Linkin Park

Released: May 31, 2012

I've lied to you
The same way that I always do
This is the last smile
That I'll fake for the sake of being with you

(Everything falls apart even the people who never frown)

(Eventually break down)
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
(Everything has to end youll soon find)
(Were out of time left to watch it all unwind)
The sacrifice is never knowing
Why I never walked away?
Why I played myself this way?
Now I see, you're testing me, pushes me away
Why I never walked away?
Why I played myself this way?
Now I see, you're testing me, pushes me away
I've tried like you
To do everything you wanted too
This is the last time
I'll take the blame for the sake of being with you

(Everything falls apart even the people who never frown)

(Eventually break down)
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
(Everything has to end youll soon find)
(Were out of time left to watch it all unwind)
The sacrifice is never knowing
Why I never walked away?
Why I played myself this way?
Now I see, you're testing me, pushes me away
Why I never walked away?
Why I played myself this way?
Now I see, you're testing me, pushes me away
(We're all out of time, this is how we learn how it all unwinds)
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
(We're all out of time, this is how we learn how it all unwinds)
The sacrifice is never knowing
Why I never walked away?
Why I played myself this way?
Now I see, you're testing me, pushes me away
Why I never walked away?
Why I played myself this way?
Now I see, you're testing me, pushes me away, pushes me away

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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