Hybrid Theory lyrics

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 watches every time I lie

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
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 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

Linkin Park
"Points Of Authority"
Hybrid Theory

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

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 and i'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take)

Graffiti decorations
Under a sky of dust
A constant wave of tension
On top of broken trust
The lessons that you taught me
I learn 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

Linkin Park
By Myself
Hybrid Theory

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?

(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

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 / light to the moon assuming
The moon’s going to owe it one
It makes me think of how you act to me / You do
Favors 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

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
[Chorus x2]

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 question

(Announcer): Folks, we have a very special guest for you tonight.
I'd like to introduce...
Mr. Hahn!
Let's hear it for the great Mr. Hahn!
And now a lesson in rhythm management.
Let's begin...
Alright now, wasn't that fun?
Let's try something else.

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

From the top to the bottom
bottom to top i stop
at the core ive forgotten
in the middle of my thoughts
taken far from my safety
the picture's there
the memory wont escape me
but why should i care
(Repeat)

Theres a place so dark you cant see the end
skies cock [back]
and shock that which cant defend
the rain then sends dripping
acidic questions
forcefully

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

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 (4x)

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
Preformed lobotomies with telekinetic psychology

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

This is my December
This is my snow covered home
This is my December
This is me alone

And I
Just wish that I didn't feel
Like there was something I missed
And I
Take back all the things I said
To make you feel like that
And I
Just wish that I didn't feel

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
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

Linkin Park
"Points Of Authority"
Hybrid Theory

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

Linkin Park
By Myself
Hybrid Theory

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?

(Announcer): Folks, we have a very special guest for you tonight.
I'd like to introduce...
Mr. Hahn!
Let's hear it for the great Mr. Hahn!
And now a lesson in rhythm management.
Let's begin...
Alright now, wasn't that fun?
Let's try something else.

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

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
[Chorus x2]

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 question

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 / light to the moon assuming
The moon’s going to owe it one
It makes me think of how you act to me / You do
Favors 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

(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

Graffiti decorations
Under a sky of dust
A constant wave of tension
On top of broken trust
The lessons that you taught me
I learn 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

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 and i'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take)

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

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 watches every time I lie

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

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 cant seem...

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

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

[It starts with one]

And multiplies till you can taste the sun

And burn by the sky, you try to take it from

But if it falls
There's no place to run

It's crumbling down and

[It's so unreal]

They're dealing you in to determine your end

And sending you back again to places you've been

And bending your will

Till it breaks you within

And still they

[Fill their eyes]

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 veins
I know that I didn't look out below

Uh, yeah

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

Like a face that I hold inside

Face that awakes when I close my eyes

Face that I watch every time I lie

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

Forfeit the game

Stop the talk show

Product of what

You were taught to know

Forfeit the game
'Cause tomarrow

When its all done

You reap what you sew

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'd like to think your never wrong

You live what you've learned

It starts with one..
and multiplies 'til you can taste the sun
and burnt by the sky you try to take it from.
but if it falls theres no place to run
crumbling down, It's so unreal...

They're dealing you in to determine your end
and sending you back again to places you've been
and bending your will, til it breaks you within
and still they fill their eyes...

[It starts with one]

One thing, I don't know why,

is how come when I left you I

didn't say good-bye.

I kept that in mind, then I finally
realized that I left the best thing behind.

[All I know]

is that wasting time isn't the thing,

to make the guilt go away

but yet the pendulum swings.

I watch time count down to

the end of the day

but guilt doesn't go that way.

it starts with one
and multiplies 'til you can taste the sun
and burned by the sky you tried to take it from,
but if it falls there's no place to run
crumbling down, its so unreal
their dealing you in to determine your end
and sending you back again the places you've been
and bending your will 'til it breaks you within
and still they fill their eyes with the twilight

What do i do to ignore whats behind me?
Do I follow my instincts blindly?
Do I hide my pride away from these bad dreams and give into sad thoughts that are maddening?
Do i, let it go 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 none and live life in lonelyness?
The sunlight burns the skin of sleeping men.

She canât hide no matter how hard she tries
Her secret disguise behind the lies
And at night she cries away her pride
With eyes shut tight
Staring at her inside

All her friends know why she canât sleep at night
All her family asking if she's alright
All she wants to do is get rid of this hell
Well all shes gotta do is stop kidding herself

Aaaaaah!

I Hate You, So much right now.

Crawling in my skin,
these wounds, they will not heal.

Fear is how I fall,

confusing what is real.

There's somthing inside me that pulls beneath the surface,

consuming, confusing.

This lack of self control I felt so over-whelming,

controlling, I cant seem to find the strength within.

My walls are closing in.

ahhhhhhhhhh!

i hate you so much right now!

crawling in my skin
these wounds they will not heal
fear is powerful
confusing what is real
oh-oh-oh

there's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
(beneath the surface)
consuming
(consuming)
confusing
(confusing)
this lack of self-control i've found so overwhelming
(so overwhelming)

Forfeit the game
Stop the talk show
Product of what
Your taught to know
Forfeit the game
'Cause tomorrow
When it's all done
You reap what you sow

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 youâve learned)

Forfeit the game
Before somebody 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 wont last

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

You like to think youâre never wrong
(You live what you learn)

(Mike Shinoda)
Why does it feel like night today
Something in here's not right today
Why am I so uptight today
Paranoia's all I got left
I don't know what stressed me first
or how the pressure was fed but
I know just what it feels like
To have a voice in the back of my head
Like a face I hold inside
A face that awakes when I close my eyes
Face that watches everytime I lie

Ive lied....to you...the same way that I always do...
This is.....the last smile...that Ill fake for the sake of being with..you...

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

It starts with (one)

and multiplies till you can taist the sun and burnt by the sky you try
to take it from but if it falls theres no place to run its crumbleing
down and

(its so unreal) there dealing you in to determun your end and sending
you back agin to places youv been and bending your will till it breakes
you with in and still they