Part Of Me (7-Track & 8-Track Demo)

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda]

Part of me won't go away

Every day reminded how much I hate it

Weighted against the consequences

Can’t live without it, so it's senseless

Wanna cut out of my soul and just live with a gaping hole

Take control of my life and wash out all the burnt taste

I made the problems in the first place

Hang my head low, 'cause it’s part of me

You'll hardly see, right next to the heart of me

Hurting me, the routine scar

New cuts cover where the old ones are

So tired of making the same mistakes again and again

The suffering just won't end

And I can't let myself be

The man that's staring in the mirror through me

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]

Cut myself free

Willingly stop just what's killing me

Cut myself free

Willingly stop just what's killing me

Cut myself free

Willingly stop just what's killing me

Cut myself free

Willingly stop just what’s killing me

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

I feel it every day

I feel I’m in my way

I feel it swell up inside

Swell up inside, swallowing me

[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda]

(Freedom can be frightening if you've never felt it)

Once it’s been dealt with, you feel like you've been touched by something angelic

And then melt it down into a pool of peace

Cease to be the animal you used to be

Remove the broken parts you know were wrong

And feel the calm when the problem's all gone

And then you start to see

Another piece of yourself that you can't let be

Memories of the last fight to free yourself

Take you to the depths at the bottom of the well

And then you know that you can choose to lose

The part of your heart where your inside’s bruised

You can live if you're willing to

Put a stop to just what's killing you

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]

Cut myself free

Willingly stop just what's killing me

Cut myself free

Willingly stop just what's killing me

Cut myself free

Willingly stop just what's killing me

Cut myself free

Willingly stop just what's killing me

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

I feel it every day

I feel I'm in my way

I feel it swell up inside

Swell up inside, swallowing me

[Bridge: Mike Shinoda & Chester Bennington]

Alive in me, inside of me

A part turns grey and rocks away silently

Alive in me, inside of me

A part turns grey and rocks away silently

(This part of me won't go away)

Alive in me, inside of me

A part turns grey and rocks away silently

(Part of me won't go away)

Alive in me, inside of me

A part turns grey and rocks away silently

[Interlude: Chester Bennington]

I feel it everyday

I feel I'm in my way

I feel it swell up inside

Swell up inside, swallowing me

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

I feel it every day

I feel I'm in my way

I feel it swell up inside

Swell up inside, swallowing me

I feel it every day

I feel I'm in my way

I feel it swell up inside

Swell up inside, swallowing me