Blackbirds

[Intro: Mike Shinoda]

Drop like "Get up," take to the streets

Better lock that kid up, face full of teeth

When he hock that spit up, pacin' the beat like a beast

Rockin' the block on repeat

Speak from the cut like a rush of blood

Paint red on the sleeves of the ones you love

Lay the sick ones down and the bells will ring

Put pennies on the eyes, let the dead men sing

[Verse 1: Chester Bennington]

I shiver and shake the warm air cold

I'm alone on my own

In every mistake, I dig this hole

Through my skin and bones

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington]

It’s harder starting over

Than never to have changed

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

With blackbirds following me

I'm digging out my grave

They close in, swallowing me

The pain, it comes in waves

I'm getting back what I gave

[Verse 2: Chester Bennington]

I sweat through the sheet as daylight fades

As I waste away

It traps me inside mistakes I've made

That's the price I pay

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington]

It’s harder starting over

Than never to have changed

[Chorus: Chester Bennington, Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]

With blackbirds following me

I'm digging out my grave

They close in, swallowing me

The pain, it comes in waves (Yeah)

I'm getting back what I gave

[Bridge: Mike Shinoda]

I drop to the floor like I did before

Stop watchin', I'm coughin', I can't be more

What I want and what I need are at constant war

Like a well full of poison, a rotten core

The blood goes thin, the fever stings

And I shake from the hell that the habits bring

Let the sick ones down, the bells will ring

Put pennies on the eyes, let the dead men sing

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

Blackbirds following me

I'm digging out my grave

They close in, swallowing me

The pain, it comes in waves

I'm getting back what I gave

I'm getting back what I gave

I'm getting back what I gave