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PERFORMING ARTISTS
LINKIN PARK
Performer
Tim Skold
Programming
Marilyn Manson
Keyboards
John 5
Guitar
M.W. Gacy
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
LINKIN PARK
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tim Skold
Mixing Engineer
Marilyn Manson
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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?
[Verse 2]
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?
[Verse 3]
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 façade but then
I just end up getting hurt again by myself (Myself)
[Verse 4]
I ask why (Myself)
I can't rely on myself (Myself)
I ask why (But in my mind I find)
I can't rely on myself
[Verse 5]
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
[Verse 6]
If I turn my back, I'm senseless
And to go blindly seem defenseless
If I hide my pride and let it all go on
Then they'll take from me till everything is gone
[Verse 7]
If I let them go, I'll be outrun
But if I try to catch them, I'll be outdone
If I'm killed by the questions like a cancer
Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer by myself (Myself)
[Verse 8]
I ask why (Myself)
I can't rely on myself (Myself)
I ask why (But in my mind I find)
I can't rely on myself (But in my mind I find)
[Verse 9]
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
[Verse 10]
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?
[Verse 11]
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)
[Verse 12]
I'm stuck on the outside, 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
[Verse 13]
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
[Verse 14]
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
Written by: Chester Bennington, Rob Bourdon, Brad Delson, Joseph Hahn, Mike Shinoda