Released: November 23, 2009

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

Producer: Mike Shinoda Rick Rubin

[Verse 1: Chester Bennington]
In this desert, in darkness
Lying with the gun across his chest
Pretending he's heartless
As the fire flashes in the sky

He was fragile and frozen
When the bullet took away his friend
And now he's somehow more broken

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
He's pulling his weapon to his side
Loading it full of his goodbyes
Holding an enemy across the line

He's pulling his weapon to his side
Loading it full of his goodbyes
Holding an enemy across the line

[Verse 2: Chester Bennington]
Sweating and shaking
Lying with her hands across her chest
She wakes with her cravings
As the fire flashes in her eye

She was fragile and frozen
When the needle took away her friend
But now she's somehow more broken

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
She's pulling her weapon to her side
Loading it full of her goodbyes
Holding an enemy across the line

She's pulling her weapon to her side
Loading it full of her goodbyes
Holding an enemy across the line

[Post-Chorus: Chester Bennington]
With every battle he's chosing
With every fight he's losing
His enemy's not far behind

With every promise she's broken
With every lie she's spoken
Her enemy's not far behind

[Bridge: Chester Bennington]
It's your time
It's your time
It's your time
It's your time!

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
He's pulling his weapon to his side
Loading it full of his goodbyes
Holding an enemy across the line

She's pulling her weapon to her side
Loading it full of her goodbyes
Holding an enemy across the line

[Outro: Chester Bennington]
With every battle he's chosing
With every fight he's losing
His enemy's not far behind

With every promise she's broken
With every lie she's spoken
Her enemy's not far behind

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.