Linkin Park is a rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Since their formation in 1996, the band has sold more than fifty million albums and won two Grammy Awards. They achieved mainstream success with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005. Their following studio album, Meteora, continued the band's success, topping the Billboard 200’s album charts in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world.
"
Numb" was the most successful single from Meteora, reaching #11 on The Billboard Hot 100. "Numb" has been interpreted as being about how young people (mainly teenagers) feel pressure in being able to live up to many expectations, especially relatives (most likely parents). The lyrics "
All I want to do/Is be more like me and be less like you" show the much demanded freedom that most underage people would like...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXYiU_JCYtULinkin Park - NumbI'm tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless lost under the surface
Don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)[Chorus]
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I've become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you
Can't you see that you're smothering me
Holding too tightly afraid to lose control
Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)And every second I waste is more than I can take
[Chorus]
And I know
I may end up failing too
But I know
You were just like me with someone disappointed in you
[Chorus] 2x
