ALTZONE - Linkin Park - Meteora 2003

Don't stay

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

sometimes 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

Somewhere I Belong

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] 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 find 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

Lying from you

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 taught 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 me

like this

the very worst part of you

the very worst part of you

is me

Hit The Floor

there are just too many

times that people

have 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 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

Figure.09

nothing ever stops all these thoughts

and the pain attached to them

sometimes i wonder why this is happening

its 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 / i

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 a 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

committing myself to them / and every day i

regret saying 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 separate 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

Faint

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

Breaking the Habit

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

Easier To Run

its easier to run

replacing this pain with something numb

its 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 so misplaced

is so much simpler than change

its easier to run

replacing this pain with something numb

its so much easier to go

than face all this pain here all alone

From the inside

i 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

Numb

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 failing too

but i know

you were just like me

with someone disappointed in you

Nobody 's listening

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

that it gets to a that 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

that 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