Released: July 30, 2002

Featuring: Stephen Richards

Songwriter: Mr. Hahn Stephen Richards Rob Bourdon Mike Shinoda Chester Bennington Brad Delson

Producer: Mike Shinoda

[Intro: Stephen Richards & Mike Shinoda]
When I look into your eyes
There's nothing there to see
Nothing but my own mistakes
Staring back at me

Nwod kaerb yllautneve nworf reven ohw elpoep eht neve
Trapa sllaf gnihtyreve
Dniwnu lla ti hctaw ot tfel emit fo tuo er’ew dnif noos ll’uoy
Dne ot sah gnihtyreve

Nwod kaerb yllautneve nworf reven ohw elpoep eht neve
Trapa sllaf gnihtyreve
Dniwnu lla ti hctaw ot tfel emit fo tuo er’ew dnif noos ll’uoy
Dne ot sah gnihtyreve

[Verse 1: Chester Bennington]
I've lied to you, this is the last smile
That I’ll fake for the sake of being with you

[Pre-Chorus: Mike Shinoda & Chester Bennington]
Everything falls apart
Even the people who never frown eventually break down
Everything has to end
You'll soon find we're out of time left to watch it all unwind

For the sake of being with you
Everything falls apart
Even the people who never frown eventually break down
The sacrifice is never knowing

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
Why I stay
When you just push away
No matter what you see
You're still so blind to me

[Interlude: Mike Shinoda]
En ohw elpoep eht neve
Neve trapa sllaf gnihtyreve

[Verse 2: Chester Bennington]
I've tried, like you
To do everything you wanted to
This is the last time
I'll take the blame for the sake of being with you

[Pre-Chorus: Mike Shinoda & Chester Bennington]
Everything falls apart
Even the people who never frown eventually break down
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
Everything has to end
You'll soon find we're out of time left to watch it all unwind
The sacrifice is never knowing

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
Why I stay
When you just push away
No matter what you see
You're still so blind to me

[Bridge: Stephen Richards with Chester Bennington]
Reverse psychology is failing miserably
It's so hard to be left all alone
Telling you is the only chance for me
There's nothing left but to turn and face you

When I look into your eyes
There's nothing there to see
Nothing but my own mistakes
Staring back at me, asking why

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington & Stephen Richards]
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
The sacrifice is never knowing

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
Why I stay
When you just push away
No matter what you see
You're still so blind to me

Why I stay
When you just push away
No matter what you see
You're still so blind to me

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.