[Mike:] Yeah! Yo! This is not the end, this is not the beginning Just a voice like a riot rocking every revision But you listen to the tone and the violent rhythm And though the words sound steady something empty's within them We say yeah with fists flying up in the air Like we're holding onto something that's invisible there 'Cause we're living at the mercy of t he pain and the fear Until we get it, forget it, let it all disappear [Chester:] Waiting for the end to come Wishing I had strength to stand This is not what I had planned It's out of my control Flying at the speed of light Thoughts were spinning in my head So many things were left unsaid It's hard to let you go
(Oh) I know what it takes to move on (Oh) I know how it feels to lie (Oh) All I want to do Is trade this life for something new Holding on to what I haven't got Sitting in an empty room Trying to forget the past This was never meant to last I wish it wasn't so (Oh) I know what it takes to move on (Oh) I know how it feels to lie (Oh) All I want to do Is trade this life for something new Holding on to what I haven't got (Yeah, yeah!) [Mike:] What was left when that fire was gone? I thought it felt right but that right was wrong All caught up in the eye of the storm And trying to figure out what it's like moving on And I don't even know what kind of things I said My mouth kept moving and my mind went dead So I'm picking up the pieces, now where to begin The hardest part of ending is starting again
Holding on to what I haven't got I'm holding on to what I haven't got I'm holding on to what I haven't got [Mike:] This is not the end, this is not the beginning Just a voice like a riot rocking every revision (I'm holding on to what I haven't got) But you listen to the tone and the violent rhythm Though the words sound steady something empty's within them We say yeah with fists flying up in the air Like we're holding onto something that's invisible there (Holding on to what I haven't got) 'Cause we're living at the mercy of the pain and the fear Until we get it, forget it, let it all disappear
Separate Sifting through the wreckage I can't concentrate Searching for a message In the fear and pain Broken down and waiting For the chance to feel alive Now in my remains Are promises that never came Set the silence free To wash away the worst of me Come apart Falling in the cracks Of every broken heart Digging through the wreckage Of your disregard Sinking down and waiting For the chance to feel alive Now in my remains Are promises that never came Set the silence free To wash away the worst of me Like an army, falling One by one by one Like an army, falling One by one by one Like an army, falling One by one by one Like an army, falling One by one by one Now in my remains Are promises that never came Set the silence free To wash away the worst of me
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh… Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh… [Chester ('til end):] All I want to do Is trade this life for something new
Like an army, falling One by one by one Like an army, falling One by one by one
The cycle repeated As explosions broke in the sky All that I needed Was the one thing I couldn't find And you were there at the turn Waiting to let me know [Chorus:] We're building it up To break it back down We're building it up To burn it down We can't wait To burn it to the ground
The colors conflicted As the flames climbed into the clouds. I wanted to fix this But couldn't stop from tearing it down. And you were there at the turn Caught in the burning glow And I was there at the turn Waiting to let you know [Chorus:] We're building it up To break it back down We're building it up To burn it down We can't wait To burn it to the ground
You told me, "Yes" You held me high And I believed when you told that lie I played soldier, you played king And struck me down, when I kissed that ring You lost that right, to hold that crown I built you up, but you let me down So when you fall, I'll take my turn And fan the flames As your blazes burn And you were there at the turn Waiting to let me know [Chorus:] We're building it up To break it back down We're building it up To burn it down We can't wait To burn it to the ground
When you fall, I'll take my turn And fan the flames As your blazes burn We can't wait To burn it to the ground
When you fall, I'll take my turn And fan the flames As your blazes burn We can't wait To burn it to the ground
Like shining oil, this night is dripping down Stars are slipping down, glistening And I'm trying not to think what I'm leaving now No deceiving now, it's time you let me know. Let me know [Chorus:] When the lights go out and we open our eyes, Out there in the silence, I'll be gone, I'll be gone. Let the sun fade out and another one rise Climbing through tomorrow, I'll be gone, I'll be gone.
This air between us is getting thinner now Into winter now. Bitter sweet And 'cross that horizon this sun is setting down You're forgetting now, it's time you let me go, let me go [Chorus:] When the lights go out and we open our eyes, Out there in the silence, I'll be gone, I'll be gone. Let the sun fade out and another one rise Climbing through tomorrow, I'll be gone, I'll be gone. [Bridge:] And tell them I couldn't tell myself And tell them I was alone Oh, tell me I am the only one And there's nothing that can stop me. [Chorus:] When the lights go out and we open our eyes, Out there in the silence, I'll be gone, I'll be gone. Let the sun fade out and another one rise Climbing through tomorrow, I'll be gone, I'll be gone, I'll be gone.
Take me down to the river bend Take me down to the fighting end Wash the poison from off my skin Show me how to be whole a gain Fly me up on a silver wing Past the black where the sirens sing Warm me up in a nova's glow And drop me down to the dream below 'Cause I'm only a crack in this castle of glass Hardly anything there for you to see For you to see Bring me home in a blinding dream, Through the secrets that I have seen Wash the sorrow from off my skin And show me how to be whole again 'Cause I'm only a crack in this castle of glass Hardly anything there for you to see For you to see 'Cause I'm only a crack in this castle of glass Hardly anything else I need to be 'Cause I'm only a crack in this castle of glass Hardly anything there for you to see For you to see For you to see
I dreamed I was missing You were so scared But no one would listen 'Cause no one else cared After my dreaming I woke with this fear What am I leaving When I'm done here? So if you're asking me I want you to know [Chorus] When my time comes Forget the wrong that I've done Help me leave behind some Reasons to be missed And don't resent me And when you're feeling empty Keep me in your memory Leave out all the rest Leave out all the rest
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 [Chorus] When my time comes Forget the wrong that I've done Help me leave behind some Reasons to be missed Don't resent me And when you're feeling empty Keep me in your memory Leave out all the rest Leave out all the rest
Forgetting all the hurt inside You've learned to hide so well Pretending someone else can come And save me from myself I can't be who you are [Chorus] When my time comes Forget the wrong that I've done Help me leave behind some Reasons to be missed Don't resent me And when you're feeling empty Keep me in your memory Leave out all the rest Leave out all the rest
Forgetting all the hurt inside You've learned to hide so well Pretending someone else can come And save me from myself I can't be who you are I can't be who you are
Yeah here we go for the hundredth time Hand grenade pins in every line Throw 'em up and let something shine Going out of my fucking mind Filthy mouth, no excuse Find a new place to hang this noose String me up from atop these roofs Knot it tight so i won't get loose Truth is you can stop and stare Run myself out and no one cares Dug the trench out laid down there With a shovel up out of reach somewhere Yeah, someone pour it in Make it a dirt dance floor again Say your prayers and stomp it out When they bring that chorus in [Chorus] I bleed it out digging deeper Just to throw it away
'Cause I was there saying... 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
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 [End Chorus]
I bleed it out digging deeper Just to throw it away
Go stop the show Choppy words and a sloppy flow
Just to throw it away Just to throw it away
Shotgun opera lock and load Cock it back and then watch it go
I bleed it out I bleed it out I bleed it out
Mama help me I've been cursed Death is rolling in every verse Candy paint on his brand new hearse Can't contain him he knows he works Fuck this hurts, I won't lie Doesn't matter how hard I try Half the words don't mean a thing And I know that I wont be satisfied So why try ignoring him Make it a dirt dance floor again Say your prayers and stomp it out When they bring that chorus in [Chorus] I bleed it out digging deeper Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper Just to throw it away I bleed it out digging deeper Just to throw it away Just to throw it away Just to throw it away I bleed it out I've opened up these scars I'll make you face this I've pulled myself so far I'll make you, face, this, now!!!! [Chorus] I bleed it out digging deeper Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper Just to throw it away I bleed it out digging deeper Just to throw it away
(yeah) (yo) You were that foundation Never gonna be another one, no. I followed, so taken So conditioned I could never let go Then sorrow, then sickness Then the shock when you flip it on me So hollow, so vicious So afraid I couldn't let myself see That I could never be held Back or up no, I'll 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:] And these promises broken Deep below Each word gets lost in the echo So one last lie I can see through This time I finally let you Go, go, go.
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
[Chorus] [Chester:] And these promises broken Deep below Each word gets lost in the echo So one last lie I can see through This time I finally let you go!!! Go, go, go.
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:] And these promises broken Deep below Each word gets lost in the echo So one last lie I can see through This time I finally let you Go, go, go. (Go, go, go) Go. go, go. (Go, go, go)
[Verse 1] I'mma be that nail in your coffin Sayin' that I softened I was duckin' down to reload So you can save your petty explanations I don't have the patience Before you even say it I know You let your pride or your ego Talk slick to me, no That is not the way I get down And look at how you lose your composure Now let me show you Exactly how the breaking point sounds [Chorus] I wanna see you choke on your lie s Swallow up your greed Suffer all alone in your misery Choke on your lies Swallow up your greed Suffer all alone in your misery [Verse 2] What is it you want me to tell you I am not the failure I would rather live and let be But you came with the right kind of threat to Push me to let you No you can't intimidate me You disrespect me so clearly Now you better hear me That is not the way it goes down You did it to yourself and it's over
Now let me show you Exactly how the breaking point sounds [Chorus] I wanna see you choke on your lie s Swallow up your greed Suffer all alone in your misery Choke on your lies Swallow up your greed Suffer all alone in your misery I wanna see you choke on your lie s Swallow up your greed Suffer all alone in your misery Choke on your lies Swallow up your greed Suffer all alone in your misery [Bridge] You did it to yourself [x8] [Chorus] I wanna see you choke on your lie s Swallow up your greed Suffer all alone in your misery Choke on your lies Swallow up your greed Suffer all alone in your misery
Skin to bone, steel to rust Ash to ashes dust to dust Let tomorrow have its way With the promises we made Skin to bone, steel to rust.
And you can run your mouth like you could try to fill my shoes But steady little soldier, I ain't standing next to you I'll be laying on t he ground before you're even in my view Like that
Ash to ashes, dust to dust Your deception, my disgust When your name is finally drawn, I'll be happy that you're gone Ash to ashes, dust to dust.
Give me the strength of the rising Sun Give me the truth of the words unsung And when the last bells ring, the poor men sing "Bring me to kingdom come"
[Chorus:] (aaah) ash to ashes, dust to dust (aaah) skin to bone and steel to rust
It's something for your people on the block to Blackout and rock to, give you what you need Like Papa, who shot you Separate the weak from the obsolete The meek, I creep hard on i mpostors And switch styles on the dime, quick-witted y'all Quit tripping, I don't have time for your crying I grind tough, sucker, make your mind up Are you in the firing squad or are you in the line-up? Bang, bang, little monkey man playing With the big guns only get you slayed I ain't playing, I'm just saying You ain't got a sliver of a chance I get iller, I deliver while you quiver in your pants So shake, shake down, Money, here's the break down You can play the bank, Imma play t he bank take down And no mistakes now I'm coming to get you I'm just a Banksy, you're a Brainwash, get the picture? It's like that
Right to left, left to right Night to day and day to night As the starlight fades to gray, I'll be marching far away Right to left and left to right [Chorus:] (aaah) ash to ashes, dust to dust (aaah) skin to bone and steel to rust
Let tomorrow have its way? With the promises betrayed? Skin to bone and steel to rust [x3] [Shinoda:] No regret for the confidence betrayed No more hiding in shadow 'Cause I won't wait for the debt to be repaid Time has come for you [Chester:] [Chorus] Victimized, victimized, never again victimized [x2] [Shinoda:] They're acting like they want a riot, it's a riot I'll give them As the sound climbs higher on this violent rhythm For you snakes in the grass, supplying the venom I ain't scared of your teeth, I admire what's in em Keep 'em waiting in the shadows there, thinking they hidden But the truth is you don't have the stomach to get em Go on already, hit em! Yeah, you gotta be kiddin' Wanna talk about a victim, Imma put you there with 'em! [Chester:] [Chorus] Victimized, victimized, never again victimized [x2]
(Raaah!)
It goes a one Two, three I was born with the hunger of a lion, the strength of a Sun I don't need to sweat it when a competition come Original style, like an 808 drum So I don't run the t rack, no, I make the track run My momma taught me words, my daddy built rockets I hold 'em both together now, tell me what I got It's a pretty smart weapon, I can shoot it, I can drop it But learn to respect it 'cause you clearly can't stop it Like that It ain't over 'Cause the shark's on the left side, the snake's on the right And anything you do, they wanna get a little bite It really doesn't matter if you're wrong or if you're right 'Cause once they get their teeth in nothing really fights And as for me I do it like I got nothing to lose
We swim against the rising waves And crash against the shore The body bends until it breaks The early morning sings no more So rest your head It's time to sleep And dream of what's in store The body bends until it breaks And sings again no more 'cause time has torn the flesh away The early morning sings no more
You hid your skeletons when I had shown you mine You walk the devil that I thought you'd left behind I saw the evidence, the crimson soaking through Ten thousand promises, ten thousand ways
to lose [Chorus:] And you held it all but you were careless to let it fall You held it all and I was by your side, powerless
I watched you fall apart and chased you to the end. I'm left with emptiness that words cannot defend You'll never know what I became because of you Ten thousand promises, ten thousand ways to lose [Chorus: x2] And you held it all but you were careless to let it fall You held it all and I was by your side, powerless
Powerless [x2]
Weep not for roads untraveled Weep not for paths left a lone 'Cause beyond every bend Is a long blinding end It's the worst kind of pain I've known Give up your heart left broken And let that mistake pass on 'Cause the love that you lost Wasn't worth what it cost And in time you'll be glad it's gone Woah-oo-oh-oh Woah-oo-ohh Woah-oo-oh-oh Woah-oo-ohh Weep not for roads untraveled Weep not for sights unseen May your love never end And if you need a friend There's a seat here alongside me Woah-oo-oh-oh Woah-oo-ohh Woah-oo-oh-oh Woah-oo-ohh
[C. Bennington:] I'm stuck in this bed you made, Alone with a sinking feeling. I saw through the words you said, To the secrets you've been keeping.
It's written upon your face, All the lies how they cut so deeply. You can't get enough you take, And take and take and never say. No / you've gotta get it inside You push it back down / You push it back down No / you'll never get it inside Push it back down / Black out / Blood in your eye You say that it's not your fault, And swear that I am mistaken. You said it's not what it seems, No remorse for the trust you're breaking. You run but then back you fall, Suffocate in the mess you're making. You can't get enough you take, And take and take and take and take, Fuck it Are you listening? No / you've gotta get it inside You push it back down / You push it back down No / you'll never get it inside Push it back down / You push it back down No / you've gotta get it inside You push it back down / You push it back down No / you'll never get it inside Push it back down / Black out / Blood in your eye [M. Shinoda:] Floating down / as colors fill the light We look up from the ground / in fields of paperwhite And floating up / you pass us in the night A future gazing out / a past to overwrite So come down / far below We've been waiting to collect the things you know Come down / far below We've been waiting to collect what you've let go [M. Shinoda and C. Bennington:] Come down, oh. Come down, oh. Come down. Come down, oh. Come down, oh.
[x2:] God bless us everyone, We're a broken people living under loaded gun. And it can't be outfought, It can't be outdone, It can't be outmatched,
It can't be outrun. No! And when I close my eyes tonight, To symphonies of blinding light! God bless us everyone, We're a broken people living under loaded gun. Oh! Like memories in cold decay, Transmissions echoing away, Far from the world of you and I, Where oceans bleed into the sky! [x2:] God save us everyone, Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns? For the sins of our hands, The sins of our tongues, The sins of our fathers, The sins of our young. No!
And when I close my eyes tonight, To symphonies of blinding light! God save us everyone, Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns? Ooh! Like memories in cold decay, Transmissions echoing away, Far from the world of you and I, Where oceans bleed into the sky! Oh! Like memories in cold decay, Transmissions echoing away, Far from the world of you and I, Where oceans bleed into the sky. [x10:] Lift me up, Let me go...
God bless us everyone, We're a broken people living under loaded gun And it can't be outfought, It can't be outdone, It can't be outmatched, It can't be outrun. No! God bless us everyone, We're a broken people living under loaded gun. And it can't be outfought, It can't be outdone, It can't be outmatched, It can't be outrun.
I am not a pattern to be followed The pill that I'm on is a tough one to swallow I'm not a criminal, not a role model Not a born leader, I'm a tough act to follow I am not the fortune and the fame or the same person telling you to forfeit the game I came in the ring like a dog on a chain and then found out the underbelly's sicker than it seems And it seems ugly but it can get worse 'cause even a blueprint is a gift and a curse 'cause once you got a theory of how the thing works Everybody wants the next thing to be just like the first And I'm not a robot, I'm not a monkey I will not dance even if the beat's funky Opposite of lazy, far from a punk Ya'll oughta stop talking Start trying to catch up mother fucker And all the people say Try to catch up mother fucker Lauryn said money change the situation Big said it increase the complication Kane said don't step, I ain't the one Chuck said an Uzi weighs a mother fucking ton And I'm just a student of the game that they taught me Rocking every stage and every place that they brought me I'm awfully underrated but came here to correct it And so it ain't mistaken, I'mma say it for the record I am the opposite of wack, opposite of weak Opposite of slack, synonym of heat, synonym of crack Closest to a peak, far from a punk Ya'll oughta stop talking, start trying t o catch up mother fucker And all the people say Try to catch up mother fucker When they come for me Come for me I'll be gone [x3] And all the people say Try to catch up mother fucker
can’t even passively take part, and you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you’ve got to make i t stop." (Mario Savio) To save face / how low can you go Talk a lot of game but yet you don’t know Static on the way / make us all say whoa The people up top push the people down low Get down And obey every word Steady Steady getting mine if you haven’t yet heard Wanna take what I got / don’t be absurd Don’t fight the power / nobody gets hurt If you haven’t heard yet then I’m letting you know There ain’t shit we don’t run when the guns unload And no one make a move unless my people say so Got everything outta control Now everybody go Steel unload / final blow We the animals take control Hear us now / clear and true Wretches and kings we come for you So keep pace / how slow can you go Talk a lot of shit and yet you don’t know Fire on the way / make you all say whoa The people up top and the people down low Get down And I’m running it like that The front of the attack is exactly where I’m at Somewhere in between the kick and the hi hat The pen and the contract The pitch and the contact So get with the combat / I’m letting ‘em know There ain’t shit you can say to make me back down no So / push the button let the whole thing blow Spinning everything outta control Now everybody go Steel unload / final blow We the animals take control Hear us now / clear and true Wretches and kings we come for you Steel unload / fire blow Filthy animals / beat them low Skin and bone / black and blue No more this sun shall beat onto you
"There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part; you
From the front to the back and the side to side If you fear what wh at I feel put ‘em up real high [x3]
"There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part; you can’t even passively take part, and you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you’ve got to make i t stop. And you’ve got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you’re free, the machine will be prevented from working at all."
