From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top, I stop
At the core, I've forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture's there
The memory won't escape me

We're stuck in a place so dark, you can hardly see
A manner of matter that splits with the words I breathe
And as the rain drips acidic questions around me
I block out the sight of the powers that be
Duck away into the darkness, times up
I wind up in a rusted world with eyes shut
So tight that it blurs into the world of pretend
And the eyes ease open and it's dark again

From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top, I stop
At the core, I've forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture's there
The memory won't escape me
But why should I care?

In the memory, you'll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up

Listen to the sound, dizzy from the ups and downs
And nauseated by the polluted rock that's all around
Watchin' the wheels of cars that pass
I look past to the last of the light
And the long shadows it cast
A window grows, captures the eye
And cries out a yellow light as it passes me by
And a young, shadowy figure sits in front of a box
Inside a building of rocks with antennas on top
Now nothing can stop in this land of the pain
The same lose, not knowing they were part of the game
And while the insides change, the box stays the same
And the figure inside could bear anybody's name
The memories I keep are from a time like then
I put on my paper so I could come back to them
Someday I'm hopin' to close my eyes and pretend
That this crumpled up paper can be perfect again

From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top, I stop
At the core, I've forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture's there
The memory won't escape me

I'm here at this podium talking, this ceremonial offering's
Dedicated to urban dysfunctional offspring
What's happening?
City governments are eternally napping
Trapped in greedy covenants, causin' urban collapsing
Bullets that scar souls, with dark holds
Get more than your car stole
Some hearts be blacker than charcoal
For real, this society's deprivation depends
Not on our differences, but the separation within
No preparation is made, limited aid, minimum wage
Livin' in a tenement cage where rent isn't paid
Tragedy within a parade
The darkness overspreadS like permanent plague
I'm the forgotten

In the memory, you'll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up


Lyrics submitted by Frgsn2005

FRGT/10 [Alchemist Reanimation] Lyrics as written by Chester Charles Bennington Brad Delson

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    I want to give special thanks to NeoPhoenix05 for the lyrics to this one. it was a long night for the both of us, and we finally put it all together after about 10 cups of coffee and 5 hours of listenin to ONE STUPID LINE, jus so you could read the lyrics to this great song.(btw, kidding)

    Frgsn2005on August 02, 2002   Link
  • +1
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    Teh uberbeast, this song kinda portrays the darkness of civilization, how we're screwing our world over, and we pretty much could care less that it's going on.

    azwethinkweismon March 17, 2008   Link
  • 0
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    (kiddin bout the coffee, sry if i didnt make that clear)

    Frgsn2005on August 02, 2002   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    This song is a great song! I love it!

    sonyapetuniabon August 05, 2002   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Correction on one part, its ' Until the sun rises high '

    Anticrombie923on September 23, 2002   Link
  • 0
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    damn this song it tight.. i like the lyrics and the beat to this song just makes you want to do a routine and dance.. I LOVE LINKIN PARK..

    MARKzBEBzon June 25, 2003   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    the baseline is great, i like this version better than the orginal

    Gentle_Demon17on April 18, 2004   Link
  • 0
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    One of the few good songs of "Reanimation", equals the original version. Still, I'm not really sure what the lyrics are about (one of the few of LP) but errrr they are good. And LP ROCKS! Some people look down on me for that and tell me to grow up, but it's them who should grow up.

    Der_Bulleon September 27, 2004   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    forgotten is one of my favorites from hybrid theory- this one's good enough to match original

    N943DJon December 07, 2004   Link
  • 0
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    i agree w/ he said above

    forgotten was a kick ass song (one of the best on hybrid theory).. mixing it made it pretty different from original but still awesome.. one of their best on reanimation

    pardonmeon December 21, 2004   Link

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