't be mapped, I can't be cloned

I can't C-flat, it ain't my tone

I can't 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 Bennington]

In 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!)

[Bridge: Mike Shinoda]

No! You can tell 'em all now

I don't back up, I don't back down

I don't fold up and I don't bow

I don't roll over, don't know how

I don't care where the enemies are

Can't be stopped, all I know, go hard

Won't forget how I got this far

For every time, saying

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

In 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, go

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 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'd 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 dreams

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 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'd 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

Give it all away

Just to have somewhere to go to

Give it all away

To have someone to come home to

Give it all away

Just to have somewhere to go to

Give it all away

To have someone to come home to

[Verse 1]

Are you lost in your lies?

Do you tell yourself I don't realize

Your crusade's a disguise

Replaced freedom with fear, you trade money for lives

[Pre-Chorus]

I'm aware of what you've done

[Chorus]

No, no more sorrow

I've paid for your mistakes

Your time is borrowed

Your time has come to be replaced

[Verse 2]

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

[Pre-Chorus]

You will pay for what you've done

[Chorus]

No, no more sorrow

I've paid for your mistakes

Your time is borrowed

Your time has come to be replaced!!!

[Bridge]

Thieves and hypocrites!

Thieves and hypocrites!

Thieves and hypocrites!!!

[Chorus]

No, no more sorrow

I've paid for your mistakes

Your time is borrowed

Your time has come to be replaced

No, no more sorrow

I've paid for your mistakes

Your time is borrowed

Your time has come to be replaced

[Outro]

Your time has come to be replaced

Your time has come to be erased!!!

[Verse 1: Chester Bennington]

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

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

Go, giving up your home

Go, leaving all you’ve known

You are not alone

[Verse 2: Chester Bennington]

With arms up

Stretched into the sky

With eyes like

Echoes in the night

Hiding from the hell that you’ve been through

Silent one, you

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

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

[Bridge: Chester Bennington]

You go, giving up your home

Go, leaving all you’ve known

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

You go, giving up your home

Go, you are not unknown

You are not alone

You are not unknown

You are not alone

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda]

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

[Pre-Chorus: Mike Shinoda]

Like a face that I hold inside

A face that awakes when I close my eyes

A face that 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 here in me

Right underneath my skin

[Chorus: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]

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 the face inside is right beneath my skin

[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda]

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

[Pre-Chorus: Mike Shinoda]

But everybody has a face that they hold inside

A face that awakes when I close my eyes

A face that 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

[Chorus: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]

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 the face inside is right beneath the 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 the face inside is right beneath my skin

[Refrain: Mike Shinoda]

The face inside is right beneath your skin

The face inside is right beneath your skin

The face inside is right beneath your skin

[Bridge: Chester Bennington]

The sun goes down

I feel the light betray me

The sun goes down

I feel the light betray me

[Chorus: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]

(The sun) 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 the face inside is right beneath the skin (I feel the light betray me)

(The sun) 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 I can't stop what I'm hearing within (I feel the light betray me)

It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within

(It's like) It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin

I cannot take this anymore

I'm saying everything I've said before

All these words they make no sense

I find bliss in ignorance

Less I hear the less you'll say

But you'll find that out anyway

Just like before

Everything you say to me

Takes me one step closer to the edge

And I'm about to break

I need a little room to breathe

Cause I'm one step closer to the edge

And I'm about to break

I find the answers aren't so clear

Wish I could find a way to disappear

All these thoughts they make no sense

I find bliss in ignorance

Nothing seems to go away

Over and over again

Just like before

Everything you say to me

Takes me one step closer to the edge

And I'm about to break

I need a little room to breathe

Cause I'm one step closer to the edge

And I'm about to break

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!

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

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

[Intro: Mike Shinoda]

Forfeit the game, stop the talk show

Product of what you're taught to know

Forfeit the game, 'cause tomorrow

When it's all done, you reap what you sow

[Verse 1: Chester Bennington]

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: Chester Bennington]

You like to think you're never wrong

You live what you learned

You have to act like you're someone

You live what you learned

You want someone to hurt like you

You live what you learned

You want to share what you've been through

You live what you learned

[Verse 2: Chester Bennington]

You love the things I say I 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: Chester Bennington]

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

[Bridge: Mike Shinoda]

Forfeit the game, stop the talk show

Product of what you're taught to know

Forfeit the game, 'cause tomorrow

When it's all done, you reap what you sow

Forfeit the game, stop the talk show

Product of what you're taught to know

Forfeit the game, 'cause tomorrow

When it's all done, you reap what you sow

[Chorus: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]

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 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

[Chester Bennington:]

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

[Chester Bennington (Mike Shinoda):]

(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

[Chester Bennington:]

Why I never walked away

Why I played myself this way

Now I see your 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 to

This is the last time

I'll take the blame for the sake of being with you

[Chester Bennington (Mike Shinoda):]

(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

[Chester Bennington:]

Why I never walked away

Why I played myself this way

Now I see your 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

[Chester Bennington (Mike Shinoda):]

(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

[Chester Bennington:]

Why I never walked away

Why I played myself this way

Now I see your 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

Pushes me away

[Intro: Chester Bennington & Phoenix Orion]

Grafitti sky

I don’t think you’re all ready

Yo, I don’t think y'all ready

[Verse 1: Chester Bennington]

Graffiti decorations under a sky of grey

This constant apprehension still giving me away

The lessons I've forgotten in spite of all I've learned

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]

Now, I find myself in question

Point the finger at me again

Guilty by association

Point, point the finger at me again

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

I wanna run away (I wanna run away)

I wanna know the truth (I wanna know the truth)

I wanna know the answers (I wanna know the answers)

I wanna shut the door (And open up my mind)

And open up my mind (And open up my mind)

[Verse 2: Chester Bennington]

Paper bags and angry voices under a sky of grey

This constant apprehension won't seem to go away

All my talk of starting over, these words were never true

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]

Now, I find myself in question

Point, point the finger at me again

Guilty by association

Point, point the finger at me again

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

I wanna run away (I wanna run away)

I wanna know the truth (I wanna know the truth)

I wanna know the answers (I wanna know the answers)

I wanna shut the door (And open up my mind)

And open up my mind, and open up my mind

[Bridge: Mike Shinoda]

Gonna run away, gonna run away, way

Gonna run away, gonna run away, way, way

Run away

[Verse 3: Phoenix Orion]

Hey, uh, y’all not ready

Hey, yo

I don’t think y’all ready for what I’m about to do

Y'all new school dudes ain’t even got no clue

How dare you forget about Bam and Zulu?

Kool Herc and Jazzy J, they paved the way

Let me spit it to y’all who said I wasn’t gon' make it

Every time I blaze it, y’all the first to hate it

My team ain't lookin' supreme to stay strong

Got the true series son, they scared to put us on

Can’t get with hybrids, get off your hiatus

Too many of y’all is dying for it so I gotta blaze it

Still repping BK, Brooklyn, B and on

Hell-fighting family, alienation

Banging hits in the backyard on a LP song

I’m a little communicator, Phoenix Orion

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

I wanna run away (I wanna run away)

I wanna know the truth (I wanna know the truth)

I wanna know the answers (I wanna know the answers)

I wanna shut the door (And open up my mind)

And open up my mind, and open up my mind

I close both locks below the window

I close both blinds and turn away

Sometimes solutions aren't so simple

Sometimes goodbye's the only way, oh

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

In cards and flowers on your window

Your friends all plead for you to stay

Sometimes beginnings aren't so simple

Sometimes goodbye's the only way, oh

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