What are your favorite LP lyrics??? It can be from any musical composition the band has ever created, whether it be demos or full songs. Side projects are allowed as well. Also, why are these lyrics so special to you?
*error* "Linkin Park" "Best Lyrics" DOES NOT COMPUTE In all seriousness, their best lyrically is Burning In The Skies. Such emotion, much metaphor. wow.
Hands down, I'd have to say Black Birds. From both an artistic and metaphorical standpoint. It ain't some "I wanna heal, I wanna feel" shit or "don't know what you got, no you don't know what you got" crap. This is some next level "Lay the sick ones down and the bells will ring Put pennies on the eyes let the dead men sing" GOLD!
I agree, blackbirds is amazing. I was listening to it on youtube the other day and the first comment was how emo the song is. Youtube comments never fail to make you really pissed off. The third act song from mall (Luna?) is beautiful. I think LP is very capable of making great lyrics if they want to. Even Meteora had BTH.
Well, some of my favourite lyrics which the band have written are: "and the ground below grew colder / as they put you down inside" "all you ever wanted / was someone to truly look up to you / and, six feet underwater / I do" "... 'cause, once you got a theory of how the thing works / everybody wants the next thing to be just like the first" "remember you're loved / and you always will be" "'cause the love that you lost / wasn't worth what it cost / and, in time, you'll be glad it's gone" "... we stood on the wall / we laughed at the sun / we laughed at the guns / we laughed at it all"
Roads Untravelled: Give up your heart left broken And let that mistake pass on 'Cause the love that you lost Wasn't worth what it cost And in time you'll be glad it's gone One of my favorite passages of their lyrics. Other songs that are strong lyrically: Valentine's Day, High Voltage, My December, LOATR, BITS, ALITS
I'm not sure about best lyrics but one of my favourite lines from them is on A Line In The Sand when Mike says: "You greed led the call, My flag had to fall, but little did you know"
There are so many choices, so I've listed the songs with my favourite lyrics. Interestingly, the band really has a thing for oceans. Shadow Of The Day "And the shadow of the day / will embrace the world in grey / And the sun will set you" Hands Held High "With hands held high into a sky so blue / As the ocean opens up to swallow you" Valentine's Day "A black wind took them away / from sight / And held the darkness over day / that night" In Pieces "You Promise me the sky / Then, toss me like a stone / You wrap me in your arms / And chill me to the bone" Burning In The Skies "I used the deadwood to make the fire rise / The blood of innocence burning in the skies / I filled my cup with the rising of the sea / And poured it out in an ocean of debris" Blackout "Floating down / as colours fill the light We look up front he ground / in fields of paperwhite / And, floating up / you pass us in the night / A future gazing out / a past to overwrite" Wretches And Kings "Steel unload / final blow / We, the animals take control / Hear us now / clear and true / Wretches and kings, we come for you" Iridescent "When you were standing in the wake of devastation / When you were waiting on the edge of the unknown / And, with the cataclysm raining down / insides crying / save me now / You were there impossibly alone" The Catalyst "God save us everyone / Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns" "And when I close my eyes tonight / To symphonies of blinding light" "Like memories in cold decay / Transmissions echoing away / Far front he world of you and I / Where oceans bleed into the sky" Burn It Down "The colours conflicted / As the flames climbed into the clouds" Castle Of Glass "Fly me up on a silver wing / Past the black where the sirens sing" Roads Untraveled "Give up your heart left broken / And let that mistake pass on / 'Cause the love that you lost / wasn't worth what it cost / And in time you'll be glad it's gone" "Weep not for roads untraveled / Weep not for sights unseen / May your love never end / And, if you need a friend / There's a seat here alongside me" Until It Breaks "We swim against the rising waves / And crash against the shore / The body bends until it breaks / The early morning sings no more" Powerless "You hid your skeletons when I had shown you mine / You woke the devil that I thought you'd left behind / I saw the evidence / The crimson soaking through / Tent thousand promises / Ten thousand ways to lose" Rebellion "I've seen the blood / I've seen the broken / The lost and the sights unseen / I want a flood / I want an ocean / To wash my confusion clean" "We are the fortunate ones / Who've never faced / oppression's gun / We are the fortunate ones / Imitations of / rebellion" Mark The Graves "There's a fragile game we play / With the ghosts of yesterday" "No trace of what remains / No stones to mark the graves" "In the dark / In the light / Nothing left / Nothing right" Final Masquerade "The light on the horizon / was brighter yesterday / With shadows floating over / the scars began to fade" A Line In The Sand "Today we stood on the wall / We laughed at the sun / we laughed at the guns / we laughed at it all" "I'd never been a coward / I'd never seen blood / You have sold me an ocean / and I was lost in the flood"
Oh my gosh, there is so much, their lyrics seem to get better and better over the years! I gues I'll choose a few. Some of my most favorite ever is from Waiting For The End "What was left when that fire was gone? I thought it felt right but that right was wrong All caught up in the eye of the storm And trying to figure out what it’s like moving on And I don’t even know what kind of things I said My mouth kept moving and my mind went dead So I’m picking up the pieces, now where to begin The hardest part of ending is starting again” (YES, that whole verse) "I shiver and shake the warm air cold." -Blackbirds "And in a burst of light that blinded every angel As if the sky had blown the heavens into stars You felt the gravity of tempered grace Falling into empty space No one there to catch you in their arms”- Iridescent “Careful what you shoot because you might hit what you aim for”- Keys to the Kingdom “May your love never end And if you need a friend There’s a seat here alongside me” - Roads Untraveled "Fly me up on a silver wing Past the black where the sirens sing Warm me up in a nova's glow And drop me down to the dream below"- Castle of Glass "Meanwhile I just grip my mic And hope me and my team make it do alright" -Dedicated "I dreamed I was missing You were so scared But no one would listen 'Cause no one else cared After my dreaming I woke with this fear What am I leaving When I'm done here?"- LOATR just to name a few
i'd give it all away / to have someone to come home to this is me pretending this is all i need memories consume / like opening the wound i don't want to be the one / the battles always choose / cause inside i realize i'm the one confused i don't know what's worth fighting for / or why i have to scream / i don't know why i instigate / or say what i don't mean i'll never fight again / this is how it ends / i'm breaking the habit tonight i am not / the fortune and the fame or the same person telling you to forfeit the game 'cause even a blueprint is a gift and a curse / 'cause once you got a theory of how the thing works / everybody wants the next thing to be just like the first try to catch up mother fucker robot boy + robot boy demo waiting for the end iridescent weep not for roads untraveled if you need a friend / there's a seat here alongside me i was born with the hunger of a lion / the strength of the sun original style / like an 808 drum / so I don't run the track / i make the track run my momma taught me words / my daddy built rockets / i put 'em both together now / tell me what I got / it's a pretty smart weapon / i can shoot it i can drop it / but learn to respect it 'cause you clearly can't stop it like that this is not the same though / got a different method but i still can bring the pain so i got dat insane flow half anglo / half fried panko i'm not allowed to say certain things! raaaawrr! final masquerade
Also from Breaking The Habit: "I don't want to be the one that battles always choose, because inside I realize that I'm the one confused". From By Myself: If I let them go i'll be out done, but if i try to catch them i'll be out run, if i'm killed by the questions like a cancer, then I'll be buried in the silence till the answer
Iridescent : Remember all the sadness and frustration / And Let It Go / Let It Go Roads Untraveled : Cause the love, that you lost / wasnt worth what it cost / ANd In Time You Will Be Glad Its Gone Pushing Me Away : Why I never walked away / Why I played myself this way / Now I see your testing me pushes me away Breaking The Habit : I dont want to be the one / the battle always choose / cause inside i realized / that i am the one confused / I dont know whats worth fighting for / or why i have to scream / but now i have some clarity / to show you what i ve mean / i dont know how i got this way / i will never be allright / so i am breaking the habit / tonight Numb : You were just like me when someone disappointed in you Shadow Of The Day : Sometimes solutions arent so simple / Sometimes goodbye is the only way / And the sun will set for you / And the shadow of the day, will embrassed the world in grey/ ANd the sun will set for you Waiting For The End : What was that, when the fire was gone / I thought it was right but the right was wrong / all caught up in the eye of the storm / and try to figure out what was like moving on / and i dont even know what kind of things i said / my mouth kept moving but my mind was dead / so picking up in pieces nowwhere to begin / the hardest part of ending is starting again The Messenger : When life leaves us blind, LOVE keep us kind Final Masquerade : Suddendly tomorrows moment washed away / Cause i dont have a reason / And you dont have the time / And we both keep on waiting for something we wont find / The light on the horizon / was brighter yesterday / shadows floading over / scars begin to fade / you said it was forever / but then it slipped away / standing at the end of the final masquerade
I won't cite any lyrics, that's just too much work. So here are some songs (chronologically) that I think have great lyrics, at least for the most part: "Papercut" "A Place for My Head" "Pushing Me Away" and it's Reanimation remix "Easier to Run" "Breaking the Habit" "Leave Out All the Rest" "Shadow of the Day" "In Pieces" "The Little Things Give You Away" [insert ATS track that isn't "Wretches & Kings" here] "I'll Be Gone" / "Primo" "Castle of Glass" "Until It Breaks" "Rebellion" "Mark the Graves" "A Line in the Sand"
A lot of the songs that I think have really great lyrics have already been said (BTH, LTGYA, SOTD, etc) but I will say one that no one has said -- Somewhere I Belong. As simple as they may be, I really like the lyrics. The first time I heard it, Somewhere I Belong really spoke to me, like no other LP song had (up until that point). I had heard In the End, What I've Done, Waiting for the End, and Numb before on the radio countless times (I also had heard Bleed it Out but I can't remember how) but SIB was the song that got me into Linkin Park.
Here are some songs that I think have great lyrics - Hands Held High - Valentine's Day - The Little Things Give You Away - Blackbirds - Burning In The Skies - Robot Boy - IN MY REMAINS - CASTLE OF GLASS - ROADS UNTRAVELED - Mark The Graves Lyrics, IMO, are not LP's strong suit, but I really like the lyrics to all of those songs listed above. I also think Minutes To Midnight probably had the best lyrics overall probably. I especially love the imagery on some of those songs, such as Valentine's Day or Burning In The Skies, they take you on a visual journey in your mind, at least for me. ROADS UNTRAVELED is great if you've ever had to get out of a bad relationship, whether it be with a friend or an ex, etc.
That you don't know what you've got, Oh you don't know what you've got, No you don't know what you've got, Until It's Gone Until It's Gone Until It's Gone Fuck the lyrics BEST, FUCKING, SONG, EVA Now serious, my favorites are Roads Untraveled, CoG, Burning In The Skies, The Catalyst, In The End, SOTD, Breaking The Habit and TLTGYA. Actually all songs on ATS have great lyrics in my opinion.