Linkin Park

Released: May 14, 2007

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

Producer: Don Gilmore Mike Shinoda

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda]
Standing alone with no direction
How did I fall so far behind?
Why am I searching for perfection
Knowing it's something I won't find?

[Pre-Chorus: Mike Shinoda]
In my fear and flaws
I let myself down, again
All because

[Chorus: Mike Shinoda]
I run 'til the silence splits me open
I run 'til it puts me underground
'Til I have no breath
And no roads left but one

[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda]
When did I lose my sense of purpose?
Can I regain what's lost inside?
Why do I feel like I deserve this?
Why does my pain look like my pride?

[Pre-Chorus: Mike Shinoda]
In my fear and flaws
I let myself down, again
All because I let myself down
In my fear and flaws

[Chorus: Mike Shinoda]
I run 'til the silence splits me open
I run 'til it puts me underground
'Til I have no breath
And no roads left but one
No roads left but one

[Pre-Chorus: Mike Shinoda]
In my fear and flaws
I let myself down, again
All because

[Chorus: Mike Shinoda]
I run and the silence splits me open
I run and it puts me underground
But there's no regret
And no roads left to run

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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