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)
AplaceForMyHead
Linkin Park Lyrics
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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, you just
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 express frustration with a person who constantly seeks favours and then demands things in return. The singer likens this behaviour to the sun expecting the moon to owe it light just because it gives light during the day. The singer expresses a desire to be in a better place away from this person and their negative energy. The lyrics also reveal a fear of becoming like this person and "stepping on people" in the same way in the future.
The repeated desire to be in "another place" represents a yearning for peace and freedom from the toxic relationship described in the lyrics. The phrase "a place for my head" suggests that the singer needs to find mental and emotional rest away from this person. The repeated line "I hate when you say you don't understand" reveals the frustration of being misunderstood by someone who demands so much and gives so little in return.
One possible interpretation of the song is that it reflects the band's ongoing struggles with the music industry and their desire to create their own identity and style. The repeated line "shut up" may represent the band's frustration with people who try to tell them what to do or how to sound. The song's themes of tension, hunger, and greed also reflect the struggles of many young people trying to find their place in the world while dealing with the expectations and demands of others.
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
Just like the moon and the sun, some people do things for others and expect something in return, as if they are owed something.
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 is frustrated with someone who does favors but then expects something in return, creating an unbalanced and unfair dynamic in the relationship.
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 exhausted from feeling like they are constantly owing someone else, and they want to find a place where they can be free from this pressure and focus on their own needs.
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 is reflecting on the possibility of becoming like the person they are frustrated with, and realizing that they have changed from how they used to be, becoming unrecognizable to the artist.
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 artist is reminiscing on who the person used to be - calm, strong, and generous - but now they have worn out their welcome and are left alone because of their actions.
You try to take the best of me
Go away
The singer is done with the person trying to take advantage of them, and they want them to leave them alone.
Shut up
The singer wants the person to stop talking and bothering them.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Brad Delson, Chester Charles Bennington, Joseph Hahn, Mark Wakefield, Mike Shinoda, Robert G. Bourdon, Dave Farrell
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@32rekt62
I lost my best friend of 20+ years to suicide on March 12 of 2017. I was absolutely devastated.
He meant more to me than anyone in my family. We were inseparable. A few months later is when
I found out that Chester took his own life. I'm 38 right now so when Linkin Park dropped Hybrid Theory
I was in Highschool during the most impressionable years of my life. Linkin Park absolutely took over
the life of every kid that was my age. It didn't matter if you were a fan of their genre or not, EVERYBODY
loved Linkin Park! Linkin Park was one of only a few bands that actually got me into listening to more
than just rap music. I still remember getting a ride from a friend in Highschool over to this girl Miranda's
house that I had a huge crush on.. and during the ride to her house we were playing the Hybrid Theory
album. I remember being so excited because at that time I was a virgin, and I knew this girl was into me.
The anxiety of not knowing what was going to happen. But knowing that I was a young teenager in love.
That was over 20 years ago and I still remember every detail as though it happened last week.
Fast forward to today. It's been just over 5 years since losing my best friend to suicide. I blamed myself
for several years that followed. Mostly because I missed his text and his call on the day that he took his
life. It took me a very long time to even feel like things would be ok. I wasn't able to snap out of the dark
depression it lead me into until fairly recently. In fact, I'd probably still be in the same situation if it weren't
for the fact that my ex wife finally allowed my son to come live with me. He's 13 years old now and this is
the first year where he's been with me the entire time. It's brought life to my very dark world. I continue on
for the love of my son. I continue on because I know how heart broken I was to lose my best friend.
No matter how much pain we're in.. there are *ALWAYS OTHER PEOPLE AROUND THAT LOVE YOU*.
The song that was playing?
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
It makes me think of how you act to me
You do
Favors then rapidly, you just
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!
Rest in Paradise
Andrew J. Milkovich
9.10.1983 - 3.12.2017
Chester Bennington
3.20.1976 - 7.20.2017
💗
@piliirobless
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
It makes me think of how you act to me
You do
Favors then rapidly, you just
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 all 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
Stay away
I'm so sick of the tension, sick of the hunger (stay)
Sick of you acting like I owe you this
Find another place to feed your greed (a-)
While I find a place to rest
I'm so sick of the tension, sick of the hunger (-way)
Sick of you acting like I owe you this
Find another place, to feed your greed (stay away from me)
While I find a place to rest
@jaysebial8765
Hybrid Theory is a fucking masterpiece.
@moon01028
I hear that!
@TheIsaac246
bro listened for the first time today its amazing fr
@senzupen5713
Yes sir it is.
@sjcflawless
I can’t put in words this album!
@killerqueen2855
Hybrid theory is legend
@ezraong713
"Baaa-na-na-na-na-na-na-naaa ba-na-na-na-naa Baaa-na-na-na-na-na-na-naaa ba-na-na-na-naa
I'm batman"
@smosai
Thats how i find out about this song
@user-ic8oq3nr1y
I'm not alone 🗿🌝
@shx8297
THANKS GOD ITS NOT JUST ME