My December
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 all alone

Chorus:
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'd 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 snow covered tree
This is me pretending, this is all i need

Chorus

And I'd 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

Give it all away just to have somewhere to go to
Give it all away to have someone to come home to
Give it all away just to have somewhere to go to
Give it all away to have someone to come home to

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 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
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 to
This is the last time
I'll take the blame 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 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
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me pushes me away

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.

Forgotten
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
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 an acidic question
Forcefully, the power of suggestion
Then with the eyes shut looking through the rust and rot and dust
A small spot of light floods the floor
And pours over the rusted world of pretend
The eyes ease open and its dark again
In the memory you'll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up
Moving all around screaming of the ups and downs
Pollution manifested in perpetual sound
The wheels go round and the sunset creeps behind
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
Now you got me caught in the act
You bring the thought back
I'm telling you that
I see right through you

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
but the sun doesn't give the life to the moon to assuming
The moon's gonna owe it one
It makes me think of how you act to me
You do
Favors and then rapidly
You just turn around and start asking me about
Things you want back from me
I'm sick of the tension, sick of the hunger
Sick of you acting like i owe you this
Find another place to feed your greed -
While i find a place to rest
I wanna be in another place
I hate when you say you don't understand
[you'll see it's not meant to be]
I want to be in the energy, not with the enemy
A place for my head
Maybe someday i'll be just like you and
Step on people like you do and run away
Over the people i thought i knew
I remember back then who you were
You used to be calm, used to be strong
Used to be generous but you should've known
That you'd wear out your welcome
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
You try to take the best of me
Go away

In The End
It starts with
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 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, but 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...
Despite 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

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 streached 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]

[x2]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can’t rely on myself

[Chorus:]
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 [myself]

[x2]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can’t rely on myself

[Chorus]

How do you think I’ve lost so much
I'm so afraid that 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

[x2]
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

[Chorus x2]

Runaway
Graffiti decorations
Under a sky of dust
A constant wave of tension
On top of broken trust
The lessons that you taught me
I learned 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

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

I gonna run away
And never say goodbye...
(Gonna runaway)x4
I gonna run away
And never wonder why...
(Gonna runaway)x4
I gonna run away
And open up my mind...

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

I wanna run away
And open up my mind
I wanna run away
And open up my mind
I wanna run away
And open up my mind
I wanna run away
And open up my mind

CRAWLING

Bennington

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

There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming confusing
This lack of self control I fear is never ending
Controlling I can't seem
To find myself again
My walls are closing in

Shinoda

Without a sense of confidence I'm convinced
there's just too much pressure to take

Bennington

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 canТt seem
To find myself again
My walls are closing in

Shinoda

Without a sense of confidence I'm convinced
there's just too much pressure to take

Bennington

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 (повторюється в кінці)

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

POINTS OF AUTHORITY

Shinoda
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

Bennington

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 have 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 - після кожного рядка в приспіві)

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 have 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 - після кожного рядка в приспіві)

Shinoda

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 (2 рази)

Bennington

You like to think you're never wrong
You have to act like you're someone
You want someone to hurt like you
You want to share what you've been through (2 рази)

WITH YOU

Shinoda

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

Bennington

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

Shinoda

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
So even though you're close to me
You're still so distant And I can't bring you back

Bennington

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

No, no matter how far we've come
I can't wait to see tomorrow (2 раза)

With you
You Now I see keeping everything inside
With you
You Now I see Even when I close my eyes (2 раза)

ONE STEP CLOSER

Bennington

I cannot take this anymore
I'm saying everything I've said before
All these words they make no sense
I find bliss in ignorance
Less I hear the less you'll say
But 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 find the answers aren't so clear
Wish I could find a way to disappear
All these thoughts they make no sense
I find bliss 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 breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break

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

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 breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break

PAPERCUT

Shinoda

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

Benningon

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

Shinoda

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

Benningon

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 (2 раза)

Shinoda

The face inside is right beneath your skin (3 раза)

Benningon

The sun goes down
I feel the light betray me (2 раза)

Shinoda

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 (2 раза)