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Forgotten (Demo)Linkin Park

Released: November 16, 2012

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

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda]
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 (Saw a light in the sky)
But the sun will escape me (So why did I try?)
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 (Saw a light in the sky)
But the sun will escape me (So why do I try?)

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda]
From the thread to the needle, middle to end
When skies cock back and shock that which couldn't defend
The rain then sends dripping an acidic question
Forcefully, the power of suggestion
Then with the eyes tightly shut
Looking through the rust and rot and dust
A spot of light floods the floor
And pours itself upon the world of pretend
And the eyes ease open and it's dark again

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda]
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 (Saw a light in the sky)
But the sun will escape me (So why did I try?)
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 (Saw a light in the sky)
But the sun will escape me (So why do I try?)

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
In a minute, you'll find me
Eyes burn me up
You say you'll never forgive me
But the lies have piled up

[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda]
Moving all around, screaming of the ups and downs
Pollution manifested in perpetual sound
And as the wheels go round and the sunset creeps
Past the street lamps, cars, chain-link, and concrete
A window then grows and catches the eye
Cries out a yellow light as it passes it by
A small black figure sits in front of a box
Inside a box of rock with the needles on top

Nothing stops in this land of the pain
The sane lose not knowing they were part of the game
And then the insides change, the box stays the same
The shame, shovel up the pieces of the pain
You can try to hide yourself in this world of pretend
But when the paper's crumpled up, it can't be perfect again

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda]
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 (Saw a light in the sky)
But the sun will escape me (So why did I try?)
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 (Saw a light in the sky)
But the sun will escape me (So why do I try?)

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
In a minute, you'll find me
Eyes burn me up
You say you'll never forgive me
But the lies have piled up

[Bridge: Mike Shinoda & Chester Bennington]
Now I got you caught in the act, you better step back
I'm telling you that I see it right through you
Now I got you caught in the act, you better step back
I'm telling you that I see it right through you
Now I got you caught in the act, you better step back
I'm telling you that I see it right through you
Now I got you caught in the act, you better step back
I'm telling you that I see it right through you

(Are you afraid of the truth?) Now I got you got in the act, you better step back
I'm telling you that I see it right through you
(Afraid of the truth?) Now I got you got in the act, you better step back
I'm telling you that I see it right through you
(Are you afraid of the truth?) Now I got you got in the act, you better step back
I'm telling you that I see it right through you
(Afraid of the truth?) Now I got you got in the act, you better step back
I'm telling you that I see it right through you

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
In a minute, you'll find me
Eyes burn me up
You say you'll never forgive me
But the lies have piled up

[Outro: Mike Shinoda]
In a minute, you'll find me
Eyes burn me up
You say you'll never forgive me
But the lies have piled up

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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