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Hit the FloorLinkin Park

Released: March 25, 2003

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

Producer: Don Gilmore

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda]
There are just too many times that people
Have tried to look inside of me
Wondering what I think of you
And I protect you out of courtesy
Too many times that I’ve
Held on when I needed to push away
Afraid to say what was on my mind
Afraid to say what I need to say
Too many things that you’ve said
About me when I’m not around
You think having the upper hand
Means you gotta keep puttin' me down
But I’ve had too many stand-offs with you
It’s about as much as I can stand
So I'm waiting until the upper hand is mine

[Chorus: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]
One minute, you’re on top
(The next you’re not, watch it drop)
Making your heart stop
(Just before you hit the floor)
One minute, you’re on top
(The next you’re not, missed your shot)
Making your heart stop
(You think you won) And then it's all gone

[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda]
So many people like me
Put so much trust in all your lies
So concerned with what you think
To just say what we feel inside
So many people like me
Walk on eggshells all day long
All I know is that all I want
Is to feel like I’m not stepped on
There are so many things you say
That make me feel you crossed the line
What goes up will surely fall
And I’m counting down the time
'Cause I’ve had so many stand-offs with you
It’s about as much as I can stand
So I’m waiting until the upper hand is mine

[Chorus: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]
One minute, you’re on top
(The next you’re not, watch it drop)
Making your heart stop
(Just before you hit the floor)
One minute, you’re on top
(The next you’re not, missed your shot)
Making your heart stop
(You think you won) And then it's all gone

[Refrain: Chester Bennington]
And then, it's all gone
And then, it's all gone
And then, it's all gone
Now it's all gone

[Bridge: Mike Shinoda]
I know I’ll never trust a single thing you say
You knew your lies would divide us, but you lied anyway
And all the lies have got you floating up above us all
But what goes up has got to fall

[Chorus: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]
One minute, you’re on top
(The next you’re not, watch it drop)
Making your heart stop
(Just before you hit the floor)
One minute, you’re on top
(The next you’re not, missed your shot)
Making your heart stop
(You think you won) And then it's all gone

[Outro: Chester Bennington]
And then, it's all gone
And then, it's all gone
And then, it's all gone
Now it's all gone

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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