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Could Have BeenLinkin Park

Released: October 9, 2020

Songwriter: Mike Shinoda Brad Delson Chester Bennington

Producer: Mike Shinoda

[Intro: Chester Bennington]
Alone again
You go away

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda]
What do you mean that you don't know
It's obvious you think you do
You think it's best to choose loneliness
Afraid of what's right in front of you
What can I do when you turn away except close the door
Figure out how I'm gonna try again
Play it through to be with you
But alone again is how it's gonna end

[Pre-Chorus: Mike Shinoda]
Making my moves so carefully
Feel it when you stare at me
Making my moves so carefully
Feel it when you stare at me
Making my moves so carefully
Feel it when you stare at me
Making my moves so carefully
Feel it when you stare at me

[Chorus: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]
We could have been so long
But I guess you'll never find out
But I guess you'll never find out

[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda]
I can't do anything that would say
It won't be the same as yesterday
Say you're afraid to be with me
And I just pray you let the fear go away
And I can't see you as a friend
So now I know how this has got to end
Make it so nobody wins
Ending this before it begins

[Pre-Chorus: Mike Shinoda]
Making my moves so carefully
Feel it when you stare at me
Making my moves so carefully
Feel it when you stare at me
Making my moves so carefully
Feel it when you stare at me
Making my moves so carefully
Feel it when you stare at me

[Chorus: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]
We could have been so long
But I guess you'll never find out
But I guess you'll never find out
But I guess you'll never find out
But I guess you'll never find out

[Bridge: Chester Bennington]
Alone again
We go away

[Chorus: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]
We could have been so long
We could have been so long
(We could have been so long) But I guess you'll never find out
But I guess you'll never find out
But I guess you'll never find out
But I guess you'll never find out
But I guess you'll never find out
But I guess you'll never find out
But I guess you'll never find out
But I guess you'll never find—
(We could have been so long) But I guess you'll never find out
But I guess you'll never find out
But I guess you'll never find out
But I guess you'll never find out
And I know you'll never find out
But I know you'll never find out
And I know you'll never find out
But I know you'll never find out

[Instrumental Outro]

Linkin Park

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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