Mike Shinoda

Yo, yo
Forfiet the game, before somebody
takes you out of the frame
Put your name to shame, cover up your face
You can't run the race, the pace is too fast, you just won't last
Wont last, wont last, wont 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 like to think you're never wrong)
You have to act like you're someone
(You have to act like you're someone)
You want someone to hurt like you
(You want someone to hurt like you)
You wanna share what you've been through
(You live what you've learned)
Learned, learned, learned,
learned, learned(echo fade)

You love the things, I say I'll do
The way I 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 like to think you're never wrong)
You have to act like you're someone
(You have to act like you're someone)
You want someone to hurt like you
(You want someone to hurt like you)
You wanna' share what you've been through
(You live what you've learned)

Yo, yo
Forfiet the game, before somebody takes
you out of the frame
Put your name to shame, cover up your face
You can't run the race, the pace is too fast, you just won't last
Forfiet the game,
before somebody takes you out of the frame
Put your name to shame, cover up your face
You can't run the race, the pace is too fast, you just won't last
Wont last, wont last, wont last...

You like to think you're never wrong
(You like to think you're never wrong)
You have to act like you're someone
(You have to act like you're someone)
You want someone to hurt like you
(You want someone to hurt like you)
You wanna share what you've been through
You like to think you're never wrong
(You like to think you're never wrong)
You have to act like you're someone
(You have to act like you're someone)
You want someone to hurt like you
(You want someone to hurt like you)
You wanna share what you've been through
(You live what you've learned)

Ohhhhhhh
Ohhhhhhh

Hey yo when this first started off
it was just Linkin Park
Then in the middle came Motion Man
And at the end of it all it was Kutmasta Kut wit a remix

one thing i don't know why
it doesn't even matter how hard you try
keep that in mind I designed this rhyme
when I was obsessed with time
all i know, time was just slipping way
and i watched it count down till the end of the day
watched it watch me and the words that i say
the echo of the clock rhythm in my veins
i know that i didn't look out below
and i watched the time go right out the window
trying to grab hold, trying not to watch
i wasted it all on the hands of the clock
but in the end no matter what i pretend
the journey is more important than the end or the start
and what it meant to me will eventually be
a memory of the time when i tried so hard

i tried so hard
and got so far
but in the end
it doesnt even matter
i had to fall
to lose it all
but in the end
it doesnt even matter

yo 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 the due time
all i know, time to so-socialize like the host of the party
all for shake and made eye contact
party control showing all that
northeast, southwest coast
stand out the window, no opportunity to mingle
i tried to show her,
if you could just sense a middle disorder
i brought you back of the thing
like the imaginary man of your dreams
well, you would always seem to make it worth it
a sleek skin i never nerved you
you felt lovin, i never applied a room
without bringing the plan
by any means and means of leaving you teens,
of all those teenage scenes, i tried so hard

i tried so hard
and got so far
but in the end
it doesnt even matter
i had to fall
to lose it all
but in the end
it doesnt even matter

linkin park, remix, Mo Mo Mo Motion Man
linkin park, in the end, Kutmasta Kutmasta Kut Kutmasta Kurt
linkin park, remix, Mo Mo Motion Man
linkin park, in the end, Kutmasta Kurt

one thing i don't know how
it doesn't even matter when you look at it now
because when i designed this rhyme i was scared of it all
scared to fall, i hadn't even tried to crawl
and i was forced to run, with you mocking me
stopping me, back stabbing me constantly
remembering all those times you fought with me
watch the clock now chop full of hypocrisy
and now your mouth wishes it could inhale
every single little thing you said and make it expel
every single word you sputter just to get your piece,
but it really doesn't matter to me
because from the start to the end no matter what i pretend
the journey is more important than the end or the start
and what it meant to me will eventually be
a memory of the time when i tried so hard

i tried so hard
and got so far
but in the end
it doesnt even matter
i had to fall
to lose it all
but in the end
it doesnt even matter
in the end

Whats up evich, glad you could keep me uhh detailed
Please enter your pa..
First message
Yo Mike, This is Chali 2na, whats up man?
I'm just trying to catch up witch ya so we can go on here
and get this song on the roll, pop a d...haha call me back

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's there
The memory won't escape me

We're stuck in a place so dark you can hardly see
The manner of matter that splits with the words I breathe
And as the rain drips acidic questions around me
I block out the sight of the powers that be
And duck away into the darkness, times up
I wind up in a rusted world with eyes shut
So tight that it blurs into the world of pretend
And the eyes ease open and it's dark again

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's there
The memory won't escape me
But why should I care

In the memory you'll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up

Listen to the sound, dizzy from the ups and downs
I'm nauseated by the polluted rock that's all around
Watching the wheels of cars that pass I look past
To the last of the light and the long shadows it casts
A window grows and captures the eye
And cries out a yellow light as it passes me by
And a young shadowy figure sits in front of a box
Inside a building of rock with antennas on top
Now, nothing can stop in this land of the pain
The sane lose not knowing they were part of the game
And while the insides change the box stays the same
And the figure inside could bear anybody's name
The memories I keep are from a time like then
I put on my paper so I could come back to them
Someday I'm hoping to close my eyes and pretend
That this crumpled up paper can be perfect again

I'm here at this podium talking, the ceremonial offerings
Dedicated to urban dysfunctional offspring
What's happening? City governments are eternally napping
Trapped in greedy convenants causing an urban collapsing
Bullets that scar souls with dark holds
Get more then your car stole, some hearts be blacker than charcoal
For real. This society's deprivation depends
Not on our differences but the separation within
No preparation is made, limited aid, and minimum wage
Living in a tenement cage for innocent pay
Tragedy within a parade
The darkness overspreads like a permanent plague
I'm the forgotten
In the memory you'll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up

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

Everything has to end, you'll soon find, we're outta time,
left to watch it all unwhind
Everything falls apart, even the people who never frown eventually
break down
Everything has to end, you'll soon find, we're outta time,
left to watch it all unwhind
Everything falls apart, even the people who never frown eventually
break down

I've lied
To you
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)
(Everything has to end, you'll soon find, we're outta time,
left to watch it all unwhind)
For sake of being with you
(Everything falls apart,
even the people who never frown eventually break down)
The sacrifice is never knowing

Why I stayed with you
Just push away
No matter what you see
You're still so blind to me

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
(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 outta time, left to watch it all unwind)
The sacrifice is never knowing

Why I stayed with you
Just push away
No matter what you see
You're still so blind to me

Reverse phsycology's failing miserably
It's so hard to be, left all alone
Telling you is the only chance for me
Theres 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...
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie (why)
The sacrifice is never knowing

Why I stayed with you
Just push away
No matter what you see
You're still so blind to me
Why I stayed with you
Just push away
No matter what you see
You're still so blind to me

I wanna be in another place, I hate when you say you dont
understand, I wanna be in the energy, right with the enemy,
a place for my head.

I watch how the moon sits in the sky on a dark night,
shining with the light from the sun, the sun doesnt give
light to the moon, assuming the moons gonna owe it one, and
makes think of how you act to me, you do favors that
rapidly, you just turn around and start asking me about
things you want back from me, Im 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, Im sick of the tension, sick of the hunger, sick of
you acting like I oweyou this, find another place to feed
your greed, while I find a place to rest.

I wanna be in another place, I hate when you say you dont
understand, I wanna be in the energy, right with the enemy,
a place for my head. I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna

Two, Two, Three, Three, Ya, Ya, Ya, Gimme ???

I wanna be in another place, I hate when you say you dont
understand, I wanna be in the energy, right with the enemy,
a place for my head. You try to get the best of me, go away,
go away, 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, you try to take the best of me, go away, you
try to take the best of me.

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 mic 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 Krylon 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

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

Hey Mike, whats up? this is Ron, ya know, last week in the chatroom.
I was just touchin a face, see how your Easter went. Umm
I was seein if you gonna see Joe soon too,
he has my keyboard that i've been trying to get back.
I've been trying to call him,
and he hasnt been returning any message's so if ya see him give an angle to uh get it back.

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
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

No, no matter how far we've come
I can't wait to see tomorrow
No, no matter how far we've come I
I can't wait to see tomorrow
With you

Why does it feel like night today,
something in here's not right today
Why I am 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
Like a face that I hold inside, a face that awakes
when I close my eyes
Face that watches every time I lie,
face that laughs every time I fall
and watches everything
So I know that when its time to sink or swim
The face inside is hearing me right beneath my skin

Its like I'm paranoid looking over my back
Its like a whirlwind inside of my head
Its like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
Its like the face inside is right beneath my skin

Hey yo, here we go again with the pain
I feel isn't real but in my mind
But I find myself in places with names, but not faces
My memory races at speeds hundred degrees
My soul it bleeds devil must have planted the seed
Now it feels like my backs against the wall,
I'm taking the fall
Whenever I call nobody's responding at all
But I don't know who I could trust they screaming my name
I need somebody to help me out of the flame

All I'm trying to do is just master me
all I want to do is smoke a blaster beat
but something keeps talking to me consciously
responsibly it keeps haunting me
From dusk till dawn
Everything has something for ya
That voice inside of your head got you projecting Paranoia!
cold sweat shining on your face exposing your purpose and if I
ripped off your skin I'll probably find another verse
Its nothing worse than trying to bring yourself up back from the dead
so I advise you listen to that voice in the back of your head

Its like I'm paranoid looking over my back
Its like a whirlwind inside of my head
Its like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
Its like the face inside is right beneath my skin (x2)
The face inside is right beneath your skin (x4)

The sun goes down
I feel the light betray me
The sun goes down

Its like I'm Parnoid!

I feel the light betray me
The sun ahhhhhhhhhh

Its like I'm paranoid looking over my back
Its like a whirlwind inside of my head
Its like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
Its like the face inside is right beneath my skin (x2)

I don't think y'all ready
Yo I don't think y'all ready

Graffiti decorations under a sky of grey
this constant apprehension still giving me away
the lessons I have forgotten
in spite of all I've learned
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 runaway (I wanna runaway)
I wanna know the truth (I wanna know the truth)
I wanna know the answers (I wanna know the answers)
I wanna shut the door (and open up my mind)
and open up my mind

Paperbags and angry voices under a sky of grey
this constant apprehension won't seem to go away
all my talk of starting over
these words were never true
now I find myself in question

They point the finger at me again
Guilty by association
Point the finger at me again

I wanna runaway (I wanna runaway)
I wanna know the truth (I wanna know the truth)
I wanna know the answers (I wanna know the answers)
I wanna shut the door (and open up my mind)
and open up my mind (and open up my mind)

Gonna runwaway gonna runaway

Ya'll not ready
Hey yo
I don't think your all ready for what I am about to do
You all new schooled dudes that don't even got no clue
How dare you forget about Bam and Zulu
Cool Herc and Jazzy Jay they paved the way
Let me spit at you all who said I wasn't going to make it
Every time I blazed, ya'll the first to hate it
My team really keep supreme to stay strong
That's the true serious son, they're scared to put us on
Cant get with hybrids get off your hiatus
Too many artists dieing for us so I got to blaze it
I'm still repreking brooklyn D and on
hell fire and family alienation
Banging hits in the backyard on the LP song
I'm the new communicate
Phoenix Orion

I wanna runaway (I wanna runaway)
I wanna know the truth (I wanna know the truth)
I wanna know the answers (I wanna know the answers)
I wanna shut the door (and open up my mind)
and open up my mind (and open up my mind)

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 didn't 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 didn't 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 didn't 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 didn't 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

Next message
Yo, what up? Its Stef, call me up.
I'm gonna be in town all this week,
so uhh if you wanna get that track takin care of, let
me know. Call me on my cell, later.

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 fade 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 look around
It's too much to take in
I can't hold on
When I'm stretched so thin
I can't slow down
Watching everything spin
I can't look past
It's starting over again

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 teill 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 (myself)
I ask why, but in my mind I find
I can't rely on myself

I can't look around
It's too much to take in
I can't hold on
When I'm stretched so thin
I can't slow down
Watching everything spin
I can't look past
It's starting over again

Don't you...
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

I'd like to introduce
In your sound institute of invention of
reliable audio weapon system
Lets, lets try (gescratched)
Lets try something else
Folks, we have a very special guest for you tonight,
night, night
Break it down
Using the waves of sound
A true master paralize's his opponent,
leaving him vulnerable to attack
Mr. Hahn

I'm about to break
I'm about to break
Need room to breathe
Need room to breathe
Need room to breathe

I cannot take this anymore.
Saying everything I said before.
All these words they make no sense,
I find bliss in ignorance,
The less I hear the less you say,
You'll find that out anyway.
I find the answers aren't so clear.
I wish I could find a way to disappear
All these thoughts they make no sense,
I found bliss in ignorance,
Nothing seems to go away,
Over and over again
Over and over again
Over and over again
Over and over again
Just Like Before

Everything you say to me
and I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
and I'm about to break
Everything you say to me
and I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
and I'm about to break

These are the places where I can feel
Torn from my body, my flesh it peels.
During this frightly concurring balmy night.
Waiting alone, I cannot resist.
Filling this hate I have never missed.
Raise up my memory, a reason to rip off my face.
Blood is pouring
and pouring (x9)

SHUT UP WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU
Shut up
And it's pouring
Shut up
And it's pouring
Shut up
And it's pouring
SHUT UP WHEN I'M TALKING TO YOU
Shut up
And it's pouring
Shut up
And it's pouring
Shut up
And it's pouring
Shut up
I'm about to break

Everything you say to me
and I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
and I'm about to break
Everything you say to me
and I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
And I'm about to

Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
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
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
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

Crawling in My Skin
Consuming Confusing
Crawling in My Skin
With Out a Sense Of Confudence and i'm convinced
That There's Just too much Presssure To Take
There's Something Inside me that Pulls Besneaath the Surface
Crawling in my skin
Consuming all i feel
Fear is how i fall
Confusing What is Real (x2)
There's Something Inside me that Pulls Besneaath 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
With Out a Sense Of Confudence and i'm convinced
That There's Just too much Presssure To Take
I've Felt This way Before
So Insecure

Crawling In My Skin
Consuming all i feel
Fear is how i fall
Confusing What is Real

Discomfort Endlessly Has Pulled Itself Upon Me
Distracting ReactingAgainst My Will i Stand Beside My Own
Relfelction
It's Haunting How I Can't Seem

To Find Myself Again
My walls are Closing in
With Out a Sense Of Confudence and i'm convinced
That There's Just too much Presssure To Take

I've Felt This way Before
So Insecure

To Find Myself Again
My walls are Closing in
With Out a Sense Of Confudence and i'm convinced
That There's Just too much Presssure To Take

I've Felt This way Before
So Insecure

Crawling in my skin
Consuming all i feel
Fear is how i fall
Confusing What is Real

Crawling in my skin
Consuming all i feel
Fear is how i fall
Confusing In Confusing What Is Real

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

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

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

* Repeat

* Repeat

Yo, peep the style and the kids checking for it
The number one question is how could you ignore it
And drop right back in the cut over basement tracks
Rap stack got you backing this up like
Rewind that we're just rolling with the rhythm
Rise from the ashes of stylistic division
With these non-stop lyrics of life living
Not to be forgotten but still unforgiving
But in the meantime there are those who wanna talk this and that
So I suppose that it gets to a point where feelings gotta get hurt
And get dirty with the people spreading the dirt

it goes

[
]
(Tried to give you warning but everyone ignores me)
Told you everything loud and clear
(But nobodys listening)
(Called to you so clearly but you dont want to hear me)
Told you everything loud and clear
(But nobodys listening)

I got a heart full of pain, head full of stress
handfull of anger, held in my chest
And everything lefts a waste of time
I hate my rhymes, but hate everyone elses more
Im riding on the back of this pressure
Guessing that its better I cant keep myself together
Because all of this stress gave me something to write on
The pain gave me something I could set my sights on
Never forget the blood sweat and tears
The uphill struggle over years the fear and
Trash talking and the people it was to
And the people that started it just like you

[
]
(Tried to give you warning but everyone ignores me)
Told you everything loud and clear
(But nobodys listening)
(Called to you so clearly but you dont want to hear me)
Told you everything loud and clear
(But nobodys listening)

I got a heart full of pain, head full of stress
handfull of anger, held in my chest
Uphill s

I am
little bit of loneliness
A little bit of disregard
A handful of complaints but I can't help the fact
That everyone can see these scars

I am
What I want you to want
What I want you to feel
But It's like no matter what I do I can't convince you
To just believe this is real
so I

let go
Watching you
Turn your back like you always do
face away and pretend that I'm not
but I'll be here
'cause you're all I got

I can't feel
the way I did before
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored
time won't heal
this damage anymore
don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored

I am
A little bit insecure
A little unconfident
'cause you don't understand
I do what I can
but sometimes I don't make sense

I am
What you never want to say
But I've never had a doubt
It's like no matter what I do I can't convince you
for once just to hear me out

so I
let go
watching you
Turn your back like you always do
face away and pretend that I'm not
but I'll be here
'cause you're all I got

I can't feel
the way I did before
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored
time won't heal
this damage anymore
don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored

NO
hear me out now
you're gonna listen to me
like it or not
right now
hear me out now
you're gonna listen to me
like it or not
right now

I can't feel
the way I did before
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored

I can't feel
the way I did before
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored
time won't heal
this damage anymore
don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored

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
Take's me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to pray
'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
Everything you say to me
Take's me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to pray
'Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
Everything you say to me
Take's me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to pray
'Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to
BREAK (echo)

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

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 pray
'Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
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 pray
'Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to
BREAK!

I am
little bit of loneliness
A little bit of disregard
A handful of complaints but I can't help the fact
That everyone can see these scars

I am
What I want you to want
What I want you to feel
But It's like no matter what I do I can't convince you
To just believe this is real
so I

let go
Watching you
Turn your back like you always do
face away and pretend that I'm not
but I'll be here
'cause you're all I got

I can't feel
the way I did before
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored
time won't heal
this damage anymore
don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored

I am
A little bit insecure
A little unconfident
'cause you don't understand
I do what I can
but sometimes I don't make sense

I am
What you never want to say
But I've never had a doubt
It's like no matter what I do I can't convince you
for once just to hear me out

so I
let go
watching you
Turn your back like you always do
face away and pretend that I'm not
but I'll be here
'cause you're all I got

I can't feel
the way I did before
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored
time won't heal
this damage anymore
don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored

NO
hear me out now
you're gonna listen to me
like it or not
right now
hear me out now
you're gonna listen to me
like it or not
right now

I can't feel
the way I did before
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored

I can't feel
the way I did before
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored
time won't heal
this damage anymore
don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored

I'm tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless, lost under the surface,
Don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)

I've become so numb
I can't feel you there
I've become so tired,
So much more aware
I'm becoming this
All I want to do,
Is be more like me,
And be less like you

Can't you see that you're smothering me?
Holding too tightly, afraid to lose control
'Cause everything that you thought I would be,
Has fallen apart right in front of you
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
And every second I waste is more than I can take

I've become so numb
I can't feel you there
I've become so tired,
So much more aware
I'm becoming this
All I want to do,
Is be more like me,
And be less like you

And I know I may end up failing too,
But I know you were just like me with someone disappointed in you

I've become so numb
I can't feel you there
I've become so tired,
So much more aware
I'm becoming this
All I want to do,
Is be more like me,
And be less like you

I've become so numb
I can't feel you there
(I'm tired of being what you want me to be)
I've become so numb
I can't feel you there
(I'm tired of being what you want me to be)

I don't know who to trust
No surprise
(Everyone feels so far away from me)
Heavy thoughts sift through dust
And the lies

(Trying not to break)
(But I'm so tired of this deceit)
(Every time I try to make myself)
(Get back up on my feet)
(All I ever think about is this)
(All the tiring time between)
(And how)
(Trying to put my trust in you)
(Just takes so much out of me)

I take everything from the inside
And throw it all away
'Cause I swear for the last time
I won't trust myself with you

Tension is building inside
Steadily
(Everyone feels so far away from me)
Heavy thoughts forcing their way
Out of me

I take everything from the inside
And throw it all away
'Cause I swear for the last time
I won't trust myself with you

I won't waste myself on you
Waste myself on you


I take everything from the inside
And throw it all away
'Cause I swear for the last time
I won't trust myself with you

I'm tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless, lost under the surface,
Don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)

I've become so numb
I can't feel you there
I've become so tired,
So much more aware
I'm becoming this
All I want to do,
Is be more like me,
And be less like you

Can't you see that you're smothering me?
Holding too tightly, afraid to lose control
'Cause everything that you thought I would be,
Has fallen apart right in front of you
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
And every second I waste is more than I can take

I've become so numb
I can't feel you there
I've become so tired,
So much more aware
I'm becoming this
All I want to do,
Is be more like me,
And be less like you

And I know I may end up failing too,
But I know you were just like me with someone disappointed in you

I've become so numb
I can't feel you there
I've become so tired,
So much more aware
I'm becoming this
All I want to do,
Is be more like me,
And be less like you

I've become so numb
I can't feel you there
(I'm tired of being what you want me to be)
I've become so numb
I can't feel you there
(I'm tired of being what you want me to be)

I ordered a frapuccino,

where is my fuckin' frapuccino!

All right lets do this.



When I pretend

everything is what I want it to be

I look exactly like what you had always

wanted to see

When I pretend,

I can't forget about the criminal I am

Stealing second after second

just cause I know I can but

I can't pretend this is the way it'll stay I'm just

Trying to bend the truth

I can't pretend I'm who you want me to be, so I'm

Lying my way from



If you feelin like a pimp nigga,

go and brush your shoulders off

Ladies is pimps too,

go and brush your shoulders off

Niggaz is crazy baby,

don't forget that boy told you

Get, that, dirt off your shoulder



I probably owe it to y'all,

proud to be locked by the force

Tryin to hustle some things,

that go with the Porsche

Feelin no remorse,

feelin like my hand was forced

Middle finger to the law,

nigga grip'n my balls

All the ladies they love me,

from the bleachers they screamin

All the ballers is bouncin

they like the way I be leanin

All the rappers be hatin,

off the track that I'm makin

But all the hustlers

they love it just to see one of us make it

Came from the bottom the bottom,

to the top of the pots

Nigga London, Japan and I'm straight off the block

Like a running back,

get it man, I'm straight off the block

I can run it back nigga

cause I'm straight with the Roc



If you feelin like a pimp nigga,

go and brush your shoulders off

Ladies is pimps too,

go and brush your shoulders off

Niggaz is crazy baby,

don't forget that boy told you

Get, that, dirt off your shoulder



You gotta get (get), that(that), dirt off your shoulder

You gotta get (get), that(that), dirt off your shoulder

You gotta get (get), that(that), dirt off your shoulder

You gotta get (get), that(that), dirt off your shoulder



Your homey Hov' in position,

in the kitchen with soda

I just whipped up a watch,

tryin to get me a Rover

Tryin to stretch out the coca,

like a wrestler, yessir

Keep the Heckler close,

you know them smokers'll test ya

But like, fifty-two cards when I'm,

I'm through dealin Now

fifty-two bars come out,

now you feel 'em Now,

fifty-two cars roll out,

remove ceiling In case

fifty-two broads come out, now you chillin

with a boss bitch of course S.C. on the sleeve

At the 40/40 club, ESPN on the screen

I paid a grip for the jeans, plus the slippers is clean

No chrome on the wheels, I'm a balla for real, cheea



Yeah, I remember what they taught to me

Remember condescending talk of who I ought to be

Remember listening to all of that and this again

So I pretended up a person who was fittin' in

And now you think this person really is me and I'm

Trying to bend the truth

But the more I push the more I'm pulling away

'cuz I'm



Lying my way from you

No no turning back now

I wanna be pushed aside so let me go

No no turning back now

Let me take back my life I'd rather be all alone

No turning back now

Anywhere on my own cuz I can see

No no turning back now

The very worst part of you

The very worst part of you is ME



This isn't what I wanted to be,

I never thought that what I said would

have you running from me

Like This

This isn't what I wanted to be,

I never thought that what I said would

have you running from me

Like This

This isn't what I wanted to be,

I never thought that what I said would

have you running from me

Like This

This isn't what I wanted to be,

I never thought that what I said would

have you running from me

Like This



You

No turning back now

I wanna be pushed aside so let me go

No no turning back now

Let me take back my life I'd rather be all alone

No turning back now

Anywhere on my own cuz I can see

No no turning back now

The very worst part of you

The very worst part of you is me



Biatch!!!

[Verse 1: Jay-Z]
Motherfuckers wanna act loco, hit 'em up, numerous
shots with the fo'-fo'
Faggots wanna talk to Po-Po's, smoke 'em like cocoa
Fuck rap, coke by the boatload
Fuck that, on the run-by, gun high, one eye closed
Left holes through some guy clothes
Stop your bullshittin, glock with the full clip
Motherfuckers better duck when the fool spit
One shot could make a nigga do a full flip
See the nigga layin shocked when the bullet hit
Hey ma, how you, know niggaz wanna buy you
But see me I wanna "Fuck for Free" like Akinyele
Take this ride, make you feel it inside your belly
If it's tight get the K-Y Jelly
All night get you wide up inside the telly
Side to side, til you say Jay-Z you're too much for me

[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda]
I am, a little bit of loneliness, a little bit of disregard
Handful of complaints but I can't help the fact
That everybody can see these scars
I am, what I want you to want, what I want you to feel
But it's like no matter what I do, I can't convince you
To just believe this is real
So I, let go, watching you, turn your back like you always do
Face away and pretend that I'm not
But I'll be here cause you're all that I've got

[Vese 3: Jay-Z]
Got a condo with nothin but condoms in it
The same place where the rhymes is invented
So all I do is rap and sex, imagine how I stroke
See how I was flowin on my last cassette?
Rapid-fire like I'm blastin a Tec, never jam though
Never get high, never run out of ammo
Niggaz hatin the shit cause I slayed your bitch
You know your favorite, I know it made you sick
And now you're, actin raw but you never had war
Don't know how to carry your hoes, wanna marry your hoe
Now she's mad at me, causer Your Majesty, just happened to be
A pimp, what a tragedy
She wanted, us to end, cause I fucked with friends
She gave me one more chance and I fucked her again
I seen her tears as she busted in, I said, "Shit.
there's a draft, shut the door bitch and come on in!"

[Verse 4: Mike Shinoda]
I am, a little bit insecure, a little unconfident
Cuz you don't understand I do what I can
Sometimes I don't make sense
I am, what you never wanna say, but I've never had a doubt
It's like no matter what I do I can't convince you for once just to hear me out
So I, let go, watching you, turn your back like you always do
You face away and pretend that I'm not
I'll be here cause you're all that I've got

[Chester Bennington]
I can't feel, the way I did before
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored
Time won't heal, this damage anymore
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored

Now, hear me out now
You're gonna listen to me like it or not
Right now, hear me out now
You're gonna listen to me like it or not
Right now

I can't feel, the way I did before
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored

I can't feel, the way I did before
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored
Time won't heal, this damage anymore
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored

I can't feel
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored
Time won't tell
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored

Thank you!Thank you!Thank you!
You're far to kind.


Can I get an encore? Do you want more?
Cookin raw with the Brooklyn boy
So, for one last time I need y’all to roar

Now, what the hell are you waiting for?
After me, there shall be no more
So, for one last time nigga make some noise

(Get'em Jay)

Who you know fresher than Hov?
Riddle me that
The rest of y’all know where I’m lyrically at
Can’t none of y’all mirror me back
Yeah, hearin’ me rap is like hearin’ G. Rap in his prime
I’m young H.O.: Rap’s Grateful Dead
Back to take over the globe?now break bread
I’m in Boeing jets, Global Express
Out the country but the blueberry still connect
On the low but the yacht got a triple deck
But when you young what the fuck you expect? (yep, yep)
Grand openin’?grand closin’
God damn, your man Hov cracked the can open again
Who you gon’ find doper than him with no pen?
Just draw off inspiration (shon)
Soon you gon’ see you can’t replace him (him)
With cheap imitations for dese generations

Can I get a encore? Do you want more?
Cookin raw with the Brooklyn boy
So, for one last time people I need y’all to roar

Now, what the hell are you waiting for?
After me, there shall be no more
So, for one last time nigga make some noise

Now,what the hell are you waiting for?

(Sighs)
Look what you made me do, look what I made for you.
Knew if I paid my dues how will they pay you?
When you first come in the game they try to play you
Then you drop a couple of hits?look how they wave to you
From Marcy to Madison Square
To the only thing that matters in just a matter of years
As fate would have it Jay’s status appears
To be at an all-time high?perfect time to say goodbye
When I come back like Jordan wearin’ the 4 5
It ain’t to play games with you
It’s to aim at you?probably maim you
If I owe you I’ll blow you to smithereens
Cocksucka’, take one for your team
And I need you to remember one thing (one thing)
I came, I saw, I conquered
From record sales to sold-out concerts
So muhfucker, if you want this encore
I need you to scream ‘til your lungs get sore

I’m tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless
Lost under the surface
I Don’t know what you’re expecting of me
put under the pressure
Of walking in your shoes
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
And every second I waste is more than I can take

I’ve become so numb,
I can’t feel you there
Become so tired, so much more aware
I’m becoming this
All I want to do
Is be more like me, and be less like you

I’ve become so numb (stretch)
(Can I get a encore? Do you want more?) (more, more, more, more)
I’ve become so numb
(So, for one last time, I need y’all to roar)
(one last time, I need y’all to roar)

You ready
Lets go
Yeah
for those of you that
want to know
what we're all about
It's like this y'all c'mon
This is ten percent luck
twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated
power of will
Five percent pleasure
fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent
reason to remember the name
Mike
He doesn't need his
name up in lights
He just wants to be heard
whether it's the beat or the mic
He feels so unlike
everybody else alone
In spite of the fact that some
people still think that they know
But fuck em he knows the code
It's not about the salary
It's all about reality
and making some noise
Makin story
makin sure his clique stays up
That means
when he puts it down Tak's
pickin it up
Who the hell is he anyway
He never really talks much
Never concerned with status
but still leavin them
star struck
Humbled through opportunities
given him despite the fact
That many misjudge
because he makes a
livin from writin raps
Put it together himself
now the picture connects
Never asking for someone's help
Or to get some respect
He's only
focused on what he wrote
his will is beyond reach
and now it all unfolds the
skill of an artist
This is 20% skill
80% beer
Be a 100% clear 'cuz Ryu is ill
Who would have
thought he'd be the
one That set The West in flames
Then I heard him
wreck it with the
Crystal Method Name Of The Game
Came back dropped Megadef
took em to church
I like bleach man
Ryu had the stupidest verse
This dude is the truth
Now everybody's
givin' him guest spots
His stock's through the roof
heard he's fuckin' with S dot
This is ten percent luck
20% skill
Fifteen percent concentrated
Five percent pleasure
fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent
reason to remember the name
They call him Ryu The Sick
And he's spittin fire with Mike
Got him out the dryer he's hot
Found him in Fort Minor with Tak
Been a fuckin
annihilist porcupine
He's a prick
he's a cock The type
woman want to be with and
rappers hope he get shot Eight
years in the makin patiently
waitin to blow
Now the record with Shinoda's
takin over the globe
He's got a partner in crime
his shit is equally dope
You wont believe the kind of
shit that comes
out of this kid's throat Tak
He's not your everyday
on the block
He knows how to what he's got
Makin his way to the top
He often gets a comment
on his name
People keep askin him was it
given at birth Or does it
stand for an acronym No
he's livin proof
Got him rockin the booth
He'll get you buzzin quicker
than a shot of vodka with juice
Him and his crew are
known around
as one of the best
Dedicated to what they doin
give a hundred percent
Forget Mike
Nobody really knows how or why
he works so hard It
seems like he's
never got time Because he
writes every note
and he writes every line
And I've seen him at work
when that light goes
on in his mind
It's like a design is
written in his head every time
Before he even touches a key
or speaks in a rhyme
And those motherfuckers he
runs with kids that he signed
Ridiculous without even trying
how do they do it This is ten
percent luck
twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated
power of will
Five percent pleasure
fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent
reason to remember the name
This is ten percent luck
twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated
power of will
Five percent pleasure
fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent
reason to remember the name
Yeah Fort Minor
M Shinoda Styles of Beyond
Ryu Takbir Machine Shop

Someone right now
is leaving their apartment
Looking down at the street
Wondering where there car went
Someone in the car sitting at a signal
In front of a restaraunt
Staring through the window
at someone Right now
with their finger in their teeth
Who could use a little floss
Right across the street
there's somebody on the curb
Who really needs a jacket
spent half the rent at a bar getting plastered
Now he gotta walk fourteen blocks to
work at a shop Where he's about to get fired
Someone right now is looking pretty tired
Staring at a laptop trying to get inspired
Somebody living right across the street
She wrote the best things
She's written all week but her
best friends coughing up blood in the sink
Can't even think what happened
feeling so confused
And he knows it looks bad
but there's nothing he can do
I wonder what it's like to be right
there in his shoes
But no I'm just taking it in
Out the window of a hotel bedroom again
Tommorrow I'll be gone
I don't know when I'll be back
But in this world everything can
change just like that, Like that
Yo somebody right now
is dropping his vote inside a box
And trying not to get shot in his throat
For the act of freedom right now
somebody is stuck in Iraq
Hoping that he gets shipped back breathing
in a war That he's not really
sure of the reasons
So we show our support
when the press mislead them
Though we more then remain proud
and salute the troops get some
I know you boys got some work to do
Meanwhile right now someones 25 to life
And is stading on the corner
with their thumb up hitchiking
Stratching off a lotto ticket
hoping for a real winner
Sneaking through the border just to
work and to eat a real dinner
Right now someone wishes
they were you were not instead of second
Guessing freedom thoughts of quiet suicide
But right now I'm staring at the window
at a frame with holes
In his arm and holes in his jeans
he pulled out his siger And sparked the light
And walked right around
the corner just outta my sight
But yo I'm just taking it in
From the second story hotel window again
The TV's on, and my bags are packed
But in this world everything
can change just like that, Like that
But yo I'm just taking it in
From the second story hotel window again
The TV's on, and my bags are packed
But in this world everything
can change just like that, Like that
Ya right now
somebody sitting in the darkness
Trying to figure out how to put some heat
in their apartment
But they got a little matress and a little carpet
And they appreciate
it 'cause some people on a park bench
You see them when you rushing to
get to the office wife robbed blind
When she coming from the market
Right now somebody coming
out from the pocket
Trying to dump that rock
They run around the block with at
The same time the cops
is raising the block with aim
To fill your legs and back with some hot shit
Right now
somebody struggling to stop this man
Who's kick and punching
and cussing at the doctors
Down the hall the child taking his first breath
The doctors ain't even passed
him to the nurse yet yo
I wonder if he understands what it's worth yet
Like the time spent while
we here on the earth yet
The answer to the question
that we all seek can be found
Depend on how free y'all think
Right now
it's somebody who ain't eat all week
That would kill for the shit
that you throw away in the street
I guess ones mans trash is
the next mans treaure
One mans pain is the next mans
pleasure one say
Infinity the next say forever
right now everybody
got to get it together man
I'm just taking it in another
strange hotel lobby again
Put my luggage on my back
I don't know where I'm at
I'm in world where we all change just like that
Like that, like that, just like that ...

Y’all are not not r-ready no not r-ready no
We're about to drop it steady so
Do it like that
Why is everybody so petrified [what]
Petrified [what]
Step aside
and just Drop that [c'mon]
Why is everybody so petrified [what]
Petrified [what]
Step aside
and just Drop that [c'mon]
How you doing y’all
My name's Mike
I'm fluent with the new shit
I'm doing it all night
I like what I do
I do what I like
I can quit
and get it back like I'm riding a bike Like stop
bring it back
We got that balance keeping us on track that you
Get when you're moving quick with no slow
You stare like you don't care But you do though
I know You really must be so lonely
Puffed up like you're tough
but So phony
You and your boys you don't know me
You really wanna hold me
Show me [homie]
Let's get it over with for good
I got a Friction addiction I wish you would
Machine Shop rocking when we step inside
And we got everybody so petrified
Why is everybody so petrified [what]
Petrified [what]
Step aside
and just Drop that [c'mon]
Listen you are not ready
Like children in the building
you can't stand steady
It must be the beat's so heavy
Causing panic attacks like a crack in the levy
Give you that Robert-Plant
Dancing-days-are-back feeling all in the track
And in fact
for those knowing the name I'm back
With some brand new crack
we can do it like that
You really must be so lonely
Puffed up like you're tough but So phony
You and your boys you don't know me
You really wanna hold me
Show me [homie]
Tough talk doesn't mean a thing
Get over yourself
you know when we're up in the scene it's
Machine Shop rocking when we step inside
And we got everybody so petrified
Why is everybody so petrified [what]
Petrified [what]
Step aside
and just Drop that [c'mon]
Why is everybody so petrified [what]
Petrified [what]
Step aside
and just Drop that [c'mon]
Y’all are not not r-ready no not r-ready no
We're about to drop it steady so
Do it like that
Y’all are not not r-ready no not r-ready no
We're about to drop it steady so
Do it like that
Why is everybody so petrified [what]
Petrified [what]
Step aside
and just Drop that [c'mon]
Why is everybody so petrified [what]
Petrified [what]
Step aside
and just Drop that [c'mon]
Like Stop bring it back
We got that balance
keeping us on track
Like Stop bring it back
We got that balance
keeping us on track
Like Stop bring it back
We got that balance
keeping us on track
Like Stop bring it back
We got that balance
keeping us on track
Like stop [stop]…

Machine Shop [Shop]

These days are dark and the nights are cold
People actin like they lost their soul
And everywhere I go, I see another person like me
Tryin to make it all feel like home
These days are dark and the nights are cold
People actin like they lost their soul
And everywhere I go, I see another person like me
Tryin to make it all feel like home

Standin on the bridge in the dark
and I'm seein my breath
Tryin to make it home without freezin to death
and my grandfather's face is stuck in my mind
and how seein him tonight's gonna be the last time
I shoulda brought a jacket
blowin in my hands like it's really gonna stop the chill
I buy a cup of coffee with a 5 dollar bill
Thinkin layin in that box people look so still
at times like these you start thinking
your first breath in and the clock starts tickin
I'm not tryin to bum anyone out
Not trying to be dramatic just thinkin out loud
Im just trying to make some sense in my mind
Some defense from the cold that I'm feelin outside
and for a minute escape with some rhythm and rhyme
and get away from the grey just a bit at a time

Kinda funny how this world can treat ya
Like a freak in a sideshow
A carnival creature
Climbin outta cans, Im a diamond in the sand
But you cant tell the difference on a beach full of rhinestones
my life's like tryin to swallow a pinecone
it's tough when you live fast just to die slow
talk to dial tones my dreams are far fetched it seems
so I sleep underneath this park bench
I know it dont make sense and I dont expect for you to know what it's like
Smoke, drink, piss, sniffin everything off in my sight
push rocks in a pipe
lift-off I keep puffin til my lips turn white
and my chest gets tight
But who the fuck really cares when you're so far left that even death looks right
All I can do is hope for the best and pray that it gets a little better than yesterday

These days are dark and the nights are cold
People actin like they lost their soul
And everywhere I go, I see another person like me
Tryin to make it all feel like home
These days are dark and the nights are cold
People actin like they lost their soul
And everywhere I go, I see another person like me
Tryin to make it all feel like home

Yo
Pardon me I think I'm next to url
Too many problems goin on thats why I left my girl
Packed my bags and I traveled with a pen and my notepad
Pissed that i was broke and all the things that I dont have
But still I try to find a way to escape from all the hate
Planted in my head that led to mistakes
But now im breakin the mold see I was patient and calm
Many sleep in the rain but I'm awake in the storm
Writin my life in a short film
The rise and fall
How i managed to scorch hills and climb the walls
pound pavement, aimless in this cold existence
even though things are changin i'm going the distance
overcoming the doubt that had controlled for so long
and put it all behind me cos life still goes on
now i'm much stronger, I know where I stand
while lost souls search over and over again


These days are dark and the nights are cold
people actin like they lost their soul
and everybody's tryin not to cry
tryina get by and tryin not to feel outta control
and if you look hard enough, sometimes you'll find
a place that might just remind you of home
but if it doesn't feel like home,
you can do what i do
just pretend you don't feel so alone (so alone, so alone...)

Feel like home
Feel like home
Feel like home
Feel like home
Feel like home
Feel like home
Feel like home
Feel like home

Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone

She said 'Some days
I feel like shit,
Some days I wanna quit,
and just be normal for a bit,'
I don't understand
why you have to always be gone,
I get along but the trips
always feel so long,
And, I find myself tryna
stay by the phone,
'Cause your voice always helps me
when I feel so alone,
But I feel like an idiot,
workin' my day around the call,
But when I pick up
I don't have much to say,
So, I want you to know
it's a little fucked up,
That I'm stuck here waitin',
at times debatin',
Tellin' you that I've had it
with you and your career,
Me and the rest of the family
here singing
'Where'd you go?'
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone
Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone,
Please come back home
You know the place
where you used to live,
Used to barbeque up burgers
and ribs,
Used to have a little party
every Hallowe'en with candy
by the pile,
But now, you only stop by
every once in a while,
Shit, I find myself just
fillin' my time,
Anything to keep the thought of
you from my mind,
I'm doin' fine,
I plan to keep it that way,
You can call me if you find you
have somethin' to say,
And I'll tell you,
I want you to know
it's a little fucked up,
That I'm stuck here waitin',
at times debatin',
Tellin' you that I've had it
with you and your career,
Me and the rest of the family
here singing
'Where'd you go?'
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone
Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone,
Please come back home
I want you to know
it's a little fucked up,
That I'm stuck here waitin',
no longer debatin',
Tired of sittin' and hatin'
and makin' these excuses,
For while you're not around,
and feeling so useless,
It seems one thing has been
true all along,
You don't really know
what you got 'til it's gone,
I guess I've had it with you
and your career,
When you come back I won't be
here and you'll can sing it
Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone
Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone,
Please come back home
Please come back home
Please come back home
Please come back home
Please come back home

This is how it goes
Welcome one and all to the show
We're wired up fired up
fucking ready to go
In the back of the parking lot outside of the bar
Twenty deep twenty feet from the boulevard
Black hoodies
Black caps
Black label in glasses
Previewing the new shit before all the masses
’Cause the first thing I need
when I've got a new beat
Is to see how it sounds
echoing off the street
I just take it for a spin
Pop the CD in
Slide it up to ten and get that rearview shaking
Then play it again so there's no mistaking
San Andreas the block
Get this bitch earthquaking like
Oh ready for it here we go
We got the whole block rocking in stereo
We're taking control
letting everybody know
And if you feel it
let me hear everybody go
You're not ready
I got plenty cuts for twenty months dropped steadily
Plenty tracks to empty on your wack pedigree
I'm backed heavily while you're back peddling
Forget the chitchat on me homie kick back
I'm on that shit that can get your homie bitch-slapped
So zip your lip back
listen and watch
We got the whole block rockin' off the way the beat knocks
You don't have to warn the people on the corner they know
That if you're standing on
that corner then you're getting that show
World premiering you're hearing that Machine Shop flow
San Andreas the block
Get this bitch earthquaking like
Oh ready for it here we go
We got the whole block rocking in stereo
We're taking control
letting everybody know
And if you feel it
let me hear everybody go
Oh ready for it here we go
We got the whole block rocking in stereo
We're taking control
letting everybody know
And if you feel it
let me hear everybody go
Turn the key
turn the volume up to loud Roll right
roll every window down
Let the whole block know what this is about
Turn it up y’all
burn that system out
Turn the key
turn the volume up to loud
Roll right
roll every window down
Let the whole block know what this is about
Turn it up y’all
burn that system out
Oh ready for it here we go
We got the whole block rocking in stereo
We're taking control
letting everybody know
And if you feel it
let me hear everybody go
Oh ready for it here we go
We got the whole block rocking in stereo
We're taking control
letting everybody know
And if you feel it
let me hear everybody go

Back home
Everybody's searching for somethin'
But all they can find is a whole lot of nothin'
Back home
Ain't nobody hoping and praying
Cause they feel like nothing can save ’em
And they try to hold out
but they can't fight the fact that
Life goes black when those lights go out
But I guess you gotta just watch out for your own
Cause ain't a damn thing free
Back home
Back home they holler “disciple” and “blackstone”
Same block they freebase yo we trapped on
Where our grandmothers marched The guns clap on
There’s liquor stores, beauty supplies, and rap songs
I travel the world just to come back to it
The crib got a lot of soul like black music
I’m attached to it
In many ways this city raised me and gave me
The drama, honor, and bravery
The streets seem hollow when I go to Chicago
It’s cheap wine and sorrow
Times is hard to swallow
In search of God’s tomorrow I borrow words from the
Bible and use them for survival gangs rival
Signs painted on walls like hieroglyphics
I tell ’em that this is all tribal
Used to do dirt shorty’s goin' through the same cycle
And trials like Michael tryin' not to stay idle
Back home
Everybody's searching for somethin'
But all they can find is a whole lot of nothin'
Back home
Ain't nobody hoping and praying
Cause they feel like nothing can save ’em
And they try to hold out
but they can't fight the fact that
Life goes black when those lights go out
But I guess you gotta just watch out for your own
Cause ain't a damn thing free
Back home
Back home it’s not Compton but close
The same problems exist and the pain throbbin'
And folks are so common
It don’t really bother us much we just swallow it uh
Crack the bottle and smoke hope tomorrow something
Magical happens that’ll put me back in the biz
But the chances of it actually happening’s kinda slim
Back home we get the good life at a glimpse
In the form of a rap star, drug dealers, and pimps
I’m back home
Back home I try my best to keep it together it’s cold
Like the Windy City streets of December
I pace back and forth looking for the courage to shine
But can’t tap the source need something to nourish my mind
I know we all lose quite a bit in life
Only to gain some
Life or the dark winding roads we came from
But I move with the night so I’m used to the shade
And never lose sight bringing truth back to the game
Back home we've got a lot of shit on our minds
We're always behind on something
cause there's not enough time
And we're non-stop bottom line doing what we gotta do
To get some food in the fridge and stay out of the hospital
Back home there's people calling us hopeless
People trying to tell us all we need is some focus
But focus
Focus is overrated
Cause you see every blemish
and mistake and can't change it
Back home is Alvarado K-Town and J-Town
Or Little Tokyo for those that don't know
Where figures shiver living right in the litter
Where kids write bigger right inside the LA river
On the concrete a symbol of our everyday way
Its that color and concentration over heavy and grey
And by the time the ink dries on this page
I’ll be half a day away from the place where I stay
Back home
Everybody's searching for somethin'
But all they can find is a whole lot of nothin'
Back home
Ain't nobody hoping and praying
Cause they feel like nothing can save ’em
And they try to hold out
but they can't fight the fact that
Life goes black when those lights go out
But I guess you gotta just watch out for your own
Cause ain't a damn thing free
Back home

And I love this rap game mainly cause its cool,
To add a little spice to the life you've been through,
Everyone exaggerates a tiny little bit,
Make that shit sound more gangsta then it really is,
You cant appear weak man,
We wanna hear street,
We wanna hear you spit your thug over this here beat,
Don't take it as sarcastic,
I can't get enough I'm tellin you,
You can call my bluff if its not rough then I really don't need it,
I'm not even ashamed,
I've got too much reality and its fillin up my brain,
So sell me on the product,
I'm addicted to the game,
Suck it up like a cigarette,
Light it up.

Its just like a cigarette,
Its something that I do,
Once in a while but between me and you,
Its just like a cigarette,
No body's really fooled,
I don't want the truth,
I just wanna feel fuckin cool.

Let me tell you somethin that I realized tonight,
My hip-hop radios like Marlboro light,
They're both selling stories and they sound about the same,
Cigarettes say they're safe,
Rappers say they really bang,
We don't care if its true when we lay the money down,
We don't believe the words,
We just love the way they sound,
They're acting like we're idiots,
They're lying to our face,
Maybe we are idiots,
We buy it anyway.
I'm runnin out to get the next rappers CD,
Just suckin up the guns, drugs n misogyny,
The same way that I suck up all the stories that I breath,
That little bit of death supposedly cancer free,
And everything they say got the truth twisted up,
Its what I want man I can't get enough,
Cause even though we know its all just a big bluff,
We just light another up,
WHAT we don't give a fuck.

Its just like a cigarette,
Its something that I do,
Once in a while but between me and you,
Its just like a cigarette,
Nobody's really fooled,
I don't want the truth,
I just wanna feel fuckin cool.

Its just like a cigarette,
Its something that I do,
Over and over but between me and you,
Its just like a cigarette,
Nobody's really fooled,
I don't want the truth,
I just wanna feel fuckin cool.

Man listen to ma words,
Listen for a while,
Lip service radio,
Don't touch the dial.

If you're in the car,
Turn up the track man,
Give your whole neighborhood some second hand rap,
Hey,
Matter of fact,
Listen for a while,
Lip service radio,
Don't touch the dial.

Its just like a cigarette,
Its something that I do,
Once in a while but between me and you,
Its just like a cigarette,
Nobody's really fooled,
I don't want the truth,
I just wanna feel fuckin cool.

Its just like a cigarette,
Its something that I do,
Over and over but between me and you,
Its just like a cigarette,
Nobody's really fooled,
I don't want the truth,
I just wanna feel fuckin cool

I guess
That this is where we've come to
If you don't want to
Then you don't have to believe me
But I won't be there when you go down
Just so you know now
You're on your own now believe me

I don't want to be the one to blame
You like fun and games
Keep playing em
I'm just sayin
Think back then
We was like one and the same
On the right track
But I was on the wrong train
Just like that
Now you've got a face to pain
And the devil's got a fresh new place to play
In your brain like a maze you can never escape the rain
Every damn day is the same shade of grey

Hey
I used have a little bit of a plan
Used to
Have a concept of where I stand
But that concept slipped right out of my hands
Now I don't really even know who I am
Yo, what do I have to say
Maybe I should do what I have to do to break free
What ever happens to you, we'll see
But it's not gonna happen to me

[chorus]
I guess
That this is where we've come to
If you don't want to
Then you don't have to believe me
But I won't be there when you go down
Just so you know now
You're on your own now believe me

Back then, I thought you were just like me
Somebody who could see all the pain I see
But you proved to me unintentionally
That you would self-destruct eventually
Now I'm thinking like the mistake I made doesn't hurt
But it's not gonna work
Cause it's really much worse than I thought
I wished you were something that you were not
And now this guilt is really all that I got

You turned your back
And walked away in shame
All you got is a memory of pain
Nothing makes sense so you stare at the ground
I hear your voice in my head when no one's around
What do I have to say
Maybe I should do what I have to do to break free
What ever happens to you, we'll see
But it's not gonna happen to me

[chorus]
I guess
That this is where we've come to
If you don't want to
Then you don't have to believe me
But I won't be there when you go down
Just so you know now
You're on your own now believe me

[bridge]

[chorus]
I guess
That this is where we've come to
If you don't want to
Then you don't have to believe me
But I won't be there when you go down
Just so you know now
You're on your own now believe me

Do what i have to do
You're on your own now believe me

What ever happens to you
You're on your own now believe me

What do I have to say
You're on your own now believe me

It's not gonna happen to me
You're on your own now believe me

The dude, he said that, like, when we were making the first Linkin Park record
He was like,
"Yeah you know, I don't know about the rapping like, I don't know... maybe you should just be a rock band."
You know what I mean, like, trying to change us
like they signed us as an act like what we sound like and then he's like
"Oh I don't know maybe you should just play keyboard"

Before the first song that you heard me on
There were people already tryin' to get me gone
Tellin' me to quit rapping
"Just play the keys"
That my band had a singer
They didn't need me
But my band had my back
So we did the tracks
Put out the album and the talk went flat
It was funny at first but then the humour faded
When some magazines printed that our label made us
We were to be good to be true
Some were saying ghost writers were writin' all that we do
So we had to disprove it
We spelled it out to the detail how we do it when we're making this music
After that I made it a rule
I only do e-mail responses to print interviews
Because these people love to put a twist to your words
To infer that you said something fucking absurd

Oh, did I lose you at infer?
Not used to hearing a verse that uses over first grade vocabulary words?
People used to infer that we were manufactured
Now I've got the interviews on file
Which people said what
Which number to dial
So now every enemy screaming insanity
All they're ever gonna be's another big fan of me
Bitch

"hahaha"
"You beileve that?
Like, thats crazy
Sounds crazy right?
You're like this point -
at this point you figure-
you hear that and your like
"That guy is out of his mind"
But honestly at that point,
besides the fact that he wanted me to just play keyboard, or whatever,
he didn't want me rap,
he was like
maybe joe hahn should, um, wear a lab coat and a cowboy hat on st...like when we play
I swear to God he's crazy!
It was crazy..."

"Whats goin on with the cowboy hat?"

"yea...
And later on he claimed that he wrote our - all our songs so that was...that was real nice"

Lets go ya'll

These people are running
off at the mouth
Tryin to convince me
that I'm running on empty
Tryin to convince themselves
that the record with Jay was a fluke
That the record
that I'm makin is a mistake
and I cant take this

Lemme tell you where I'm at with this
You bastards are gonna have
to take back that shit
I'm not plastic and fake
When I make tracks I take facts
and lay them out for the masses
You assholes are gonna see soon
that I'm not playin
Start askin me the names
that I'm not sayin
But I'm tryin to be
bigger than the bickerin
bigger than the petty name callin
under the breath talkin

rumors and labels and categorization
I'm like a struggling doctor, No patients
But you can say what you want about me
keep talkin while I'm walkin away

You can say what you have to say
cuz my mind's made up anyway
I'm taking the high road going above you
this is the last time
that I'm gonna trust you
You can say what you have to say
cuz my mind's made up anyway
all that bullshit you talk might work a lot
but it's not gonna work today

You people are running off at the mouth
Tryin to make me take myself off safety
Tryin to make my friends turn
their backs on the team we built
buildin up some mistaken information
and I cant take this

lemme spell it out plain for you
angry groups complain
about the things we do
im not changing direction,
I'm stepping my game up
Maintainin my name,
the same way I came up
You're gonna see that I'm not playin
start asking the names that I'm not sayin
but im tryin not to mention the names
of people who wanna sight and attention
You like the hype but pretendin
you're part of the picture wont pass
You're like a high school dropout, no class
You can say what you want about me
keep talkin while i'm walkin away bitch

You can say what you have to say
cuz my mind's made up anyway
I'm taking the high road going above you
this is the last time
that I'm gonna trust you
You can say what you have to say
cuz my mind's made up anyway
all that bullshit you talk might work a lot
but it's not gonna work today

Why does it always have to be
Somebody's always watching me
All I really need is some room to breathe
Is anybody out there listening?

Cuz I cant stand to keep this in
All I really want, I'll say it again

You can say what you have to say
cuz my mind's made up anyway
I'm taking the high road going above you
this is the last time
that I'm gonna trust you
You can say what you have to say
cuz my mind's made up anyway
all that bullshit you talk might work a lot
but it's not gonna work today

My father came from Japan in 1905
He was 15 when he
immigrated from Japan
He, he he worked until he was able
to buy this patch
And build a store

Let me tell you the story
in the form of a dream,
I don't know why I have to tell it
but I know what it means,
Close your eyes, just picture the scene,
As I paint it for you, it was World War II,
When this man named Kenji woke up,
Ken was not a soldier,
He was just a man with a family
who owned a store in LA,
That day, he crawled out of bed
like he always did,
Bacon and eggs with wife and kids,
He lived on the second floor
of a little store he ran,
He moved to LA from Japan,
They called him 'Immigrant,'
In Japanese,
he'd say he was called "Issei,"
That meant 'First Generation
In The United States,'
When everyone was afraid of the Germans,
afraid of the Japs,
But most of all afraid of a homeland attack,
And that morning when Ken went
out on the doormat,
His world went black 'cause,
Right there; front page news,
Three weeks before 1942,
"Pearl Harbour's Been Bombed
And The Japs Are Comin',"
Pictures of soldiers dyin' and runnin',
Ken knew what it would lead to,
Just like he guessed, the President said,
"The evil Japanese in our home
country will be locked away,"
They gave Ken, a couple of days,
To get his whole life packed in two bags,
Just two bags,
couldn't even pack his clothes,
Some folks didn't even have a suitcase,
to pack anything in,
So two trash bags was all they gave them,
When the kids asked mum
"Where are we goin'?"
Nobody even knew what to say to them,
Ken didn't wanna lie,
he said "The US is lookin' for spies,
So we have to live in a place called Mandinar,
Where a lot of Japanese people are,"
Stop it don't look at the gunmen,
You don't wanna get the soldiers wonderin',
If you gonna run or not,
'Cause if you run then you might get shot,
Other than that try not to think about it,
Try not to worry 'bout it; bein' so crowded,
Someday we'll get out, someday, someday.

As soon as war broke out
The G.I came and
they just come to the house and
"You have to come"
"All the Japanese have to go"
They took Mr. Lee
People didn't understand
Why did they have to take him?
Because he's an innocent labourer?

So now they're in a town
with soldiers surroundin' them,
Every day, every night look down at them,
From watch towers up on the wall,
Ken couldn't really hate them at all;
They were just doin' their job and,
He wasn't gonna make any problems,
He had a little garden
with vegetables and fruits that,
He gave to the troops
in a basket his wife made,
But in the back of his mind,
he wanted his families life saved,
Prisoners of war in their own damn country,
What for?
Time passed in the prison town,
He wanted them to live it down
when they were free,
The only way out was joinin' the army,
And supposedly, some men
went out for the army, signed on,
And ended up flyin' to Japan with a bomb,
That 15 kilotonne blast,
put an end to the war pretty fast,
Two cities were blown to bits
the end of the war came quick,
Ken got out, big hopes of a normal life,
with his kids and his wife,
But, when they got back to their home,
What they saw made them feel so alone,
These people had trashed every room,
Smashed in the windows
and bashed in the doors,
Written on the walls and the floor,
"Japs not welcome anymore."
And Kenji dropped both of his bags
at his sides and just stood outside,
He, looked at his wife
without words to say,
She looked back at him
wiped the tears away,
And, said "Someday we'll be okay, someday,"
Now the names have been changed,
but the story's true,
My family was locked up back in '42,
My family was there it was dark and damp,
And they called it an internment camp

When we first got back from camp uhh
It was  pretty pretty bad

I, I remember my husband said
"Are we gonna stay 'til last?"
Then my husband died
before they close the camp.

Wooooh Wooooh Woooh Wooooooooh Woooah

I had a friend named Victor
The two of us used to hang every single day
And it seemed like overnight
That his whole life just changed
I know when his mom and dad broke up
It didn't make sense
But i know that his dad was a drunk
And he gambled away the rent

Pretty soon Vic was seeing red
Pissed off and instead
Hed drink every night until he passed out
And then hed do it all again
The whole time smiling on the outside
To cover the pain
But on the inside
All he was trying to do was get away

Dying to get away
Let the pain of yesterday
Go slipping through the cracks

Yo, Funny how things change color
Than fade to another shade
When you had it made it was all good
But now look just another day
It was so fresh
It was so clean
Never saw it gone
One, two, three
Lights out, which way to turn
Can't get a grip
All alone in a big white house
Every day gets worse
And you just curse until your head bursts
And it hurts so bad she left
Now you suffer
Should've thought of that one first
No family, no kids
Cant accept what you did
Now you wanna run away
But you can't
Cause the past comes back again

Slippin through the cracks
Sniff a little jack
Go to bed half dead
What about rent
Why does every cent gotta be a bet
Whens it gonna end
Oh my god we dont got a penny left
My moms gotta find a way
To get a job, out of debt, out of dodge
Out of breath, out of this big problem
My pops wanna get away from the pain
In a better place in his brain
But the medication he takes
Makes him wasted
So sick he was gonna think
The good lord would come take him
I'm shaking him
Wake up you son of a bitch!

He's dying to get away
Let the pain of yesterday
Go slipping through the cracks
Hiding himself away
Watching all the memories fade away
From red to black

He's dying to get away
Let the pain of yesterday
Go slipping through the cracks
Hiding himself away
Watching all the memories fade away
From red to black

Slipping through the cracks
Slipping through the cracks
Slipping through the cracks

These hungry rappers battle for a buck and some change
There really be kids starving
Give a fuck if it change
Shock rap
Not that
You get signed you might blow up
Release Party In Iraq.
You might blow up
I see you trying to think a few lines you might get at me with
Slap happy with babies who’re born with crack in they cribs
Too much to cram under you oversized titled
And the public system failed you
Either you ignore it or...

You know me,
I used to get caught up in everyday life
Tryin' to make it through my day
So I can sleep at night
Tryin' to figure out my way
Through the maze of rights and wrongs
But like you used to say
Nothing feels like it's really worth it
Forget perfect
I'm tryin' not to be worthless
Since I last saw you I've been lookin' for a purpose
Well, I met this kid who thought like I did
He had a weird way of lookin' at it,
This is what he said:

Slip out the back before they know you were there
At the worst you'll see nobody cares
'Cause you don't wanna be around when it all goes down
Even heroes know when to be scared
Slip out the back before they know you were there
At the worst you'll see nobody cares
'Cause you don't wanna be around when it all goes down
Even heroes know when to be scared

Now, I don't remember where I met him
Or remember his name
But he walked funny, like he was just to big for his frame
Just over 5 foot, but he weighed a buck fifty
And what he said seemed so right, it stuck with me
Listen,
It's like poker; you can play your best,
But you gotta know when to fold your cards
And take a rest
And know when to hold your cards, hold your breath
And hope that nobody else is stackin' the deck
Because,
I don't need to tell you that life isn't fair,
It doesn't care it arbitrarily cuts off your air,
And like you, I want someone to say it's ok
In the truest part of their harts everybody's afraid
We're just
Under-appreciated and overwhelmed
Fightin' so hard to hide our fear that we're scaring ourselves,
You understand what I'm sayin',
'Cause you always did,
But it's different in the words of a cowardly kid,
Who said:

Slip out the back before they know you were there
At the worst you'll see nobody cares
'Cause you don't wanna be around when it all goes down
Even heroes know when to be scared
Slip out the back before they know you were there
At the worst you'll see nobody cares
'Cause you don't wanna be around when it all goes down
Even heroes know when to be scared

And I'm no hero,
You remember how it was, you know,
All I ever did was worry feelin' out of control
To the point where everything is going
End over end
I'm spinnin' around in circles again,
This is where you come in
All of this to explain to you why
I had to separate myself away from yesterday's life
Please remember,
This isn't how I hoped it would be
But I had to protect you from me
That's why I

Slipped out the back before you knew I was there
I know you felt unprepared
But every single time I was around I just bring you down
And I could tell that it was time to be scared
That's why I slipped out the back before you knew I was there
And I know the way I left wasn't fair,
I didn't want to be around just to bring you down
I'm not a hero, but don't think I didn't care

In this farewell,
There’s no blood,
There’s no alibi.
‘Cause I’ve drawn regret,
From the truth,
Of a thousand lies.

So let mercy come,
And wash away…

What I’ve Done.
I’ll face myself,
To cross out what I’ve become.
Erase myself,
And let go of what I’ve done.

Put to rest,
What you thought of me.
While I clean this slate,
With the hands,
Of uncertainty.

So let mercy come,
And wash away…


What I’ve Done.
I’ll face myself,
To cross out what I’ve become.
Erase myself,
And let go of what I’ve done.

For What I’ve Done

I start again,
And whatever pain may come.
Today this ends,
I’m forgiving what I’ve done.

I’ll face myself,
To cross out what I’ve become.
Erase myself,
And let go of what I’ve done.
(Na na na, na na na, na na na, na na na)
What I’ve done.
What I’ve done.

Forgiving What I’ve Done.

I am
little bit of loneliness
A little bit of disregard
A handful of complaints but I can't help the fact
That everyone can see these scars

I am
What I want you to want
What I want you to feel
But It's like no matter what I do I can't convince you
To just believe this is real
so I

let go
Watching you
Turn your back like you always do
face away and pretend that I'm not
but I'll be here
'cause you're all I got

I can't feel
the way I did before
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored
time won't heal
this damage anymore
don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored

I am
A little bit insecure
A little unconfident
'cause you don't understand
I do what I can
but sometimes I don't make sense

I am
What you never want to say
But I've never had a doubt
It's like no matter what I do I can't convince you
for once just to hear me out

so I
let go
watching you
Turn your back like you always do
face away and pretend that I'm not
but I'll be here
'cause you're all I got

I can't feel
the way I did before
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored
time won't heal
this damage anymore
don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored

NO
hear me out now
you're gonna listen to me
like it or not
right now
hear me out now
you're gonna listen to me
like it or not
right now

I can't feel
the way I did before
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored

I can't feel
the way I did before
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored
time won't heal
this damage anymore
don't turn your back on me I won't be ignored

mic up louder i got to say something

lightweights step it aside when we come in

feel it in your chest / the syllables get pumping

people on the street they panic and start running

words on loose leaf sheet complete coming

i jump in my mind and summon the rhyme i'm dumping

healing the blind i promise to let the un in

sick of the dark ways we march to the drum and

jump when they tell us that they wanna see jumping

f--- that / i wanna see some fists pumping

rick something / take back what's yours

say sometime that you know they might attack you for

cause i'm sick of being treated like i have before

like it;s stupid standing for what i'm standing for
like this war's really just a different brand of war
like it doesn't cater to rich and abandon poor
like they understand you in the back of the jet

when you can't put gas in your tank / and these
f--kers are laughing their way to the bank / cashing the check asking ou to have compassion

have respect for aleader so nervous in an obvious way

stuttering and mumbling for nightly news to replay

and the rest of the world watching at the end of the day

in their living room laughting like
what did he say

In this farewell
There's no blood
There's no alibi
Cause I've drawn regret
From the truth
Of a thousand lies
So let mercy come
And wash away
What I've Done
I'll face myself
To cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done
Put to rest
What you thought of me
While I clean this slate
With the hands
Of uncertainty
So let mercy come
And wash away
What I've Done
I'll face myself
To cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done

For What I've Done
I'll start again
And whatever pain may come
Today this ends
I'm for giving what I've done
I'll face myself
To cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done
What I've done
For giving What I've Done

Lets go ya'll

These people are running
off at the mouth
Tryin to convince me
that I'm running on empty
Tryin to convince themselves
that the record with Jay was a fluke
That the record
that I'm makin is a mistake
and I cant take this

Lemme tell you where I'm at with this
You bastards are gonna have
to take back that shit
I'm not plastic and fake
When I make tracks I take facts
and lay them out for the masses
You assholes are gonna see soon
that I'm not playin
Start askin me the names
that I'm not sayin
But I'm tryin to be
bigger than the bickerin
bigger than the petty name callin
under the breath talkin

rumors and labels and categorization
I'm like a struggling doctor, No patients
But you can say what you want about me
keep talkin while I'm walkin away

You can say what you have to say
cuz my mind's made up anyway
I'm taking the high road going above you
this is the last time
that I'm gonna trust you
You can say what you have to say
cuz my mind's made up anyway
all that bullshit you talk might work a lot
but it's not gonna work today

You people are running off at the mouth
Tryin to make me take myself off safety
Tryin to make my friends turn
their backs on the team we built
buildin up some mistaken information
and I cant take this

lemme spell it out plain for you
angry groups complain
about the things we do
im not changing direction,
I'm stepping my game up
Maintainin my name,
the same way I came up
You're gonna see that I'm not playin
start asking the names that I'm not sayin
but im tryin not to mention the names
of people who wanna sight and attention
You like the hype but pretendin
you're part of the picture wont pass
You're like a high school dropout, no class
You can say what you want about me
keep talkin while i'm walkin away bitch

You can say what you have to say
cuz my mind's made up anyway
I'm taking the high road going above you
this is the last time
that I'm gonna trust you
You can say what you have to say
cuz my mind's made up anyway
all that bullshit you talk might work a lot
but it's not gonna work today

Why does it always have to be
Somebody's always watching me
All I really need is some room to breathe
Is anybody out there listening?

Cuz I cant stand to keep this in
All I really want, I'll say it again

You can say what you have to say
cuz my mind's made up anyway
I'm taking the high road going above you
this is the last time
that I'm gonna trust you
You can say what you have to say
cuz my mind's made up anyway
all that bullshit you talk might work a lot
but it's not gonna work today

Y’all are not not r-ready no not r-ready no
We're about to drop it steady so
Do it like that
Why is everybody so petrified [what]
Petrified [what]
Step aside
and just Drop that [c'mon]
Why is everybody so petrified [what]
Petrified [what]
Step aside
and just Drop that [c'mon]
How you doing y’all
My name's Mike
I'm fluent with the new shit
I'm doing it all night
I like what I do
I do what I like
I can quit
and get it back like I'm riding a bike Like stop
bring it back
We got that balance keeping us on track that you
Get when you're moving quick with no slow
You stare like you don't care But you do though
I know You really must be so lonely
Puffed up like you're tough
but So phony
You and your boys you don't know me
You really wanna hold me
Show me [homie]
Let's get it over with for good
I got a Friction addiction I wish you would
Machine Shop rocking when we step inside
And we got everybody so petrified
Why is everybody so petrified [what]
Petrified [what]
Step aside
and just Drop that [c'mon]
Listen you are not ready
Like children in the building
you can't stand steady
It must be the beat's so heavy
Causing panic attacks like a crack in the levy
Give you that Robert-Plant
Dancing-days-are-back feeling all in the track
And in fact
for those knowing the name I'm back
With some brand new crack
we can do it like that
You really must be so lonely
Puffed up like you're tough but So phony
You and your boys you don't know me
You really wanna hold me
Show me [homie]
Tough talk doesn't mean a thing
Get over yourself
you know when we're up in the scene it's
Machine Shop rocking when we step inside
And we got everybody so petrified
Why is everybody so petrified [what]
Petrified [what]
Step aside
and just Drop that [c'mon]
Why is everybody so petrified [what]
Petrified [what]
Step aside
and just Drop that [c'mon]
Y’all are not not r-ready no not r-ready no
We're about to drop it steady so
Do it like that
Y’all are not not r-ready no not r-ready no
We're about to drop it steady so
Do it like that
Why is everybody so petrified [what]
Petrified [what]
Step aside
and just Drop that [c'mon]
Why is everybody so petrified [what]
Petrified [what]
Step aside
and just Drop that [c'mon]
Like Stop bring it back
We got that balance
keeping us on track
Like Stop bring it back
We got that balance
keeping us on track
Like Stop bring it back
We got that balance
keeping us on track
Like Stop bring it back
We got that balance
keeping us on track
Like stop [stop]…

Machine Shop [Shop]

04. POINTS OF AUTHORITY



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 can'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 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 want to act like you're someone
You want someone to hurt like you
You want to share what you've been through
(You live what you learn)

It starts with

one thing, i don't know why
It doesn't even mather how hard you try
Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme
To explain due time

All i know

Time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down 'till the end of the day
Clock ticks life away It's

so unreal

You didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Tryn' to hold on
Didn't even know, i wasted it all
Just to

watch you go

I kept everything inside and even though i tried
It all fell apart What it's meant to be
Will eventually be a memory of a time

When i tried so hard and got so far
But in the end it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to loose it all
But in the end it doesn't even matter

One thing, i don't know why
It doesn't even mather how hard you try
Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme
To remind myself How

i tried so hard

Dispite 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
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

You kept everything inside and even though i tried
It all fell apart What it meant to be
Will eventually be a memory of a time

When i tried so hard and got so far
But in the end it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to loose it all
But in the end it doesn't even matter

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 tried so hard and got so far
But in the end it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to loose it all
But in the end it doesn't even matter

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 (2x)

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

Chorus

Bridge:
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

Chorus
Bridge

Now you got me caught in the act
You bring the thought back
I'm telling you that
I see it right through you (7x)

Bridge (2x)

12. PUSHING ME AWAY

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


Pre chorus:
(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


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


Pre chorus
Chorus (2x)


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


Chorus (2x)


Pushes me away?2x

I watch how the moon sits in the sky in the dark night
Shining with the light from the sun
and the sun doesn't give light to the moon assuming
The moon's gonna owe it one
It makes me think of how you act for me you do
favors then rapidly
You just turn around and start askin' me about
Things that you want back from me
(Chorus)
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
(Chorus)
I wanna be in another place
I hate when you say you don't understand
[You'll see it's not meant to be]
I wanna be in the energy
Not with the enemy
A place for my head
Maybe some day I'll be just like you
And
Step on people like you do
And run away all the people I thought I knew
I remember back then who you were
Used to be calm, used to be strong,
Used to be generous, but you should have known
That you'd wear out your welcome and 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 wanna be in another place
I hate when you say you don't understand
[You'll see it's not meant to be]
I wanna be in the energy
Not with the enemy
A place for my head
(repeat 7x)
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
{screaming}
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!-
(Chorus)
I wanna be in another place
I hate when you say you don't understand
[You'll see it's not meant to be]
I wanna be in the energy
Not with the enemy
A place for my head
SHUT!
UP!
Why?!!-
(2x)
I am so sick [shut!] of the tension
Sick of the hunger
Sick of you acting like I owe you this
[Up!] Find another place to feed your greed
While I find a place to rest
I am so sick [why?!!-] of the tension
Sick of the hunger
Sick of you acting like I owe you this
[Stay]! Find another place [away!] to feed your greed
[from me!] While I find a place, to, rest

Wasn't that fun, lets try something else?

45 caliber killer without of the filla
Elevated Show your brothas how your not a gorilla
Smooth talking fully automatic weapon constiller
Taste thrilla, great filler
Hit him with the bounce stiller
Filthy stinking standing on the side grounded
Still be sinking submerging in the parks
Still be linking plucked beats when it starts
Hope your thinking its not a mirage
Im living up off tracks from out of the garage
Well if you could duck but its hard to dodge
In the back of that spine where my darkness lies
Flippin straight up ripping apart your squad
X-Ecutioner's Style cuts and blends
Like a syringe banging you in each of your limbs
See me coming through your party hard
Without no body guard
Smoking something, stomping on each of your toes
I'm the B to the L to the A to the C King
And when it comes to planning the Thought, keeping thinking this

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

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
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

No, no matter how far we've come
I can't wait to see tomorrow
No, no matter how far we've come I
I can't wait to see tomorrow
With you

Why does it feel like night today?
오늘은 왜 이렇게 밤 같이 느껴지지?
Something in here's not right today
지금 무엇인가는 비정상적으로 느껴져
Why am I so uptight today?
나는 왜 요즘들어 이렇게 긴장하고 있지?
Paranoia's all I got left
편집증만 남았을 뿐이야.
I don't know what stressed me first Or how the pressure was fed but
처음으로 나를 압박하기 시작한 것이 무엇인지, 어떻게 이렇게 나를 누르고 있는지 모르겠지만
I know just what it feels like To have a voice in the back of my head
난 내 머릿속에 타인의 목소리가 들리는 느낌이 어떤지 알아
It's like a face that I hold inside
그것은 내 내면에 감춰둔 어떤것인 것 같아
A face that awakes when I close my eyes
내가 눈을 감을 때마다 깨어나는,
A face watches every time I lie
내가 거짓말 할 때마다 나를 지켜보는,
A face that laughs every time I fall
내가 실패할 때마다 나를 비웃는 것
(And watches everything)
그리고 모든 것들을 지켜보는..
So I know that when it's time to sink or swim
그래서 나는 언제 내가 잠수해야 하고 언제 헤엄쳐야 하는지 알아
That the face inside is hearing me right underneath my skin
그것은 내 피부 바로 아래에서 듣고 있어

It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back
난 편집증인것 같아. 누군가가 뒤에서 바라보는것 같아.
It's like a whirlwind inside of my head
내 머리안에 회오리 바람이 있는것 같아
It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
내가 듣고 있는 소리들을 제어할 수 없을 것 같아.
It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
그것이 내 피부 바로 밑에 있는 것 같아...

I know I've got a face in me
내 내면에 또 다른 얼굴이 있다는 걸 알아
Points out all my mistakes to me
내가 저지른 모든 실수들을 지적하는...
You've got a face on the inside too
네 안에도 또 하나의 얼굴이 있을거야
and
그리고
Your paranoia's probably worse
너의 편집증은 아마도 더 심할지 모르지
I don't know what set me off first but I know what I can't stand
처음으로 나를 이렇게 만든 것이 무엇인지 모르지만 나는 내가 무엇을 견뎌낼 수 없는지 알아
Everybody acts like the fact of the matter is
모든 사람들은 당연하다고 생각하는대로 행동해
I can't add up to what you can but
네가 이해할 수 있는것을 나는 이해할 수 없지만
Everybody has a face that they hold inside
모든 이들은 각자 자신 안에 그 얼굴을 가지고 있어
A face that awakes when I close my eyes
내가 눈을 감을 때마다 깨어나는,
A face watches every time I lie
내가 거짓말 할 때마다 지켜보는,
A face that laughs every time they fall
그들이 실패할 때마다 비웃는 얼굴
(And watches everything)
그리고 모든 것들을 지켜보는..
So you know that when it's time to sink or swim
그래서 너는 언제 네가 잠수해야 하고 언제 헤엄쳐야 하는지 알아
That the face inside is watching you too right inside your skin 네 내면에 있는 얼굴 또한 너를 지켜 보고 있어

It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back
난 편집증인것 같아. 누군가가 뒤에서 바라보는것 같아.
It's like a whirlwind inside of my head
내 머리안에 회오리 바람이 있는것 같아
It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
내가 듣고 있는 소리들을 제어할 수 없을 것 같아.
It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin X 2
그것이 내 피부 바로 밑에 있는 것 같아...X 2

The face inside is right beneath your skin
네 안에 있는 그것은 바로 네 피부 밑에 있어

The sun goes down
해가 지고 있어
I feel the light betray me
빛이 나를 배신하고 있음을 느끼고 있어

It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back
난 편집증인것 같아. 누군가가 뒤에서 바라보는것 같아.
It's like a whirlwind inside of my head
내 머리안에 회오리 바람이 있는것 같아
It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
내가 듣고 있는 소리들을 제어할 수 없을 것 같아.
It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin X 2
그것이 내 피부 바로 밑에 있는 것 같아... X 2

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

Gonna run away

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

07. BY MYSELF

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

11. CURE FOR THE ITCH

(Unnamed announcer): 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 cannot take this anymore
Saying everything I've said before
All these words, they make no sense
I've found bless 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 breath
'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 bless in ignorance
Nothing seems to go away
Over and over again
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 breath
'Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
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 breath
'Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to
BREAK (echo)

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

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 breath
'Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
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 breath
'Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to
BREAK!

Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real, oh

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 there's just too much pressure to take
I've felt this way before
So insecure

Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real

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 there's just too much pressure to take
I've felt this way before
So insecure

Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real

Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing, confusing what is real

There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming
Confusing what is real
This lack of self-control I fear is never-ending
Controlling
Confusing what is real

I cannot take this anymore
Saying everything I've said before
All these words, they make no sense
I've found bless 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 breath
'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 bless in ignorance
Nothing seems to go away
Over and over again
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 breath
'Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
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 breath
'Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to
BREAK (echo)

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

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 breath
'Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
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 breath
'Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to
BREAK!

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

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

*Repeat(x2)

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

**Repeat

*Repeat(x2)

**Repeat(x2)