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From album: "Hybrid Theory" (2000)
LYRICS
[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda & Chester Bennington]
(It starts with one) One thing, I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind, I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time all I know
Time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away, it's so unreal (It's so unreal)
Didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Tryin' 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 meant to me will eventually be
A memory of a time when I tried so hard
[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end it doesn't even matter
[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda & Chester Bennington]
One thing, I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind, I designed this rhyme
To remind myself how I tried so hard
In spite of the way you were mockin' me
Actin' like I was part of your property
Rememberin' 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 me will eventually be
A memory of a time when I tried so hard
[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end it doesn't even matter
[Bridge: Chester Bennington]
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
[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end it doesn't even matter
From album: "Hybrid Theory" (2000)
LYRICS
[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda & Chester Bennington]
(It starts with one) One thing, I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind, I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time all I know
Time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away, it's so unreal (It's so unreal)
Didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Tryin' 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 meant to me will eventually be
A memory of a time when I tried so hard
[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end it doesn't even matter
[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda & Chester Bennington]
One thing, I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind, I designed this rhyme
To remind myself how I tried so hard
In spite of the way you were mockin' me
Actin' like I was part of your property
Rememberin' 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 me will eventually be
A memory of a time when I tried so hard
[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end it doesn't even matter
[Bridge: Chester Bennington]
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
[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end it doesn't even matter
![Linkin Park - Points Of Authority (High Quality)
From album: Hybrid Theory (2000)
LYRICS
[Intro: Mike Shinoda]
Forfeit the game before somebody else
Takes you out of the frame and puts your name to shame
Cover up your face, you cant run the race
The pace is too fast, you just wont last
[Verse 1: Chester 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
[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
You like to think youre never wrong
You live what youve learned
You have to act like youre someone
You live what youve learned
You want someone to hurt like you
You live what youve learned
You want to share what you have been through
You live what youve learned
[Verse 2: Chester Bennington]
You love the things I say I 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
[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
You like to think youre never wrong
You live what youve learned
You have to act like youre someone
You live what youve learned
You want someone to hurt like you
You live what youve learned
You want to share what you have been through
You live what youve learned
[Bridge: Mike Shinoda]
Forfeit the game before somebody else
Takes you out of the frame and puts your name to shame
Cover up your face, you cant run the race
The pace is too fast, you just wont last
Forfeit the game before somebody else
Takes you out of the frame and puts your name to shame
Cover up your face, you cant run the race
The pace is too fast, you just wont last
[Chorus: Chester Bennington and (Mike Shinoda)]
You like to think youre never wrong
You live what youve learned
You have to act like youre someone
You live what youve learned
You want someone to hurt like you
You live what youve learned
You want to share what you have been through
You live what youve learned
You like to think youre never wrong (Forfeit the game)
You live what youve learned
You have to act like youre someone (Forfeit the game)
You live what youve learned
You want someone to hurt like you (Forfeit the game)
You live what youve learned
You want to share what you have been through
You live what youve learned Linkin Park - Points Of Authority (High Quality)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_oFUWxLvrEA/mqdefault.jpg)



![Linkin Park - Pushing Me Away (High Quality)
From album: Hybrid Theory (2000)
LYRICS
[Verse 1: Chester Bennington]
Ive lied to you
The same way that I always do
This is the last smile
That Ill fake for the sake of being with you
[Pre-Chorus: Mike Shinoda & Chester Bennington]
Everything falls apart, even the people
Who never frown eventually break down
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
Everything has to end, youll soon find
Were out of time left to watch it all unwind
The sacrifice is never knowing
[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
Why I never walked away, why I played myself this way
Now I see youre testing me pushes me away
Why I never walked away, why I played myself this way
Now I see youre testing me pushes me away
[Verse 2: Chester Bennington]
Ive tried, like you
To do everything you wanted to
This is the last time
Ill take the blame for the sake of being with you
[Pre-Chorus: Mike Shinoda & Chester Bennington]
Everything falls apart, even the people
Who never frown eventually break down
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
Everything has to end, youll soon find
Were out of time left to watch it all unwind
The sacrifice is never knowing
[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
Why I never walked away, why I played myself this way
Now I see youre testing me pushes me away
Why I never walked away, why I played myself this way
Now I see youre testing me pushes me away
[Bridge: Mike Shinoda & Chester Bennington]
Were all out of time
This is how we find how it all unwinds
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
Were all out of time
This is how we find how it all unwinds
The sacrifice is never knowing
[Chorus: Chester Bennington]
Why I never walked away, why I played myself this way
Now I see youre testing me pushes me away
Why I never walked away, why I played myself this way
Now I see youre testing me pushes me away Linkin Park - Pushing Me Away (High Quality)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/at94rYEfZHY/mqdefault.jpg)





