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Linkin Park – Looking For An Answer (Live 2017) (2017) | Track profile | Dork

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Linkin Park and Friends: Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington
Looking For An Answer (Live 2017)

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Looking For An Answer (Live 2017)

Release date: 28th October 2017

From Linkin Park and Friends: Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington

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About This Track

"Looking For An Answer (Live 2017)" is a track by Linkin Park, from the album Linkin Park and Friends: Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington, released 28th October 2017. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 9 articles about Linkin Park.

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Lyrics

Looking For An Answer (Live 2017)

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda]

There's an emptiness tonight

A hole that wasn't there before

And I keep reaching for the light

But I can't find it anymore

There's an emptiness tonight

A heavy hand that pulls me down

They say it's gonna be alright

But can't begin to tell me how

[Pre-Chorus: Mike Shinoda]

And I ask myself out loud...

[Chorus: Mike Shinoda]

Have I been lost all along?

Was there something I could say, or something I should not have done?

Was I lost all along?

Was I looking for an answer when there never really was one?

Was I looking for an answer when there never really was one?

[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda]

Is there sunshine where you are?

The way there was when you were here

'Cause I'm just sitting in the dark

In disbelief that this is real

In disbelief that this is real

[Chorus: Mike Shinoda]

Have I been lost all along?

Was there something I could say or something I should not have done?

Was I lost all along?

Was I looking for an answer when there never really was one?

Was I looking for an answer when there never really was one?

[Pre-Chorus: Mike Shinoda]

And I ask myself out loud...

[Chorus: Mike Shinoda]

Have I been lost all along?

Was there something I could say or something I should not have done?

Was I lost all along?

Was I looking for an answer when there never really was one?

Was I looking for an answer when there never really was one?

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Track details

From Linkin Park and Friends: Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington

2017

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Album

Linkin Park and Friends: Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington

Release year

2017

—One More Light (Live 2017)
—One Step Closer (Live 2017)
—A Place for My Head (Live 2017)
—A Light That Never Comes (Live 2017)
—CASTLE OF GLASS (Live 2017)
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—Iridescent (Live 2017)
—Medley: Bleed It Out / The Messenger (Live 2017)
—Medley: Robot Boy / The Messanger / Iridescent (Live 2017)
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—ROADS UNTRAVELED (Live 2017)
—Sharp Edges (Live 2017)
—Shadow of the Day / With or Without You (Live 2017)
—Talking to Myself (Live 2017)
—Waiting for the End (Live 2017)
—What I've Done (Live 2017)
—Looking For An Answer (Live 2017)
—Nobody Can Save Me (Live 2017)
—The Catalyst (Live 2017)
—Battle Symphony (Live 2017)
—BURN IT DOWN (Live 2017)
—Rebellion (Live 2017)
—Rest (Live 2017)
—New Divide (Live 2017)
—I Miss You (Live 2017)
—Papercut (Live 2017)
—Somewhere I Belong (Live 2017)

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Mike Shinoda
Producer: Brad Delson, Dave Farrell, Mike Shinoda, Mr. Hahn, Rob Bourdon
Vocals: Mike Shinoda