Linkin Park Lyrics

My December

This is my December
This is my time of the year
This is my December
This is all so clear

This is my December
This is my snow-covered hole
This is my December
This is me alone

And I...
I just wish that I didn't feel like there was something I missed
And I...
I take back all the things I said that make you feel like that
And I...
I just wish that I didn't feel like there was something I missed
And I...
I take back all the things 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
Those are my snow-covered trees
This is me pretending
This is all I need

And I...
I just wish that I didn't feel like there was something I missed
And I...
I take back all the things I said that make you feel like that
And I...
I just wish that I didn't feel like there was something I missed
And I...
I take back all the things 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...

~Linkin Park

With You

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

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

I'm with you...
You now I see keeping
everything inside
With you...
You now I see even when I close my eyes

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

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

~Linkin Park

Forgotten

From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
At the core I've forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture is there
The memory won't escape me
But why should I care

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 acidic questions
Forcefully
the power of suggestion
Then with the eyes tightly shut
looking though the
rust and rotten dust
A spot of light floods the floor
And pours over
the rusted world of pretend
The eyes ease open
and its 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

~Linkin Park

High Voltage

Just do something to
tell you who I am,ya know?

It’s high voltage
you can’t shake the shock
Because nobody wants it to stop,
check it out
It’s high voltage
you can’t shake the shock
Because nobody wants it to stop,
check it out
It’s high voltage
you can’t shake the shock
Because nobody wants it to stop,
check it out
It’s high voltage
you can’t shake the shock
Because nobody wants it to stop,
check it out

I’ve been digging into crates
ever since I was livin in space
Before the ratrace,
before monkeys had human traits
Mastered numerology
and bigbang theology
Preformed lobotomies
with telekinetic psychology
Invented the mic
so I could start blessin it
And chincheckin kids
to make my point
like an impressionist
Many men have
tried to shake us
But I'll twist mic cords
through 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

It’s high voltage
you can’t shake the shock
Because nobody wants it to stop,
check it out
It’s high voltage
you can’t shake the shock
Because nobody wants it to stop,
check it out

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 Krylon
Technicolor type A
On highways ride
with road rage
I'm pages of wind
and cages of tin
that bounce all around
Surround sound
devouring the scene
Subliminal gangrene paintings
Overall the same things
sing songs karaoke copy madness
Break bones verbally
with sticks and stone tactics
Fourth dimension,
combat convention
Write rhymes at ease
while the tracks
stand at attention
(Attention)
Meant to put you
away with the pencil
Pistol,
official,
16 line rhyme missile
While you risk your all,
I pick out of your flaws
Spin, blah blah blah blah
You can say you saw

It’s high voltage
you can’t shake the shock
Because nobody wants it to stop,
check it out
It’s high voltage
you can’t shake the shock
Because nobody wants it to stop,
check it out
It’s high voltage
you can’t shake the shock
Because nobody wants it to stop,
check it out
It’s high voltage
you can’t shake the shock
Because nobody wants it to stop,
check it out


~Linkin Park

And One

Crawling

Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real

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

Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
There's something inside me
that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming...
This lack of self-control
I fear is never-ending
Controlling...

Confusing what is real.


~Linkin Park

One Step Closer

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

~Linkin Park
 

Points of Authority

Forfeit the game
Before somebody else
Takes you out of the frame
And puts your name to shame
Cover up your face
You can't run the race
The pace is too fast
You just won't last

You love the way I look at you
While taking pleasure in the
awful things you put me through
You take away if I give in
My life, my pride is broken

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've been through
(You 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 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've been through
(You live what you’ve learned)

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

~Linkin Park

Runaway

Graffiti decorations
Under the 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

I wanna run away
Never say goodbye
I wanna know the truth
Instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answers
No more lies
I wanna shut the door
And open up my mind

Paper bags and angry voices
Under a sky of dust
Another wave of tension
Has more than filled me up
All my talk of taking action
These words were never true


I’m gonna run away, and never say goodbye
Gonna run away
I’m gonna run away and never wonder why
Gonna run away
I’m gonna run away and open up my mind
Gonna run away

~Linkin Park

Carousel

She can’t 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,
and staring at her inside
All her friends know
why she can’t sleep at night
All her family asking
if she’s all right
All she wants to do
is get rid of this hell
Well all she’s gotta do
is stop kidding herself

She can only fool herself for so long
She can only fool herself for so long
She can only fool herself for so long
I’m too weak to face me
She can only fool herself
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 can’t be told
Says he’s got it all under control
Thinks he knows it’s not
a problem he’s 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 can’t get off the carousel
Until he makes it stop

He can only fool himself for so long
He can only fool himself for so long
He can only fool himself for so long
I’m too weak to face me
He can only fool himself
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

Try to fly with the wings I gave you
Try to do what you believe
And I’ll save you
Try to fly with the wings I gave you
Try to do what you believe and I’ll save you

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
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
 

~Linkin Park

Part Of Me

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

Cut myself free willingly
Stop just what’s killing me
Cut myself free willingly
Stop just what’s killing me
Cut myself free willingly
Stop just what’s killing 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

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

Cut myself free willingly
Stop just what’s killing me
Cut myself free willingly
Stop just what’s killing me
Cut myself free willingly
Stop just what’s killing 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

Alive in me,
inside of me,
a part of me screams
away silently
This part of me won’t go away,
part of me won’t go away
Everywhere I look around
I see how everything aught to be
Every time I see myself
there’s always something
wrong with me

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

In The End

It starts with one
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, 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

Tried so hard and got so far
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end it doesn't even matter

One thing, I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind i designed this rhyme
To remind myself how
I tried so hard
In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I'm surprised it got so far
Things aren’t the way they were before
You wouldn’t even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me in the end
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]

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 put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
For all this
There’s only one thing you should know

I 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 lost it all
But in the end it doesn’t even matter

~Linkin Park

Pushes Me Away

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

Everything falls apart,
even the people who
never frown
eventually break down
The sacrifice of
hiding in a lie
Everything has to end,
you'll soon find
we're out of time left
to watch it all unwind
The sacrifice
is never knowing

Why I never walked away?
Why I played myself this way?
Now I see your
testing me
pushes me away

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

Everything falls apart,
even the people who
never frown
eventually break down
The sacrifice of
hiding in a lie
Everything has to end,
you'll soon find
we're out of time left
to watch it all unwind
The sacrifice
is never knowing

~Linkin Park
 

By Myself

what do i do to ignore
whats behind me?
do i follow my
instincts blindly?
do i hide my pride
from these bad dreams
and give into sad thoughts
that are maddening?
do i sit here
and try to stand it?
do i try to catch
them red-handed?
do i trust some and
get fooled by phoniness?
or do i trust nobody
and live life in loneliness?

cuz i cant 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--

by myself, myself
I ask why
but in my mind i find
i cant rely on myself

I can't hold on
to what i want
when i'm stretched so thin
its just too much to take in
i cant hold on
to anything
watching everything spin
with thoughts of
failure sinking in

if i turn my back
i'm defenseless
and to give into fate
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 my
questions like a cancer
then i'll be buried
in the silence
of the answer

how do you think
i've lost so much
im so afraid
and 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

dont you know
i cant tell you
how to make it go
no matter what it do,
how hard i try
i can’t seem to
convince myself why
i’m stuck on the outside

i cant hold on
to what i want
when i'm stretched so thin
its all to much to take in
i cant hold on
to anything
watching everything spin
with thoughts of
failure sinking in

~Linkin Park
 

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