Linkin Park

Released: September 8, 2010

Songwriter: Mike Shinoda Chester Bennington Mr. Hahn Dave Farrell Brad Delson Rob Bourdon

Producer: Rick Rubin Mike Shinoda

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda]
I used the deadwood to make the fire rise
The blood of innocence burning in the skies
I filled my cup with the rising of the sea
And poured it out in an ocean of debris

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
I'm swimming in the smoke of bridges I have burned
So don't apologize, I'm losing what I don't deserve
What I don't deserve

[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda]
We held our breath when the clouds began to form
But you were lost in the beating of the storm
And in the end, we were made to be apart
Like separate chambers of the human heart

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
I'm swimming in the smoke of bridges I have burned
So don't apologize I'm losing what I don't deserve
It's in the blackened bones of bridges I have burned
So don't apologize I'm losing what I don't deserve
What I don't deserve

[Guitar solo]

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
I'm swimming in the smoke of bridges I have burned
So don't apologize I'm losing what I don't deserve
The blame is mine, alone, for bridges I have burned
So don't apologize I'm losing what I don't deserve
What I don't deserve
What I don't deserve, oh
What I don't deserve

[Outro: Mike Shinoda]
I use the deadwood to make the fire rise
The blood of innocence burning in the skies

Hybrid Theory isn’t just the title of Linkin Park’s chart-topping debut album, but a career mission statement.

From day one, the same six players (lead vocalist Chester Bennington, drummer/percussionist Rob Bourdon, guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave ‘Phoenix’ Farrell, DJ/Programmer Joe Hahn, and keyboardist, guitarist, and co-lead vocals Mike Shinoda) built the band by fusing all their favorite styles of music into one unmistakable signature sound. With each album, Linkin Park defiantly challenges themselves and their fans by blasting into new musical territory. After setting the template for rock that incorporated hip-hop influences with Hybrid Theory and Meteora, they shifted gears completely and defied expectations with the polychromatic Minutes to Midnight, and again with the esoteric A Thousand Suns, before melding a piece of them all into 2012’s LIVING THINGS. With their 2014 release and heaviest offering in years, The Hunting Party, Linkin Park manage to capture their ever-innovative spirit with a hunger seldom seen in bands on their seventh album. One More Light (2017) is an interesting personal album, filled with a lot of emotion.

Unfortunately, on July 20, 2017, Chester unexpectedly died by suicide, shocking and saddening both fans and his own band members alike.

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