Linkin Park: Papercut (2000) - Song Review

Official Score = 3 1/2 Devils

Linkin Park... Now I have to admit that the first time I heard these guys, I heard there song, 'In The End', when I was working at a mall during the Christmas season when I was just out of High School... Now at the time I had no idea who they were, except that I really liked their sound, and was bound and determined to get one of their CDs asap!

Well as luck would have it, I was able to pick up the CD, 'Hybrid Theory' (2000), and their song, 'Papercut' hooked me!

Linkin Park doing: Papercut live! 

I will say this, the reason that I like this song is because it is lively, and energetic, and heavily reminds me of a mix between the beat and energy of, 'Rap', with the heavy tones of heavy metal... (And trust me when I say that I am not the biggest fan of rap by any stretch, but this song rules!)

So if you haven't tried this song yet... Get the album... Listen to the song... You won't regret it!

And as a special gift for the fans, the lyrics to: Papercut, by: Linkin Park

Why does it feel like night today?
Something in here is not right today
Why am I so uptight today?
Paranoia's all I got left
I don't know what stressed me first
Or how the pressure was fed
But I know just what it feels like
To have a voice in the back of my head
It's like a face that I hold inside
A face that awakes when I close my eyes
A face that I watch every time I lie
A face that laughs every time I fall (And watches everything)
So I know that when it's time to sink or swim
That the face inside is here in me
Right underneath my skin

It's like I'm paranoid, looking over my back
It's like a whirlwind inside of my head
It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like the face inside is right
Beneath my skin

I know I've got a face in me
Points out all my mistakes to me
You've got a face on the inside too
Your paranoia's probably worse
I don't know what set me off first
But I know what I can't stand
Everybody acts like the fact of the matter is I can't add up to what you can
But everybody has a face that they hold inside
A face that awakes when I close my eyes
A face that watches every time they lie
A face that laughs every time they fall (And watches everything)
So you know that when it's time to sink or swim
That the face inside is watching you too
Right inside your skin

It's like I'm paranoid, looking over my back
It's like a whirlwind inside of my head
It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like the face inside is right beneath the skin
It's like I'm paranoid looking over my back
It's like a whirlwind inside of my head
It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like the face inside is right
Beneath my skin

The face inside is right beneath your skin
The face inside is right beneath your skin
The face inside is right beneath your skin

The sun goes down...
I feel the light betray me
The sun goes down...
I feel the light betray me

(The sun)
It's like I'm paranoid, looking over my back
It's like a whirlwind inside of my head
It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like (I feel the light betray me) the face inside is right beneath my skin
(The sun)
It's like I'm paranoid, looking over my back
It's like a whirlwind inside of my head
It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like I (I feel the light betray me) can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like I (Ahh) can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin

Linkin Park: In The End (2000) - Song Review

Official Score = 3 Devils

Linkin Park... Believe it or not guys, I have since discovered this metal band in the most unlikely of spots...

You see, when I was younger I worked a Christmas at a mall, and like most malls during Christmas, they played a lot of Christmas music (the only problem is that in the mall I worked in, they played the same 3 or 4 Christmas songs, and one other song...) That song being, In The End (2000) from their NU Metal album, 'Hybrid Theory'!

Linkin Park doing, 'In The End' live!

Now besides the fact that this song was truly an amazing breath of fresh, (trust me when I say that listening to Natalie Cole's, 'I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas' 5 or 6 hundred times is enough to make anything seem like a breath of fresh air!) Anyway, this song in general... Well... It is true that this song has some great vocals & instrumentals, but the best part of this song is how it is put together, and the story about this song that makes it great!

In my opinion, this is not the best song that Linkin Park has done to date, but as for Hybrid Theory, this in my opinion is the best of the album... And is still a pretty awesome song in general... Check it out, I think that you might really like it!

For the true fan, a segment of the lyrics for Linkin Park's, 'In The End'!

It starts with
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
Didn’t look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on but 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
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