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* In "Pushing Me Away", Mike raps "Even the people who never frown eventually break down". When Chester died by suicide, his wife Talinda was quick to point out that he had been laughing and having a good time merely hours before, showing no signs that he was planning to kill himself. The band felt similarly as he appeared to have put his demons behind him due to years of positive attention.
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* In "Pushing Me Away", Mike raps "Even the people who never frown eventually break down". When Chester died by suicide, his wife Talinda was quick to point out that he had been laughing and having a good time merely hours before, showing no signs that he was planning to kill himself. [[note]]If someone goes from being dour and sad to happy and laughing without warning or apparent cause, ''this can be a huge red flag'' - it could mean they've decided to finally go through with taking their own life and are looking forward to their problems being over.[[/note]] The band felt similarly as he appeared to have put his demons behind him due to years of positive attention.
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''You were just like me with someone disappointed in you''\\
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* The chorus and bridge of "Numb":
-->''I've become so numb''\\
''I can't feel you there''\\
''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''\\
''And I know''\\
''I may end up failing too''\\
''But I know''\\
''You were just like me with someone disappointed in you''\\
-->''I've become so numb''\\
''I can't feel you there''\\
''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''\\
''And I know''\\
''I may end up failing too''\\
''But I know''\\
''You were just like me with someone disappointed in you''\\
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* In "Pushing Me Away", Mike raps "Even the people who never frown eventually break down". When Chester committed suicide, his wife Talinda was quick to point out that he had been laughing and having a good time merely hours before, showing no signs that he was planning to kill himself. The band felt similarly as he appeared to have put his demons behind him due to years of positive attention.
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* In "Pushing Me Away", Mike raps "Even the people who never frown eventually break down". When Chester committed died by suicide, his wife Talinda was quick to point out that he had been laughing and having a good time merely hours before, showing no signs that he was planning to kill himself. The band felt similarly as he appeared to have put his demons behind him due to years of positive attention.
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* "Walking Dead" by Z-Trip featuring Chester Bennington begins with this spoken line, which becomes harsher because Chester never left a suicide note.
-->''Suppose you were to die tonight. What would you say?''
-->''Suppose you were to die tonight. What would you say?''
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This might've had a place back when it was placed under "Funny Aneurism Moment" and before Chester passed, but now on a page purely about the musical CONTENT in relation to the loss of Chester, this doesn't seem relevant and outright labeling them "hypocrites" for changing their music style, right underneath the entry mentioning said backlash for said change, just seems especially mean-spirited now.
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* While promoting ''The Hunting Party'', notable for being their only straight-up rock album, the band griped about how too many rock bands were changing their sound too much until they just sounded like generic pop. Then came ''One More Light'', where the band [[{{Hypocrite}} completely abandoned their rock sound for generic pop]].
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* The Xero demo "Reading My Eyes" features Mike rapping that he is "the microphone molester". A couple of years later, Chester Bennington would join the band, and had been tormented by people at school calling him "Chester the molester" (not helped by the fact he actually ''was'' molested for six years as a child). One can imagine him wincing when hearing those lyrics (Chester tried to roll with it a while, wearing a "Chester the Molester" T-shirt in the band's early days). Not surprisingly, it wasn't performed live until 2006 as a fan request.
* While promoting ''The Hunting Party'', notable for being their only straight-up rock album, the band griped about how too many rock bands were changing their sound too much until they just sounded like generic pop. Then came ''One More Light'', where the band [[{{Hypocrite}} completely abandoned their rock sound for generic pop]].
* After Chester's suicide, a lot of the band's more angsty songs ("Numb", "Breaking the Habit", "Given Up", "What I've Done", "Heavy") went from {{narm}}tastic "angry white boy" music to an unambiguous cry for help from a seriously depressed person. Jokes about "Crawling" in particular being "music to cut your wrists to" seem particularly cringeworthy now.
* While promoting ''The Hunting Party'', notable for being their only straight-up rock album, the band griped about how too many rock bands were changing their sound too much until they just sounded like generic pop. Then came ''One More Light'', where the band [[{{Hypocrite}} completely abandoned their rock sound for generic pop]].
* After Chester's suicide, a lot of the band's more angsty songs ("Numb", "Breaking the Habit", "Given Up", "What I've Done", "Heavy") went from {{narm}}tastic "angry white boy" music to an unambiguous cry for help from a seriously depressed person. Jokes about "Crawling" in particular being "music to cut your wrists to" seem particularly cringeworthy now.
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** Breaking the Habit in general, while not written by or about Chester (Mike wrote it about another friend struggling with drug addiction long before meeting Chester and Chester teared up upon reading Mike's lyrics) still remains incredibly heartbreaking to think about in hindsight, especially when rewatching concert footage and watching Chester's movements and actions during the performance; emphasizing verses like [[DespairEventHorizon "I'll]] ''[[DrivenToSuicide never]]'' [[DespairEventHorizon be alright."]]
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** Breaking the Habit "Breaking The Habit" in general, while not written by or about Chester (Mike wrote it about another friend struggling with drug addiction long before meeting Chester and Chester teared up upon reading Mike's lyrics) still remains incredibly heartbreaking to think about in hindsight, especially when rewatching concert footage and watching Chester's movements and actions during the performance; emphasizing verses like [[DespairEventHorizon "I'll]] ''[[DrivenToSuicide never]]'' [[DespairEventHorizon be alright."]]
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** Breaking the Habit in general, while not written by or about Chester (Mike wrote it about another friend struggling with drug addiction long before meeting Chester and Chester teared up upon reading Mike’s lyrics) still remains incredibly heartbreaking to think about in hindsight, especially when rewatching concert footage and watching Chester’s movements and actions during the performance; emphasizing verses like [[DespairEventHorizon "I'll]] ''[[DrivenToSuicide never]]'' [[DespairEventHorizon be alright."]]
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** Breaking the Habit in general, while not written by or about Chester (Mike wrote it about another friend struggling with drug addiction long before meeting Chester and Chester teared up upon reading Mike’s Mike's lyrics) still remains incredibly heartbreaking to think about in hindsight, especially when rewatching concert footage and watching Chester’s Chester's movements and actions during the performance; emphasizing verses like [[DespairEventHorizon "I'll]] ''[[DrivenToSuicide never]]'' [[DespairEventHorizon be alright."]]
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A lot of details in Linkin Park's songs have become uncomfortable in the wake of Chester Bennington's suicide:
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A lot of details in Linkin Park's Music/LinkinPark's songs have become uncomfortable in the wake of Chester Bennington's suicide:
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** Breaking the Habit in general, while not written by or about Chester (Mike wrote it about another friend struggling with drug addiction long before meeting Chester and Chester teared up upon reading Mike’s lyrics) still remains incredibly heartbreaking to think about in hindsight, especially when rewatching concert footage and watching Chester’s movements and actions during the performance; emphasizing verses like [[DespairEventHorizon "I'll]] ''[[DrivenToSuicide never]]'' [[DespairEventHorizon be alright."]]
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A lot of things details in Linkin Park's songs have become uncomfortable in the wake of Chester Bennington's suicide:
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A lot of things in the wake of Chester's Chester Bennington's suicide:
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* Chester was close friends with Music/ChrisCornell, who had also committed suicide by hanging mere weeks earlier. Chester's suicide happened on what would have been Cornell's 53rd birthday.
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* Chester was close friends with Music/ChrisCornell, who had also committed died of suicide by hanging mere weeks earlier. Chester's suicide happened on what would have been Cornell's 53rd birthday.
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** Chester had another band as a side project called Dead by Sunrise. He was pronounced dead at 9 AM the day he committed suicide.
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** Chester had another band as a side project called Dead by Sunrise. He was pronounced dead at 9 AM the day he committed died of suicide.
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* "Given Up" is a particularly harsh example, with Chester asking "What the fuck is wrong with me" and screaming to put him out of misery. It feels like Chester was screaming for help, and seemingly no one (at least amongst his fans) took notice until it was too late.
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* "Given Up" is a particularly harsh example, with Chester asking "What the fuck is wrong with me" and screaming to put him out of misery. It feels like Chester was screaming for help, and seemingly no one (at least amongst his fans) took notice until it was too late.late.
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* Lyrically, ''One More Light'' sounds like one of Chester's most personal albums. Musically, it was widely criticized as the one Linkin Park album that sounded nothing like Linkin Park. Even up until the end, nobody wanted to hear what he had to say.
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* Lyrically, ''One More Light'' sounds like one of Chester's most personal albums. Musically, it was widely criticized as the one Linkin Park album that sounded nothing like Linkin Park. Even up until the end, nobody wanted to hear what he had to say.say.
* "Given Up" is a particularly harsh example, with Chester asking "What the fuck is wrong with me" and screaming to put him out of misery. It feels like Chester was screaming for help, and seemingly no one (at least amongst his fans) took notice until it was too late.
* "Given Up" is a particularly harsh example, with Chester asking "What the fuck is wrong with me" and screaming to put him out of misery. It feels like Chester was screaming for help, and seemingly no one (at least amongst his fans) took notice until it was too late.
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* Lyrically, ''One More Light'' sounds like one of Chester's most personal albums. Musically, it was widely criticized as the one Linkin Park album that sounded nothing like Linkin Park. Even up until the end, nobody wanted to hear what he had to say.
** YMMV on this since people HAVE pointed out that the personal lyrics and the "impersonal" and plastic-y music didn't mesh well.
** YMMV on this since people HAVE pointed out that the personal lyrics and the "impersonal" and plastic-y music didn't mesh well.
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* Lyrically, ''One More Light'' sounds like one of Chester's most personal albums. Musically, it was widely criticized as the one Linkin Park album that sounded nothing like Linkin Park. Even up until the end, nobody wanted to hear what he had to say.
** YMMV on this since people HAVE pointed out that the personal lyrics and the "impersonal" and plastic-y music didn't mesh well.say.
** YMMV on this since people HAVE pointed out that the personal lyrics and the "impersonal" and plastic-y music didn't mesh well.
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** In 2010, Chester sang with Music/{{Santana}} on their cover of "Riders on the Storm" by Music/TheDoors. Music/CarlosSantana was also born on July 20th.
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* Lyrically, ''One More Light'' sounds like one of Chester's most personal albums. Musically, it was widely criticized as the one Linkin Park album that sounded nothing like Linkin Park. Even up until the end, nobody wanted to hear what he had to say.
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* Lyrically, ''One More Light'' sounds like one of Chester's most personal albums. Musically, it was widely criticized as the one Linkin Park album that sounded nothing like Linkin Park. Even up until the end, nobody wanted to hear what he had to say.say.
** YMMV on this since people HAVE pointed out that the personal lyrics and the "impersonal" and plastic-y music didn't mesh well.
** YMMV on this since people HAVE pointed out that the personal lyrics and the "impersonal" and plastic-y music didn't mesh well.
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** "Bleed It Out" (though Mike raps it out himself):
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* Chester jumps to his death in the video for "Breaking The Habit" while his ghost then wanders the city and observes the tragedies in various people's lives.
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* Chester jumps to his death in the video for "Breaking The Habit" while and his ghost then wanders the city and observes the tragedies in various people's lives.
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* He jumps to his death in the video for "Breaking The Habit" while his ghost then wanders the city and observes the tragedies in various people's lives.
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* He Chester jumps to his death in the video for "Breaking The Habit" while his ghost then wanders the city and observes the tragedies in various people's lives.
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* In "Pushing Me Away", Mike raps "Even the people who never frown eventually break down". When Chester committed suicide, his wife Talinda was quick to point out that he had been laughing and having a good time merely hours before, showing no signs that he was planning to kill himself. The band felt similarly as he appeared to have put his demons behind him due to years of positive attention.
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* Chester was close friends with Chris Cornell, who had also committed suicide by hanging mere weeks earlier. Chester's suicide happened on what would have been Cornell's 53rd birthday.
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* Chester was close friends with Chris Cornell, Music/ChrisCornell, who had also committed suicide by hanging mere weeks earlier. Chester's suicide happened on what would have been Cornell's 53rd birthday.
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A lot of things in the wake of Chester's suicide:
* He jumps to his death in the video for "Breaking The Habit".
* Chester was close friends with Chris Cornell, who had also committed suicide by hanging mere weeks earlier. Chester's suicide happened on what would have been Cornell's 53rd birthday.
** Not only that, but Chester performed "Hallelujah" at Chris' funeral. Two weeks later, it could ironically be counted as a song dedicated to Chester himself.
* Chester's violent outbursts at the negative response to ''One More Light'' now seem less like him just being a prima donna and an early sign of the pent-up anger that would eventually consume him.
* The chorus to "In the End".
-->''I tried so hard and got so far''\\
''In the end, it doesn't even matter''\\
''I had to fall to lose it all''\\
''But in the end, it doesn't even matter''
** These lyrics from "Shadow of the Day":
-->''In cards and flowers on your window''\\
''Your friends all plead for you to stay''\\
''Sometimes beginnings aren't so simple''\\
''Sometimes goodbye's the only way''
** The chorus of "Somewhere I Belong," which is about letting go of the pain he felt so long.
-->''I want to heal''\\
''I want to feel''\\
''What I thought was never real''\\
''I want to let go of the pain I felt so long (Erase all the pain 'til it's gone)''\\
''I want to heal''\\
''I want to feel''\\
''Like I'm close to something real''\\
''I want to find something I've wanted all along''\\
''Somewhere I belong''
* "Easier to Run," especially the second verse:
-->''Sometimes I remember''\\
''The darkness of my past,''\\
''Bringing back these memories''\\
''I wish I didn't have.''\\
''Sometimes I think of letting go''\\
''And never looking back''\\
''And never moving forward so''\\
''There'd never be a past.''
* "Forgotten":
-->''In the memory you'll find me''\\
''Eyes burning up''\\
''The darkness holding me tightly''\\
''Until the sun rises up''
** "Bleed It Out" (though Mike raps it out himself):
-->''Filthy mouth, no excuse''\\
''Find a new place to hang this noose''\\
''String me up from atop these roofs''\\
''Knot it tight so I won't get loose''
* The chorus of "Nobody's Listening." It sounds like he's telling you ''point blank'' that something is wrong and he needs help.
-->''Tried to give you warning but everyone ignores me''\\
''(Told you everything loud and clear)''\\
''But nobody's listening''\\
''Called to you so clearly but you don't want to hear me''\\
''(Told you everything loud and clear)''\\
''But nobody's listening''
* "Waiting For The End" is a similar case to "Leave Out All The Rest", as the singer is begging forgiveness for some wrongs he said in the past and declares a sincere desire to move on.
-->''What was left when that fire was gone?''\\
''I thought it felt right but that right was wrong''\\
''All caught up in the eye of the storm''\\
''And trying to figure out what it's like moving on''\\
''And I don't even know what kind of things I said''\\
''My mouth kept moving and my mind went dead''\\
''So I'm picking up the pieces, now where to begin''\\
''The hardest part of ending is starting again''
* "Leave Out All The Rest" becomes even more chilling if you think that the lines "Forget the wrong that I've done" and "Don't resent me" seem to foreshadow his angry outbursts months before his death in regards to the backlash ''One More Light'' received.
** Related to all of the above lyrical quotes, Chester didn't leave a suicide note, but looking back on the band's whole discography (especially ''One More Light''), it's easy to read Chester's ''entire body of work'' as one long suicide note, like all of the evidence was there in plain sight and nobody noticed.
** Chester had another band as a side project called Dead by Sunrise. He was pronounced dead at 9 AM the day he committed suicide.
* Just before his death, he had been gushing on Twitter about his love for Music/TwentyOnePilots, a band known for their lyrics about depression and especially suicidal thoughts. It's a stretch to think that their music caused his suicide, but the fact that he was listening to them so much at the time showed that it was heavy on his mind.
* In the behind-the-scenes video for "Heavy," Chester says that when his double, Rory, makes it as an actor, then Chester will repay Rory by becoming his stunt double. That will never happen.
* Lyrically, ''One More Light'' sounds like one of Chester's most personal albums. Musically, it was widely criticized as the one Linkin Park album that sounded nothing like Linkin Park. Even up until the end, nobody wanted to hear what he had to say.
* He jumps to his death in the video for "Breaking The Habit".
* Chester was close friends with Chris Cornell, who had also committed suicide by hanging mere weeks earlier. Chester's suicide happened on what would have been Cornell's 53rd birthday.
** Not only that, but Chester performed "Hallelujah" at Chris' funeral. Two weeks later, it could ironically be counted as a song dedicated to Chester himself.
* Chester's violent outbursts at the negative response to ''One More Light'' now seem less like him just being a prima donna and an early sign of the pent-up anger that would eventually consume him.
* The chorus to "In the End".
-->''I tried so hard and got so far''\\
''In the end, it doesn't even matter''\\
''I had to fall to lose it all''\\
''But in the end, it doesn't even matter''
** These lyrics from "Shadow of the Day":
-->''In cards and flowers on your window''\\
''Your friends all plead for you to stay''\\
''Sometimes beginnings aren't so simple''\\
''Sometimes goodbye's the only way''
** The chorus of "Somewhere I Belong," which is about letting go of the pain he felt so long.
-->''I want to heal''\\
''I want to feel''\\
''What I thought was never real''\\
''I want to let go of the pain I felt so long (Erase all the pain 'til it's gone)''\\
''I want to heal''\\
''I want to feel''\\
''Like I'm close to something real''\\
''I want to find something I've wanted all along''\\
''Somewhere I belong''
* "Easier to Run," especially the second verse:
-->''Sometimes I remember''\\
''The darkness of my past,''\\
''Bringing back these memories''\\
''I wish I didn't have.''\\
''Sometimes I think of letting go''\\
''And never looking back''\\
''And never moving forward so''\\
''There'd never be a past.''
* "Forgotten":
-->''In the memory you'll find me''\\
''Eyes burning up''\\
''The darkness holding me tightly''\\
''Until the sun rises up''
** "Bleed It Out" (though Mike raps it out himself):
-->''Filthy mouth, no excuse''\\
''Find a new place to hang this noose''\\
''String me up from atop these roofs''\\
''Knot it tight so I won't get loose''
* The chorus of "Nobody's Listening." It sounds like he's telling you ''point blank'' that something is wrong and he needs help.
-->''Tried to give you warning but everyone ignores me''\\
''(Told you everything loud and clear)''\\
''But nobody's listening''\\
''Called to you so clearly but you don't want to hear me''\\
''(Told you everything loud and clear)''\\
''But nobody's listening''
* "Waiting For The End" is a similar case to "Leave Out All The Rest", as the singer is begging forgiveness for some wrongs he said in the past and declares a sincere desire to move on.
-->''What was left when that fire was gone?''\\
''I thought it felt right but that right was wrong''\\
''All caught up in the eye of the storm''\\
''And trying to figure out what it's like moving on''\\
''And I don't even know what kind of things I said''\\
''My mouth kept moving and my mind went dead''\\
''So I'm picking up the pieces, now where to begin''\\
''The hardest part of ending is starting again''
* "Leave Out All The Rest" becomes even more chilling if you think that the lines "Forget the wrong that I've done" and "Don't resent me" seem to foreshadow his angry outbursts months before his death in regards to the backlash ''One More Light'' received.
** Related to all of the above lyrical quotes, Chester didn't leave a suicide note, but looking back on the band's whole discography (especially ''One More Light''), it's easy to read Chester's ''entire body of work'' as one long suicide note, like all of the evidence was there in plain sight and nobody noticed.
** Chester had another band as a side project called Dead by Sunrise. He was pronounced dead at 9 AM the day he committed suicide.
* Just before his death, he had been gushing on Twitter about his love for Music/TwentyOnePilots, a band known for their lyrics about depression and especially suicidal thoughts. It's a stretch to think that their music caused his suicide, but the fact that he was listening to them so much at the time showed that it was heavy on his mind.
* In the behind-the-scenes video for "Heavy," Chester says that when his double, Rory, makes it as an actor, then Chester will repay Rory by becoming his stunt double. That will never happen.
* Lyrically, ''One More Light'' sounds like one of Chester's most personal albums. Musically, it was widely criticized as the one Linkin Park album that sounded nothing like Linkin Park. Even up until the end, nobody wanted to hear what he had to say.
