Linkin Park Lyrics

Album: Hybrid Theory

By Myself Lyrics

What do I do to ignore them behind me?

 Do I follow my instincts blindly?

 Do I hide my pride from these bad dreams?

 And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?

 Do I sit here and try to stand it?

 Or do I try to catch them red-handed?

 Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness,

 Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?

 Because I can't hold on when I'm streached so thin

 I make the right moves but I'm lost within

 I put on my daily facade but then

 I just end up getting hurt again

 By myself [myself]

 

 [x2]

 I ask why, but in my mind

 I find I can’t rely on myself

 

 [Chorus:]

 I can’t hold on

 To what I want when I’m stretched so thin

 It’s all too much to take in

 I can’t hold on

 To anything watching everything spin

 With thoughts of failure sinking in

 

 If I

 Turn my back I’m defenseless

 And to go blindly seems senseless

 If I hide my pride and let it all go on then they’ll

 Take from me ‘till everything is gone

 If I let them go I’ll be outdone

 But if I try to catch them I’ll be outrun

 If I’m killed by the questions like a cancer

 Then I’ll be buried in the silence of the answer

 by myself [myself]

 

 [x2]

 I ask why, but in my mind

 I find I can’t rely on myself

 

 [Chorus]

 

 How do you think I’ve lost so much

 I'm so afraid that I'm out of touch

 How do you expect... I will know what to do

 When all I know Is what you tell me to

 

 [x2]

 Don’t you know

 I can’t tell you how to make it go

 No matter what I do, how hard I try

 I can’t seem to convince myself why

 I’m stuck on the outside

 

 [Chorus x2]