Released: October 9, 2020

Songwriter: Rob Bourdon Mark Wakefield Mr. Hahn Mike Shinoda Brad Delson

Producer: Mike Shinoda

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda]
Everything you say sounds forced and fake
How long will it take before you make everything
Break down around you?
Everything that you do reminds me of why it is I can't stand you
Everything I thought was real was not
Everything I remembered you forgot
Everything's a joke to you
I hope sometime you get hit by the punchline
In everything I do, I see a little bit of you
Reminding me of what you put me through
'Cause everything that goes up must come down
And everything you do hurts worse whеn it comes back around

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
Now I see what I have, and I want you
To be with me, but you'll just stick and move
See what I have, and I want you
To be with me, but you'll just stick and move

[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda]
Nothing you say could make me stay
All the lies disguised have done nothing but make me ask why
Nothing is what I've got
After all of the same pain
You've brought I thought would never stop
Nothing has changed
All the things you said to me then have begun to follow me again
Even though I know there's nothing to be afraid of
The same place the shape came from is making me hide
Inside a place where everything's gray
Constantly forcing the night over the day
Where nothing exists but the things that you say
And nothing could make me want to be further away

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
Now I see what I have, and I want you
To be with me, but you'll just stick and move
See what I have, and I want you
To be with me, but you'll just stick and move

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
Now I see what I have, and I want you
To be with me, but you'll just stick and move
See what I have, and I want you
To be with me, but you'll just stick and move
See what I have, and I want you
To be with me, but you'll just stick and move
See what I have, and I want you
To be with me, but you'll just stick and

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.

more tracks from the album

Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition)