Linkin Park - Reading My Eyes Lyrics
[Mike Shinoda:]
The microphone molester, machete undresser
"Stupid-dope-fresh" type shit resurrector
Top gun, Miramar best-of-the-best-er
The leave-an-MC-peace-in-rest-er
The make-funner, the adversary make runner
The make summer cold with rhymes I spit
Kick gift to lifted delinquent wit
I be prophet, my hand—top it? Stop it
Fly like rocket when I rock it
Lock it down with this perverse verse
Every fuckin' curse a burst of hurt
Move crowds: physical fitness rhymes
Coke heads couldn't do my lines
I'm decorated like Christmas pines
MCs become silhouettes of chalk
[Mark Wakefield:]
Reading my eyes will say it in many ways
Losing my pride will save it in many days
[Mike Shinoda:]
Hit the dirt 'cause the words I spit will
Do more than just rip your shirt
I'll bitch slap your soul, contact the track control
You're coming at me? You can't hack it though
So ridiculous, watching my crew get sick with this
Wickedness, pitchin' this, lyrical viciousness
To crews and cliques, made of men and mistresses
This is my life: the twilight and the fight night
And trying to see nothing but the highlights when I write
These eyes on horizons, die for my song, cry rhymes in Krylon
Fire on, move men telekinetically
Esoterically beat-speaking with clarity
Feel my verities, heroism of heresy
And sever every MC I see with severity
[Mark Wakefield:]
Reading my eyes will say it in many ways
Losing my pride will save it in many days
[Mark Wakefield:]
Why not... what I came... Why not... what I came...
[2x]
Why not give me what I came to deserve?
Why not give me what I came to believe?
Why?
Ah! Ah! Uh!
[Mark Wakefield:]
Reading my eyes will say it in many ways
Losing my pride will save it in many days
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Linkin Park Reading My Eyes Comments
This is live, and you can't even tell, other than some of the sounds from the crowd.
Que fodaaaaa
This was a live in Chiba,Japan Summer Sonic 2006
Mike shinoda é foda
2019 ♥️ sempre aqui
Better than their last 3 album
Linkin Park 4 ever
The Microphone Molesta'
Machete undresser
Stupid dope fresh tight sh*t resurrector
Top gun yeah mon best of the besta'
The living MC peace and resta'
Successa, the flexa gunna'
The make funna the adversary make runna'
Make summa cold with rhymes that spit
Kickin' gifted, lifted, delinquent 'wit
I be the prophet, my hand
Top it, stop it, felt like rockin when I rock it
Locked it down with this perverse verse
Every f*ckin' curse I burst to hurt
Move crowds physical fitness rhymes
Coke heads couldn't do my lines
Decorated like Christmas pines, my battalion rocks
Emcees become silhouettes of shock
Reading my eyes will say it in many ways
Losing my pride will save it in many days
Hit the dirt
Because the words I spit will do more than just rip your shirt
I'll b*tch slap your soul
Get back the track control
You coming at me?
You can't hack it though
So ridiculous
Watching my crew get sick with this
Wickedness
Pitchin' this
Lyrical viciousness
To crews and cliques
Maiden, men, and mistresses
This is my life
The twilight, the fight night
And trying to see nothing but the highlights
When I write
These eyes on horizons
Die for my son, cry wrongs and Krylon
Fire on, rude men telekinetically
Esoterically beats become a clarity
Feel verities, heroism, and heresy
And sever every Emcee I see with severity
Reading my eyes will say it in many ways
Losing my pride will save it in many days
Why not...
What I keep...
Why not...
What I keep...
Why not...
What I keep...
Why not give me what I came to deserve
Why not give me what I came to believe
Why not give me what I came to deserve
Why not give me what I came to believe
Reading my eyes will say it in many ways
Losing my pride will save it in many days.
12 years and I'm still here
Who's still here with me?
Wish they did a re-recording of the Xero demo tape.
Such a sick LP song! Damn
The Microphone Molesta'
Machete undresser
Stupid dope fresh tight sh*t resurrector
Top gun yeah mon best of the besta'
The living MC peace and resta'
Successa, the flexa gunna'
The make funna the adversary make runna'
Make summa cold with rhymes that spit
Kickin' gifted, lifted, delinquent 'wit
I be the prophet, my hand
Top it, stop it, felt like rockin when I rock it
Locked it down with this perverse verse
Every f*ckin' curse I burst to hurt
Move crowds physical fitness rhymes
Coke heads couldn't do my lines
Decorated like Christmas pines, my battalion rocks
Emcees become silhouettes of shock
Reading my eyes will say it in many ways
Losing my pride will save it in many days
Hit the dirt
Because the words I spit will do more than just rip your shirt
I'll b*tch slap your soul
Get back the track control
You coming at me?
You can't hack it though
So ridiculous
Watching my crew get sick with this
Wickedness
Pitchin' this
Lyrical viciousness
To crews and cliques
Maiden, men, and mistresses
This is my life
The twilight, the fight night
And trying to see nothing but the highlights
When I write
These eyes on horizons
Die for my son, cry wrongs and Krylon
Fire on, rude men telekinetically
Esoterically beats become a clarity
Feel verities, heroism, and heresy
And sever every Emcee I see with severity
Reading my eyes will say it in many ways
Losing my pride will save it in many days
Why not...
What I keep...
Why not...
What I keep...
Why not...
What I keep...
Why not give me what I came to deserve
Why not give me what I came to believe
Why not give me what I came to deserve
Why not give me what I came to believe
Reading my eyes will say it in many ways
Losing my pride will save it in many days.
Twighlight Sparkle and Lady RaRa will be pleased ponies.
chester te amo
I thinking that's the Xero version so the original
(Sorry for bad English)
all these demos are better than the songs that made the album
now its Chester instead of mark wakefield singing this
2019??????????
Mike spitting bars 🔥
“Coke heads couldn’t do my lines”
Mike is so clever with his words👏
Rest in peace
La primera vez que escucho esta canción de Linkin Park .... Esta genial
The people who watched or are watching
Please watch
The most underrated linkin park song "war"
😈🎸
LP died with Chester.
Rest in peace! Chez=(
11 years still my honest <3
put on subtitles using the youtube setting on the video, laugh
You're welcome
chester sung this better than mark
OMG that fucking scream.
2:25
*Starts to tap leg*
2:27
*Gets up*
2:28
*Hands on knees, half sit and puts head forewards in a position to headbang*
2:30
*Throws phone away*
I felt this comment in multiple emotions rn~
11 years checking in
It's been 11 years, still here.
This was recorded at Summer Sonic 2006 but was unfortunately emitted from the available ProShot from the TV Special. If you want to check out this audio over the only available fan recordings of the performance, I made this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7kiX7zLcNk
Lyrics
[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda]
The microphone molester (Lesta!), machete undresser
"Stupid-dope-fresh" type shit resurrector
Top gun, miramar, best-of-the-best-er
The leave-an-emcee-peace-in-rest-er (Rester!)
The skill tester, the flex-the-gunner
The make-funner, the adversary make runner
The make summer cold with rhymes I spit
Kick gift to lifted delinquent wit
I be prophet, my hand—top it? Stop it
Fly like rocket when I rock it
Lock it down with this perverse verse
Every fucking curse a burst of hurt
Move crowds; Physical fitness rhymes
Coke heads couldn't do my lines
I'm decorated like Christmas pines
My battalion rocks
Emcees become silhouettes of chalk
[Chorus: chester bennington]
Reading My Eyes will say it in many ways
Losing my pride will save it in many days
[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda]
Hit the dirt 'cause the words I spit
Will do more than just rip your shirt
I'll bitch slap your soul
Contact the track control
You're coming at me? You can't hack it though!
So ridiculous, watching my crew get sick with this
Wickedness, pitching this, lyrical viciousness
To crews and cliques, made of men and mistresses
This is my life
The twilight in the fight night
And trying to see nothing but the highlights when I write
These eyes on horizons, die for my song, cry rhymes in krylon
Fire on, move men telekinetically
Esoterically beat-speaking with clarity
Feel my verities, heroism of heresy
And sever every emcee I see with severity!
[Chorus: chester bennington]
Reading My Eyes will say it in many ways
Losing my pride will save it in many days
[Bridge: chester bennington]
Why not… What I came… (3×)
Why not give me what I came to deserve?
Why not give me what I came to believe? (2×)
[Chorus: chester bennington]
Reading My Eyes will say it in many ways
Losing my pride will save it in many days
Rip chester
pure gold.. rip chester :(
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READING MY EYES LYRICS
[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda]
The microphone molester (Lesta!), machete undresser
"Stupid-dope-fresh" type shit resurrector
Top gun, miramar, best-of-the-best-er
The leave-an-emcee-peace-in-rest-er (Rester!)
The skill tester, the flex-the-gunner
The make-funner, the adversary make runner
The make summer cold with rhymes I spit
Kick gift to lifted delinquent wit
I be prophet, my hand—top it? Stop it
Fly like rocket when I rock it
Lock it down with this perverse verse
Every fucking curse a burst of hurt
Move crowds; Physical fitness rhymes
Coke heads couldn't do my lines
I'm decorated like Christmas pines
My battalion rocks
Emcees become silhouettes of chalk
[Chorus: Mark Wakefield]
Reading My Eyes will say it in many ways
Losing my pride will save it in many days
[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda]
Hit the dirt 'cause the words I spit
Will do more than just rip your shirt
I'll bitch slap your soul
Contact the track control
You're coming at me? You can't hack it though!
So ridiculous, watching my crew get sick with this
Wickedness, pitching this, lyrical viciousness
To crews and cliques, made of men and mistresses
This is my life
The twilight in the fight night
And trying to see nothing but the highlights when I write
These eyes on horizons, die for my song, cry rhymes in krylon
Fire on, move men telekinetically
Esoterically beat-speaking with clarity
Feel my verities, heroism of heresy
And sever every emcee I see with severity!
Never forget
2018 anyone?
[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda]
The microphone molester (Lesta!), machete undresser
"Stupid-dope-fresh" type shit resurrector
Top gun, miramar, best-of-the-best-er
The leave-an-emcee-peace-in-rest-er (Rester!)
The skill tester, the flex-the-gunner
The make-funner, the adversary make runner
The make summer cold with rhymes I spit
Kick gift to lifted delinquent wit
I be prophet, my hand—top it? Stop it
Fly like rocket when I rock it
Lock it down with this perverse verse
Every fucking curse a burst of hurt
Move crowds; Physical fitness rhymes
Coke heads couldn't do my lines
I'm decorated like Christmas pines
My battalion rocks
Emcees become silhouettes of chalk
[Chorus: Chester Bennigton <3]
Reading My Eyes will say it in many ways
Losing my pride will save it in many days
[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda]
Hit the dirt 'cause the words I spit
Will do more than just rip your shirt
I'll bitch slap your soul
Contact the track control
You're coming at me? You can't hack it though!
So ridiculous, watching my crew get sick with this
Wickedness, pitching this, lyrical viciousness
To crews and cliques, made of men and mistresses
This is my life
The twilight in the fight night
And trying to see nothing but the highlights when I write
These eyes on horizons, die for my song, cry rhymes in krylon
Fire on, move men telekinetically
Esoterically beat-speaking with clarity
Feel my verities, heroism of heresy
And sever every emcee I see with severity!
[Chorus: Chester Bennigton]
Reading My Eyes will say it in many ways
Losing my pride will save it in many days
[Bridge:Chester Bennigton]
Why not… What I came… (3×)
Why not give me what I came to deserve?
Why not give me what I came to believe? (2×)
Why?
Aah! (2×)
Uh!
[Chorus: Chester Bennigton]
Reading My Eyes will say it in many ways
Losing my pride will save it in many days
Rest in peace Chester 😔❤❤
HEY Siiim1 GO FUCK YOUR SELF!
"I'll bitch slap your soul" XD
Yep, Mike's lyrics are incredibly raw in this song. His rap verses in this song alone puts a lot of today's emcee's to shame. I wish he would do this raw xero style again because he's such a great but underrated rapper. A of lot people tend to underestimate him due to the bias behind the nu-metal era.
Only mark can sing This song well (besides mikes parts obviously), Chesters voice doesn't belong in this song
I disagree, considering that Chester overall has a more powerful and versatile vocal range then Mark does. If anything, I think Mark doesn't fit the song very well but maybe it's because the Xero album had bad sound quality. Anyway, with Chester's passing, it would be interesting to see what Mark has been up to and I think it would be a great chance for a Xero reunion, remastered Xero songs, or back to roots kind of thing.
i understand, but i personally love the xero sampler tape, i guess i might be the only one but i love marks voice. i just think marks voice fits this song better than chesters. XD
ShooThemLlamas: Who knows? Maybe they might have Mark back in the band. It would be interesting to see what he could do now.
Evan Urena agreed
Mike was always sick,if he would have went solo he would have put any mainstream rapper in the dirt
Yep, he was on different sick kind of level. If he would have went solo, I would love to see his Reanimation/Hybrid Theory spirit of rap rock go into play considering that would make him stand out amongst the closed-minded hip-hop purists. I wonder what it would feel like if a half white half Asian rocker like Mike put these hip-hop elitists to shame. It would be like 8 mile all over again but nu-metal style. I know he would get points from legends like Cypress Hill.
He did go solo (Fort Minor)
Rip Chester :(
What year is this?
2017 Im Still here!
Rest in Peace Chester Bennington
Chester :'(
this song was everything rip chester
RIP Chester
RIP Chester [*]
descansa en paz chester!!! te vanos a extrañar!!!
Manuel Princigalli l
Rest in peace, Chester. :(
R.I.P Chester.....
R.I.P Chester.
RIP Chester
Chester will always have one of the best voices in music history.
Got that right. 🤘
Rest In Peace Chester
you are a monster of a vocalist chester RIP
I think the old linking park is very unique
Milan IDays Festival 2017 brought me here! Nice comeback, Mike!
Giò samee
How the heck does this song have 4 million views yet only about 9,000 likes. It's funny how a lot of their best songs are the most underrated ones.
I am agree with some of the comments, their roots were way much better than the pop-rock they doing nowadays...
Guys, ya got to check out the OG Xero version! It is like 10,000 times better!
linkin park ist die coolste Band
I think that they should just take all of the songs that don't belong in albums and put them together into an album and release it
LP fans, we can survive to One More Light!!!
I hate you all!
if they arent doing tours anymore then they should :D
when is linkin park doing another tour in australia
do you know similar bands?:)
HOLY CRAP IVE BEEN LISTENING TO ALL OF THE LPU ALBUMS THROUGH AGAIN, FUCKING ARREST ME NOW, BECAUSE ITS SUCH A CRIME THAT I HAVENT LISTENED TO THIS BEFORE!! Seriously though, this sounds fucking AWESOME!
wtf i thought i know all lp songs and now suddenly this appears in up next, why have i never heard it before??
I Feel like I've heard this on the radio when I was a kid hmm wonder why?
OMG I honestly haven't heard this song in like 10 years
Esta Cancion Fue En (Live Summer Sonic 2006) Tokio
I know every linkin park song and I've never heard this before. I guess i don't know every song lol
They have released a lot of songs with LP underground. For me too, ve a lot a song I've never knew before
me too lol
Matt Taur same
why so many down votes?
REMINISC3NT because of the 3 minutes of dead silence at the end
Eu queria muito poder achar o video desse show
dat tempo
esos screams de chester que te hacen emocionar al punto de hacerte llorar 😂😂😂
jajajajaja el mejor scream cuando era joven xD
en realidad es pq el hacer screams desgasta con el tiempo la voz y por ende el cambio :c
what CD is this from Underground 5??
Underground 6
This could be used for an anime video or something
Anyone here the girl screaming at the end?
been here for years. never gets old
u r real shit, not LP LP is best in the buisness
+Saurabh Sharma its for u siiim1
9 years, and im still here.
It's like yesterday
+Kira Vu Hell yeah
zadark HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!! A comment like that?!?!? Never seen that before!!! You're so special, original and creative!!!! I wanna be just like you when i grow up!!!!!!
still here 11 years?
how are you doing?
Wow...Chester beats Mark's ass off...
Shinobi Xero: Sorry, but I still believe that Chester definitely surpasses Mark on every xero song and singing in general. Mark is a good singer but Chester is on a whole other level. Just compare their screaming techniques, sound quality, and vocal range then you can see the difference. No one has convinced me otherwise.
just to be a little bit fair with mark, you are comparing a version that was recorded live with professional equipment and later went to post production for distribution, and on the other hand you have a version was recorded as a demo, with a 4 track cassette recorder with no production at all....technique definitely goes to chester, but quality cant really be part of the equation, if they would have made a fully produced version with mark on vocals, then it be a fair fight of who did it better
theres a version of rhinestone(forgotten) recorded studio quality. listen to it. its good. but its nothing compared to Chester in my opinion
Ved Potdar Is it the one from a tv series episode?
Ryanz yes.
Why can't Linkin Park go back to it's roots and make music like this again.
Also Hunting Party.
Gustavo Guillen I wish, I have been hoping for a Xero reuion for the past five five years.
joey green: It's probably more possible now then ever given the fact that they lost Chester. They might get Mark back in the band.
Gustavo Guillen But in the end, it doesn't even matter because and the moment, you can't think about doing new music... 😭😢
Evan Urena No, they wouldn't, because Mark Wakefield left the band, because he didn't like performing anymore. Do you think he changed with his opinion after years?
I LOVE U TOO!
This shit is a good jam!!
They were amazing, smart, with a unique rock style ... unlike today.
No it's true man. Their recent songs are like a copy from other pop/heavy rock bands, unlike the old songs.
The Hunting Party is more of being inspired than copying other bands. Sure, they were inspired by other bands, from the 80s and 90s tho, and they were trying to make classic heavy rock mainstream again, that's basically what the purpose of this album was. Also, they got older, their music tastes change, and they can't make angsty lyrics anymore. They can't make their old style of music, and they won't. Back then, they were unique. MTM came, they started moving away from nu metal, not as unique anymore. ATS was completely different. LT was basically all their albums, I thought that was unique. THP is not unique when compared to music of all time, but as I've said before, the purpose was to make the classic heavy rock sound mainstream again. I thought it was unique enough for present day, because no one makes that sound anymore.
no videos at all(yet): Angsty lyrics are not directed correlated with sound so you don't have to be angsty lyrically to do Nu-metal music. In other words, you don't have to change your sound in order to be lyrically mature. In fact, their newer material is not that much lyrically mature then their older material and there are even a great number of songs in the newer material that are lyrically less mature then some of their older songs like Papercut, a lyrically intense song about paranoia. P.O.D, a Christian nu-metal band, is a great counterexample of generic angsty nu-metal music like Limp Bizkit and all of their songs are about religion and much more lyrically mature then any of Linkin Park's material. So that's merely more of an excuse to change format for the sake of following trends or worrying about what other people label you as rather than doing the more unique thing by blending in old original sounds with newer sounds, just like what Reanimation did.
@Evan Urena I am aware, but IMO, the lyrics had something to do with making to music good. I am perfectly aware you don't need angsty lyrics to make nu metal.
"Worrying about what what other people label." Nope, they actually don't care about what people think. Their music tastes change, therefore the music will be different.
Anyway, you are aware that they're in the process of making a new album right? Hopefully it will be more unique.
Evan Urena Holy shit have you actually fucking listened to any of Living Things?
Awesome
LOVE YOU ALL