Album: Minutes To Midnight (2007)

Charted: 29 52

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• Yeah, here we go for the hundredth time
  Hand grenade pins in every line
  Throw 'em up and let something shine
  Going out of my fucking mind
  
  Filthy mouth, no excuse
  Find a new place to hang this noose
  String me up from atop these roofs
  Knot it tight so I won't get loose
  
  Truth is, you can stop and stare
  Bled myself out and no one cares
  Dug a trench out, laid down there
  With a shovel up out of reach somewhere
  
  Yeah, someone pour it in
  Make it a dirt dance floor again
  Say your prayers and stomp it out
  When they bring that chorus in
  
  I bleed it out
  Digging deeper just to throw it away
  I bleed it out
  Digging deeper just to throw it away
  I bleed it out
  Digging deeper just to throw it away
  Just to throw it away
  Just to throw it away
  
  I bleed it out
  Go, stop the show
  Choppy words in a sloppy flow
  Shotgun opera, lock and load
  
  Cock it back and then watch it go
  Mama, help me, I've been cursed
  Death is rolling in every verse
  Candy paint on his brand new hearse
  
  Can't contain him
  He knows he works
  Fuck, this hurts, I won't lie
  Doesn't matter how hard I try
  Half the words don't mean a thing
  
  And I know that I won't be satisfied
  So why try ignoring him?
  Make it a dirt dance floor again
  Say your prayers and stomp it out
  When they bring that chorus in
  
  I bleed it out
  Digging deeper just to throw it away
  I bleed it out
  Digging deeper just to throw it away
  I bleed it out
  Digging deeper just to throw it away
  Just to throw it away
  Just to throw it away
  
  I bleed it out
  I've opened up these scars
  I'll make you face this
  I've pulled myself so far
  I'll make you face this now
  
  I bleed it out
  Digging deeper just to throw it away
  I bleed it out
  Digging deeper just to throw it away
  I bleed it out
  Digging deeper just to throw it away
  Just to throw it away
  Just to throw it away
  
  I bleed it out
  Digging deeper just to throw it away
  I bleed it out
  Digging deeper just to throw it away
  I bleed it out
  Digging deeper just to throw it away
  Just to throw it away
  Just to throw it away
  
  I bleed it out
  I bleed it out
  I bleed it out Writer/s: Brad Delson, Chester Charles Bennington, Dave Farrell, Joseph Hahn, Mike Shinoda, Robert G. Bourdon
  Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 17

• Krissy Ashford from Harrisburg,illinoisThank you Mike for all your hard work and dedication!!! Linkn Park is my oxygen !!!or the 100TH time I love linkn Park R.I.P. chester
• Kai from Kamloops, Bc"It's a f*cking bizarre death-party-rap-hoedown!" Literally the best thing I have heard
• Zero from Nowhere, NjA great live version of this song is the one they did at Madison Square Garden Feb. 2011 that was broadcast on fuse. You can see it on youtube. I was at that concert and it was awesome!
• Beau from Phoenix, AzIt's about how hard it is to write songs sometimes.
  
  Both Mike and Chester have said it in interviews.
• Seth from Under Your Bed..., Mnscott has a point. the reason i like LP is because they stand out. i actually HATE pop music because there is no point to it. like the song "magic" by the band "bob". is has absolutely NO POINT!!!!
  LP4EVA!!!!
• Fabio from New Orleans, LaI honestly did not see that before, but from a fan's standpoint, it's not a surprise that Shinoda chose to use suicidal imagery to move his point forward. My personal opinion is that it once was something about suicide, but began to turn into something about the ingratitude the fans have for the band. But that's why they're there and we're here. They make the music we like, we like the music they make. If the song were as bad as the original draft, we would probably lose faith in the band.
• Chris from Canberra, AustraliaIt's so obvious what this song is about just listening to the lyrics. Suicide, throw the grenade up and let it shine? Find a place to hang this noose(The rope you get hung with)? Dug a trench out and laid there, wait for someone to pour it in? Shotgun Opera, lock and load, Cock it back and then watch it go. All suicide, very obvious to all you that don't know.
• Nick from Landisburg, PaScott is right. In the bridge he talks about how he puts himself through so much pain to write about past experiences ("I've opened up these scars"), but no one cares.
• Scott from Dallas, TxIf you think about this song from the standpoint of the lyricist, the meaning is very clear. The lyricist digs deep into his soul to create a meaningful song, but all the audience cares about is how catchy the chorus is. Essentially it says, "I'm dying here! I pouring out my soul, screaming out my pain, and all you care about is whether you can dance to it or not!" It doesn't surprise me, though, that most people don't get it -- in fact, it actually proves the point.
• Thomas from Surabaya, IndonesiaEaster Egg: If anyone has a sound-editing software, amplify the wave of this song by 12 dB from 0:00 to approximately 0:14, before Mike Shinoda starts to sing. You will hear two men going upstairs of the bar, talking together and then open the bar doors.
• Kitty from Montreal, QcI've bled it out myself guys( Mike and Chester) i've cut myself a few times. I just dig deeper and deeper just to throw the razorblade away! It' similar to "Numb"
• Owej from Johnsonville, HiThis song is about tampon use. It's said that Shinoda had a partially traumatic experience in a public restroom over 5 years ago. This information was released during a slightly out-of-hand conference following a live performance in Detroit.
• Jana from Skopje, Macedoniai don't understand wtf is this about and it's one of my least favorite songs by Linkin Park.But it's a great song.
• Steve from College Park, MdI think It's about someone who got hung.
• Jenna from Ames, Iathis song represents art and how free you SHOULD be when creating something....
• Mikala from Sacramento, Cathis song is kool
• James from Hollis, Nhthis is a great song about the problems of our world today and the problems of 3rd world contries.

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