[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda] In the center of the silence Violent thoughts are thrown through the thick smoke And flickering lights that brighten the room All the things that you wanted to say get lost and thrown away You can fade and hesitate to speak your mind Can't turn back when you cross the line Sometimes, it's someone you know who just doesn't...Learn More

[Bridge: Chester Bennington] Give me the strength of the rising sun Give me the truth of the words unsung And when the last bells ring, the poor men sing "Bring me to kingdom come"...Learn More

19962 track cassette demo (1996) ↗ 1. Dialate (Xero Demo) — officially released on Hybrid Theory 20th Anniversary Edition. 2. Deftest1997Xero 3 track cassette demo (1997) ↗ 1. Fuse - same version as the Xero EP 2. Reading My Eyes - officially released on Hybrid Theory 20th Anniversary Edition. 3. Stick N’ Move - same version as the Xero EP Xero 4...Learn More

[Verse 1: Chester Bennington] A fire needs a space to burn A breath to build a flame And you have been my candlelight So well contained By burning you at every end I tried to keep control Now buried in the very flame I could not let go [Chorus: Chester Bennington] 'Cause you don't know what you've got Oh, you don't know what you've got No, you...Learn More

[Intro: Mike Shinoda] It goes a one, two, three [Verse 1: Mike Shinoda] I was born with the hunger of a lion, the strength of a sun I don't need to sweat it when a competition come Original style like an 808 drum So I don't run the track, no, I make the track run My mama taught me words, my daddy built rockets I put 'em both together, now tell me...Learn More

[Verse 1: Chester Bennington] A fire needs a space to burn A breath to build a flame And you have been my candlelight So well contained [Chorus: Chester Bennington] 'Cause you won’t know what you've got You won't know what you’ve got Until it's gone [Verse 2: Chester Bennington] By burning you at every end I tried to keep control Now buried in...Learn More

[Intro: Mike Shinoda] Yo [Verse 1: Mike Shinoda] Watch as the room rocks, mentally moonwalk Mixed Media slang bangin' in your boombox Verbal violence, lyrical stylist In a time when rock hip-hop rhymes are childish You can't tempt me with rhymes that are empty Rappin' to a beat doesn't make you an MC With your lack of skill and facility, you're...Learn More

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda with Chester Bennington] (Ohh...) Riding with the head full of buckets of red And what I said still stuck in my head But misled thinking the things that you would make you never wanna come back But an on front attack So you could never run from that Being trapped in this with you Something that I never wanted to do But...Learn More

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda & Chester Bennington] (It starts with one) One, then multiplies 'til you can taste the sun And burned by the sky you try to take it from But if it falls, there's no place to run Crumbling down, it's so unreal They're dealing you in to determine your end And sending you back again, to places you've been And bending your will...Learn More

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda] She can't hide, no matter how hard she tries Her secret disguise behind the lies And at night, she cries away her pride With eyes shut tight, staring at her inside All her friends know why she can't sleep at night All her family asking if she's alright All she wants to do is get rid of this hell Well, all she's gotta do is...Learn More

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda & Chester Bennington] (When this began) I had nothing to say And I'd get lost in the nothingness inside of me (I was confused) And I let it all out to find That I'm not the only person with these things in mind (Inside of me) But all the vacancy the words revealed Is the only real thing that I've got left to feel (Nothing to...Learn More

1. I re-[Em] member black skies, the [G] lightning all a-[D] round me [A] I re-[Em] membered each flash as [G] time began to [D] blur [A] Like a [Em] startling sign, that [G] fate had finally [D] found me [A] And your [C] voice was all I heard and I [A] get what I deserve Chorus: So give me [Em] reason, to prove me wrong to [D] wash this memory [A]...Learn More