Blackout

Album: A Thousand Suns (2010)
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  • I'm stuck in this bed you made
    Alone with a sinking feeling
    I saw through the words you said
    To the secrets you've been keeping
    It's written upon your face
    All the lies, how they cut so deeply
    You can't get enough, you take
    And take and take, you never say

    No, you've gotta get it inside
    You push it back down
    You push it back down
    No, you'll never get it inside
    Push it back down, blackout, blood in your eye

    You say that it's not your fault
    And swear that I am mistaken
    You said it's not what it seems
    No remorse for the trust you're breaking
    You run but then back, you fall
    Suffocate in the mess you're making
    You can't get enough, you take
    And take and take and take and take
    Fuck it, are you listening?

    No, you've gotta get it inside
    You push it back down
    You push it back down
    No, you'll never get it inside
    Push it back down
    You push it back down
    No, you've gotta get it inside
    You push it back down
    You push it back down
    No, you'll never get it inside
    Push it back down, blackout, blood in your eye

    Blackout, blood in your eye
    You push it back down
    Push it back down
    You push it back down, blood in your eye
    Blackout, blood in your eye
    Blackout, blood in your eye
    Blackout, blood in your eye
    Blackout, blood in your eye

    Floating down, as colors fill the light
    You look up from the ground in fields of paper white
    And floating up, you pass us in the night
    A future gazing out, a past to overwrite
    So come down, far below
    We've been waiting to collect the things you know
    Come down, far below
    We've been waiting to collect what you've let go

    Come down, oh
    Come down, oh
    Come down, oh
    Come down, oh
    Come down, oh Writer/s: Brad Delson, Chester Charles Bennington, Dave Farrell, Joseph Hahn, Mike Shinoda, Robert G. Bourdon
    Publisher: Songtrust Ave, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Comments: 5

  • Biggie Cheese from NyI always saw the song as Chester getting mad at someone for hurting him and then the mood changes to mike singing and its kind like hes telling him to calm down and it will be OK and i think that change from intense to calmness is the best part of the song
  • Shadow from Depression, VaThis song? Intense, insane, and Chester Bennington can, unlike some people say, rap like nobody's business. It's awesome :D
  • Shadow from Depression, VaI agree, Rick Rubin is awesome. But Chester Bennington is my all-time singer/songwrite IDOl, with Mike Shinoda as a close second. Linkin Park FOREVER!
  • Zero from Nowhere, NjChester's lyrics are actually very coherent, while Mike's lyrics are more abstract. Chester seems to be talking to someone who broke his trust, Mike to me seems to be talking to either God, or a kindred spirit of his.
  • Zero from Nowhere, NjRick Rubin's a freakin' genius!
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