Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. The ban… Read Full Bio ↴Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. The band's current lineup comprises vocalist/rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Mike Shinoda, lead guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave Farrell, DJ/turntablist Joe Hahn and drummer Rob Bourdon, all of whom are founding members. Vocalists Mark Wakefield and Chester Bennington are former members of the band. Categorized as alternative rock, Linkin Park's earlier music spanned a fusion of heavy metal and hip hop, while their later music features more electronica and pop elements.

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)

Primo
Linkin Park Lyrics

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Like shining oil, this night is dripping down
Night is dripping down, glistening
And I'm trying not to think what I'm leaving now
'Cause I'm leaving now

Its time you let me go, let me go!

'Till then carry on and miss me when I'm gone!

Oh, don't let anyone give you away!
Just carry on and miss when I'm gone!
Oh, don't let anyone take my place
Take my place...

This tear between is getting thinner now
Getting thinner now, bittersweet
And 'cross that horizon this sun is setting now
Slowly setting now

Its time you let me go, let me go!

'Till then carry on and miss me when I'm gone!
Oh, don't let anyone give you away!
Just carry on and miss when I'm gone!
Oh, don't let anyone take my place
Take my place...

Just carry on and miss me when I'm gone
Oh, don't let anyone give you away
Just carry on and miss me when I'm gone
Oh, don't let anyone take my place
Take my place...

Tell them I couldn't help myself...
And tell them I was alone...
Tell them I was the only one
And there's that can stop me from going home...

Tell them I couldn't help myself...
And tell them I was alone...
Oh, tell them I was the only one
And there's that can stop me from going home...

From going home...
From going home...
From going home...

Oh, tell me I was the only one and there's nothing that can stop me...
From going home...

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Linkin Park's song "Primo" describe a painful goodbye as the singer leaves someone behind. The first verse compares the night to "shining oil" and describes how it drips down, creating a glistening effect. The singer is attempting to avoid thinking about what they are leaving behind as they depart for their next journey. The chorus repeats the phrase "carry on and miss me when I'm gone," asking the people left behind to remember them and not let anyone else take their place. The second verse describes how the "tear" between them is getting "thinner now," illustrating the fact that it's time for the singer to move on. They acknowledge that it's time to let go but suggest that there's still time to cherish their memories before leaving.

In the bridge, the singer speaks directly to those they are leaving behind, urging them to tell others that they "couldn't help [themselves]" and that they were "alone." The lyric "there's nothing that can stop me from going home" is a poignant reminder of the finality of the situation. The song ends with the repetition of the phrase "tell me I was the only one and there's nothing that can stop me from going home." This repetition emphasizes that the singer is determined to return to where they belong, no matter what obstacles they may face on the way.

Overall, "Primo" is a powerful and emotional song that explores the pain of saying goodbye and the importance of moving on. It's a reminder that memories can be cherished, even when it's time to move forward.

Line by Line Meaning

Like shining oil, this night is dripping down
The night is slowly passing and it feels like time is slipping away

And I'm trying not to think what I'm leaving now
I'm trying not to focus on what I'm leaving behind and instead look to the future

'Cause I'm leaving now
I'm leaving my past behind and moving forward

Its time you let me go, let me go!
It's time to let go and move on

'Till then carry on and miss me when I'm gone!
Until then, continue on with your life without me, but remember me fondly

Oh, don't let anyone give you away!
Don't let anyone take you for granted

Just carry on and miss when I'm gone!
Carry on with your life and remember me once I'm gone

Oh, don't let anyone take my place
Don't let anyone replace me in your life

This tear between is getting thinner now
The emotions that divide us are starting to fade away

And 'cross that horizon this sun is setting now
The day is ending and time is running out

Just carry on and miss me when I'm gone
Don't forget me even though I'm no longer there

Tell them I couldn't help myself...
Let others know that I struggled and had difficulty coping

And tell them I was alone...
Let others know that I was struggling without support

Tell them I was the only one
Let others know that I was unique and irreplaceable

And there's that can stop me from going home...
There's nothing that can prevent me from moving on with my life

From going home...
To move on with my life

Oh, tell me I was the only one and there's nothing that can stop me...
Let me know that I was special and there's nothing in my way of moving on

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

Tristan

4y↑67

[Verse 1: Mike and Chester]
Like shining oil this night is dripping down
Night is dripping down
Glistening
And I’m trying not to think what I’m leaving now
Cause I'm leaving now
It’s time you let me go
Let me go

[Chorus: Chester]
'Till then carry on
And miss me when I'm gone
Oh don't let anyone give you away
Just carry on
And miss me when I'm gone
Oh don't let anyone take my place
Take my place

[Verse 2: Mike & chester]
This tear between us is getting thinner now
Getting thinner now
Bittersweet
And ‘cross that horizon this sun is setting now
Slowly setting now
It’s time to let me go
Let me go

[Chorus: Chester]
'Till then carry on
And miss me when I'm gone
Oh don't let anyone give you away
Just carry on
And miss me when I'm gone
Oh don't let anyone take my place
Take my place

[Guitar solo]

[Chorus, variation]
Just carry on
And miss me when I'm gone
Oh don't let anyone give you away
Just carry on
And miss me when I'm gone
Oh don't let anyone take my place
Take my place

[Bridge]
Tell them I couldn’t help myself
And tell them I was alone
Tell them I was the only one
And there’s nothing that can stop me from going home

Tell them I couldn’t help myself
And tell them I was alone
Oh tell them I was the only one
And there’s nothing that can stop me
From going home!

teby ! Akd

7y↑117

Like shinning oil this night is dripping down

Night is dripping down

Glistening

And I'm trying not to think what I'm leaving now

'Cause I'm leaving now

It's time you let me go

Let me go

'Til then carry on

And miss me when I'm gone

Oh, don't let anyone give you away

Just carry on

And miss me when I'm gone

Oh, don't let anyone take my place

Take my place

This tear between us is getting thinner now

Getting thinner now

Bittersweet

And 'cross that horizon this sun is setting now

Slowly setting now

It's time to let me go

Let me go

'Til then carry on

And miss me when I'm gone

Oh, don't let anyone give you away

Just carry on

And miss me when I'm gone

Oh, don't let anyone take my place

Take my place

Just carry on

And miss me when I'm gone

Oh, don't let anyone give you away

Just carry on

And miss me when I'm gone

Oh, don't let anyone take my place

Take my place

Tell them I couldn't help myself

And tell them I was alone

Tell them I was the only one

And there's nothing that can stop me from going home

Tell them I couldn't help myself

And tell them I was alone

Oh, tell them I was the only one

And there's nothing that can stop me from going home!

From going home!

From going home!

From going home!

Oh, tell them I was the only one

And there's nothing that can stop me

From going home!

All comments from YouTube:

ChloeOfTheCookies

10y↑871

I may be alone on this, but to me, this is more powerful than the finished version. That chorus... is just... beautiful. :)

ChloeOfTheCookies

10y↑25

***** I would call Living Things an unfinished album. The only proper songs on there are Burn It Down, Lost In The Echo, Powerless and Castle Of Glass, in my opinion. I didn't even like BID much. The rest were either too short or needed improvement on either lyrics or music or both. :(

DJ Ritter

10y↑74

ChloeOfTheCookies Roads Untraveled was short lyrically, but Mike put his heart into that song. One of their best songs IMO.

ChloeOfTheCookies

10y↑6

DJ Ritter I guess that's just how it came across to me. Each to their own, I suppose. :)

tyler navarro

10y↑5

ChloeOfTheCookies I think they were going with what the rest of the album sounded like. Yea this one gets kinda fast but the version has the enrgy the rest of the album did

ChloeOfTheCookies

10y↑5

tyler navarro I don't think it has the passion that this one has though. :/

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Amber Luna

7y↑701

"Just carry on, and miss me when I'm gone. Don't let anyone take my place." Never. You are a true legend Chester. May your memory live on.

ImaginaryHeart

7y↑25

It's so fucking sad... :'( We'll never forget you, angel, never... ♥♥♥

Kanan Naghiyev

7y↑3

🖤

Sand Maggs

6y↑6

Amber Luna makes me cry everytime I listen to it

Razor Smith

6y↑16

So strange that his lyrics were cries for help, foreshadowing, demons, etc....I wonder how many other people are crying out through lyrics, voice, art that I'm just not noticing or realizing???

Pistacho123Lol

6y↑5

You are right... It's so unveliebable...

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kenfallsalot

10y↑330

I'm sorry but this is so much more incredible than the finished product

Die Legende

6y↑38

This would rather fit to ATS, while the finished version is more Living Things-ish, I'd say

Fusi0n_20

5y↑16

@Die Legende this sounds like a mixture between mtm and ats imo

c. pza

5y↑12

lyrics in the official versions hook are better imo but otherwise yea im at a loss for words as to how they as scrapped this and made it just another generic verse hook verse hook bridge hook track that it became

chalk.

4y↑9

@Die Legende I guess I'll Be Gone was actually made for ATS but was scrapped for time reasons?
The date aligns this theory perfectly(ATS released on the ending of 2010)

Preets

4y↑11

@chalk. this is a demo from AST, in the making of a thousand suns you can see the word primo written on the blackboard, this is basically the finished song but it didn't fit the theme of the album so when it came to living things they reworked it and released it for that album

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Ram Dev Covers

10y↑340

Had tears in my ears on this part.

" Tell them I couldn’t help myself
And tell them I was alone
Tell them I was the only one
And there’s nothing that can stop me from going home "

Sandtrooper

10y↑30

Ever since I first heard I'll Be Gone, I loved that part, but it was one of those songs I liked better singing to myself than listening to, because I felt the finished version didn't live up to the potential. (Leave Out All the Rest is another one - it should have been slower and had contrast between more rock'y loud parts and more quiet parts. The chorus is so beautiful when it's a little slower and quiet.) I always thought "tell them I couldn't help myself" needed to be slow and quiet. So when I heard Primo, I was in love. And OH! Chester's voice just in the beginning (tell them I couldn't help myself - mostly on "tell") sounds so sad and broken! I get chills to my bone. It's amazing.

SoldierSide

7y↑6

Ram Dev Covers I still miss him

Iva Macinni

5y↑2

Gabriel Cabana so sad but true 😭 🖤 🙏 💔

Alessio M

6y↑82

The lyrics in "i'll be gone" are a bit more powerful and way more simplified but here, the atmosphere, the instrumental part and the feelings impressed along with the music are incredible.
I feel like sunshine in this track.

Tristan

4y↑67

The ComicBook Fan

5y↑55

That moment when the demo is better than the finished version. I still liked the official version but I liked the experimental tone in this version. RIP Chester. meeting you was one of the best experiences I ever had. You were one of the most cool and down to earth guys I ever met. The world has not only lost a great singer but a great human being

crow8D

5y↑28

"There's nothing that can stop me from going home..."
It's 2019 and that line still hurts :(

Sidney Soundara

7y↑166

This song sadly has a new bitter meaning. Even listening to the songs on One More Light. Like “Nobody Can Save Me” and “Sharp Edges.” I can’t fathom the pain he was expressing to us in his lyrics. But it’s sad that we can never know what a person really goes through, even our idols. I love you so much. Thank you for shaping my heart and soul through tough times. Rest In Peace Chester

deviany raa

6y↑27

Chester only wrote Heavy and Halfway Right, you know, the single that everyone made fun of before his death. Those singles you mentioned above mostly written by Mike, Brad, and whoever guest writers they invited. So, everyone feels guilty for laughing at him when he poured his heart out writing Heavy. But please stop reaching, people! OML is not Chester's suicide note. You undermine him and the band by saying that.

Sovietry

5y↑17

@deviany raa finally found someone who has some sense(even though I'm a year late) but yeah its rediculous how everyone starts thinking every song is his suicide note or whatever, i fucking love chester to death but im getting annoyed by all these comments saying how deep the songs were, they were but it wasn't all chester. Songs like easier to run were the ones he wrote in his darkest times and listening to those are emotional but he didn't write everything, and it wasn't all about his life.

Mare, Queen

5y↑2

you're right, but they are band and work together at least Chester sing if he doesnt help them and if he cant sing them right and put his feelings on then lyrics will be useless. my only issue with Heavy is music i loved the lyrics and its like all their songs but music ruined it, i know they been switching music style a lot but it was really off, even when fans sang Heavy in nu metal or metal or even rock i loved and made lyrics more powerful, i actually started liking metal because of LP and dropped other genres so it was strange to see them go off to genre i dont like anyway i was going to drop and didn't complain much and hoped for better album or nu metal/metal version as appreciation to old fans who loved their old style like demo but instead they mocked of us and now Chester gone :(

Jesus Jimenez

@deviany raa even if they were written by Mike himself. You know Chester can still mean the lyrics he sings in his own interpretation right? I'm sure he did that in the live performances too that's how you can feel his emotion!

Jesus Jimenez

@deviany raa you're right on that but like I said Chester gave them his own meaning too as you can see. That's how he poured his heart out. He gave the music his own vessel when he sang live

Bim Bom

7y↑48

Words of this song are like hug from Chester to all heartbroken. Rest in peace.

THE CAKE

7y↑181

"till then carry on, and miss me when i'm gone" those lyrics have a completely deeper meaning now

kritika maskey

5y↑7

Very very deep 😭😭😭

Ken Rath

7y↑78

I personally love this version. I think it is a lot better than the original. I can see why they didn't use this in living things though, since it didn't really fit with the other songs on the album. But I still believe this is a much better version.

Sandtrooper

3y↑10

A bit late here... But this is actually a demo from A Thousand Suns! So in a way, this is more original than the finished version on Living Things. ^^ I think it sounds a bit unpolished at times, so I can also see why they didn't use it, but I'd still have kept it in -- fits perfectly between The Catalyst and The Messenger, and fills a hole I always felt was there at the climax of ATS.

•Forgotten•

51w

@Sandtrooper I'll Be Gone in the beggining was going to be a song for A Thousand Suns? :0
Wow, now I get why this demo has A Thousand Suns vibe, too sad the song wasn't included in the album :(
But the finished version is one of my favorite!

teby ! Akd

7y↑117

Fhillipe Oliveira

6y↑4

Thanks to you i can sense all the things what Chester want pass to us

Sedef

7y↑36

Chester, no one will ever take your place and no one can do this because you were such a beautiful and unqiue human being. I hope you are pain free now and in a better place without your demons. We all love you so much..

KingSzili

7y↑44

Can't carry on Chester, we just can't :( We miss you so much! Nobody will be able to take your place, because your place is carved deep in our hearts, the deepest, most protected part of our hearts :( I hope the place you are now it's better and more beautiful ^_^ And that you will find peace of mind there! Rest in peace my Hero, my Legend!

Zimtstarli

7y↑71

I never listened to this version until last Saturday at our memorial of Chester, but I love it. Though the part at 3:45 gets me really cause I always feel and hear him saying this alone and being able to help himself and therefore ending it all. The song is overall really powerfull, but at this one point Chester sounds very sad and kind of desprate or broken. Amazing who vunerbable he makes himself allowed to feel and how open he is once again about his feelings, but after what happened it makes me just feel very sad that he must have exactely felt that way when he ended it all :(

Soso Gegechkori

10y↑21

3:46
This is so unforgettable.
Thank you LP for this beautiful moment

Beats Shay

10y↑76

This is so beautiful man. I love Linkin Park. Always have been a fan.

Aster Lazer

7y↑103

nobody will ever take your place, chester.

Mark Mark

3y↑26

this version is infinitely better than whatever we got on living things as a finished product. just take a listen to all of these beautiful sounds and how lyrics are working together with the arrangement, sending you to a very emotional musical journey. just imagine what would it be like if it was performed live?
instead we got a generic linkin park 4-minute formulaic song.
very sad, it’s just a piece of a lost potential

Musa A.

3y↑3

probably the studio telling them to make it radio friendly. im sure linkin park themselves know this version is infinitely better

Maynafiesta

2y↑2

i dont thing so. updated one is better i think

Mohamed Zanabi

5y↑19

this is a masterpiece :'(

Aamir Khan

10y↑73

This song is classic LP at their best. The whole reason I fell for LP's music is that they have this uplifting, awe-inspiring feeling. Think of P5hng Me Aw*y, Somewhere I belong, Shadow Of The Day, The Catalyst, Powerless, the kind of songs that lift you. Primo has this effect on me, this magic that only LP can make.

Sandtrooper

10y↑4

Teeeell them I couldn't help myself... <3
I agree! There are parts of this demo they should NOT have scrapped. I always only liked I'll Be Gone for what it could have been, and now I find that an early version actually had that. :S

Afridi Majeed

Hello, Aamir Khan sir. I'm a huge fan of your movies. 😂

ddk y2

@Afridi Majeed this is not official account

Bekir Berk Akpınar

39w↑3

One of the best part of Linkin Park... You can easily find yourself in lyrics

Mac Zaps

7y↑34

After hearing the news about Chester I came straight to this video. Beautiful song for a beautiful man. Rest In Peace. ❤

Siddhant Kumar Mishra

5y↑67

Though Chester sang this song, Mike and Brad also involved in writing the lyrics. What pain are they expressing? Why can't we see their pain? Why are we remembering him so much? That's not love or maturity to write "he is remembering us from the dead", "he had been crying to us since ages". He lived life to his fullest, sharing his happiness to us and taking all our sadness. Why do we always cry in the comment section? Why can't we just move on and give a chance to our lives as well? Even I love Chester, may be much more than you guys do. We don't each other.
We didn't know each other.
Till I cared for him a lot. Linkin Park saves us from our hardest of times. Stop writing that over and over again. Expressing ourselves in social media and YouTube isn't such a nice thing. Let's just practice beautiful things in person, like Chester always did. If you can play music, make some. Let the world listen and ease pain. Share some love with needy. Try to make your society crime free. Do something that makes you an inspiration.

Sandtrooper

3y↑6

Mike wrote almost all Linkin Park lyrics, and Mike and Brad wrote most of the music. All the members were involved in the creative process, and Chester wrote a couple songs himself (e.g. Easier to Run and The Messenger) and sometimes changed a few words here and there in the studio, but generally Mike was the songwriter. I have no idea who you're replying to or what they wrote, just wanted to clarify that. :)

Pablo Perozini De Pra

2y↑1

@Sandtrooper Chester wrote some guitar lines too (Burning in the Skies is an example).

Crimson Spirit

Agreed, there's an actual LP fan that gets it, LP has a lot of fans, but not all of them get their shit the right way (and no I'm not talking about their old vs new music that they made)

Ghost Recon

2y↑3

@Sandtrooper Chester’s written way more than just those two songs lol. And Chester only wrote the verses for Easier to Run. He also wrote Given Up, In Pieces, his Crawling verses, War, his Blackout verses, etc.

AshNotKetchum

7y↑9

Goodbye Chester, You'll never lose this fan of yours for sure. Rest in Peace. You'll live on in our hearts and can't be replaced...

Marie Dibble

42w↑1

Chesters voice is so soothing, and we do and always will miss you ❤

Sparrow 1115

2y↑6

Everytime I listen to this I come close to tears, it's just so powerful and emotional.

ScatterBrain Jay

10y↑86

I could preach about how THIS is the direction I think Linkin Park should take, but I'm not in the band making music with them. But i think this is the RIGHT direction to take the band in. It captures the feeling Meteora and MTM captured. It might not have the heaviness of HT but that's ok. That was a good album.

Viperz eXs

7y↑3

Now I want to ask you, what do yo think about One More Light?

GunRecon 11

7y↑2

SOCIETY VIPER

Should probably change it to One Last Light now...

Viperz eXs

7y↑6

GunRecon 11 This 2 days are being really sad. I'm shocked still...💔

travz21

3y↑3

I thought the same thing even back when you made this comment 7 years ago. Linkin Park was at their best when they were making unique music. Sadly most of their last few albums were similar structured songs without a whole lot new going on. A Thousand Suns was peak LP for me just for their pure ambition to pull of a concept album and experiment without caring about their previous image. It's sad Chester is gone and we won't be able to see them reach new heights. RIP.

Igor Naimoli

3y↑1

@travz21 The Hunting Party was actually much more experimental and original than many pointed out to be.

Mark the Graves and A Line in The Sand are the best examples but The Summoning, War and Drawbar are too

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RDR FAN

1y↑4

This demo was made during the making of A thousand suns. Mike talked pretty openly on a stream once about this demo. He said it was one of their best demos but nobody in the band liked the tone other than himself, so it wasn't developed further. Obviously Mike liked this enough to revisit down the line.

I think this also suggests that living things was made up of a lot that didn't make the cut for A thousand suns. I've assumed this for years, it was their fastest turn around between albums and stylistically similar. Some songs on living things would even fit in the narrative of a thousand suns.

But this demo is something else. I feel more emotion in Chesters voice in the final version. But lyrically this is the deeper and more emotional version. If only this was the song that got final recording treatment

BadJovi praying

1y↑3

Even Mike said he regrets not having this on the album. This is soo much better than the album version

Ricky, With The Glicky

43w

when did mike say that?

Aarya Kulkarni

3y↑7

One of the best demos linkin park has ever recorded

KudaKeileon

7y↑290

Goodbye, Chester. Nobody will take your place.

sabyasachi nayak

5y↑7

nobody can

ddk y2

5y↑4

#RIPLINKINPARK(1996-2017)

Kubuxpl

Nobody Chester you are the best every day we miss you

Bryce Kamin

4y↑2

ddk y2 linkin park is not dead

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bertaFjertaFisaLukta

5y↑11

I hope he has found his home now...
May your suffering end now.

Rest in peace, Chester. I care about your light. 😔

Amen.

Kaylie McCary

10y↑15

This is amazing! This is better that the version they used in living things.

Christina Ph

7y↑17

So beautiful. Love both the original one and the demo <3

PR- 47

10y↑22

one of their best songs...

Will

5y↑1

and it's a demo

Sh0otin5tar

7y↑13

I haven't stopped playing this since he passed ❤️

Chorch Small

💔☹️

FranceBall Animations • 2050 A.D

41w↑2

Rest in Piece Chester. The legend.

Imtiaz Hasnain

8y↑14

this is outright perfection.

linkin01 park

36w

This demo is beautifully done....wow I like this version....my lord it gives me goosebumps...❤❤😮😮❤❤

Monarch Xero18

10y↑8

Absolutely awesome sounding.

Markus Frings

5y↑3

A very nice, well recorded version of this song. I like it a little more than the original one. =)

Anthony SpL

5y↑8

I love a lot of the elements this demo version has. God, i'd love to get my hands on the full project (demo and finalized version) and get a chance to re-arrange and mix it ! Do we have any recording and mixing enthusiasts from the LPU fanbase ?

The ComicBook Fan

5y↑1

I tried doing a remix of this song with the final version but it didn't come out well. Im kind of a rookie when it comes to this whole remixing stuff

Sandtrooper

Me too! I basically wanna keep the intro, guitar solo, and outro from this, and fit them onto the Living Things version. But they were hard to fit together right last time I tried, IIRC because of problems with speed or key differences. Maybe if I get my hands on the instrumental and a capella release of LT, and all of it in WAV format, it'll be a bit easier, but it would be so cool to have all the samples from both versions to rearrage independently.
I also wanna remix elements of P5HNG ME A*WY into Pushing Me Away, but oh boy... That one's gonna be tough to make sound good.
Easiest way would be to get together a cover band and play them yourself! Anyone wanna come to Denmark? I'll sing... :'D

wolf310765

7y↑5

This was the last song from Linkin Park that I played in my 6 hour tribute and memorial on my radio station; 11th Floor Radio, yesterday.

Matheus Sousa

4y↑3

Cara essa Primo, com certeza é vezes melhor, que a I"ll be gone lançada oficialmente.

Adrien Girard

One of the best songs of Linkin Park. This is just a piece of gold, so emotional.

John Chermond

9y↑12

Melhor que a original :)

Irving Augusto García Salcedo

48w

Dear chester, now, nobody is gonna stop you from going home. RIP legend, we always gonna miss you here. You saved us, but we couldn´t do same with you. :(

Gabriéli Savi de Oliveira

Música perfeita. Amo Linkin Park.

mory

5y↑1

this song made me think about Chester a lot, it really hit my feels and I bet it did that to everyone else. this is legit one of the best yet one of the saddest songs Linkin Park has ever made and it deserves a lot more recognition. Nobody would ever fill the empty space Chester left because there is no such thing as this precious being. You'll always live on in our heart and memories buddy, rest in peace. 🙏🏻

artooro87

10y↑9

I'm cryin its so epic well done lp so emotional as always

Uyên Soldier

I can't get over the chorus and the last part. It just gives my depression a voice.

Jason Lor

5y↑4

This is beautiful. Really beautiful stuff.

Hansaj Entertainment

4y↑2

Linkin Park is the greatest ability behind the world

No one could be the best as much as the Linkin Park

His music made my skin to create goosebumps

LinkinForever

7y↑14

I feel so sad now hearing this song. No body will take your place Chester.

Sanjana Kumari Thakur

3y↑4

This is one of those songs that influences you too deeply to be explained

NoEntiendoNada

Nunca vamos a dejar que tomen tu lugar Chester... Te vamos a extrañar!

Philippos Syranidis

7y↑7

No one would take your place legend Chester Bennington... 😢
Rest In Peace.

LukeTheDuke

4y↑2

A masterpiece, I don't get why they didn't release this, this version is perfect.

Ekraelum

they DID release it, on LP Underground XIII.

LukeTheDuke

3y↑1

You know what I mean, like on a studio album.

Ekraelum

3y↑2

@LukeTheDuke i thought you meant "officially" because this is an official release, but that part, i get it. same thing i feel with the hybrid amd meteora demos

Jota Erre

10y↑1

LP,sempre musicas incríveis

Nick Gil

5y↑2

0,004% of dislikes......this is Linkin Park. 3:46 the best clean vocal Chester ever did !

Sandro Dvali

1y↑1

bruh, this is 10x times better compared with finished one ! more emotions, beauty!!!! LOVE IT

kaushik parthasarathi

6y↑1

i have no clue abt others...but for me this is the best song frm LINKIN PARK.....these vocals are damn powerful........its 1000000 times better than the original version........

Kakashi Hatake

3y↑2

Imagine if they got to play this live

Yerko Henriquez

I just discovered this one, and Chester's voice is precious, so much jewels in the underground albums!

Bella Lobo

9y↑12

The level of awesomeness is over 9000

James Fan

7y↑7

Trust me Chester, we miss you. And I won't let anyone take your place as my favorite singer. Hopefully LP doesn't try to replace you either.

Ebroe M

6y↑3

It's hard to carry on without you Chester💔

Crimson Spirit

it really really really is

Crimson Spirit

2y↑2

The Piano at the end just destroyyys me, it feels like Mike is just there left on his Piano after Chester, I'm just glad that the rest of the band got each other's backs, it's just this one part at the end that really really got me

Jen Jen

8y↑16

i almost like the demo more than the real song...so great _ <3

ena dio

6y↑3

Thanks for uploading. Chester never died he lives in our memories.

Radio

6y↑1

Seriously tearing up listening to this song right now. Chester you are an inspiration to us all and you will NEVER being replaced my friend :) It's just not possible! Can't believe its been a full year already since your passing. We all miss you Chester!! RIP #FuckDepression

Fatih Ucar

10y↑37

Why did they take the short version? Maaan this is awesomeeeeee

Kaciekk

6y↑1

This is the best song Linkin Park has ever made and I will not take any other fact

BlackEagle352

10y↑8

God Damn It! the goosebumps! pure awesome!

Mefju95

Omg this is amazing. Im so happy, that in 2021 i can discover another LP songs (i know this is demo of I'll be gone but its so diffrent). Thank you so much for this upload ♥

Suchit Nandal

I remembering listing to this song so much through my break up!! It really helped me so much in my tough times and helped me to see clearly through all the bullshit! Miss you so much Chester!

AP09

10y↑15

2:27 I just love the guitars at this part....

Big Pidge

10y

It's good to see you like LP!

AP09

10y

They are my favorite band of all time <3

Big Pidge

10y↑1

You are my favorite Youtuber of all time!

AP09

10y

Aww thanks <3 :3

Snehal Jhaveri

4y↑1

This song ought to have an official release like In the End -Demo.
It's soooooooo amazinggg omg
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Sandtrooper

It's on one of the LPU albums, LPU 12 or 13 If I recall correctly.

Otamorikun

I always did love this song the best from Linkin Park. With how my depression works, it just connected with me in an instant.
Chester's voice gives me strength to keep going. I still wish, somehow, there was a way we could have given him the strength to keep going as well.

Kyushu

44w

This is so epic and way way WAY better than the album release one, even tho it is also a bop

Andy Chara

miss you, Chester 😥 unbelievable sound 🥴 I love this song 🙏 love you, Leo ❤‍🩹

Alisia Kyroudi

7y↑12

It's hard to carry on
And we miss you now that you're gone
No one will ever take your place!!!

daphne munroe

Oh this song oh my gosh it gives me so much emotions. We will not let any one take your place 😢😢 RIP Chester you will always be remembered and never forgotten.

Andrea Brito

3y↑1

Beutiful song👏👏👏👏❤❤

sabyasachi nayak

6y↑2

this one deserves more recognition

Giovanna Maekawa

6y↑1

In the album this is my favorite song. but this version... this version is stratospherically better. The words fit in even better than in the album. oh my God I need this version for life on my forehead

jayespii

4y↑2

No one can ever take your place, Chester

Red One BnTlb

7y↑6

we gone miss you chester
your place is always in our hearts
#chesterbennington

Corey .Taylor

5y↑1

Love this song do hard.....i miss you chester....you was the only one with that feeling in your voice ....miss you...

Dark Sousa

8y↑1

muito foda Linkin park amo que amo esses caras so musica massa ♥♥♥·♡

Ram Dev Covers

10y↑1

The lyrics is sooo amazing. It really connects to how I feel now about those passengers in the MH 307 Plane.. so sad ! :((

rebeca yasmim

10y

essa musica ta muito FODA -

hybridSupernova

7y↑2

Man I just fucking bawled my eyes out listening to this. So hauntingly beautiful. Missing you, Chester.

kalimba508

7y↑20

RIP Chester :( What a terrible foreshadowing and one of Chester's best vocal performances.

runiclegacy

7y↑1

kalimba508 it really does foreshadow his death if you pay attention to the lyrics

kalimba508

7y↑4

Cariad1997 Cymruambyth I agree; I always took this song to be a (beautiful) suicide note. Which makes it even more tragic knowing what we know now.

Not that there's anything wrong with 'I'll Be Gone,' but I've also always thought this version is far superior to 'I'll Be Gone.'

travz21

3y↑1

@kalimba508 It is a suicide note, but Mike and Brad wrote the song like they did with almost all LP songs. Good writers don't necessarily need to experience what they write. They can make up fictional scenarios and put themselves in those positions in order to find the inspiration and emotions to write about new topics. Role playing is key. It just happened that Chester actually related to those lyrics even though he didn't write them.

么BlackBeard LP么

3y↑5

3:45 Angel voice

Numb Alone &Faded

3y↑3

Happy Birthday Chester Mar 20, 2021
Missing u deeply
You are always remembered
May U find the peace and happiness there..

dbzpark1

3y↑1

I love this demo it special

cfamargo

10y↑2

we should request Linkin Park to play this live.. and have that particular live show recorded. I'd love to hear this version of I'll Be Gone live...

GunRecon 11

cfamargo

Unfortunate

Theodor Rose

4y↑3

ahhh underground’u kısa zaman önce keşfetmenin hüznü içinde yaşıyorum

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