Let Down

Chester Bennington

Let Down

And the tears fall like rain,
Down my face again,
Oh the words you wouldn't say,
And the games you played
with my young foolish heart,
Oh I should have known this from the start,

Oh the winter and spring,
Going hand in hand,
Just like my love and pain,
How the thought of you
cuts deep within the vein,
Oh this brand new skin stretched across scarred terrain,

I don't wanna be let down,
I don't wanna live my life again,
Don't wanna be led down the same old road,
I don't wanna be let down,
I don't wanna live my lies again,
Don't wanna be led down the same old road,

All those years down the drain,
Love was not enough when you want everything,
What I gave to you and now the end will start,
Oh I should have listened to my heart,

Cause I don't wanna be let down,
I don't wanna live my life again,
Don't wanna be led down the same old road,
So I don't wanna be let down,
I don't wanna live my lies again,
Don't wanna be led down the same old road,

I don't wanna be let down,
I don't wanna live my life again,
Don't wanna be led down the same old road,
So I don't wanna be let down,
I don't wanna live my lies again,
Don't wanna be led down the same old road,


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    Chester's side project is being put on hold for the moment so he can conentrate on the new Linkin Park album.

    Feenixon December 28, 2005   Link

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