LYRICS
Meteora
01. Foreword 00:13 Notes: This album was written in four places in the past year and a half: in the band's tour buys, at Mike's house, at NRG Studios, CA, and at Soundtrack Studios, NY. This intro was recorded at Mike's house, after the rest of the album was finished. 02. Don't Stay 03:07 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 Sometimes I Feel like I trusted you too well Sometimes I Just feel like screaming at myself Somestimes 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 I don't want to be ignored I don't need one more day Of you wasting me away With no apologies Notes:Mike and Brad's original guitar parts for this song had a reggae-style vibe. After numerous transformations (probably five or six different guitar variations), Brad developed the final recorded version. Under the working title "Sick", this song was one of the first tracks finished for this album... notably, Joe recorded the opening scratch solo on the first take. 03. Somewhere I Belong 03:33 When this began I had nothing to say And I'd get lost in the nothingness inside of me I was confused And I let it all out to find/That I'm Not the only person with these things in mind Inside of me But all the vacancy the words revealed Is the only real thing that I've got left to feel Nothing to lose Just stuck/Hollow and alone And the fault is my own And the fault is my own I want to heal I want to feel What I thought was never real I want to let go of the pain I've held so long [Erase all the pain 'til it's gone] It's gone] I want to heal I want to feel Like I'm close to something real I want to 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 fin 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 The fault is my own 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 'til I break away from me And I will break away I'll find myself today I want to heal I want to feel like I'm Somewhere I belong Notes: Originally, this started out as a sample of Chester playing acoustic guitar. Mike took the sample, replayed it, effected it, flipped it backwards, and cut it up into four pieces. Creating the main sample of the song. By the time it was finished, almost a year later, the band had rewritten most of the music around the sample. On another note, Mike and Chester wrote over 30 finished choruses for this song, each time scrapping the last one in search of something better. They eneded up recording the final version one week after the rest of the album was finished, in the studio where they were mixing. 04. Lying From You 02:55 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 will 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 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 taugt 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 This isn't what I wanted to be I never thought that what I said Would have you running from you Like this The very worst part of you The very worst part of you Is me Notes: Mike and Joe's studio equipment was installed in the back of a tour bus during the summer of 2001, and they put it to good use. Mike came up with the intro sample and chorus music for the song during an overnight bus drive during Ozzfest (trying to record guitar in a moving bus can be very sloppy). But months later, in the studio at NRG, everything got cleaned up, replayed, and put together right. 05. Hit the Floor 02:44 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've got to keep putting me down But I've had too many stand-offs with you It's just about as much as I can stand Just wait until the upper hand Is mine 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 like you've crossed the line What goes up will surely fall And I'm counting down the time 'Cause I've had so many stand-offs with you It's about as much as I can stand So I'm waiting until the upper hand Is mine 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 The next you're not Missed your shot Making your heart stop You think you won. And then 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 Notes: The band wanted to make a heavy song with a hip hop bounce - This is what came out. Mike and Chester tried numerous singing-style choruses, but when Chester brought the screaming hook into the studio, everyone knew it was going to work. The hardest work in creating this song was in the minor details. Tightening the lyrics and capturing the performances took days to finish. 06. Easier to Run 03:24 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 A 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 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 would never be a past Just washing it aside All of the helplessness inside Pretending I don't feel misplaced Is so much simpler than change 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 Notes: Rob's playing on this song is extraordinary. He found a way to make this complex drum pattern sound easy and tasteful. Plus, he recorded it in only a few takes. On another note, the verse lyrics emerged from a free-writing exercies performed by Chester: He wrote them to no music, no beat. Mike and Don liked them a lot, and the three guys decided that this was the song to work them into. 07. Faint 02:42 I am Little bit of loneliness A little bit of disregard A 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 I got 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 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 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 No Hear me out now You're gonna listen to me Like it or not Right now Notes: Brad came into the studio bus, where Mike was working, to record a new idea. Brad recorded scratch guitar tracks for "faint" over a click track (no drums, no music), expecting the tempo to be about 70 BPM (beats-per-minute). He returned to the bus a couple of days later, and Mike had put together the beat at 135 BPM - almost twice as fast. After careful deliberation, Brad and Mike decided the faster beat was more fun. 08. Figure.09 03:17 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 Will distract me when I think of how I shot myself in the back again 'Cause from the infinite words I could say Put all the pain you gave to me on display But didn't realize Instead of setting it free I took what I hated and made it part of me [It never goes away] Hearing your name The memories come back again I remember when it started happening I'd 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 commited myself to them And every day I regret those things 'Cause now I see That I took what I hated and made it a part of me [It never goes away] 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 seperate myself from what i've done I've given up a part of me I've let myself become you Get away from me Gimme my space back You gotta just go Everything comes down to memories of you I've kept it in but now i'm letting you know I've let you go Get away from me 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 Note: This song originally had rapping in the verses, then was rewritten with singing verses during the process at NRG. The singing parts remained until the recording process was finished. Then, while mixing the album, Brad, Mike, Chester and Don swapped the rap verses back in, deciding that the rapping made the song more interesting. The rest of the band didn't hear the final version of the song until the entire album was complete. 09. Breaking The Habit 03:16 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 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'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 Breaking the Habit Tonight Notes: Mike had been trying to write a song around this lyrical idea for over five years. He tried this theme a number of times, but nothing seemed to do the song justice. Meanwhile, during the process of putting together this album, Mike began workng on an interlude, crossing a digitally manipulated but with strings and piano. Unexpectedly, Brad and Joe suggested that Mike turn the two-minute interlude into a full song. Tentatively titled "Drawing," the piece was extended to three minutes and 16 seconds when Mike took it home to write lyrics. In less than two hours, the lyrics that he had been trying to put together for years fell into place. With some finishing touches, live piano, and live strings, the song was finally complete - six years in the making. 10. From The Inside 02:53 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 I won't trust myself with you I won't waste myself on you Waste myself on you You Notes: Phoenix came up with the original guitar idea for this song while recording with Mike in the back of the tour bus during the summer of 2002. The song's 6/8 time signature created an opportunity to juxtapose seemingly disparate rhythms, most apparent in the verses. When it came time to complete the song, the band ran into a challenge: Chester got sick. Unable to sing during his last week of scheduled recording, Chester was forced to finish his parts in New York, during the start of the mixing process. Down to the wire, the band was left wth little margin for error. Fortunately, this song and "Somewhere I Belong" were written and recorded successfully on the third floor of Soundtrack Studios, NYC. 11. Nobody's Listening 02:58 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 it gets to a point feelings gotta get hurt And get dirty with the people spreading the dirt [It goes] Try to give you warning But everyone ignores me [Told you everything loud and clear] But nobody's listening Call 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 Handful of anger Held in my chest And everything left is 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 You 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 I got a Heart full of pain Head full of stress Handful of anger Held in my chest Uphill struggle Blood, sweat and tears Nothing to gain Everything to fear [Coming at you] Notes: One of the band's many goals in writing Meteora was to take their sampled sounds to the next level. However, in creating more interesting samples, a new challenge arose: To make the wide variety of sample-based elements feel like they belonged together. At first, this song's japanese flute loop created a mood that was far different from any other song on which the band was working, and made the track feel too distant from the rest of the album. Mike and Chester decided that the singing vocals world have to somehow connect the song to the rest of the recordings. The following day, Chester's performance gave this seemingly incongruent song balance, transforming it into an essential track on the album. 12. Session 02:23 Notes: Mike created the majority of this instumental song in the back of the bus in pro tools recording software. It felt unfinished for over a year...until Brad, Phoenix, and Joe put their touches on it while in the studio at NRG. Months later, the band and mixer Andy Wallace adding a new dynamic to the song with quick panning accents in the turntable solo, most noticeable whien listening in headphones. 13. Numb 03:05 I'm tired of being what you want me to be Feeling so faithless Lost under the surface I 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 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 But I know I may end up falling too But I know You were just like me With someone disappointed in you Notes: Just one week before the band entered NRG studios to begin recording, the song was conceived. Built around the intro hook, the song came together quickly and almost effortlessly.
ReANIMATION
Pts.Of.Athrty :: Jay Gordon Yo, yo, 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, won't last, 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 You like to think you're never wrong (You like to think your never wrong) You have to act like you're someone (You have to act like you're someone) You want someone to hurt like you (You want someone to hurt like you) You want to share what you've been through (To live what you�ve learned) You love the things I say I'll do The way I'll hurt myself again just to get back at you You take away when I give in My life, my pride is broken You like to think you're never wrong (You like to think your never wrong) You have to act like you're someone (You have to act like you're someone) You want someone to hurt like you (You want someone to hurt like you) You want to share what you've been through (To live what you�ve learned) Yo, yo, 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 (2x) You like to think you're never wrong (You like to think your never wrong) You have to act like you're someone (You have to act like you're someone) You want someone to hurt like you (You want someone to hurt like you) You want to share what you've been through (To live what you�ve learned) (2x) Enth E Nd :: Kutmasta Kurt feat. Motion Man Hey, yo. When this first started off, it was just Linkin Park. Then in the middle, came Motion Man. And at the end of it all, it was Kutmasta Kurt with the Remix. One thing I don't know why It doesn't even matter how hard you try keep that in mind, I designed this rhyme when i was obsessed with time All I know, time was just slipping way And I watched it count down till the end of the day Watched it watch me and the words that I say The echo of the clock rhythm in my face I know that I didn't look down below And I watched the time go right out the window Trying to grab hold, trying not to watch I wasted it all on my hands on the clock But in the end no matter what I pretend The journey is more important than the end or the start And what it meant to me will eventually be A memory of the 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 Hey yo one thing, 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 to so-socialize like the host of the party All for shake and made eye contact Party that's so strong all that Northeast, southwest coast Stand out the window, no opportunity to mingle I tried to show her, if we could just sense a middle and be thrown up I brought you back of the thing Like the imaginary man of your dreams Well, you would always seem to make it worth it A sleek skin I never nerved you You felt lovin, I never applied a room Without bringing the plan By any means and means of leaving you teens, Of all those teenage scenes, 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 Linkin Park, remix, Mo Mo Motion Man Linkin Park, in the end, Kutmasta Kutmasta Kut Kutmasta Kurt Linkin Park, remix, Mo Mo Motion Man Linkin Park, in the end, Kutmasta Kurt One thing I don't know how It doesn't even matter when you look at it now Because when I designed this rhyme I was scared of it all Scared to fall, I haden't even tried to crawl And I was forced to run, with you mocking me Stopping me, back stabbing me constantly Remembering all those times you fought with me Watch the clock now chop full of hypocrisy And now your mouth wishes it could inhale Every single little thing you said to make things fail Every single little sputter just to get you, but it really doesn't matter to me Because from the start to the end no matter what I pretend The journey is more important than the end or the start And what it meant to me will eventually be A memory of the 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.. In the Frgt/10 :: Alchemist feat. Chali 2na 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's there The memory won't escape me We're stuck in a place so dark you can hardly see The manner of matter that splits with the words I breathe And as the rain drips acidic questions around me I block out the sight of the powers that be And duck away into the darkness, times up I wind up in a rusted world with eyes shut So tight that it blurs into the world of pretend And the eyes ease open and it's dark again 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's there The memory won't escape me But why should I care In the memory you'll find me Eyes burning up The darkness holding me tightly Until the sun rises up Listen to the sound, dizzy from the ups and downs I'm nauseated by the polluted rock that's all around Watching the wheels of cars that pass I look past To the last of the light and the long shadows it casts A window grows and captures the eye And cries out a yellow light as it passes me by And a young shadowy figure sits in front of a box Inside a building of rock with antennas on top Now, nothing can stop in this land of the pain The sane lose not knowing they were part of the game And while the insides change the box stays the same And the figure inside could bear anybody's name The memories I keep are from a time like then I put on my paper so I could come back to them Someday I'm hoping to close my eyes and pretend That this crumpled up paper can be perfect again Yo. 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's there The memory won't escape me I'm here at this podium talking, the ceremonial offerings Dedicated to urban dysfunctional offspring What's happening? City governments are eternally napping Trapped in greedy convenants causing an urban collapsing Bullets that scar souls with dark holds Get more then your car stole, some parts be blacker than charcoal For real. This society's deprivation depends Not on our differences but the separation within No preparation is made, limited aid, and minimum wage Living in a tenement cage for innocent pay Tragedy within a parade The darkness overspreads like a permanent plague I'm the forgotten In the memory you'll find me Eyes burning up The darkness holding me tightly Until the sun rises up P5hng Me A*wy :: Mike Shinoda feat. Stephen Richards When I look into your eyes, There's nothing there to see. Nothing but my own mistakes, staring back at me. 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 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. 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 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's nothing left but to turn and face you When I look into your eyes, There's 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. Plc.4 Mie Haed :: Amp Live feat. Zion I wanna be in another place, I hate when you say you don't understand, I wanna be in the energy, Not with the enemy, A place for my head. I watch how the moon sits in the sky on a dark night, shining with the light from the sun, The sun doesn't give light to the moon, Assuming the moons gonna owe it one, It makes 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'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 wanna be in another place, I hate when you say you don't understand, (You see it was not meant to be) I wanna be in the energy, Not with the enemy, A place for my head. I wanna be in another place, I hate when you say you don't understand, (You see it was not meant to be) I wanna be in the energy, Not with the enemy, A place for my head. I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna Two, Two, Three, Three, Yo Yo Keep me in the john to keep me calm You and your mom keep all the dram Use to be a team backstabbing every time But you dropped that broad, When you dropped that bomb Take me to the john you babble on Flushed down with the sound that you carry on I don't really give a dang if you pissed on my lawn Took a dump like a punk Now the battle's on So sick of you stressing, sick of you fessing, sick of you acting like I owe you some Find another place to feed your face if u don't we're going to brawl get it up and gone (2x) I wanna be in another place, I hate when you say you don't understand, (You see it was not meant to be) I wanna be in the energy, Not with the enemy, A place for my head. (2x) You try to take the best of me, You try to take the best of me, Go away, you try to take the best of me (2x). You try to take the best of me. Go away (12x). Go away, you try to take the best of me. (11x) Go away, from me! x-Ecutioner Style :: feat. Black Thought Shut up (8x). I'm about to.... Wasn't that fun, lets try something else. 45 caliber killer without of the filla Elevated Show your brothas how your not a gorilla Smooth talking fully automatic weapon constiller Taste thrilla, great filler Hit him with the bounce stiller Filthy stinking standing on the side grounded Still be sinking submerging in the parks Still be linking plucked beats when it starts Hope your thinking its not a mirage I'm living up off tracks from out of the garage Well if you could duck but its hard to dodge In the back of that spine where my darkness lies Flippin straight up ripping apart your squad X-Ecutioner's Style cuts and blends Like a syringe banging you in each of your limbs See me coming through your party hard Without no body guard Smoking something, stomping on each of your toes I'm the B to the L to the A to the C King And when it comes to planning the Thought, keeping thinking this SHUT UP (8x) H! Vltg3 :: Evidence feat. Pharoahe Monch & DJ Babu Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes, sometimes.... Hybrid I've been diggin into crates ever since I was livin in space Before the rat race, before monkeys human traits I mastered numerology, big bang theology, performed lobotomies with telekinetic psychology Invented the mic so I can start blessin it Chin-checkin' kids to make my point like an impressionist Many men have tried to shake us But I twist mic chords like double helixes to show them what I'm made of I buckle knees like leg braces, cast a spell of instrumentalist on all of you MCs who hate us So you can try on, leave you without a shoulder to cry on From now to infinite, let icon be bygones I fire bombs, ghostly notes haunt this I 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 This is the unforgettable sound High voltage Bringin you up and takin you down High voltage Comin at you from every side High voltage Making the rhythm and rhyme collide I've put a kink in the backbones, of clones with microphones Never satisfied my rhymes jones Spraying bright day over what you might say My blood types krylon, Technicolor type A On highways write with road rage Cages of wind, And cages of tin, that bounce all around Surround sound Devouring the scenes Subliminal gangrene paintings, over all the same things Sing songs karaoke copy bullshit Break bones verbally with sticks and stones tactics Forth dimension, combat convention Write rhymes with ease while the track stands at attention Meant to put you away, with the pencil Pistol, official, sixteen line, a rhyme missile While you risk your all I pick out at your flaws Singing rah blah, blah, blah you can say you saw High voltage This is the unforgettable sound High voltage Bringin you up and takin you down High voltage Comin at you from every side High voltage Making the rhythm and rhyme collide High voltage This is the unforgettable sound High voltage Bringin you up and takin you down High voltage Comin at you from every side High voltage Making the rhythm and rhyme collide Who's the man, demanding you hand over your land Rover the man's bolder than the Pharoahe when he jams you glance over I am visclorosuos, the most ferocious When I spy my third eye it's extremely high voltage That's why I need ruby quartz glasses, cause when I glance theres a chance That I might blast the masses Subliminals transmitted through piano Integrated in flow, calculated to nano I use skills when I need pleas heats the rhyme I hear when I bleed as I proceed through time I walk through walls and inanimate obstacles By enducing the reduction of cells and molecules I bring the knowledge you swallow a state that's a hologram I botch your head, faten your lip like collagen The telepath delivers verses with no postage Mike Shinoda, Pharoahe Monche we high voltage High voltage This is the unforgettable sound High voltage Bringin you up and takin you down High voltage Comin at you from every side High voltage Making the rhythm and rhyme collide High voltage This is the unforgettable sound High voltage Bringin you up and takin' you down High voltage Comin at you from every side High voltage Making the rhythm and rhyme collide Wth>You :: Chairman Hahn feat. Aceyalone COME ON!!! I woke up in a dream today to the cold of the static put my cold feet on the floor forgot all about yesterday remembering I'm pretending to be where I'm not anymore a little taste of hypocrisy and I'm left in the wake of the mistake slow to react even though you're so close to me you're still so distant and I can't bring you back It's true the way I feel was promised by your face the sound of your voice painted on my memories even if you're not with me I'm with you You now I see, keeping everything inside With you You now I see, even when I close my eyes With you You now I see, keeping everything inside With you You now I see, even when I close my eyes I hit you and you hit me back And we fall to the floor The rest of the day stands still Fine line between this and that But when things go wrong I pretend that the past isn't real I'm trapped in this memory And I'm left in the wake Of the mistake slow to react Even though you're close to me You're still so distant And i can't bring you back It's true the way I feel Was promised by your face The sound of your voice Painted on my memories Even if you're not with me I'm with you You now I see, keeping everything inside With you You now I see, even when I close my eyes With you You now I see, keeping everything inside With you You now I see, even when I close my eyes NO! I won't let you control my fate While I'm holding the weight Of the world on my conscience NO! I won't just sit here and wait While you weighing your options you're making a fool of me NO! You didn't dare try to say That you don't care you solemnly swear Not to follow me there NO! It ain't like me to beg on my knees oh, please, oh baby, please That's not how I'm doing things NO! No I'm not upset No I'm not angry I know love is love Love sometimes it pains me NO! With or without you I'll always be with you You'll never forget me I'm keeping you with me NO! I won't let you take me to the End of my rope while you burn And torture my soul NO! No I'm not your puppet and No, no, no I won't let you go No, no matter how far we've come I can't wait to see tomorrow No matter how far we've come I, I can't wait to see tomorrow With you You now I see, keeping everything inside With you You now I see, even when i close my eyes With you You now I see, keeping everything inside With you You now I see, even when i close my eyes Ppr:kut :: Cheapshot & Jubacca feat. Rasco & Planet Asia Why does it feel like night today Something in here's not right today Why I am 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 Face that watches every time I lie Face that laughs every time I fall and watches everything So I know that when its time to sink or swim The face inside is hearing me right beneath my skin Its like I'm paranoid looking over my back Its like a whirlwind inside of my head Its like I can't stop what I'm hearing within Its like the face inside is right beneath my skin Hey yo, here we go again with the pain I feel isn't real but in my mind But I find myself in places with names, but not faces My memory races at speeds, hundred degrees My soul it bleeds devil must've planted the seed Now it feels like my backs against the wall, I'm taking the fall Whenever I call nobody's responding at all But I don't know who I could trust they screaming my name I need somebody to help me out of the flame All I'm trying to do is just master me All I want to do is smoke a blaster beat But something keeps talking to me consciously Responsibly it keeps haunting me From dusk till dawn Everything has something for ya 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'll probably find another verse Its nothing worse than trying to bring yourself up back from the dead So I advise you listen to that voice in the back of your head Its like I'm paranoid looking over my back Its like a whirlwind inside of my head Its like I can't stop what I'm hearing within Its like the face inside is right beneath my skin Its like I'm paranoid looking over my back Its like a whirlwind inside of my head Its like I can't stop what I'm hearing within Its like the face inside is right beneath my skin The face inside is right beneath your skin (5x). The sun goes down I feel the light betray me The sun goes down Its like I'm Paranoid I feel the light betray me The sun Its like I'm paranoid looking over my back Its like a whirlwind inside of my head Its like I can't stop what I'm hearing within Its like the face inside is right beneath my skin Its like I'm paranoid looking over my back Its like a whirlwind inside of my head Its like I can't stop what but I'm hearing within Its like the face inside is right Beneath my skin Its like I'm paranoid looking over my back Its like a whirlwind inside of my head Its like I can't stop what I'm hearing within Its like the face inside is right Beneath my skin Rnw@y :: Backyard Bangers feat. Phoenix Orion 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 Now I find myself in question, Point the finger at me again, Guilty by association, Point the finger at me again I wanna runaway, I wanna runaway 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 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 Now I find myself in question, Point the finger at me again, Guilty by association, Point the finger at me again I wanna runaway, I wanna runaway 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 Gonna runaway, gonna runaway Gonna runaway, gonna runaway Ya'll not ready.... I don't think you all are ready for what I'm about to do You all new school dudes ain't even got no clue How dare you forget about Bam'n'Zooloo Who workin jazzy, they paved the way Let me spin it to you all who said I wasn't gonna make it Everytime mine plays, you're the first to hate it My team's really keys it supreme stay strong Got the true series son, they scared to put us on Can't get with the high praise, get off your high atus Too many others diein for us, so I got us blazin I'm still rippin BK Brooklyn Vietnam Hell fightin family alienation Bangin hits in the backyard on the LP lawn I'm the new Phoenix Orion I wanna runaway, I wanna runaway 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 My<Dsmbr :: Mickey P. feat. Kelli Ali This is my December This is my time of the year This is my December This is all so clear Just wish that I didn't feel Like there was something I missed (2x) 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 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 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 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 By_Myslf :: Josh Abraham & Mike Shinoda Shout! Shou-ou-ou-ou-out! What do I do to ignore them behind me? Do I follow my instincts blindly? Do I hide my pride away 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'em red handed? Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness? Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness? Cause I can't hold 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, 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 I can�t hold on 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 hold on I can't... If I turn my back I�m defenseless And to go blindly seems senseless If I hide my pride and let it all go on then they�ll Take from me till everything is gone If I let them go I�ll be outdone But if I try to catch'em I�ll be outrun If I�m killed by the questions like a cancer Then I�ll be buried in the silence of the answer By myself MYSELF! I ask why, but in my mind I find I can�t rely on myself MYSLEF! I ask why, but in my mind I find I can't rely on myself I can�t hold on 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 hold on I can't... Don't you (numerously repeated) 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 (6x) Kyur4 Th Ich :: Chairman Hahn I'd like to introduce... In your, in your, in your...(echo fade) In your sound institute of invention of reliable audio weapon system Lets, lets try, lets try (being scratched) Lets try something else Folks, we have a very special guest for you tonight, tonight, tonight (echo fade) Break it down Using the waves of sound A true master paralyzes his opponent, leaving him vulnerable to an attack ....Mr. Hahn 1stp Klosr :: The Humble Brothers feat. Jonathan Davis I'm about to break... I'm about to break.. Need room to breathe (3x) I cannot take this anymore Saying everything I said before All these words they make no sense, I find bliss in ignorance, The less I hear the less you say, You'll find that out anyway I find the answers aren't so clear I 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 (5x) Just Like Before... Everything you say to me ...and I'm about to break! I need a little room to breathe ...and I'm about to break! Everything you say to me ...and I'm about to break! I need a little room to breathe ...And I'm about to....BREAK! These are the places where I can't believe Torn from my body, my flesh it feels During this life we concur and not deny Waiting alone I cannot exist Feeling this hate I have never missed These are my feelings yours reason To live by my face Blood is a pouring and pouring and pouring and pouring and pouring and pouring and pouring and pouring and pouring and pouring and pouring. Shut up when I'm talking to you Shut up! (Jon: blood is pouring) (3x) Shut up when I'm talking to you Shut up! (Jon: blood is pouring) (3x) Shut Up! (I'm about to break) Everything you say to me ...and I'm about to break! I need a little room to breathe ...and I'm about to break! Everything you say to me ...and I'm about to break! I need a little room to breathe And I'm about to... Everything you say to me Takes me one step closer to the Edge...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...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... Krwlng :: Mike Shinoda feat. Aaron Lewis Crawling in my skin Without a sense of confidence Consuming, confusing Crawling in my skin Without a sense of confidence I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface Crawling in my skin These wounds, they will not heal Fear is how I fall (Fear is how I fall) Confusing what is real There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface Consuming, confusing This lack of self control I fear is never ending Controlling I can't seem To find myself again My walls are closing in (Without a sense of confidence I�m convinced that there�s just too much pressure to take) I've felt this way before So insecure Crawling In my skin These wounds, they will not heal Fear is how I fall Confusing what is real Discomfort, endlessly has pulled itself upon me Distracting, reacting Against my will I stand beside my own reflection It's haunting how I can't seem... To find myself again My walls are closing in (Without a sense of confidence I�m convinced that there�s just too much pressure to take) I've felt this way before So insecure Without a sense of confidence I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take (4x) 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 Crawling In my skin These wounds, they will not heal Fear is how I fall Confusing what is real (2x)
HYBRID THEORY
1. Papercut Time: 3:05 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 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 underneath 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 they close their eyes A face watches every time they lie A face that laughs everytime 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 The sun goes down I feel the light betray me 2. One Step Closer Time: 2:36 I cannot take this anymore I'm saying everything I've said before All these words they make no sense I find bliss in ignorance Less I hear the less you'll say But you'll find that out anyway Just like before... Everything you say to me Takes me one step closer to the edge And I'm about to break I need a little room to breathe 'Cause I'm one step closer to the edge And I'm about to break I find the answers aren't so clear Wish I could find a way to disappear All these thoughts they make no sense I find bliss in ignorance Nothing seems to go away Over and over again Shut up when I'm talking to you 3. With You Time: 3:23 I woke up in a dream today To the cold of the static And put my cold feet on the floor Forgot all about yesterday Remembering I'm pretending to be where I'm not anymore A little taste of hypocrisy And I'm left in the wake of the mistake Slow to react Even though you're so close to me You're still so distant And I can't bring you back It's true The way I feel Was promised by your face The sound of your voice Painted on my memories Even if you're not with me I'm with you You, now I see Keeping everything inside You, now I see Even when I close my eyes I hit you and you hit me back We fall to the floor The rest of the day stands still Fine line between this and that When things go wrong I pretend the past isn't real Now I'm trapped in this memory And I'm left in the wake of this mistake Slow to react Even though you're close to me You're still so distant And I can't bring you back No No matter how far we've come I can't wait to see tomorrow With you 4. Points Of Authority Time: 3:20 Forfeit the game Before somebody else Takes you out of the frame Puts your name to shame Cover up your face You can't run the race The pace is too fast You just won't last You love the way I look at you While taking pleasure in the awful things you put me through You take away if I give in My life My pride is broken You love the things I say I'll do The way I'll hurt myself again just to get back at you You take away when I give in My life My pride is broken You like to think you're never wrong You want to act like you're someone You want someone to hurt like you You want to share what you've been though You live what you learn 5. Crawling Time: 3:29 Crawling in my skin Consuming all I feel Fear is how I fall Confusing what is real There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface Consuming Confusing This lack of self-control I fear is never-ending Controlling I can't seem To find myself again My walls are closing in Without a sense of confidence and I'm convinced That there's just too much pressure to take I've felt this way before So insecure Discomfort, endlessly has pulled itself upon me Distracting Reacting Against my will I stand beside my own reflection It's haunting how I can't seem... 6. Runaway Time: 3:04 Graffiti decorations Underneath a sky of dust A constant wave of tension On top of broken trust The lessons that you taught me I learned 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 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 I wanna run away Never say good-bye 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 Gonna run away 7. By Myself What do I do to ignore them behind me? Do I follow my instincts blindly? Do I hide my pride? From these bad dreams And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening? Do I Sit here and try to stand it? Or do I Try to catch them red-handed? Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness, Or do I trust 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 fa�ade but then I just end up getting hurt again By myself (Myself) I ask why, but in my mind I find I can't rely on myself I can't hold on To what I want when I'm stretched so thin It's all too much to take in I can't hold on To anything watching everything spin With thoughts of failure sinking in If I Turn my back I'm defenseless And to go blindly seems senseless If I hide my pride and let it all go on Then they'll take from me 'till everything is gone If I let them go I'll be outdone But if I try to catch them I'll be outrun If I'm killed by the questions like a cancer Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer (By myself) How do you think I've lost so much I'm so afraid I'm out of touch How do you expect I will know what to do When all I know Is what you tell me to Don't you know I can't tell you how to make it go No matter what I do, how hard I try I can't seem to convince myself why I'm stuck on the outside 8. In The End Time: 3:36 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 And lose it all But in the end It doesn't even matter One thing I don't know why 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 I put my trust in you Pushed as far as I can go And for all this There's only one thing you should know... 9. A Place For My Head Time: 3:05 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 life to the moon Assuming the moon's gonna owe it one It makes me think of how you act to me You do favors and then rapidly You just turn around and start asking me About things you want back from me 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 I'm so You try to take the best of me Go away 10. Forgotten Time: 3:14 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 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 tightly shut Looking thought the rust and rot and dust A spot of light floods the floor And pours over the rusted world of pretend The eyes ease open and it's dark again 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 past the 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 Now you got me caught in the act You bring the thought back I'm telling you that I see it right through you 12. Pushing Me Away Time: 3:12 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 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 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 Pushes me away
hybrid theory EP
Carousel She cant hide no matter how hard she tries Her secret disguise behind her lies And at night she cries away her pride With eyes shut tight, staring at her inside All her friends know why she cant sleep at night All her family asking if she's all right All she wants to do is get rid of this hell But all she's gotta do is stop kidding herself She can only fool herself for so long She can only fool herself I'm too weak to face me I never know just why you run So far away, far away from me I never know just why you run So far away, far away from me When it comes to how to live his life He cant be told Says Hess got it all under control Thinks he knows its not a problem Hess stuck with But in reality, it'd be a problem to just quit An addict and he can't hold the reigns The pain is worse �cause his friends have it the same Tries to slow down the problem He's got But cant get off the carousel Until he makes it stop He can only fool himself for so long (3x) He can only fool himself Try to fly with the wings I gave you Try to do what you believe and Ill save you Step Up Watch as the room rocks Mentally moonwalk Mixed media slang Banging in your boom box verbal violence Lyrical stylist In a time when rock hip hop rhymes are childish You can't tempt me with rhymes that are empty Rapping to a beat doesn't make you an emcee With your lack of skill and facility You're killing me And a DJ in the group just for credibility I heard that some of you are getting help with your rhymes You're not an emcee if someone else writes your lines And rapping over rock doesn't make you a pioneer Cause rock and hip hop have collaborated for years But now they're getting randomly mixed and matched up All after a fast buck and all the tracks suck So how does it stack up? None of it's real You want to be an emcee you've got to study the skill Who can rock a rhyme like this? Bring it to you every time like this? (2x) Step, step up, step, step up So you pick up a pen and write yourself a new identity But mentally you don't have the hip hop energy With a tendency to make up stories Sounding like the only hip hop you've heard is top 40 And your record company is completely missing it All the kids are dissing it for not being legitimate So in a battle you can't hack it React with whack shit And get smacked with verbal back flips Get your ass kicked by fabulous battle catalysts It's taken decades for emcees to establish this You're new to hip hop and welcome if your serious But not on the mic Leave that to the experienced (Using the waves of sound the true master paralyzes his opponents, leaving him vulnerable to attack) (After years of pain staking research by the world's leading sound scientists, we here at the sound institute have invented a reliable audio weapons system. Actual movement of musical sound in space used to carefully attack and neutralize the cellular structure of th e human body, and the question must be asked.) And One Where should I start? Disjointed heart I've got not commitment To my own flesh And I'm left all alone Cant find my home No one to hear me, to heal my ill heart, I Keep it locked up inside I cannot express to the point I've regressed If angers a gift, then I guess I've been blessed, I Keep it locked up inside Keep my distance from your lies Its too late to love me now You helped me to show me Its too late to love me now You donut take a word in Breaking a part of my heart to find release Taking you out of my blood to bring me peace (2x) 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 my distance High Voltage Just do something to tell you who I am, ya know? Its high voltage you cant shake the shock Because nobody wants it to stop, check it out I've been taking into crates ever since I was livin� in space Before the rat-race, before monkeys had human traits Mastered numerology and big-bang theology Performed lobotomies with telekinetic psychology Invented the mic so I start blessin� it And chin-checkin� 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 of the emcees 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 accomplish (Mixed media) The stamp of approval is on this Akira, 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 carillon Technicolor type A On highways 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 madness Break bones verbally to 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 rhyme missile Why you risk it all, I pick out of your flaws Spin, blah-blah-blah-blah You can say you saw Part Of Me Part of me wont 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 away on my sanity I rather not even be then the man that's staring in the mirror through me Cut myself free willingly Stop just what's killing me I feel it everyday I feel I made my way I feel it swell up inside, swell up inside Swallowing me It can't 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 And that reason�ll 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 bruise You can live if you're willing to Put a stop to just what's killing you (Alive in me, inside of me, a part of me screams away silently This part of me wont go away, part of me wont go away Everywhere I look around I see how everyone ought to be Every time I see myself I see there's always something wrong with me) I feel it swell up inside, swell up inside, swallowing me
