20070406 Linkin Park "Numb" and "What I've Done"

Linkin Park: "Numb" and "What I've Done"

April 3^rd, 2007 – Posted April 6^th, 2007

At this point “Numb” (released in September 2003) from their second album “Meteora” released on March 25, 2003, continues to be my favorite Linkin Park song – and probably will remain a favorite for a long time. I guess I somewhat identify with the quandaries faced by the female protagonist in the video as a result of many of my experiences growing up an artist in Carroll County… (See the video farther below…)

One of the many nice things about Linkin Park is that the band has developed a reputation for not using “explicit lyrics” in most of their released material… with the only exception being their 1999 Hybrid Theory EP…

The video “What I’ve Done” was released on April 2^nd, 2007. “What I’ve done” is the lead song on their upcoming album, “Minutes to Midnight.”

“What I’ve done” currently streams on their web site: http://linkinpark.com/

A series of streaming videos can be found at: http://linkinpark.com/site.html. I left it on while I was doing other work on the computer – writing my next column for the Westminster Eagle for Wednesday, April 11, 2207…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sgycukafqQ

Linkin Park: "What I've Done" lyrics:

http://www.metrolyrics.com/what-ive-done-lyrics-linkin-park.html

In this farewell,

There’s no blood,

There’s no alibi.

‘Cause I’ve drawn regret,

From the truth,

Of a thousand lies.

So let mercy come,

And wash away…

What I’ve Done.

I’ll face myself,

To cross out what I’ve become.

Erase myself,

And let go of what I’ve done.

Put to rest,

What you thought of me.

While I clean this slate,

With the hands,

Of uncertainty.

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href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXYiU_JCYtU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXYiU_JCYtU

November 15th, 2007 UPDATE - - The embed has been disabled !@$%%&*!@! To watch the video go here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=kXYiU_JCYtU

Linkin Park lyrics for “Numb.”

i'm tired of being what you want me to be

feeling so faithless

lost under the surface

i don't know what you're expecting of me

put under the pressure

of walking in your shoes

[caught in the undertow / just caught in the undertow]

every step that i take is another mistake to you

i've

become so numb

i can't feel you there

become so tired

so much more aware

i'm becoming this

all i want to do

is be more like me

and be less like you

can't you see that you're smothering me

holding too tightly

afraid to lose control
cause everything that you thought i would be

has fallen apart right in front of you

[caught in the undertow / just caught in the undertow]

every step that i take is another mistake to you

[caught in the undertow / just caught in the undertow]

and every second i waste is more than i can take

but i know

i may end up failing too

but i know

you were just like me

with someone disappointed in you

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"Five Easy Pieces"