Linkin Park

Released: November 17, 2010

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

Producer: Rick Rubin Mike Shinoda

[Verse 1]
If everything would just stop
Then maybe I could collect my thoughts
If everything would stand still
I could've hidden how lost I feel

[Pre-Chorus]
I should've said what I hear
I should've let myself fear
I should've made myself clear

[Chorus]
So this is how we fall apart
This is how the ending starts
And when we find we lost our marks
We fake what we don't know

[Verse 2]
I never asked to let go
I never thought I could sink so low
I never let myself down
Until the second I did right now

[Pre-Chorus]
I should've said what I hear
I should've let myself fear
I should've made myself clear

[Chorus]
So this is how we fall apart
This is how the ending starts
And when we find we lost our marks
We fake what we don't know

So this is how we fall apart
This is how the ending starts
'Cause when our heads betray our hearts
We fake what we don't know

[Bridge]
'Cause all we are is everything we've done
All we are is how quickly we run
And all we are
We are

[Interlude]
This is how we fall apart
But this is how beginnings start
Cause when our heads betray our hearts
We fake what we don't know

And if our doubt begins again
The answers find us in the end
So in the meantime, we'll pretend
And fake what we don't know

[Chorus]
This is how we fall apart
But this is how beginnings start
Cause when our heads betray our hearts
We fake what we don't know

And if our doubt begins again
The answers find us in the end
So in the meantime, we'll pretend
And fake what we don't know

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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