Linkin Park

[Crystal Sphere]

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



Chorus



Shut up when I'm talking to you

Shut up, shut up, shut up (2x)



I’m about to break!



Chorus



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



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



[Pre chorus]

Cut myself free willingly

Sstop just what’s killing me [x4]



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 karma 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 bruised

You can live if you’re willing to

Put a stop to just what’s killing you



[Pre chorus x4]



[Chorus]



(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 everyone aught to be

Every time I see myself I see there’s always something wrong with me)



[Chorus x2]

I feel it swell up inside, swell up inside, swallowing me [x2]



Somewhere I Belong

(When this began)

I had nothing to say

And I 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



[Chorus]



I wanna heal, I wanna feel what I thought was never real

I wanna let go of the pain I’ve held so long

(Erase all the pain till it’s gone)

I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I’m close to something real

I wanna 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, and the fault is my own



[Repeat Chorus]



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 till I break away from me

I will break away, I'll find myself today



[Repeat Chorus]



I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I’m somewhere I belong

I wanna heal, I wanna feel like I’m somewhere I belong

Somewhere I belong



By Myself

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?

Because I can't hold on when I'm stretched so thin

I make the right moves but I'm lost within

I put on my daily faзade but then

I just end up getting hurt again

By myself (Myself)



Pre chorus:

I ask why, but in my mind

I find I can't rely on myself



I can't hold on

To what I want when I'm stretched so thin

It's all too much to take in

I can't hold on

To anything watching everything spin

With thoughts of failure sinking in



If I turn my back I'm defenseless

And to go blindly seems senseless

If I hide my pride and let it all go on

Then they'll take from me 'till 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 the questions like a cancer

Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer

(By myself)



Pre chorus

Chorus



How do you think I've lost so much

I'm so afraid, 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



Don't you know

I can't tell you how to make it go

No matter what I do, how hard I try

I can't seem to convince myself why

I'm stuck on the outside



Chorus (2x)



A Place For My Head

I watch how the moon sits in the sky

On a 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



Pre chorus:

I'm sick of the tension, sick of the hunger

Sick of you acting like I owe you this

Find another place to feed your greed

While I find a place to rest



I want to be in another place

I hate when you say you don't understand

(You'll see it's not meant to be)

I want to be in the energy, not with the enemy

A place for my head

Maybe someday I'll be just like you, and

Step on people like you do and

Run away the people I thought I knew

I remember back then who you were

You used to be calm, used to be strong

Used to be generous, but you should've known

That you'd wear out your welcome

Now you see how quiet it is, all alone



Pre chorus (2x)

Chorus



You try to take the best of me

Go away (8x)



Chorus



Pre chorus (2x)



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

Everytime I try to make myself

Get back up on my feet

All I ever think about is this

All the tiring and time between

And how trying to put my trust in you

Just takes so much out of me)



[Chorus:]



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

(Trying not to break

But I'm so tired of this deceit

Everytime I try to make myself

Get back up on my feet

All I ever think about is this

All the tiring and time between

And how, trying to put my trust in you

Just takes so much out of me)



[Chorus: Repeat]



I wont waste myself on you!

You! [x2]

Waste myself on you!

You! [x2]



[Chorus: Repeat (x2)]



You! [x3]



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 (2x)



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 thought 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



Chorus



Bridge:

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



Chorus

Bridge



Now you got me caught in the act

You bring the thought back

I'm telling you that

I see it right through you (7x)



Bridge (2x)



Faint

I am a little bit of loneliness, a little bit of disregard

Handful of complaints but I can't help the fact

That everybody 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 that I've 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



I am, a little bit insecure, a little unconfident

Cuz you don't understand I do what I can

Sometimes I don't make sense

I am, what you never wanna 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

You face away and pretend that I'm not

But I'll be here cause you're all that I've 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



Hear me out now

You're gonna listen to me like it or not

Right now, hear me out now

You're gonna listen to me like it or not

Right now



I can't feel the way I did before

Don't turn your back on me

I won't be ignored



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

I can't feel

Don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored

Time won't tell

Don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored