LINKIN PARK - IN THE END

IN THE END

LINKIN PARK

SONGWRITERS: BRAD DELSON; CHESTER CHARLES BENNINGTON; JOSEPH HAHN; MIKE SHINODA & ROBERT G. BOURDON

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: TIK TOCK HITS 2021 VIRAL ITALIA

LABEL: UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP

GENRE: ROCK BAND

YEAR: 2021

 

       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 Mainstream Rock chart; the latter crossed over to the pop chart. 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 their first pop-oriented record. Linkin Park went on a hiatus when longtime lead vocalist Bennington died by suicide in July 2017. In April 2022, Shinoda revealed the band was neither working on new music nor planning on touring for the foreseeable future.

It starts with one

All I know

It's so unreal

Watch you go

 

I tried so hard and got so far

But in the end, it doesn't even matter

I had to fall to lose it all

But in the end, it doesn't even matter

 

One thing, I don't know why

It doesn't even matter how hard you try

Keep that in mind, I designed this rhyme

To remind myself of a time when I tried so hard

In spite of the way you were mockin' me

Actin' like I was part of your property

Remembering all the times you fought with me

I'm surprised it got so far

Things aren't the way they were before

You wouldn't even recognize me anymore

Not that you knew me back then

But it all comes back to me in the end

You kept everything inside

And even though I tried, it all fell apart

What it meant to me will eventually

Be a memory of a time when I

 

I tried so hard and got so far

But in the end, it doesn't even matter

I had to fall to lose it all

But in the end, it doesn't even matter

 

One thing, I don't know why

It doesn't even matter how hard you try

Keep that in mind

I designed this rhyme to explain in due time

All I know

Time is a valuable thing

Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings

Watch it count down to the end of the day

The clock ticks life away

It's so unreal

You didn't look out below

Watch the time go right out the window

Tryin' to hold on, they didn't even know

I wasted it all just to watch you go

I kept everything inside

And even though I tried, it all fell apart

What it meant to me will eventually be a memory

Of a time when I tried so hard.