Myself
Linkin Park Lyrics

What do I do to ignore them behind me?
How can I disregard the people that are following me?

Do I follow my instincts blindly?
Should I trust my intuition without thinking it through?

Do I hide my pride from these bad dreams
Should I suppress my ego to cope with these nightmares?

And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?
Or should I submit to negative and overwhelming emotions?

Do I sit here and try to stand it?
Should I just endure my situation?

Or do I try to catch them red-handed?
Or should I try and identify the people who are conspiring against me?

Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness
Will I fall for deception by trusting someone who is fake?

Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?
Or should I live my life without trusting anyone and be lonely?

Because I can't hold on when I'm stretched so thin
I can't handle much stress when I'm overwhelmed

I make the right moves but I'm lost within
I try to make correct decisions but feel lost inside

I put on my daily facade but then
I show a false self to the world, but then

I just end up getting hurt again
I still manage to get hurt despite trying to hide my true self

By myself (myself)
Alone without anyone to help me (only myself)

I ask why, but in my mind
I keep asking myself why

I find I can't rely on myself (myself)
Realizing that I cannot trust myself alone to fix things

I can't hold on
I cannot cope

To what I want when I'm stretched so thin
I cannot pursue my goals when I'm so overburdened

It's all too much to take in
It's all too overwhelming to handle

To end things watching everything spin
While everything is spiraling out of control and in chaos

With thoughts of failure sinking in
I am fearful of failure and these thoughts consume me entirely

If I turn my back I'm defenseless
If I don't pay attention, I am vulnerable

And to go blindly seems senseless
But if I don't trust my intuition, that is also irrational

If I hide my pride and let it all go on
If I give up my dignity and let them take advantage of me

Then they'll take from me 'till everything is gone
They will keep taking from me until I'm completely depleted

If I let them go I'll be outdone
If I let them be, they will emerge superior in the situation

But if I try to catch them I'll be outrun
If I try to identify them, they will slip away from me faster

If I'm killed by the questions like a cancer
If the unknown questions consume me like a disease that kills from within

Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer
Then I'll be overcome by the unknown answer, and I'll end up remaining silent

How do you think
How do you expect

I've lost so much
While having lost a lot already

I'm so afraid
I am overwhelmingly scared

I'm out of touch
I am disconnected from everything around me

How do you expect
How do you think

I will know what to do
I have no idea of what my next steps are supposed to be

When all I know
In a situation where I'm only aware of

Is what you tell me to
What you instruct me to do becomes my only option

Don't you
Won't you

I can't tell you how to make it
I cannot give you advice on how to proceed

No matter what I do
Regardless of what I try

How hard I
No matter how much of an effort I make

I can't seem to convince myself
I'm unable to persuade myself to take certain actions

I'm stuck on the outside
I am stuck in a position of vulnerability and insecurity

I can't hold on
I can't cope

(To anything watching everything spin)
(Watching everything in disarray with no end in sight)

Without some failure sinking
Without any form of failure that I'm afraid of sinking into