Formed in 1996, Linkin Park rose to international fame with their debut studio album, Hybrid Theory (2000), which became certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Released during the peak of the nu metal scene, the album's singles' heavy airplay on MTV led the singles "One Step Closer", "Crawling" and "In the End" all to chart highly on the US Mainstream Rock chart. The lattermost also crossed over to the nation's Billboard Hot 100. Their second album, Meteora (2003), continued the band's success. The band explored experimental sounds on their third album, Minutes to Midnight (2007). By the end of the decade, Linkin Park was among the most successful and popular rock acts.
The band continued to explore a wider variation of musical types on their fourth album, A Thousand Suns (2010), layering their music with more electronic sounds. The band's fifth album, Living Things (2012), combined musical elements from all of their previous records. Their sixth album, The Hunting Party (2014), returned to a heavier rock sound, and their seventh album, One More Light (2017), was a substantially more pop-oriented record. Linkin Park went on a hiatus when longtime lead vocalist Bennington died in July 2017. In April 2022, Shinoda revealed the band was neither working on new music nor planning on touring for the foreseeable future.
Linkin Park is among the best-selling bands of the 21st century and the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 100 million records worldwide. They have won two Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, 10 MTV Europe Music Awards and three World Music Awards. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the music video era and the third-best of the new millennium. Billboard ranked Linkin Park No. 19 on the Best Artists of the Decade list. In 2012, the band was voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1. In 2014, the band was declared as "The Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now" by Kerrang!.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkin_Park
Studio albums
Hybrid Theory (2000)
Meteora (2003)
Minutes to Midnight (2007)
A Thousand Suns (2010)
Living Things (2012)
The Hunting Party (2014)
One More Light (2017)
A Place For My Head 0909
Linkin Park Lyrics
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Moon sits in the sky in the dark night
Shining with the light from the sun
And the sun doesn't give light to the moon assuming
The moon's going to owe it one
It makes me think of how you act to me
You do
Favors and then rapidly
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 want to 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 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 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
I want to 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
You try to take the best of me
Go away
You try to take the best of me
Go away
You try to take the best of me
Go away
You try to take the best of me
Go away
You try to take the best of me
Go away
You try to take the best of me
Go away
You try to take the best of me
Go away
You try to take the best of me
Go away
I want to 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
Shut up
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
The lyrics of "A Place for My Head" by Linkin Park are about feeling used and taken advantage of by someone who constantly asks for favors and is never satisfied. The song begins with a comparison between the moon and sun, where the moon, representing the singer, is dependent on the light of the sun, or the person they are addressing. The moon owes nothing to the sun, yet it acts like it does, similar to how the singer is used by the other person.
The lyrics highlight the tension and hunger the singer feels, which can be interpreted as a need to break free from this cycle of being used. They express a desire to find a place to rest and escape the negativity and greed of the other person. The singer longs to be in another place with positive energy, away from the negativity of their enemy. The lyrics suggest that the singer is willing to leave the negative situation and find peace elsewhere.
The song ends with the singer demanding that the other person go away and stop taking advantage of them. The repeated "go away" emphasizes the need for a break from this cycle of toxicity. Overall, the lyrics of "A Place for My Head" explore themes of being used, feeling trapped, and the desire for escape.
Line by Line Meaning
I watch how the
Moon sits in the sky in the dark night
Shining with the light from the sun
And the sun doesn't give light to the moon assuming
The moon's going to owe it one
The singer observes the moon and how it gets its light from the sun without any expectation of repayment, unlike certain people in their life.
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
The singer compares the behavior of the person in question to the moon and how they offer favors only to ask for something in return immediately after.
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
The singer is fed up with the constant tension and neediness of the other person, who acts entitled to their help, and demands that they find their own source of satisfaction.
I want to 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
The artist wants to separate themselves from the tension and negativity caused by the other person, and find a peaceful place to exist.
Maybe someday I'll be just like you and
Step on people like you do and
Run away the people I thought I knew
I remember back then who you were
The artist contemplates the possibility of becoming like the other person, who has a pattern of hurting those around them and running away from them, and remembers the person they used to know before they changed.
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 now you see
How quiet it is all alone
The singer recalls a time when the other person was different - they were calm, strong, and generous, yet they failed to recognize that they were driving people away and now are left feeling lonely.
You try to take the best of me
Go away
The singer recognizes that the other person is trying to take advantage of them and demands that they leave.
Shut up
The artist becomes so frustrated that they demand the other person stop talking.
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
The artist reiterates their frustration with the other person's constant neediness and asserts their right to take a break from being responsible for their satisfaction.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: BRAD DELSON, CHESTER CHARLES BENNINGTON, DAVE FARRELL, JOSEPH HAHN, MARK WAKEFIELD, MIKE SHINODA, ROBERT G. BOURDON
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"Figure .09"
Nothing ever stops all these thoughts
And the pain attached to them
Sometimes I wonder why this is happening
It's like nothing I can do would distract me when
I think of how I shot myself in the back again
'Cause from the infinite words I could say
I put all the pain you gave to me on display
But didn't realize, instead of setting it free
I took what I hated and made it a part of me
It never goes away, it never goes away
And now
You've become a part of me
You'll always be right here
You've become a part of me
You'll always be my fear
I can't separate
Myself from what I've done
Given up a part of me
I've let myself become you
Hearing the name, the memories come back again
I remember when it started happening
I'd see you in every thought I had and then
The thoughts slowly found words attached to them
And I knew as they escaped away
I was committing myself to whom
And every day I regret saying those things
'Cause now I see that I
Took what I hated and made it a part of me
It never goes away, it never goes away
And now
You've become a part of me
You'll always be right here
You've become a part of me
You'll always be my fear
I can't separate
Myself from what I've done
Given up a part of me
I've let myself become you
It never goes away, it never goes away
It never goes away, it never goes away
Get away from me
Gimme my space back, you gotta just go
Everything comes down to memories of you
I've kept it in but now I'm letting you know
I watch you go, so
Get away from me
Gimme my space back, you gotta just go
Everything comes down to memories of you
I've kept it in but now I'm letting you know
I let you go
And now
You've become a part of me
You'll always be right here
You've become a part of me
You'll always be my fear
I can't separate
Myself from what I've done
Given up a part of me
I've let myself become you
I've let myself become you
I've let myself become
Lost inside these thoughts of you
Giving up a part of me
I've let myself become you
@Pride317
Lyrics
Nothing ever stops all these thoughts and the pain attached to them
Sometimes I wonder why this is happening
It's like nothing I can do would distract me when
I think of how I shot myself in the back again
Cause from the infinite words I could say
I put all pain you gave to me on display
But didn't realize instead of setting it free
I Took what I hated and made it a part of me
Never goes away
Never goes away
And now
You've become a part of me you'll always be right here
You've become a part of me you'll always be my fear
I can't separate myself from what I've done
Giving up a part of me I've let myself become you
You
You
You
Hearing your name the memories come back again
I remember when it started happening
I see you in every thought I had and then
The thoughts slowly found words attached to them
And I knew as they escaped away
I was committing myself to them and everyday
I regret saying those things cause now I see
That I took what I hated and made it a part of me
Never goes away
Never goes away
And now
You've become a part of me you'll always be right here
You've become a part of me you'll always be my fear
I can't separate myself from what I've done
Giving up a part of me I've let myself become you
Never goes away
Never goes away
Never goes away
Never goes away
(Get away from me)
Give me my space back you gotta just
(Go)
Everything comes down the memories of
(You)
I've kept it in but now I'm letting you
(Know)
I let you go so get away from
(Me)
Give me my space back you gotta just
(Go)
Everything comes down the memories of
(You)
I've kept it in but now I'm letting you
(Know)
I let you go
And now
You've become a part of me you'll always be right here
You've become a part of me you'll always be my fear
I can't separate myself from what I've done
Giving up a part of me I've let myself become you
I've let myself become you
I've let myself become lost inside these thoughts of you
Giving up a part of me I've let myself become you
@kbotter3955
I have not been to an LP concert, and I regret it.
@winkinpawk2766
You're not too late!
@withoutone000
ChainLinks its to late to listen to there good music in concerts now tho :(
@winkinpawk2766
+Souless Naga If you think they're older music is better, than that's you. I really love them, and I haven't found one song I haven't liked, old or new. I've been searching, and I've listened to every song in each of their bigger albums. There is rock in a lot of them that are new (Hunting Party)
Anyways, they still play very old songs as an add in in newer concerts.
@rarityclarity3724
Well, if you're tryna hear this song live, you're it of luck. In my opinion, the few live performances I've heard aren't as good anyway.
@kbotter3955
Your Mother hybrid theory and meteors are two of their best albums minutes to midnight might not be your taste in music and living things is great I like it
@shmoovment
this song is so underrated compared to their other songs. the chorus almost sounds like faint but with a different drum beat :D. Lyrics are amazing too
@sonicthesuperkid6
My album list
@jamaisvu2815
I agree, it used to confuse me as a kid.
@christiannewcomer2635
It always bugged me it was named ‘faint,’ I thought it was ‘feint’