anonymous Nov 3rd 2010 !⃝[Written by N.A.H]
Why does it feel like night today?
Something in here's not right today.
Why am I so uptight today?
Paranoia's all I got left
I don't know what stressed me first
Or how the pressure was fed
But I know just what it feels like
To have a voice in the back of my head
Like a face that I hold inside
A face that awakes when I close my eyes
A face watches every time I lie
A face that laughs every time I fall
(And watches everything)
So I know that when it's time to sink or swim
That the face inside is hearing me
Right beneath my skin
[This person notices that something about him is dark and realizes that he's angry about something that was building up inside of him. He thinks that its his other self like an opposite that's talking to him and making him paranoid, but its his true face or the true him that he doesn't know or show in public. It sees everything he does and others and it reveals his true feelings or opinions about them.]
It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back
It's like a whirlwind inside of my head
It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
[Basically he can't take it and he's afraid of what his inner face might say next. He's coming to the realization that the voice is his true self and he fears it.]
I know I've got a face in me
Points out all my mistakes to me
You've got a face on the inside too and
Your paranoia's probably worse
I don't know what set me off first
But I know what I can't stand
Everybody acts like the fact of the matter is
I can't add up to what you can but
Everybody has a face that they hold inside
A face that awakes when I close my eyes
A face watches every time they lie
A face that laughs every time they fall
(And watches everything)
So you know that when it's time to sink or swim
That the face inside is watching you too
Right inside your skin
[The speaker knows the face inside of himself is his true self and is beginning to accept what he is. He also begins to see that everyone else has a true face that they don't show and their parania might be worse than his own. The speakers says that he doesn't know what ticked him off first but hates the fact that everyone thinks that he can't be as good as someone else(thats probably why he was upset in the first verse). He knows that they all have their own true faces that reveal their own true opinions about themselves and others.]
[x2]
It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back
It's like a whirlwind inside of my head
It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
The face inside is right beneath your skin [x3]
The sun goes down
I feel the light betray me
The sun goes down
I feel the light betray me
The sun
I feel the light betray me
The sun
I feel the light betray me
[The rest of the song is just the chorus, but this addition to the chorus is important because the speaker feels that now that he knows that his true self seems to be evil or have a dark nature that he feels betrayed by the good image of who he thought he was. The light of the sun that he thought was there was never there it was just the darkness of night all along. Ty for reading because I'm a big linkin park fan. My initials: N.A.H]
It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back
It's like a whirlwind inside of my head
It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back
It's like a whirlwind inside of my head
It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin
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