CP2012 Warner Bros. Records Inc.

LIN KIN PA RK

CHESTER BENNINGTON

ROB BOURDON

BRAD DELSON

PHOENIX

JOE HAHN

MIKE SHINODA
 LOST IN T HE E CH O

You were that / foundation

Never gonna be another one no
I followed / so taken
So conditioned I could never let go

I
Then sorrow / then sickness don’t hold back I hold my own
Then the shock when you flip it on me I can’t be mapped / I can’t be cloned
So hollow / so vicious I can’t C-flat / it ain’t my tone
So afraid I couldn’t let myself see I can’t fall back I came too far
That I could never be held Hold myself up and love my scars
Back or up no / I hold myself Let the bells ring wherever they are
Check the rep / yep you know mine well ‘Cause I was there saying...
Forget the rest / let them know my hell
There and back / yet my soul ain’t sell NO / YOU CAN TELL ‘EM ALL NOW
Kept respect up / the best they fell I DON’T BACK UP / I DON’T BACK DOWN
Let the rest be the tale they tell I DON’T FOLD UP AND I DON’T BOW
That I was there saying… I DON’T ROLL OVER / DON’T KNOW HOW
I DON’T CARE WHERE THE ENEMIES ARE
In these promises broken / deep below CAN’T BE STOPPED / ALL I KNOW / GO HARD
Each word gets lost in the echo WON’T FORGET HOW I GOT THIS FAR
So one last lie / I can see through FOR EVERY TIME SAYING...
This time I finally let you
Go In these promises broken / deep below
Each word gets lost in the echo
Test my will / test my heart So one last lie / I can see through
Let me tell you how the odds gonna stack up This time I finally let you
Ya’ll go hard / I go smart Go
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
 IN M Y R E M A INS

Separate
Sifting through the wreckage I can’t concentrate
Searching for a message in the fear and pain
Broken down and waiting for a chance to feel alive

Now in my remains
Are promises that never came
Set this silence free
To wash away the worst of me

Come apart
Falling in the cracks of every broken heart
Digging through the wreckage of your disregard
Sinking down and waiting for a chance to feel alive

Now in my remains
Are promises that never came
Set this silence free
To wash away the worst of me

Like an army
Falling
One by one by one
 BU R N IT D OW N

The cycle repeated

As explosions broke in the sky
All that I needed
Was the one thing I couldn’t find

Y
And you were there at the turn ou told me yes / You held me high
Waiting to let me know And I believed when you told that lie
I played soldier / You played king
We’re building it up And struck me down when I kissed that ring
To break it back down You lost that right / to hold that crown
We’re building it up I built you up but you let me down
To burn it down So when you fall / I’ll take my turn
We can’t wait And fan the flames as your blazes burn
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
 LI E S G R E E D M I S E RY I ’LL BE GONE

Imma be that nail in your coffin Like shining oil this night is dripping down
Saying that I softened Stars are slipping down
I was ducking down to reload Glistening
So you can save your petty explanations And I’m trying not to think what I’m leaving now
I don’t have the patience No deceiving now
Before you even say it I know It’s time you let me know
You let your pride or your ego Let me know
Talk slick to me, no

W
That is not the way I get down When the lights go out and we open our eyes hen the lights go out and we open our eyes
And look at how you lose your composure Out there in the silence I’ll be gone Out there in the silence I’ll be gone
Now let me show ya I’ll be gone I’ll be gone
Exactly how the breaking point sounds Let the sun fade out and another one rise Let the sun fade out and another one rise
Climbing through tomorrow I’ll be gone Climbing through tomorrow I’ll be gone
I WANT TO SEE YOU CHOKE ON YOUR LIES I’ll be gone I’ll be gone
SWALLOW UP YOUR GREED I’ll be gone
SUFFER ALL ALONE IN YOUR MISERY This air between us is getting thinner now
Into winter now Strings by Owen Pallett
What is it you want me to tell ya I WANT TO SEE YOU CHOKE ON YOUR LIES Bittersweet
I’m not the failure SWALLOW UP YOUR GREED And ‘cross that horizon this sun is setting down
I would rather live and let be SUFFER ALL ALONE IN YOUR MISERY You’re forgetting now
But you came with the right kind of threat to It’s time you let me go
Push me to let you YOU DID IT TO YOURSELF Let me go
Know you can’t intimidate me
You disrespect me so clearly And tell them I couldn’t help myself
Now you better hear me And tell them I was alone
That is not the way it goes down Oh tell me I am the only one
You did it to yourself and it’s over And there’s nothing that can stop me
Now let me show ya
Exactly how the breaking point sounds
 C A ST LE OF G LAS S V I CTI MI Z ED

Take me down to the river bend No regret for the confidence betrayed
Take me down to the fighting end No more hiding in shadow
Wash the poison from off my skin ‘Cause I won’t wait for the debt to be repaid
Show me how to be whole again Time has come for you

C
Fly me up on a silver wing ause I’m only a crack VICTIMIZED
Past the black where the sirens sing In this castle of glass VICTIMIZED
Warm me up in a nova’s glow Hardly anything else I need to be NEVER AGAIN
And drop me down to the dream below ‘Cause I’m only a crack VICTIMIZED
In this castle of glass
‘Cause I’m only a crack Hardly anything there for you to see They’re acting like they want a riot / it’s a riot I’ll give ‘em
In this castle of glass For you to see As the siren climbs higher on this violent rhythm
Hardly anything there for you to see For you to see For you snakes in the grass / supplying the venom
For you to see I ain’t scared of your teeth / I admire what’s in ‘em
Strings and horns: Mike Shinoda You been waiting in the shadows there
Bring me home in a blinding dream Thinking you’re hidden
Through the secrets that I have seen
Wash the sorrow from off my skin But the truth is you don’t have the stomach to get ‘em
And show me how to be whole again Go on already, hit ‘em / yeah you gotta be kidding
Wanna talk about a victim / Imma put you there with ‘em
‘Cause I’m only a crack
In this castle of glass VICTIMIZED
Hardly anything there for you to see VICTIMIZED
For you to see NEVER AGAIN
VICTIMIZED
NO
ROA D S U NT R AV ELE D SKI N TO BONE

Weep not for roads untraveled Skin to bone / steel to rust

Weep not for paths left alone Ash to ashes / dust to dust
‘Cause beyond every bend Let tomorrow have its way
Is a long blinding end With the promises we made
It’s the worst kind of pain I’ve known Skin to bone / steel to rust

Give up your heart left broken Ash to ashes / dust to dust

And let that mistake pass on Your deception / my disgust
‘Cause the love that you lost When your name is finally drawn
Wasn’t worth what it cost I’ll be happy that you’re gone
And in time you’ll be glad it’s gone Ash to ashes / dust to dust

Weep not for roads untraveled ASH TO ASHES / DUST TO DUST

Weep not for sights unseen SKIN TO BONE AND STEEL TO RUST
May your love never end
And if you need a friend Right to left / left to right
There’s a seat here alongside me Night to day and day to night
As the starlight fades to grey
I’ll be marching far away
Right to left and left to right

ASH TO ASHES / DUST TO DUST

SKIN TO BONE AND STEEL TO RUST

Let tomorrow have its way

With the promises betrayed
Skin to bone and steel to rust
Skin to bone and steel to rust
Skin to bone and steel to rust
 UNTI L I T BR EAKS

G
It goes 1 2 3 ive you what you need like poppa, who shot ya
I was born with the hunger of a lion / the strength of a sun “Separate the weak from the obsolete”
I don’t need to sweat it when a competition come You’re meek / I creep hard on impostors
Original style like an 808 drum And switch styles on a dime / quick-witted
So I don’t run the track, no / I make the track run Ya’ll, quit trippin’ I don’t have time for your crying
My mama taught me words / my daddy built rockets I grind tough / sucker, make your mind up
I put ‘em both together now tell me what I got Are you in the firing squad or are you in the lineup?
It’s a pretty smart weapon / I can shoot it, I can drop it Bang bang little monkey man
But learn to respect it ‘cause you clearly can’t stop it Playing with the big guns only get you slain, I ain’t playing
Like that I’m just saying / you ain’t got a sliver of a chance
I get iller, I deliver while you quiver in your pants
It ain’t over ‘cause the So shake shake down / money, here’s the breakdown
Shark’s on the left side / the snake’s on the right You can play the bank Imma play the bank takedown
And anything you do they wanna get a little bite And no mistakes now / coming to get ya
It really doesn’t matter if you’re wrong or if you’re right I’m just a Banksy / you’re a Brainwash
‘Cause once they get their teeth in / nothing really fights Get the picture
And as for me, I do it like I got nothing to lose Like that
And you can run your mouth like
You can try to fill my shoes, but We swim against the rising waves
Steady little soldier, I ain’t standing next to you And crash against the shore
I’d be laying on the ground before you’re even in my view The body bends until it breaks
Like that The early morning sings no more

Give me the strength of the rising sun So rest your head it’s time to sleep
Give me the truth of the words unsung And dream of what’s in store
And when the last bells ring The body bends until it breaks
The poor men sing And sings again no more
Bring me to kingdom come
‘Cause time has torn the flesh away
It’s something for ya people on the block to The early morning sings no more
Black out and rock to
Additional vocals: Brad Delson
 TI NFOI L
Instrumental

POWERLESS

You hid your skeletons when I had shown you mine

You woke the devil that I thought you’d left behind
I saw the evidence, the crimson soaking through
Ten thousand promises
Ten thousand ways to lose

And you held it all

But you were careless to let it fall
You held it all
And I was by your side
Powerless

I watched you fall apart and chased you to the end

I’m left with emptiness that words can not defend
You’ll never know what I became because of you
Ten thousand promises
Ten thousand ways to lose

And you held it all

But you were careless to let it fall
You held it all
And I was by your side
Powerless

Lyrics Reprinted by Permission. All Rights Reserved. • All songs written by Linkin Park
© 2012 Universal Music- Z Songs/Chesterchaz Publishing/Big Bad Mr. Hahn Music/Nondisclosure Agreement Music/
Rob Bourdon Music/Kenji Kobayashi Music/Pancakey Cakes Music (BMI). All administered by Universal Music- Z Songs.
Produced by Rick Rubin and Mike Shinoda

Lyrics & Vocals by Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington

Background Vocals by Brad Delson, Joe Hahn, Rob Bourdon and Phoenix

Engineering by Mike Shinoda and Ethan Mates

Assistant Engineer and Editor: Andrew Hayes
Additional Production by Brad Delson
Studio Drum Tech: Jerry Johnson
Album Production Coordination: Ryan DeMarti
Recorded at NRG Recording Studios
Additional Recording at The Stockroom
Mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee North Studios, Universal Studios, CA
Assisted by Chris Galland and Del Bowers
Mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA

Worldwide Representation: The Collective

Management Team: Michael Green, Jordan Berliant and Ryan DeMarti
Booking Agent: Michael Arfin for Artist Group International
Europe Booking Agent: Scott Thomas for X-Ray Touring
Legal for Linkin Park: David Lande, David Byrnes, Mitch Tenzer and Alicia Sydney for Ziffren Brittenham LLP
Business Affairs for Warner Records: Charles Hamilton
Business Managers: Jonathan Schwartz, Michael Oppenheim and Dana Miller for Gudvi, Sussman & Oppenheim
Publicity: Kymm Britton for 60 Cycle Media
UK Publicity: Anton Brookes for Bad Moon Publicity

A&R: Rob Cavallo

A&R Coordination: Liza Joseph and Ryan DeMarti
Marketing Director: Peter Standish

Creative Direction by Mike Shinoda, Joe Hahn, Brandon Parvini and Andrea Seib
Art Direction & Design: The Uprising Creative
Artwork by Brandon Parvini at Ghost Town Media
LP Icon Design: Frank Maddocks

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and friends for your incredible love and support. Thank you to the entire Linkin Park team for your tireless Ingrid Clarke and the MSM team, the LP Underground and the Linkin Park Street Team, Zach Horowitz, Evan
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