Linkin Park — нью-метал/рэпкор группа из Лос-Анджелеса, штат Калифорния, издающаяся на лэйбле Warner Brothers Records. Их часто считают наиболее известными и наиболее коммерчески удачными представителями жанра. Музыка группы представляет собой смесь хип-хопа, рока и электронных сэмплов.

История
Группа была основана тремя одноклассниками: Майком Шинодой, Бредом Дельсоном и Робом Бурдоном, изначально под названием Xero, а затем Hybrid Theory, под которым выпустила одноимённый мини-альбом. В качестве вокалиста группа пригласила Марка Вэйкфилда, но тот вскоре покинул группу, не сумевшую найти себе студию и рекорд-лэйбл. Новым вокалистом стал аризонец Честер Беннингтон, давший музыкантам прослушать запись своих вокальных партий по телефону. Честер же придумал группе новое название, происходящее от Lincoln Park (парк им. Линкольна) в городе Санта-Моника.

Слева направо: Хан, Фаррел, Бурдон, Шинода, Делсон, БеннингтонВ 1999 группе удалось добиться контракта с Warner Bros. Records. На следующий год группа выпустила дебютный альбом Hybrid Theory, содержавший материал, копившийся много лет. Альбом стал весьма успешным, было продано 4 млн 800 тыс. копий за первый год и получил премию «Грэмми» как лучший рок-альбом года. Песни с альбома — Crawling, One Step Closer и In the End имели успех в хит-парадах, а клип In the End, транслировавшийся по MTV, получил награду как лучший видеоклип года.

В 2001 году группа провела тур по Америке, неоднократно выступая с известными рэпперами, а также приняла участие в фестивале Ozzfest. В общей сложности группа провела триста двадцать концертов, и выпустила DVD Frat Party at the Pankake Festival. Также Linkin Park записали альбом ремиксов Reanimation.

В 2003 году вышел второй альбом группы под названием Meteora, возглавивший чарт Billboard по продажам альбомов. Видеоклипы на песни Somewhere I Belong, Breaking the Habit и Numb транслировались по MTV и занимали первые места в хит-парадах. Альбом получил ряд наград: премию MTV за лучшее видео (Somewhere I Belong) и Radio Music Awards за лучшую песню (Numb). На песню Numb был записан ремикс с участием рэппера Jay-Z. После выпуска этого альбома группа стала одной из самых популярных в мире. Однако успех первого альбома не был превзойдён, несмотря на положительные рецензии критиков.

15 мая 2007 года вышел альбом Minutes to Midnight. Фанаты смогли услышать его примерно за 10 дней до официального релиза. Честер в одном интервью сказал, что Linkin Park всегда делали музыку, которая им самим нравится и что с «Meteora» дела обстояли не так, как хотелось самим членам группы. Они сделали «Meteora» таким, каким мы его услышали, в большей степени из-за того, что фанаты хотели услышать альбом в таком же стиле, как и дебютный «Hybrid Theory». Сейчас же группа полностью довольна своим новым звучанием и «чувствует себя комфортно». Этот альбом значительно отличается от предыдущих работ коллектива, в нём стало меньше агрессивных риффов, рэпа, больше мелодичности, что разделило фанатов группы. Первым не понравился отход от нью-металла и они посчитали первые работы самыми выдающимися, а вторые восприняли новый звук, как дальнейшее развитие группы. Новый саунд стал похож на U2, в чём не упустили упрекнуть Linkin Park, сопоставив и новый звук, и новый стиль, который появился у группы.

На вопрос «Стоит ли нам ожидать следующий альбом группы до 2012 года?» был дан положительный ответ. По словам мистера Беннингтона, Linkin Park «полностью определились с тем, что они из себя представляют. Так что теперь альбомы делать мы будем быстрее».

Bleed It Out
Yeah, here we go for the hundredth time
Hand grenade pins in every line
Throw ‘em up and let something shine
Going out of my fucking mind
Filthy mouth, no excuse
Find a new place to hang this noose
String me up from atop these roofs
Knot it tight so I won’t get loose
Truth is, you can stop and stare
Run myself out and no one cares
Dug the trench out, laid down there
With a shovel up that’ll reach somewhere
Yeah, someone pour it in
Make it a dirt dance floor again
Say your prayers and stomp it out
When they bring that chorus in

I bleed it out, digging deeper just to throw it away
I bleed it out, digging deeper just to throw it away
I bleed it out, digging deeper just to throw it away
Just to throw it away, just to throw it away

I bleed it out, go, stop the show
Drop your words and let sloppy flow
Shotgun, opera, lock and load
Cock it back and then watch it go
Mama, help me, I’ve been cursed
Death is rollin’ in every verse
Candy paint on his brand new hearse
Can’t contain him, he knows he works
Fuck, this hurts, I won’t lie
Doesn’t matter how hard I try
Half the words don’t mean a thing
And I know that I won’t be satisfied
So I try ignoring him
Make it a dirt dance floor again
Say your prayers and stomp it out
When they bring that chorus in

I bleed it out, digging deeper just to throw it away
I bleed it out, digging deeper just to throw it away
I bleed it out, digging deeper just to throw it away
Just to throw it away, just to throw it away

I bleed it out, I’ve opened up these scars
I’ll make you face this
I’ve pulled myself so far
I’ll make you face this now

I bleed it out, digging deeper just to throw it away
I bleed it out, digging deeper just to throw it away
I bleed it out, digging deeper just to throw it away
Just to throw it away, just to throw it away

I bleed it out, digging deeper just to throw it away
I bleed it out, digging deeper just to throw it away
I bleed it out, digging deeper just to throw it away
Just to throw it away, just to throw it away

I bleed it out
I bleed it out
I bleed it out

Carousel
She can’t hide no matter how hard she tries
Her secret disguised behind the lies
And at night she crys 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 is she alright
All she wants to do is get rid of this hell
Well all she’s got to do is stop kiddin herself
She can only fool herself for so long [x3]
Im to weak to face me
(she can only fool herself)

[Chorus:]
I never know just why’d you run so far away far away from me [x2]

When it comes to hide to live his life you can’t be told
Says he got everything under control
Thinks he knows he’s not a problem he’s stuck with
But in reality it would be a problem to just quit
An addict and he can’t hold the reigns
The pain is worse cause his frineds have it the same
Trys to slow down the problem he’s got
But can’t get off the carousel till he makes a stop
He can only fool himself for so long [x3]
Im too weak to face me
(he can only fool himself)

[Chorus 2x]

[Interlude]

[Chorus 2x]

Don't Stay
Sometimes I need to remember just to breathe
Sometimes I need you to stay away from me
Sometimes I'm in disbelief I didn't know
Somehow I need you to go

Don't stay
Forget our memories
Forget our possibilities
What you were changing me into
Just give me myself back and
Don't stay
Forget our memories
Forget our possibilities
Take all your faithlessness with you
Just give me myself back and
Don't stay

Sometimes I feel like I trusted you too well
Sometimes I just feel like screaming at myself
Sometimes I'm in disbelief I didn't know
Somehow I need to be alone

Don't stay
Forget our memories
Forget our possibilities
What you were changing me into
Just give me myself back and
Don't stay
Forget our memories
Forget our possibilities
Take all your faithlessness with you
Just give me myself back and
Don't stay

I don't need you anymore, I don't want to be ignored
I don't need one more day of you wasting me away
I don't need you anymore, I don't want to be ignored
I don't need one more day of you wasting me away
With no apologies

Don't stay
Forget our memories
Forget our possibilities
What you were changing me into
Just give me myself back and
Don't stay
Forget our memories
Forget our possibilities
Take all your faithlessness with you
Just give me myself back and
Don't stay

Faint
I am a little bit of loneliness, a little bit of disregard
Handful of complaints, but I can 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 that 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 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
Face away and pretend that I'm not
But I'll be here 'cause you're all that 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 can't feel
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored
Time won't heal
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignore

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 (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 it’s 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 (2x)

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)

Given Up
Wake in a sweat again
Another day's been laid to waste
In my disgrace
Stuck in my head again
Feels like I'll never leave this place
There's no escape

I'm my own worst enemy

I've given up...
I'm sick of feeling
Is there nothing you can say?
Take this all away
I'm suffocating!
Tell me what the fuck is wrong with me!

I don't know what to take
Thought I was focused but I'm scared
I'm not prepared
I hyperventilate.
Looking for help somehow somewhere
And no one cares

I'm my own worst enemy

I've given up...
I'm sick of feeling
Is there nothing you can say?
Take this all away
I'm suffocating!
Tell me what the fuck is
Wrong with me!

GOD!

Put me out of my misery
Put me out of my misery
Put me out of my...
Put me out of my fucking misery!

I've given up...
I'm sick of feeling
Is there nothing you can say?
Take this all away
I'm suffocating!
Tell me what the fuck is
Wrong with me!

High Voltage
Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes, sometimes…
Hybrid
I've been diggin' in crates ever since I was livin' in space
Before the rat race, before monkeys had you in traits
I mastered numerology, big band theology,
performed lobotomies with telekinetic psychology
Invented the mic to so I can start blessin' in
Chin-checkin' kids to make my point like an
impressionist
Many men tried to shake us
But I twist my chords like double helixes to
show ‘em what I'm made of
I buckle knees like leg braces, cast a spell
of instrumentalist on all of you MC's who hate us
So you can try on, leave you without a shoulder to try on
From now to infinite, let icon be bygones
I fire bombs, ghostly notes haunt this
I tried threats, but moved on to a promise
I stomp shit with or without an accomplice
And run the gauntlets with whoever that wants this

Chorus:
High voltage
This is the unforgettable sound
High voltage
Bringin' you up and takin' you down
High voltage
Comin' up from every side
High voltage
Makin' the rhythm and rhyme collide

I've put a kink in the backbones, of clones, with microphones
Never satisfied my rhymes joins
Sprayin' brin' day over what you might say
My blood types crayon, Technicolor type A
On highways write with road rage
Cages a win, cages a tin, that bounce all around
Surround sound
Devourin' the scenes
Subliminal gangrene paintings, over all the same things
Sing songs karaoke copy bullshit

Break bones verbally with sticks and stones tactics
Forth dimension, compact convention
Write rhymes with ease while the track stands at attention
Men to put you away, with the pencil
Pistol, official, sixteen line, a rhyme missile
While you risk your all
I pick out at your flaws
Singin' rah blah, blah, blah you can say you saw

Chorus.

Who's the man, the man in your hand over your land
Rovin' over man's boldin' when he's jammin' your plans ova
I am vice colorists, the most ferocious
When I spy my third eye, it's extremely high voltage
That's why I need ruby corks glasses, cuz when I glance of the chest
Then I might blast the masses
Subliminal translated through piano

Chorus.

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 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
Its so unreal
Didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on, but didn't even know
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
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

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
I tried so hard
In spite of 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 me will eventually be a memory of a time when I

Chorus

I’ve put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
There's only one thing you should know (2x)

Chorus