Foreword Lyrics & Video

"Super Xero (By Myself)"

So......What do think?

What do I do to ignore what's behind me?

Do I follow my fate to escape blindly?

Do I hide my pride away from these bad dreams

And give into sad thoughts that are maddening?

Do I let it go and try to stand it?

Or do I try to catch them redhanded?

Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness?

Or do I trust none and live life in lonliness?

The 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 gettin' hurt again

[pre-chorus:]

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

[chorus]:

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

Runnin' against you, I can't win

With thoughts of failure sinking in

If I turn my back I'm defenseless

And to give in to fate seems senseless

If I hide my pride I'll lie sleepless

And won't be able to cope with my weakness

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...

[pre-chorus and chorus]

[Breakdown]

How do you think

That I've lost so much

Always 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

[x2]

[chorus]

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

Runnin' against me, I can't win

With thoughts of failure from with...(in)

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Video

Linkin Park - Foreword: This is the first track off of Meteora. I call it a track because it is only 13 sec. and it has no words to it. (video from YouTube)