Linkin' Park - Numb - hits home

by TheListener 11 Replies latest jw friends

  • TheListener
    TheListener

    I really love this song and have been meaning to post the lyrics for some time. Everytime I hear this song it hits home for me. For those of us who have family in the truth but have chosen our own separate path - this is for us. If you can find the song online to hear it you should definitely do it.

    i'm tired of being what you want me to be
    feeling so faithless
    lost under the surface
    i don't know what you're expecting of me
    put under the pressure
    of walking in your shoes
    [caught in the undertow / just caught in the undertow]
    every step that i take is another mistake to you

    i've
    become so numb
    i can't feel you there
    become so tired
    so much more aware
    i'm becoming this
    all i want to do
    is be more like me
    and be less like you

    can't you see that you're smothering me
    holding too tightly
    afraid to lose control
    cause everything that you thought i would be
    has fallen apart right in front of you

    [caught in the undertow / just caught in the undertow]
    every step that i take is another mistake to you
    [caught in the undertow / just caught in the undertow]
    and every second i waste is more than i can take

    but i know
    i may end up failing too
    but i know
    you were just like me
    with someone disappointed in you

  • schne_belly
    schne_belly

    Yes, I love the song too!

    The words really do have a new meaning to me now I find that to be the case with a lot of songs.

  • schne_belly
    schne_belly

    Here's a good one too..... I sing it to the elders when they bug my family

    Leave Me Alone- The Corrs

    I'm alone, hiding in the dark,
    I'm looking for a life to come and rescue me,
    I sleep, I rise, hear your denies, endlessly inside,
    It's crazy but, sometimes I feel like,
    I wanna' to run away, sometimes I feel like,
    I've gotta' get away, one day you will see,
    Another side of me, my life I command,
    It's not the way that you planned

    Leave me alone leave me alone
    Leave me alone
    Out on my own out on my own
    Leave me alone

    What do you want, from me? Do you dream of a life,
    Your life through me, myself, my time, in one we unite,
    I don't ever want to be that girl, you want it to be

    Sometimes I feel like
    I wanna' to run away
    Sometimes I feel like
    I've gotta' get away
    One day you will see
    Another side of me
    My life I command
    It's not the way that you planned

    Leave me alone leave me alone
    Leave me alone
    Out on my own out on my own
    Leave me alone, yeah!

    One day you will see, another side of me,
    My life I command, It's not the way,
    It's not the way that you planned,

    Leave me alone leave me alone
    Leave me alone
    Out on my own out on my own
    Leave me alone,
    Leave me alone leave me alone Leave me alone
    Out on my own out on my own
    Leave me alone,
    Leave me alone leave me alone
    Leave me alone
    Out on my own out on my own
    Leave me alone,

  • Tuesday
    Tuesday

    Try these lyrics on for size....

    "My Own Prison"A court is in session, a verdict is in
    No appeal on the docket today
    Just my own sin
    The walls are cold and pale
    The cage made of steel
    Screams fill the room
    Alone I drop and kneel
    Silence now the sound
    My breath the only motion around
    Demons cluttering around
    My face showing no emotion
    Shackled by my sentence
    Expecting no return
    Here there is no penance
    My skin begins to burn

    (And I said oh) So I held my head up high
    Hiding hate that burns inside
    Which only fuels their selfish pride
    (And I said oh) We're all held captive
    Out from the sun
    A sun that shines on only some
    We the meek are all in one

    I hear a thunder in the distance
    See a vision of a cross
    I feel the pain that was given
    On that sad day of loss
    A lion roars in the darkness
    Only he holds the key
    A light to free me from my burden
    And grant me life eternally

    Should have been dead
    On a Sunday morning
    Banging my head
    No time for mourning
    Ain't got no time

    (And I said oh) So I held my head up high
    Hiding hate that burns inside
    Which only fuels their selfish pride
    (And I said oh) We're all held captive
    Out from the sun
    A sun that shines on only some
    We the meek are all in one

    [Guitar break]

    I cry out to God
    Seeking only his decision
    Gabriel stands and confirms
    I've created my own prison
    I cry out to God
    Seeking only his decision
    Gabriel stands and confirms
    I've created my own prison

    (And I said oh) So I held my head up high
    Hiding hate that burns inside
    Which only fuels their selfish pride
    (And I said oh) We're all held captive
    Out from the sun
    A sun that shines on only some
    We the meek are all in one

    (And I said oh) So I held my head up high
    Hiding hate that burns inside
    Which only fuels their selfish pride
    (And I said oh) We're all held captive
    Out from the sun
    A sun that shines on only some
    We the meek are all in one

    Should've been dead on a Sunday morning
    banging my head
    No time for mourning
    Ain't got no time

    I'm looking for lyrics for Henry Rollins "Fall Guy" but I can't seem to find them anywhere, but check that song out too. That's what I've been feeling like lately.

  • jojochan
    jojochan

    I totally agree with you on regards to that song "numb". The one that also reminded me of myself was "my december" by them too. Check it out. Just to have someone to come home to ; to love you unconditionaly, I'd love that.

    jojochan.

  • atypical
    atypical

    thelistener, I too appreciate the lyrics to that song. When I first heard it, it made me wonder if Chester (the singer) used to be a witness. I searched on the internet and couldn't find any info to that effect, but I did find out he is from my home town of Phoenix.

  • LDH
    LDH

    What else is there to say. Linkin Park kicks ass, sometimes I just need to hear them.

  • sass_my_frass
    sass_my_frass

    I used to sit in my room crying listening to that album! Numb always touches home

  • dorayakii
    dorayakii

    I had exactly the same thought when that song first came out.

    Kelly Clarkson's "Because of You" also touches me for more reasons than one. A good friend of mine sent me this song when it had just come out and i was just so taken aback by it. It has so much energy, but not blind hate and rage. I couldn't cry as i think i've lost the ability to now, but words cant explain how much this song moves what's left of my heart.

    KELLY CLARKSON"Because Of You"

    I will not make the same mistakes that you did
    I will not let myself cause my heart so much misery
    I will not break the way you did, You fell so hard
    I've learned the hard way, To never let it get that far

    Because of you, I never stray too far from the sidewalk
    Because of you, I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
    Because of you, I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
    Because of you, I am afraid

    I lose my way, and it's not too long before you point it out
    I cannot cry, because I know that's weakness in your eyes
    I'm forced to fake, a smile, a laugh everyday of my life
    My heart can't possibly break, when it wasn't even whole to start with

    Because of you, I never stray too far from the sidewalk
    Because of you, I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
    Because of you, I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
    Because of you, I am afraid

    I watched you die, I heard you cry every night in your sleep
    I was so young, you should have known better than to lean on me
    You never thought of anyone else, you just saw your pain
    And now I cry in the middle of the night, for the same damn thing

    Because of you, I never stray too far from the sidewalk
    Because of you, I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
    Because of you, I try my hardest just to forget everything
    Because of you, I don't know how to let anyone else in Because of you, I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty
    Because of you, I am afraid....

    Because of you.... Because of you....
  • tetrapod.sapien
    tetrapod.sapien

    ya, great song for sure.

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