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Introduction

 

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Remember The Name

 

You ready?! Lets go!

Yeah, for those of you that want to know what we're all about

It's like this y'all (c'mon!)

 

[Chorus]

This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill

Fifteen percent concentrated power of will

Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain

And a hundred percent reason to remember the name!

 

Mike! - He doesn't need his name up in lights

He just wants to be heard whether it's the beat or the mic

He feels so unlike everybody else, alone

In spite of the fact that some people still think that they know him

But fuck em, he knows the code

It's not about the salary

It's all about reality and making some noise

Makin the story - makin sure his clique stays up

That means when he puts it down Tak's pickin it up! let's go!

 

Who the hell is he anyway?

He never really talks much

Never concerned with status but still leavin them star struck

Humbled through opportunities given to him despite the fact

That many misjudge him because he makes a livin from writin raps

Put it together himself, now the picture connects

Never askin for someone's help, to get some respect

He's only focused on what he wrote, his will is beyond reach

And now when it all unfolds, the skill of an artist

 

It's just twenty percent skill

Eighty percent fear

Be one hundred percent clear cause Ryu is ill

Who would've thought that he'd be the one to set the west in flames

And I heard him wreckin with The Crystal Method, "Name Of The Game"

Came back dropped Megadef, took em to church

I like bleach man, why you have the stupidest verse?

This dude is the truth, now everybody be givin him guest spots

His stock's through the roof I heard he fuckin with S. Dot!

 

[Chorus]

 

They call him Ryu The Sick

And he's spittin fire with Mike

Got him out the dryer he's hot

Found him in Fort Minor with Tak

Been a fuckin annihilist porcupine

He's a prick, he's a cock

The type woman want to be with, and rappers hope he get shot

Eight years in the makin, patiently waitin to blow

Now the record with Shinoda's takin over the globe

He's got a partner in crime, his shit is equally dope

You wont believe the kind of shit that comes out of this kid's throat

 

Tak! - He's not your everyday on the block

He knows how to work with what he's got

Makin his way to the top

People think its a common owners name

People keep askin him was it given at birth

Or does it stand for an acronym?

No he's livin proof, Got him rockin the booth

He'll get you buzzin quicker than a shot of vodka with juice

Him and his crew are known around as one of the best

Dedicated to what they doin give a hundred percent

 

Forget Mike - Nobody really knows how or why he works so hard

It seems like he's never got time

Because he writes every note and he writes every line

And I've seen him at work when that light goes on in his mind

It's like a design is written in his head every time

Before he even touches a key or speaks in a rhyme

And those motherfuckers he runs with, those kids that he signed?

Ridiculous, without even trying, how do they do it?!

 

[Chorus - repeat 2x]

 

[Outro - Mike Shinoda]

Yeah! Fort Minor

M. Shinoda - Styles of Beyond

Ryu! Takbir! Machine Shop!

 

 

 

Right Now

 

Someone right now is leaving their apartment

Looking down at the street and wondering where their car went

Someone in a car is sitting at a signal

In front of a restaurant, staring through the window

At someone right now with their finger in their teeth

Who could use a little floss, right across the street

There's somebody on the curb who really needs a jacket

Spent half the rent at a bar getting plastered

Now he's gotta walk fourteen blocks

Just to work at a shop where he's about to get fired

Someone right now is lookin pretty tired

Staring at a laptop trying to get inspired

And somebody living right across the street

Just wrote the best thing that she's written all week

But her best friend's coughing up blood in the sink

He can't even think what happened, feeling so confused

And he knows it looks bad but there's nothing he can do

I wonder what it's like to be right there in his shoes but...

 

No, I'm just taking it in

Out the window of a hotel bedroom again

Tomorrow I'll be gone, I don't know when I'll be back

But in this world everything can change just like that...

 

Yo, somebody right now is dropping his vocal

Inside a box and trying to knock this shit out his throat

For the act of freedom right now somebody's stuck in Iraq

Hoping that he'll get shipped back breathing

In a war but he's not really sure of the reasons

So we show our support when the press mislead them

Though we all remain proud to ??? the troops

???, I know you boys got some work to do

 

Meanwhile, right now someone's 25-to-life

And they're standing on a corner with their thumb up hitch hiking

Scratching off a Lotto ticket hoping for a real winner

Sneaking through ??? just to work and eat a real dinner

Right now someone wishes they were you and I

Instead of second-guessing frequent thoughts of ??? suicide

Right now staring out window at a fiend

With holes in his arms and holes in his jeans

He ??? out a cigarette and sparked a light

And walked right around a corner just out of my sight but...

 

Yo, I'm just taking it in

On the second story hotel window again

The TV's on and my bags are packed

But in this world everything can change just like that...

 

Yeah, right now somebody's sitting in the darkness

Tryna figure how to put some heat in their apartment

But they got a little matress, no carpet

And they appreciate it 'cause some people on a park bench

??? rush naked to the office

Wife right behind when she come up from the market

Right now somebody comin out the ???

Tryna dump that ??? they found around the block

Same time the cops is raisin' ???

They fill your legs and your back with some ???

Right now someone's struggling to stop this man

Who's kicking and punching and cussin at the doctors

Down the hall a child taking it's first breath

The doc hasn't even passed him to the nurse yet

Yo, I wonder if he understands what it's worth yet

Life, the time spend while we here on the Earth yet

The answers to the questions we all seek

Can be found, it depend on how free y'all think

Right now there's somebody who ain't eat all week

That would kill for this shit you throw away in the street

I guess one man's trash is the next man's treasure

One man's pain is the next man's pleasure

One say infinity, the next say forever

Right now everybody got to get it together man...

 

I'm just takin it in

In another strange hotel lobby again

With my luggage on my back, I don't know where I'm at

I'm in a world where it all change just like that...

 

Yeah, I'm just taking it in

Out the window of a hotel bedroom again

Tomorrow I'll be gone, I don't know when I'll be back

But in this world everything can change just like that..

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Petrified

 

Yall are not, not, not Ready HO

Not not ready HO

We're gonna drop it steady so

Do it like that

Like that (like that)....

 

Now why is everybody so petrified?

WHAT?

Petrified?

WHAT?

Step aside.

And just drop that...

COME ON!

Drop that...

COME ON!

Drop that...

COME ON!

Drop that...

COME ON! [x2]

 

Yeah

How you doin’, y’all?

My name is Mike.

I’m fooling with the new shit

I’m doing it all like

I like what i do

I do what i like

I could quit and get it back like i’m riding a bike

Like stop...

...bring it back, bring it back

 

We got that balance keeping us on track

That ya get what ya move and quit, wit no slow

You stare like you don’t care

But you do it though

 

I know

You really must be so lonely

Puffed up, lookin’ tough, but so phony

You and your boys, you don’t know me

You really wanna hold me show me, homie.

 

Lets get it over with for good

I got a friction addiction i wish you would

Machine Shop rockin’ when we step inside

And we got everybody so petrified

 

Now why is everybody so petrified?

WHAT?

Petrified?

WHAT?

Step aside.

And just drop that...

COME ON!

Drop that...

COME ON!

Drop that...

COME ON!

Drop that...

COME ON!

 

Listen you are not ready

Like children in a building you can’t stand steady

It must be the beat so heavy

Coz i panic attacks like a crack in the levy

 

Give you that Rob or plant

Dancing days are back

Feeling all in the track and in fact

For those knowing the name

Of back with some brand new crap

Who can do it like that?

 

You really must be so lonely

Puffed up, lookin’ tough, but so phony

You and your boys, you don’t know me

You really wanna hold me show me, homie.

 

Tough talk doesn’t mean a thing

You know for yourself you know when we’re up in a scene

Its Machine Shop rockin’ when we step inside

And we got everybody so petrified

 

Now why is everybody so petrified?

WHAT?

Petrified?

WHAT?

Step aside.

And just drop that...

COME ON!

Drop that...

COME ON!

Drop that...

COME ON!

Drop that...

COME ON!

 

Now why is everybody so petrified?

WHAT?

Petrified?

WHAT?

Step aside.

And just drop that...

COME ON!

Drop that...

COME ON!

Drop that...

COME ON!

Drop that...

COME ON!

 

Yall are not, not, not Ready HO

Not not ready HO

We're gonna drop it steady so

Do it like that

Like that (like that)...

 

Yall are not, not, not Ready HO

Not not ready HO

We're gonna drop it steady so

Do it like that

Like that (like that)...

 

Get UP

 

Now why is everybody so petrified?

WHAT?

Petrified?

WHAT?

Step aside.

And just drop that...

COME ON!

Drop that...

COME ON!

Drop that...

COME ON!

Drop that...

COME ON! [x2]

 

Like stop...

...Bring it back Bring it back

We got that balance keeping us on track

 

Like stop...

...Bring it back Bring it back

We got that balance keeping us on track

 

Like stop...

...Bring it back Bring it back

We got that balance keeping us on track

 

Like stop...

...Bring it back Bring it back

We got that balance keeping us on track

 

Stop...stop...stop...stop...stop...stop...stop...s top.. [fades out]

 

’Chine Shop! shop...shop...shop [fades out]

 

Feel Like Home

 

 

Where'd You Go?

 

Where'd you go?

I miss you so,

Seems like it's been forever,

That you've been gone.

 

She said "Some days I feel like shit,

Some days I wanna quit, and just be normal for a bit,"

I don't understand why you have to always be gone,

I get along but the trips always feel so long,

And, I find myself tryin stay by the phone,

'Cause your voice always helps me to not feel so alone,

But I feel like an idiot, workin' my day around the call,

But when I pick up I don't have much to say,

So, I want you to know it's a little fucked up,

That I'm stuck here waitin', at times debatin',

Tellin' you that I've had it with you and your career,

Me and the rest of the family here singing "Where'd you go?"

 

I miss you so,

Seems like it's been forever,

That you've been gone.

Where'd you go?

I miss you so,

Seems like it's been forever,

That you've been gone,

Please come back home...

 

You know the place where you used to live,

Used to barbeque up burgers and ribs,

Used to have a little party every Halloween with candy by the pile,

But now, you only stop by every once in a while,

Shit, I find myself just fillin' my time with

Anything to keep the thought of you from my mind,

I'm doin' fine, I plan to keep it that way,

You can call me if you find you have somethin' to say,

And I'll tell you, I want you to know it's a little fucked up,

That I'm stuck here waitin', at times debatin'

Tellin' you that I've had it with you and your career,

Me and the rest of the family here singing "Where'd you go?"

 

I miss you so,

Seems like it's been forever,

That you've been gone.

Where'd you go?

I miss you so,

Seems like it's been forever,

That you've been gone,

Please come back home...

 

I want you to know it's a little fucked up,

That I'm stuck here waitin', no longer debatin',

Tired of sittin' and hatin' and makin' these excuses,

For while you're not around, and feeling so useless,

It seems one thing has been true all along,

You don't really know what you got 'til it's gone,

I guess I've had it with you and your career,

When you come back I won't be here and you'll can sing it...

 

Where'd you go?

I miss you so,

Seems like it's been forever,

That you've been gone.

Where'd you go?

I miss you so,

Seems like it's been forever,

That you've been gone,

Please come back home...

Please come back home...

Please come back home...

Please come back home...

Please come back home...

 

 

 

In Stereo

 

 

 

 

Back Home

 

 

 

 

Cigarettes

 

Man I love this rap game

Mainly cuz its cool

To add a little spice to the life you've been through

Everyone exaggerates a tiny little bit

To make that shit sound more gangster than it really is

You cant appear weak man

We wanna hear street

Wanna hear you spit your thug over this here beat

Don’t take it as sarcastic

I can't get enough

I’m telling you

You can call my bluff

If it's not rough, then I really don't need it

I'm not even ashamed

I got too much reality that’s filling up my brain

so sell me on that chronic, I'm addicted to the game

Suck it up like a cigarette, light it up

 

Its just like a cigarette, its something that I do

Once in awhile but between me and you

Its just like a cigarette Nobody's really fooled

I don’t want the truth, I wanna feel fucking cool

 

Let me tell you something that I realized tonight

My hip hop radio is like Marlboro lights

They're both selling stories and they sound about the same

Cigarettes say their safe, wrappers claim they really bang

We don’t care if it's true when we lay the money down

We don't believe the words, we just love the way they sound

They're acting like we're idiots, They're lying to our face

Maybe we are idiots, we buy it anyway

 

I'm runnin out to get the next rapper's CD

Just suckin up the guns, drugs, and misogyny

The same way that I suck up all the stories

When I breathe that little bit of death supposedly cancer-free and

Everything they say's got the truth twisted up

But twisted up's what I want man, I can't get enough

Cuz even though we know it's all just a big bluff

We just light another up, what

We don't give a fuck

 

Its just like a cigarette, its something that I do

Once in awhile but between me and you

Its just like a cigarette Nobody's really fooled

I don’t want the truth, I wanna feel fucking cool

 

Its just like a cigarette, its something that I do

Over and over but between me and you

Its just like a cigarette Nobody's really fooled

I don’t want the truth, I wanna feel fucking cool

 

Listen to the words, Listen for awhile

Lip Service radio, don’t touch the dial

If you're in the car

Turn up the track man

Give the whole neighbourhood some second hand rap

 

Matter of fact

Listen to the words, Listen for awhile

Lip Service radio, don’t touch the dial

If you're in the car

Turn up the track man

Give the whole neighbourhood some second hand rap

 

Its just like a cigarette, its something that I do

Once in awhile but between me and you

Its just like a cigarette Nobody's really fooled

I don’t want the truth, I wanna feel fucking cool

 

Its just like a cigarette, its something that I do

Over and over but between me and you

Its just like a cigarette Nobody's really fooled

I don’t want the truth, I wanna feel fucking cool

Posted

Believe Me

I guess

That this is where we've come to

If you don't want to

Then you don't have to believe me

But I won't be there when you go down

Just so you know now

You're on your own now believe me

 

I don't want to be the one to blame

You like fun and games

Keep playing ‘em

I'm just sayin

Think back then

We was like one and the same

On the right track

But I was on the wrong train

Just like that

Now you've got a face to pain

And the devil's got a fresh new place to play

In your brain like a maze you can never escape the rain

Every damn day is the same shade of grey

 

Hey

I used have a little bit of a plan

Used to

Have a concept of where I stand

But that concept slipped right out of my hands

Now I don't really even know who I am

Yo, what do I have to say

Maybe I should do what I have to do to break free

What ever happens to you, we'll see

But it's not gonna happen to me

 

I guess

That this is where we've come to

If you don't want to

Then you don't have to believe me

But I won't be there when you go down

Just so you know now

You're on your own now believe me

 

Back then, I thought you were just like me

Somebody who could see all the pain I see

But you proved to me unintentionally

That you would self-destruct eventually

Now I'm thinking like the mistake I made doesn't hurt

But it's not gonna work

Cause it's really much worse than I thought

I wished you were something that you were not

And now this guilt is really all that I got

 

You turned your back

And walked away in shame

All you got is a memory of pain

Nothing makes sense so you stare at the ground

I hear your voice in my head when no one's around

What do I have to say

Maybe I should do what I have to do to break free

What ever happens to you, we'll see

But it's not gonna happen to me

 

I guess

That this is where we've come to

If you don't want to

Then you don't have to believe me

But I won't be there when you go down

Just so you know now

You're on your own now believe me

 

[bridge]

 

I guess

That this is where we've come to

If you don't want to

Then you don't have to believe me

But I won't be there when you go down

Just so you know now

You're on your own now believe me

 

Do what i have to do

You're on your own now believe me

 

What ever happens to you

You're on your own now believe me

 

What do I have to say

You're on your own now believe me

 

It's not gonna happen to me

You're on your own now believe me

 

 

 

 

Get Me Gone

 

The dude, he said that, like, when we were making the first Linkin Park record

He was like,

"Yeah you know, I don't know about the rapping like, I don't know... maybe you should just be a rock band."

You know what I mean, like, trying to change us

like they signed us as an act like what we sound like and then he's like

"Oh I don't know maybe you should just play keyboard"

 

Before the first song that you heard me on

There were people already tryin' to get me gone

Tellin’ me to quit rapping

"Just play the keys"

That my band had a singer

They didn't need me

But my band had my back

So we did the tracks

Put out the album and the talk went flat

It was funny at first but then the humour faded

When some magazines printed that our label made us

We were to be good to be true

Some were saying ghost writers were writin' all that we do

So we had to disprove it

We spelled it out to the detail how we do it when we're making this music

After that I made it a rule

I only do e-mail responses to print interviews

Because these people love to put a twist to your words

To infer that you said something fucking absurd

 

Oh, did I lose you at infer?

Not used to hearing a verse that uses over first grade vocabulary words?

People used to infer that we were manufactured

Now I’ve got the interviews on file

Which people said what

Which number to dial

So now every enemy screaming insanity

All they're ever gonna be's another big fan of me

Bitch

 

 

 

High Road

 

Lets go ya'll

 

These people are running off at the mouth

Tryin to convince me that I'm running on empty

Tryin to convince themselves that the record with Jay was a fluke

That the record that I'm makin is a mistake

and I cant take this

Lemme tell you where I'm at with this

You bastards are gonna have to take back that shit

I'm not plastic and fake

When I make tracks I take facts and lay them out for the masses

You assholes are gonna see soon that I'm not playin

Start askin me the names that I'm not sayin

But I'm tryin to be bigger than the bickerin

bigger than the petty name callin

under the breath talkin

rumors and labels and categorization

I'm like a struggling doctor, No patients

But you can say what you want about me

keep talkin while I'm walkin away

 

You can say what you have to say

cuz my mind's made up anyway

I'm taking the high road going above you

this is the last time that I'm gonna trust you

You can say what you have to say

cuz my mind's made up anyway

all that bullshit you talk might work a lot

but it's not gonna work today

 

You people are running off at the mouth

Tryin to make me take myself off safety

Tryin to make my friends turn their backs on the team we built

buildin up some mistaken information

and I cant take this

lemme spell it out plain for you

angry groups complain about the things we do

im not changing direction, I'm stepping my game up

Maintainin my name, the same way I came up

You're gonna see that I'm not playin

start asking the names that I'm not sayin

but im tryin not to mention the names of people who wanna sight and attention

You like the hype but pretendin you're part of the picture wont pass

You're like a high school dropout, no class

You can say what you want about me

keep talkin while i'm walkin away bitch

 

You can say what you have to say

cuz my mind's made up anyway

I'm taking the high road going above you

this is the last time that I'm gonna trust you

You can say what you have to say

cuz my mind's made up anyway

all that bullshit you talk might work a lot

but it's not gonna work today

 

Why does it always have to be

Somebody's always watching me

All I really need is some room to breathe

Is anybody out there listening?

Cuz I cant stand to keep this in

All I really want, I'll say it again

 

You can say what you have to say

cuz my mind's made up anyway

I'm taking the high road going above you

this is the last time that I'm gonna trust you

You can say what you have to say

cuz my mind's made up anyway

all that bullshit you talk might work a lot

but it's not gonna work today

Posted

Kenji

 

My father came from Japan in 1905

He was 15 when he immigrated from Japan

He, he... he worked until he was able to buy this patch

And build a store

 

Let me tell you the story in the form of a dream,

I don't know why I have to tell it but I know what it means,

Close your eyes, just picture the scene,

As I paint it for you, it was World War II,

When this man named Kenji woke up,

Ken was not a soldier,

He was just a man with a family who owned a store in LA,

That day, he crawled out of bed like he always did,

Bacon and eggs with wife and kids,

He lived on the second floor of a little store he ran,

He moved to LA from Japan,

They called him 'Immigrant,'

In Japanese, he'd say he was called "Isei,"

That meant 'First Generation In The United States,'

When everyone was afraid of the Germans, afraid of the Japs,

But most of all afraid of a homeland attack,

And that morning when Ken went out on the doormat,

His world went black 'cause,

Right there; front page news,

Three weeks before 1942,

"Pearl Harbour's Been Bombed And The Japs Are Comin',"

Pictures of soldiers dyin' and runnin',

Ken knew what it would lead to,

Just like he guessed, the President said,

"The evil Japanese in our home country will be locked away,"

They gave Ken, a couple of days,

To get his whole life packed in two bags,

Just two bags, couldn't even pack his clothes,

Some folks didn't even have a suitcase, to pack anything in,

So two trash bags was all they gave them,

When the kids asked mum "Where are we goin'?"

Nobody even knew what to say to them,

Ken didn't wanna lie, he said "The US is lookin' for spies,

So we have to live in a place called Mandinar,

Where a lot of Japanese people are,"

Stop it don't look at the gunmen,

You don't wanna get the soldiers wonderin',

If you gonna run or not,

'Cause if you run then you might get shot,

Other than that try not to think about it,

Try not to worry 'bout it; bein' so crowded,

Someday we'll get out, someday, someday.

 

As soon as war broke out

The G.I came and they just come to the house and

"You have to come"

"All the Japanese have to go"

They took Mr. Lee

People didn't understand

Why did they have to take him?

Because he's an innocent labourer

 

So now they're in a town with soldiers surroundin' them,

Every day, every night look down at them,

From watch towers up on the wall,

Ken couldn't really hate them at all;

They were just doin' their job and,

He wasn't gonna make any problems,

He had a little garden with vegetables and fruits that,

He gave to the troops in a basket his wife made,

But in the back of his mind, he wanted his families life saved,

Prisoners of war in their own damn country,

What for?

Time passed in the prison town,

He wanted them to live it down when they were free,

The only way out was joinin' the army,

And supposedly, some men went out for the army, signed on,

And ended up flyin' to Japan with a bomb,

That 15 kiloton blast, put an end to the war pretty fast,

Two cities were blown to bits; the end of the war came quick,

Ken got out, big hopes of a normal life, with his kids and his wife,

But, when they got back to their home,

What they saw made them feel so alone,

These people had trashed every room,

Smashed in the windows and bashed in the doors,

Written on the walls and the floor,

"Japs not welcome anymore."

And Kenji dropped both of his bags at his sides and just stood outside,

He, looked at his wife without words to say,

She looked back at him wiped the tears away,

And, said "Someday we'll be okay, someday,"

Now the names have been changed, but the story's true,

My family was locked up back in '42,

My family was there it was dark and damp,

And they called it an internment camp

 

When we first got back from camp... uhh

It was... pretty... pretty bad

 

I, I remember my husband said

"Are we gonna stay 'til last?"

Then my husband died before they close the camp.

 

 

 

 

Red to Black

 

I had a friend named Victor

The two of us used to hang every single day

and it seemed like overnight that his whole life just changed

I know when his mom and dad broke up

it didnt make sense but I know that his dad was a drunk

and he gambled away the rent

pretty soon vic was seein red

pissed off but instead

he drank every night til he passed out

then he'd do it all again

the whole time he was fine on the outside to cover the pain

but on the inside all he was tryin to do was get away

 

Dying to get away

Let the pain of yesterday go slipping through the cracks

 

Funny how things change colour

then fade to another shade

When you had it made it was all good

but now look just another day

it was so fresh it was so clean

now its all gone

1, 2, 3, lights out

which way to turn

cant get a grip

all alone in a beat white house

everyday gets worse and your just cursed

til your head bursts and it hurts so bad

she left like yourself should have thought of that one first

no family, no kids, can't accept what you did

now you wanna runaway but you can't cuz the past comes back again

 

Slippin through the cracks

Sip a little jack

(???????????????)

What about rent

Why does every cent gotta be a bet

Whens it gonna end

Oh my god, we dont got a penny left

My moms gotta find a way to get a job

Outta debt, outta dodge, outta breath, outta this big problem

My pops wanna get away from the pain

In a better place in his brain

But the medication he takes makes him wasted

So sick if hes gonna think the good lord would come take him

Im shakin him now wake up you son of a bitch

 

He's dying to get away

Let the pain of yesterday go slipping through the cracks

Hiding himself away watching all the memories fade

Away From red to black

 

He's dying to get away

Let the pain of yesterday go slipping through the cracks

Hiding himself away watching all the memories fade

Away From red to black

 

(Slipping through the Cracks)

Posted

The Battle

 

 

 

 

Slip Out The Back

 

You know me

I used to get caught up in everyday life

Trying to make it through my day so I could sleep at night

Trying to figure my way through the maze of rights and wrongs

But like you used to say

Nothing feels like it's really worth it

 

Forget perfect

I'm trying not to be worthless

Since I last saw you I've been looking for a purpose

Well, I met this kid who thought like I did

He had a weird way of looking at it

This is what he said

 

Slip out the back before they know you were there

And at the worst you'll see nobody cares

Cuz you don't wanna be around when it all goes down

Even heroes know when to be scared

 

Slip out the back before they know you were there

And at the worst you'll see nobody cares

Cuz you don't wanna be around when it all goes down

Even heroes know when to be scared

 

Now

I don't remember where I met him or remember his name

But he walked funny like he was just too big for his frame

Just over five foot but he weighed a buck-fifty

And what he said seemed so right

It stuck with me

 

Listen

It's like poker

You can play your best

But you gotta know when to fold your cards and take a rest

And know when to hold your cards

Hold your breath

And hope that nobody else is stacking the deck

Because

 

I don't need to tell you that life isn't fair

It doesn't care

It arbitrarily cuts off your air

And like you I want someone to say its okay

In the truest part of our hearts everybody's afraid

 

We're just underappreciated and overwhelmed

Fighting so hard to hide our fear that we're scaring ourselves

You understand what I'm saying cuz you always did

But it's different in the words of a cowardly kid

 

Who said slip out the back before they know you were there

At the worst you'll see nobody cares

Cuz you don't wanna be around when it all goes down

Even heroes know when to be scared

 

Slip out the back before they know you were there

At the worst you'll see nobody cares

Cuz you don't wanna be around when it all goes down

Even heroes know when to be scared

 

And I'm no hero

You remember how it was

You know

All I ever did was worry

Feeling out of control

To the point where everything is going end over end

I'm spinning around in circles again

This is where you come in

 

All of this to explain to you why

I had to separate myself away from yesterday's life

Please remember

This isn't how I hoped it would be

But I had to protect you from me

 

That's why I slipped out the back before you knew I was there

I know you felt unprepared

But every single time I was around I'd just bring you down

And I could tell that it was time to be scared

 

That's why I slipped out the back before you knew I was there

And I know the way I left

It wasn't fair

I didn't wanna be around just to bring you down

I'm not a hero but don't think I didn't care

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Did you do that? o_O If so, nice job, you've saved so many other people a bunch of work, lol. ^_^

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I just hope everyone reps you.

 

Thank you so much, I'm bookmarking this thread, should I need FM lyrics in the future.

 

I've been reading some stuff (not all cause I don't wanna spoil things for myself) and I love Get me gone and Kenji, just the concepts are amazing. And the lyrics themselves...masterpieces.

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thnXxxX :D ... but since ma university has started, now i cant complete all the lyrics ... can sumone help me out ??

 

p.s. plzzz da lyrics should be 100% correct !! ;)

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