Formed in 1996, Linkin Park rose to international fame with their debut studio album, Hybrid Theory (2000), which became certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Released during the peak of the nu metal scene, the album's singles' heavy airplay on MTV led the singles "One Step Closer", "Crawling" and "In the End" all to chart highly on the US Mainstream Rock chart. The lattermost also crossed over to the nation's Billboard Hot 100. Their second album, Meteora (2003), continued the band's success. The band explored experimental sounds on their third album, Minutes to Midnight (2007). By the end of the decade, Linkin Park was among the most successful and popular rock acts.
The band continued to explore a wider variation of musical types on their fourth album, A Thousand Suns (2010), layering their music with more electronic sounds. The band's fifth album, Living Things (2012), combined musical elements from all of their previous records. Their sixth album, The Hunting Party (2014), returned to a heavier rock sound, and their seventh album, One More Light (2017), was a substantially more pop-oriented record. Linkin Park went on a hiatus when longtime lead vocalist Bennington died in July 2017. In April 2022, Shinoda revealed the band was neither working on new music nor planning on touring for the foreseeable future.
Linkin Park is among the best-selling bands of the 21st century and the world's best-selling music artists, having sold over 100 million records worldwide. They have won two Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, four MTV Video Music Awards, 10 MTV Europe Music Awards and three World Music Awards. In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the music video era and the third-best of the new millennium. Billboard ranked Linkin Park No. 19 on the Best Artists of the Decade list. In 2012, the band was voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1. In 2014, the band was declared as "The Biggest Rock Band in the World Right Now" by Kerrang!.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkin_Park
Studio albums
Hybrid Theory (2000)
Meteora (2003)
Minutes to Midnight (2007)
A Thousand Suns (2010)
Living Things (2012)
The Hunting Party (2014)
One More Light (2017)
Drag
Linkin Park Lyrics
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Torture me, drag me under you
Tide, lifts me up and down
Tide, makes me shut up
Life, is much too short to be intoxicated
Life, is much too short to be a drag
Suppress me, tell me lies
In "Drag," Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington sings about feeling empty and longing to be thrown into a passionate and painful experience that will make him feel alive. He pleads with his lover to treat him like a fallen angel and suppress him with lies, implying that he is searching for a release from his own limitations and numbness. The lyrics convey a conflicting desire to break down and be rebuilt, to experience something intense and transformative that will remind him of his own humanity.
The repetition of "tide" in the chorus suggests the ebb and flow of emotions, while the line "life is much too short to be a drag" encourages the listener to take risks and embrace the uncertainty of life. The overall feel of the song is one of desperation and longing, but also a faint glimmer of hope that perhaps this pain and suffering can lead to growth and transcendence.
Line by Line Meaning
Puncture me, make me feel like I am real
Hurt me so I know I exist
Torture me, drag me under you
Cause me pain and control me completely
Tide, lifts me up and down
My emotions fluctuate constantly
Tide, makes me shut up
My feelings leave me speechless
Life, is much too short to be intoxicated
Don't waste time being lost in a haze
Life, is much too short to be a drag
Don't waste time feeling stuck and unhappy
Please treat me like I am a fallen angel
Handle me carefully like I'm fragile
Suppress me, tell me lies
Silence me and deceive me
Contributed by Charlie T. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
metalhead7127
RIP Chester forever a legend
Fabricio Bandeira
muito bom curto muito linkin park melhor banda
Karasu Chan
it's not with Linkin Park it's with Grey Daze the First band Of Chester ✌ Love this song
Jonas Hartmann
Karasu Chan second band of him
Karasu Chan
Jonas Hartmann First band when he was young 😉
Jonas Hartmann
there was a band before when he was 15 or 14 i think
Jonas Hartmann
the name was "Sean dowdell and his friends"
Israel Muñoz
It's the same band, just changed the name
ettolrahcecila
One of many many underrated songs on youtube.
Alex Walton
my favorite song from linkin park, hard to believe that this was already over 10 years ago.