*****By Myself*****
	Linkin Park


What do I do to ignore what’s behind me? 
Do I follow my instincts to escape blindly? 
Do I hide my pride away from these bad dreams and 

Give in to sad thoughts that are maddening? 
Do I let go 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 none and live in loneliness? 
Sunlight burns the skin of sleeping men

I make the right turns but I’m lost within 
I put on my daily façade but then 
I just end up getting hurt again 

By myself [myself] 
I ask why, but in my mind I find 

I can’t rely on myself [myself]
I ask why, but in my mind 
I find I can’t rely on myself

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 give in to face you, 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] 
I ask why, but in my mind I find 

I can’t rely on myself [myself] 
I ask why, but in my mind I find 

I can’t rely on myself

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

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? 

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 

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 

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

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 from - where?