이번에 발매되는 린킨 파크의 리팩키지 앨범은 「Hybrid Theory」에 담겨있던 12개의 수록곡에 세 개의 라이브음원과 두 개의 미공개 트랙을 엮어 제작되었다. 라이브음원으로 실린 세 곡은 원곡과 비교하여 그다지 큰 차이가 없으면서 라이브 특유의 현장감이 배가되었다는 특징이 있는데, 이미 팬들에게 큰사랑을 받은 전력이 있는지라 굳이 따로 설명할 필요가 없을 것 같다. 나머지 두 곡에 대해 잠시 살펴보면, `High Voltage`는 한국에 발매되지 않은 린킨 파크의 데뷔 EP 「Hybrid Theory」에 담겨있던 곡으로 이들의 초창기 모습을 살펴보기에 적격이다. 루핑에 의한 리듬과 이펙트 걸린 보컬, 빈 공간을 메우는 스크래치 등 힙합의 느낌이 물씬 풍기는 게 특징. 곡의 이해를 돕기 위해 린킨 파크의 EP에 대해 잠시 설명하자면, 1999년에 발매된 이 EP는 `Carousel`, `Technique`, `Step Up`, `And One`, `High Voltage`, `Part Of Me`의 여섯 곡을 담은 것으로 2000년에 발표한 데뷔작에 비해 보다 힙합적이고 랩의 비중이 높다. 즉, 이들의 정규앨범 「Hybrid Theory」가 멜로디컬한 노래와 헤비한 리프를 조화롭게 뒤섞고 있다면, EP 「Hybrid Theory」는 리드미컬한 래핑과 그루브한 리듬을 적극적으로 표출하고 있다는 것. 국내 팬들에게 또 하나의 기쁨을 줄 `My December`는 싱글 「One Step Closer」에 B-사이드로 실려있던 곡으로, 린킨 파크의 감성이 가장 많이 표출된 발라드이다. 체스터 베닝턴(Chester Bennington)의 부드러운 목소리와 마이크 시노다(Mike Shinoda)의 조심스런 래핑이 어우러진 이 곡은 뉴메틀적인 요소라고는 눈 씻고도 찾아볼 수 없는 게 특징. 감성적인 헤비뮤직을 추구하는 린킨 파크의 아름다움을 가장 많이 찾아볼 수 있는 곡이라고 말해도 그다지 틀리지 않을 것이다. 참고로, 「One Step Closer」는 지금까지 이들이 발표한 싱글들 중 제일 소장가치가 높은 것으로, 다른 싱글들이 기존 수록곡의 라이브 음원이나 동영상을 B-사이드로 담고 있는 것에 비해 이 음반은 `My December`와 `High Voltage`를 담고 있어 팬들에게 그 가치를 인정받았다. 물론, 지금 여러분이 손에 들고 있는 「Hybrid Theory」 리팩키지 앨범으로 인해 이제 그 희소성이 떨어지겠지만…. 그리고, 이미 많은 사람들이 알고 있기 때문에 따로 언급은 안 했지만, 린킨 파크의 명성을 높이는데 가장 큰공을 세운 다섯 개의 싱글 커팅 곡 `Papercut`, `One Step Closer`, `Points Of Authority`, `Crawling`, `In The End`는 싫건 좋건 음악을 좋아하는 사람이라면 지구가 뒤집어져도 꼭 듣고 넘어가야 할 것이다. 또, 자신만의 베스트 트랙을 골라서 여섯 번째(!) 싱글로 발표할만한 곡이 무엇인지 재보는 것도 새 앨범을 기다리는 동안 누릴 수 있는 기쁨이 되겠는데, 이는 `With You`, `Runaway`, `Pushing Me Away` 같은 탁월한 후보들이 1년 넘도록 아직 싱글로 발표되지 않고 줄줄이 순서를 기다리고 있기 때문이다. .... ....
Why does it feel like night today? Something in here's not right today Why am I so uptight today? Paranoia's all I got left I don't know what stressed me first Or how the pressure was fed But I know just what it feels like To have a voice in the back of my head It's like a face that I hold inside A face that awakes when I close my eyes A face watches every time I lie A face that laughs every time I fall (And watches everything) So I know that when it's time to sink or swim That the face inside is hearing me Right underneath my skin
*It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
I know I've got a face in me Points out all my mistakes to me You've got a face on the inside too and Your paranoia's probably worse I don't know what set me off first but I know what I can't stand Everybody acts like the fact of the matter is I can't add up to what you can but Everybody has a face that they hold inside A face that awakes when I close my eyes A face watches every time they lie A face that laughs every time they fall (And watches everything) So you know that when it's time to sink or swim That the face inside is watching you too Right inside your skin
*Repeat (x2)
The face inside is right beneath your skin The face inside is right beneath your skin The face inside is right beneath your skin
The sun goes down~ I feel the light betray me The sun goes down~ I feel the light betray me The sun goes down~ I feel the light betray me(*Repeat) The sun goes down~ I feel the light betray me(*Repeat) The sun.... beneath your skin!
I cannot take this anymore Saying everything I've said before All these words they make no sense I've found bliss in ignorance Less I hear the less you say You'll find that out anyway Just like before~
*Everything you say to me Takes me one step closer to the edge And I'm about to break I need a little room to breathe Cause I'm one step closer to the edge And I'm about to break
I've found the answers aren't so clear Wish I could find a way to disappear All these thoughts they make no sense I've found bliss in ignorance Nothing seems to go away Over and over again Just like before
*Repeat(x2)
Shut up when I'm talking to you! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up when I'm talking to you! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! SHUT UP! I'm about to break
I woke up in a dream today To the cold of the static and put my cold feet on the floor Forgot all about yesterday Remembering I'm pretending to be where I'm not anymore A little taste of hypocrisy And I'm left in the wake of the mistake slow to react Even though you're so close to me You're still so distant And I can't bring you back
*It's true the way I feel Was promised by your face The sound of your voice Painted on my memories Even if you're not with me I'm with you~
You Now I see Keeping everything inside (with you~) You Now I see Even when I close my eyes
I hit you and you hit me back We fall to the floor the rest of the day stands still Fine line between this and that When things go wrong I pretend the past isn't real Now I'm trapped in this memory And I'm left in the wake of the mistake slow to react Even though you're close to me You're still so distant And I can't bring you back
*Repeat
You Now I see Keeping everything inside (with you~) You Now I see Even when I close my eyes (with you~) You Now I see Keeping everything inside (with you~) You Now I see Even when I close my eyes
No, no matter how far we've come I can't wait to see tomorrow No matter how far we've come I I can't wait to see tomorrow With you~
You Now I see Keeping everything inside (with you~) You Now I see Even when I close my eyes (with you~) You Now I see Keeping everything inside (with you~) You Now I see Even when I close my eyes
*Forfeit the game before somebody else Takes you out of the frame puts your name to shame Cover up your face you can't run the race The pace is too fast you just won't last
You love the way I look at you While taking pleasure in the awful things you put me through You take away if I give in My life My pride is broken
**You like to think you're never wrong (You live what you learn) You want to act like you're someone (You live what you learn) You want someone to hurt like you (You live what you learn) You want to share what you've been through (You live what you learn)
You love the things I say I'll do The way I'll hurt myself again just to get back at you You take away when I give in my life My pride is broken
*Crawling in my skin These wounds, they will not heal Fear is how I fall Confusing what is real
There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface Consuming, confusing This lack of self control I fear is never ending Controlling, I can't seem
To find myself again My walls are closing in (Without a sense of confidence I'm convinced that it's just just too much pressure to take) I've felt this way before So insecure
* Repeat
Discomfort, endlessly has pulled itself upon me Distracting, Reacting Against my will I stand beside my own reflection It's haunting, how I can't seem
To find myself again My walls are closing in (Without a sense of confidence I'm convinced That it's just too much pressure to take) I've felt this way before So insecure
Graffiti decorations Underneath a sky of dust A constant wave of tension On top of broken trust The lessons that you taught me I learn were never true
Now I find myself in question They point the finger at me again Guilty by association You point the finger at me again
Paper bags and angry voices Under a sky of dust Another wave of tension Has more than filled me up All my talk of taking action These words were never true
Now I find myself in question They point the finger at me again Guilty by association You point the finger at me again
I wanna run away Never say goodbye I wanna know the truth Instead of wondering why I wanna know the answers No more lies I wanna shut the door And open up my mind
What do I do to ignore them behind me? Do I follow my instincts blindly? Do I hide my pride from these bad dreams And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening? Do I sit here and try to stand it? Or do I try to catch them red-handed? Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness? Because I can't hold on when I'm stretched so thin I make the right moves but I'm lost within I put on my daily facade but then I just end up getting hurt again By myself myself I ask why but in my mind I find I can't rely on myself
I can't hold on To what I want when I'm stretched so thin It's all too much to take in I can't hold on To anything watching everything spin With thoughts of failure sinking in
If I Turn my back I'm defenseless And to go blindly seems senseless If I hide my pride and let it all go on then they'll Take from me till everything is gone If I let them go I'll be outdone But if I try to catch them I'll be outrun If I'm killed by the questions like a cancer Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer By myself
How do you think I've lost so much I'm so afraid I'm out of touch How do you expect I will know what to do When all I know is what you tell me to
Don't you know I can't tell you how to make it go No matter what I do how hard I try I can't seem to convince myself why I'm stuck on the outside
It starts with one thing (One thing) I don't know why It doesn't even matter how hard you try Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme To explain in due time All I know (All I know) Time is a valuable thing Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings Watch it count down to the end of the day The clock ticks life away
It's so unreal (It's so unreal) Didn't look out below Watch the time go right out the window Trying to hold on, but didn't even know Wasted it all just to watch you go (Watch you go) I kept everything inside and even though I tried It all fell apart What it meant to me will eventually Be a memory of a time when (I tried so hard)
*I tried so hard And got so far But in the end It doesn't even matter I had to fall To lose it all But in the end It doesn't even matter
One thing, I don't know why It doesn't even matter how hard you try Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme, to remind myself how I tried so hard (I tried so hard) In spite of the way you were mocking me Acting like I was part of your property Remembering all the times you fought with me I'm surprised it got so far (It got so far)
Things aren't the way they were before You wouldn't even recognize me anymore Not that you knew me back then But it all comes back to me In the end (In the end) You kept everything inside and even though I tried It all fell apart What it meant to me will eventually Be a memory of a time when I (tried so hard)
*Repeat
I've put my trust in you Pushed as far as I can go For all this There's only one thing you should know I've put my trust in you Pushed as far as I can go For all this There's only one thing you should know
I watch how the moon sits in the sky On a dark night shining with the light from the sun The sun doesn't give light to the moon Assuming the moon's going to owe it one It makes me think of how you act to me You do favors and then rapidly You just turn around and start asking me about Things you want back from me
* I'm sick of the tension, sick of the hunger Sick of you acting like I owe you this Find another place to feed your greed While I find a place to rest
I want to be in another place I hate when you say you don't understand (You'll see it's not meant to be) I want to be in the energy, not with the enemy A place for my head Maybe someday I'll be just like you, and Step on people like you do and Run away the people I thought I knew I remember back then who you were You used to be calm, used to be strong Used to be generous, but you should've known That you'd wear out your welcome Now you see how quiet it is, all alone
* repeat(2x)
You try to take the best of me Go away (8x)
I want to be in another place I hate when you say you don't understand (You'll see it's not meant to be) I want to be in the energy, not with the enemy A place for my head
From the top to the bottom Bottom to top I stop At the core I've forgotten In the middle of my thoughts Taken far from my safety The picture is there The memory won't escape me But why should I care But why should I care
There's a place so dark you can't see the end Skies cock back and shock that which can't defend The rain then sends dripping acidic questions Forcefully, the power of suggestion Then with the eyes tightly shut looking thought the rust and rotten dust A spot of light floods the floor And pours over the rusted world of pretend The eyes ease open and its dark again
* In the memory you'll find me Eyes burning up The darkness holding me tightly Until the sun rises up
Moving all around Screaming of the ups and downs Pollution manifested in perpetual sound The wheels go round and the sunset creeps past the Street lamps, chain-link and concrete A little piece of paper with a picture drawn Floats on down the street till the wind is gone The memory now is like the picture was then When the paper's crumpled up it can't be perfect again
* Repeat
Now you got me caught in the act You bring the thought back I'm telling you that I see it right through you I see it right through you I see it right through you I see it right through you I see it right through you I see it right through you I see it right through you
Folks, we have a very special guest for you tonight I'd like to introduce Mr. Hahn! Let's hear it for the great Mr. Hahn! And now a lesson in rhythm management Let's begin Alright now wasn't that fun? Let's try something else
I've lied to you The same way that I always do This is the last smile That I'll fake for the sake of being with you
* 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
** Why I never walked away Why I played myself this way Now I see your testing me pushes me away (X2)
I've tried like you To do everything you wanted too This is the last time I'll take the blame for the sake of being with you
* Repeat
** Repeat(X2)
We're all out of time This is how we find how it all unwinds The sacrifice of hiding in a lie We're all out of time This is how we find how it all unwinds The sacrifice is never knowing
Why does it feel like night today? Something in here's not right today Why am I so uptight today? Paranoia's all I got left I don't know what stressed me first Or how the pressure was fed but I know just what it feels like To have a voice in the back of my head It's like a face that I hold inside A face that awakes when I close my eyes A face watches every time I lie A face that laughs every time I fall And watches everything So I know that when it's time to sink or swim That the face inside is hearing me right underneath my skin It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin I know I've got a face in me Points out all my mistakes to me You've got a face on the inside too and Your paranoia's probably worse I don't know what set me off first but I know what I can't stand Everybody acts like the fact of the matter is I can't add up to what you can but Everybody has a face that they hold inside A face that awakes when I close my eyes A face watches every time I lie A face that laughs every time they fall And watches everything So you know that when it's time to sink or swim That the face inside is watching you too right inside your skin It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin The face inside is right beneath your skin The face inside is right beneath your skin The face inside is right beneath your skin The sun goes down I feel the light betray me The sun goes down I feel the light betray me The sun goes down It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
You love the way I look at you While taking pleasure in the awful things you put me through You take away if I give in My life, my pride is broken You like to think you're never wrong You live what youve learned You have to act like you're someone You live what youve learned You want someone to hurt like you You live what youve learned You want to share what you've been through You live what youve learned You love the things I say I'll do The way I'll hurt myself again just to get back at you You take away when I give in My life, my pride is broken You like to think you're never wrong You live what youve learned You have to act like you're someone You live what youve learned You want someone to hurt like you You live what youve learned You want to share what you've been through You live what youve learned Forfeit the game Stop the talk show Product of what Your taught to know Forfeit the game 'Cause tomorrow When it's all done You reap what you sow Forfeit the game Stop the talk show Product of what Your taught to know Forfeit the game 'Cause tomorrow When it's all done You reap what you sow You like to think you're never wrong You live what youve learned You have to act like you're someone You live what youve learned You want someone to hurt like you You live what youve learned You want to share what you've been through You live what youve learned You like to think you're never wrong You live what youve learned You have to act like you're someone You live what youve learned You want someone to hurt like you You live what youve learned You want to share what you've been through You live what youve learned
I watch how the moon sits in the sky On a dark night shining with the light from the sun The sun doesn't give light to the moon Assuming the moon's going to owe it one It makes me think of how you act to me You do favors and then rapidly You just turn around and start asking me about Things you want back from me I'm sick of the tension sick of the hunger Sick of you acting like I owe you this Find another place to feed your greed While I find a place to rest I want to be in another place I hate when you say you don't understand You'll see it's not meant to be I want to be in the energy not with the enemy A place for my head Maybe someday I'll be just like you and Step on people like you do and Run away the people I thought I knew I remember back then who you were You used to be calm used to be strong Used to be generous but you should've known That you'd wear out your welcome Now you see how quiet it is all alone I'm so sick of the tension sick of the hunger Sick of you acting like I owe you this Find another place to feed your greed While I find a place to rest I'm so sick of the tension sick of the hunger Sick of you acting like I owe you this Find another place to feed your greed While I find a place to rest I want to be in another place I hate when you say you don't understand You'll see it's not meant to be I want to be in the energy not with the enemy A place for my head You try to take the best of me Go away You try to take the best of me Go away You try to take the best of me Go away You try to take the best of me Go away You try to take the best of me Go away You try to take the best of me Go away You try to take the best of me Go away You try to take the best of me Go away I want to be in another place I hate when you say you don't understand You'll see it's not meant to be I want to be in the energy not with the enemy A place for my head
I'm so sick of the tension sick of the hunger Sick of you acting like I owe you this Find another place to feed your greed While I find a place to rest I'm so sick of the tension sick of the hunger Sick of you acting like I owe you this Find another place to feed your greed While I find a place to rest
this is my december this is my time of the year this is my december this is all so clear
this is my december this is my snow covered home this is my december this is me alone
and i just wish that i didnt feel like there was something i missed and i take back all the things i said to make you feel like that and i just wish that i didnt feel like there was something i missed and i take back all the things i said to you
and i give it all away just to have somewhere to go to give it all away to have someone to come home to
this is my december these are my snow covered dreams this is me pretending this is all i need
and i just wish that i didnt feel like there was something i missed and i take back all the things i said to make you feel like that and i just wish that i didnt feel like there was something i missed and i take back all the things i said to you
and i give it all away just to have somewhere to go to give it all away to have someone to come home to
this is my december this is my time of the year this is my december this is all so clear
and i give it all away just to have somewhere to go to give it all away to have someone to come home to
You know what I mean You could put a label on a life, Put a label on a lifestyle
Sometimes...
You know Put a label on how you wake up every morning And go to bed at night
Hybrid
I’ve been diggin into crates ever since I was livin in space Before the ratrace, before monkeys had human traits I mastered numerology and bigbang theology Performed lobotomies with telekinetic psychology Invented the mic so I could start blessin it Chincheckin kids to make my point like an impressionist Many men have tried to shake us But I twist my cords in double helixes and show them what I’m made of I buckle knees like leg braces Cast the spell of instrumental-ness and all of you emcees who hate us So you can try on, Leave you without a shoulder to cry on From now to infinity let icons be bygones I fire bomb ghostly notes haunt this I tried threats but moved on to a promise I stomp shit with or without an accomplice And run the gauntlet with whoever that wants this
High Voltage The unforgettable sound High Voltage Bringing you up and taking you down High Voltage Coming at you from every side High Voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide
Akira, I put a kink in the backbones of clones with microphones Never satisfy my rhyme jones Sprayin bright day over what you might say My Blood type's craillon Technicolor type A On highways ride with road rage Cages of wind and cages of tin that bounce all around Surround sound Devouring the scene Subliminal gangrene paintings Over while the same thing Sing song karaoke copy bullshit Break bones verbally with sticks and stone tactics Fourth dimension, combat convention Write rhymes at ease while the track stands at attention
Meant to put you away with the pencil Pistol, official, 16 line a rhyme missile While you risk your all, I pick out all your flaws Spin rah, blah blah blah You can say you saw
High Voltage The Unforgettable sound High Voltage Bringing you up and taking you down High Voltage Coming at you from every side High Voltage Making the rhythm and rhyme collide
High Voltage The Unforgettable sound High Voltage Bringing you up and taking you down High Voltage Coming at you from every side High Voltage Making the rhythm and rhyme collide And like the rock and rap You know what i mean People act like you know Wow that’s a new invention That shits brand new We're constantly evolving It is constantly changing
Sometimes...
There's a lot of change Everybody's always up with labels There ain’t no label for this shit They're always gonna try to put a label on it Try to create something So they can water it down
Sometimes I feel like a prophet Misunderstood Under the gun like a new disease
Sometimes I feel like a prophet
Misunderstood Under the gun like a new disease
High Voltage The Unforgettable sound High Voltage Bringing you up and taking you down High Voltage Coming at you from every side High Voltage Making the rhythm and rhyme collide
High Voltage The Unforgettable sound High Voltage Bringing you up and taking you down High Voltage Coming at you from every side High Voltage Making the rhythm and rhyme collide
High Voltage The Unforgettable sound High Voltage Bringing you up and taking you down High Voltage Coming at you from every side High Voltage Making the rhythm and rhyme collide
High Voltage The Unforgettable sound High Voltage Bringing you up and taking you down High Voltage Coming at you from every side High Voltage Making the rhythm and rhyme collide
You know what I mean, you can put a label on a lifestyle