Linkin Park

Released: October 29, 2013

Songwriter: Chester Bennington Mike Shinoda

Producer: Rick Rubin Mike Shinoda

Take me down to the river bend (Take me down to the river bend)
Take me down to the fighting end (Take me down to the fighting end)
Wash the poison from off my skin (Wash the poison from off my skin)
Show me how to be whole again (Show me how to be whole again)

Fly me up on a silver wing (Fly me up on a silver wing)
Past the black where the sirens sing (Past the black where the sirens sing)
Warm me up in the nova’s glow (Warm me up in the nova’s glow)
And drop me down to the dream below (And drop me down to the dream below)

’Cause I’m only a crack in this castle of glass
Hardly anything there for you to see
For you to see

Take me down to the river bend
Take me down to the fighting end
(Wash) Wash the poison from off my skin
Show me how to be whole again (gain gain gain)

Fly me up on a silver wing
Past the black where the sirens sing
(Warm) Warm me up in the nova’s glow
And drop me down to the dream below (low low low)

’Cause I’m only a crack in this castle of glass
Hardly anything there for you to see

For you to see
For you to see
For you to see
For you to see
For you to see

’Cause I’m only a crack in this castle of glass
Hardly anything there for you to see
’Cause I’m only a crack in this castle of glass
Hardly anything there for you to see

For you to see
For you to see
For you to see
For you to see
For you to see
For you to see
For you to see
For you to see
For you to see
For you to see
For you to see
For you to see
For you to see

’Cause I’m only a crack in this castle of glass
Hardly anything there for you to see
’Cause I’m only a crack in this castle of glass
Hardly anything there for you to see

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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