Hollow Ground

(Verse 1 - Mike Shinoda)Welcome to the fire that I built myselfDust on the mirrors, books upon the shelfEvery single shadow is a face I knowNowhere left to run and nowhere left to goI’m digging through the ashes of the words I saidSleeping with the demons living in my headThe temperature is rising but I feel the freezeLooking at the mirror, bringing me to my kneesIt’s a cycle of the anger and the silent painWalking through the valley of the pouring rainAnd the flames get higher every time I breatheThis is the illusion that I can’t unweave(Chorus - Chester Bennington)I’m burning alive on this hollow groundWhere the screams get lost and they make no soundPulling me down to the lake of fireFeeding the fear, a burning desireI built my own prison, I locked the doorAnd I can’t take the heat of this hell anymore(Verse 2 - Mike Shinoda)A ticket to the bottom with no returnEverything I touch is something I gotta burnSlipping on the edge of the deep abyssI never thought it'd come to a moment like thisI try to look up but the smoke is too thickMy stomach is turning, I’m feeling so sickOf the lies that I told, the promises brokeLiving in a world that is nothing but smokeI’m choking on the air down here tonightTrying to find a way to make it all rightBut the devil in the mirror is the one I seeAnd he won’t stop laughing right back at me(Chorus - Chester Bennington)I’m burning alive on this hollow groundWhere the screams get lost and they make no soundPulling me down to the lake of fireFeeding the fear, a burning desireI built my own prison, I locked the doorAnd I can’t take the heat of this hell anymore(Bridge - Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda)(Chester)Can anybody hear me calling out?!I’m drowning in the middle of a burning doubt!(Mike)Yeah, you built this castle out of all your mistakes!You gotta pay the toll when the foundation shakes!(Chester)I just wanna breathe! I just wanna breathe!But the fire inside is taking over me!(Guitar Solo - Heavy / Atmospheric)(Chorus - Chester Bennington)I’m burning alive on this hollow groundWhere the screams get lost and they make no soundPulling me down to the lake of fireFeeding the fear, a burning desireI built my own prison, I locked the doorAnd I can’t take the heat of this hell anymore(Outro - Chester Bennington)Take me out...Before I burn away.Burn away.This is my hell...And I made it myself.