MANGA

Manga (漫画) (baca: man-ga, atau ma-ng-ga) merupakan kata komik dalam bahasa Jepang; di luar Jepang, kata tersebut digunakan khusus untuk membicarakan tentang komik Jepang. Mangaka (漫画家) (baca: man-ga-ka, atau ma-ng-ga-ka) adalah orang yang menggambar manga.

Manga di Jepang

Majalah-majalah manga di Jepang biasanya terdiri dari beberapa judul komik yang masing-masing mengisi sekitar 30-40 halaman majalah itu (satu chapter/bab). Majalah-majalah tersebut sendiri biasanya mempunyai tebal berkisar antara 200 hingga 850 halaman. Sebuah judul manga yang sukses dapat terbit hingga bertahun-tahun seperti "ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 / Jojo no Kimyō na Bōken / JoJo's Bizarre Adventure / Misi Rahasia". Umumnya, judul-judul yang sukses dapat diangkat untuk dijadikan dalam bentuk animasi (atau sekarang lebih dikenal dengan istilah ANIME) contohnya adalah seperti Naruto, Bleach dan One Piece

Beberapa manga cerita aslinya bisa diangkat berdasarkan dari novel / visual novel, contohnya adalah "Basilisk" (tidak beredar di Indonesia) berdasarkan dari novel "甲賀忍法帖, Kōga Ninpōchō" oleh Futaro Yamada, yang menceritakan pertarungan antara klan ninja Tsubagakure Iga dan klan ninja Manjidani Koga. Ada juga yang mengangkat dari segi sejarah, seperti sejarah Tiga Kerajaan (The Three Kingdom) seperti Legenda Naga (Ryuuroden) dan sejarah-sejarah Jepang, kadang ada yang memakai nama yang benar benar ada, ada juga yang memakai tokoh fiktif.
Setelah beberapa lama, cerita-cerita dari majalah itu akan dikumpulkan dan dicetak dalam bentuk buku berukuran biasa, yang disebut tankōbon (atau kadang dikenal sebagai istilah volume). Komik dalam bentuk ini biasanya dicetak di atas kertas berkualitas tinggi dan berguna buat orang-orang yang tidak atau malas membeli majalah-majalah manga yang terbit mingguan yang memiliki beragam campuran cerita/judul. Dari bentuk tankōbon inilah manga biasanya diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa-bahasa lain di negara-negara lain seperti Indonesia.

Untuk beberapa judul (yang sukses) bahkan telah/akan dibuat versi manusia (Live Action, atau kadang disingkat sebagai L.A. di jepang), beberapa judul yang telah diangkat menjadi Live Action adalah Death Note, Detektif Conan, GeGeGe no Kintaro, Cutie Honie, Casshern, DevilMan, Saigake!! Otokojuku dan lain lain [2]

Lebih lanjut sebagian judul juga akan dibuat remake kembali secara internasional oleh produsen di luar negara Jepang, seperti Amerika, yang membuat film Live Action Dragon Ball versi Hollywood (20'th Century Fox)[3], dan kabarnya juga akan dibuat versi live action dari Death Note oleh pihak produser barat.

Berdasarkan jenis pembaca

Manga yang khusus ditujukan untuk anak-anak disebut kodomo (子供) — untuk anak-anak.
Manga yang khusus ditujukan untuk (Wanita) dewasa disebut josei (女性) (atau redikomi) — wanita.
Manga yang khusus ditujukan untuk dewasa disebut seinen (青年) — pria.
Manga yang khusus ditujukan untuk perempuan disebut shōjo (少女) — remaja perempuan.
Manga yang khusus ditujukan untuk laki-laki disebut Shōnen (少年) — remaja lelaki.

Banyak dari jenis-jenis ini juga berlaku untuk anime dan permainan komputer Jepang.

Dua penerbit manga terbesar di Jepang adalah shogakukan (小学館) dan shueisha (集英社).

Gaya penggambaran

Rata-rata mangaka di Jepang menggunakan gaya/style sederhana dalam menggambar manga. Tetapi, gambar latar belakangnya hampir semua manga digambar serealistis mungkin, biarpun gambar karakternya benar-benar sederhana. Para mangaka menggambar sederhana khususnya pada bagian muka, dengan ciri khas mata besar, mulut kecil dan hidung sejumput. Ada juga gaya menggambar Lolicon maupun Shotacon.

Tidak semua manga digambarkan dengan sederhana. Beberapa mangaka menggunakan style yang realistis, walaupun dalam beberapa elemen masih bisa dikategorikan manga. Seperti contohnya Vagabond, karya Takehiko Inoue yang menonjolkan penggunaan arsir, proporsi seimbang dan setting yang realistis.[rujukan?] Tetap, Vagabond dikategorikan manga karena gaya penggambaran mata, serta beberapa bagian yang simpel. Manga juga biasa digambar dalam monochrome dan gradasinya yang biasa disebut tone.

Untuk komik jangka panjang atau yang memiliki ratusan volume, umumnya seiring dengan perkembangan waktu, para mangaka akan mengalami perubahan goresan yang cukup signifikan.[rujukan?] Contoh yang umum di Indonesia mungkin karaya Hojo Tsukasa yang dari Cat Eyes berubah menjadi seperti dalam City Hunter. Atau karya lain Ah ! My Goddess yang dimulai sejak 1988 dan sampai sekarang masih terus berjalan. One Piece and Naruto pun cukup berubah bila dibandingkan pada goresan volume volume awal.

Doujinshi

Doujinshi adalah sebutan bagi manga yang dibuat oleh fans manga tersebut yang memiliki alur cerita atau ending yang berbeda dari manga aslinya. Para fans ini biasa mendistribusikannya dari tangan ke tangan, dijual secara indie di toko doujinshi, atau mengikuti konvensi akbar doujinshi yang biasa disebut Comiket. Disini dijual ribuan judul doujinshi tiap tahunnya. Pengunjungnya bisa mencapai 400.000 orang.

Doujinshi sendiri kadang menjadi batu loncatan seseorang/kelompok untuk menjadi mangaka. Ken Akamatsu (Love Hina, Negima) juga sering membuat dojin karyanya sendiri. Manga yang bertema hentai biasanya adalah dojin dari manga tertentu yang sudah terkenal. Biasanya karakter manga tersebut memang didesain untuk jadi "sasaran" para dojin-ka (sebutan bagi para pembuat dojin, sama seperi manga-ka).

Manga di Indonesia

Penerbit

Dua penerbit manga terbesar di Indonesia adalah Elex Media Komputindo dan m&c Comics yang merupakan bagian dari kelompok Gramedia. Sekitar tahun 2005, kelompok Gramedia juga telah menghadirkan Level Comics, yang lebih terfokus pada penerbitan manga-manga bergenre Seinen (dewasa)

Tedapat beberapa penerbit ilegal di Indonesia, namun tampaknya peredarannya hanya sebatas di wilayah kota kota besar, karena untuk beberapa daerah tidak ditemukan komik-komik jenis ini. Perbedaan yang mencolok dari penerbit ilegal ini, mereka tampak lebih terbuka terhadap sensor dibandingkan dengan manga terbitan Elex yang jauh lebih ketat dalam hal sensor.

Format baca dan Kejanggalan

Aslinya bahasa Jepang biasanya ditulis dari kanan ke kiri, sehingga penggambaran manga dan ditulis dengan sistem seperti ini di Jepang, yang umum disebut sebagai istilahnya "raw" (mentah). Hal ini berbeda dengan kebiasaan masyarakat Indonesia yang biasa membaca dari kiri (atau sebagai patokan cover depan ada di bagian kiri) ke kanan. Sebelum tahun 2000-an, menyikapi masalah perbedaan budaya ini, ketika diterjemahkan ke dalam bahasa Indonesia gambar dan halamannya umumnya di-flip sehingga dapat dibaca dari kiri ke kanan. Hal ini menyebabkan sering terlihat tokoh tokoh dalam komik terlihat kidal (penggunaan tangan kiri yang dominan) dan sedikit aneh.

Untuk beberapa manga yang tidak mempermasalahkan keadaan terbalik ini, hal semacam ini tidak terlalu dipermasalahkan, namun kerancuan menjadi sangat mengganggu dalam terjemahan manga genre detektif seperti Detektif Conan, Q.E.D atau Detektif Kindaichi yang sering memberikan informasi/petunjuk yang sangat menyesatkan pembaca karena pada bagian cerita di bab depan tidak sesuai dengan hasil deduksi/kesimpulan dari tokoh utama maupun fakta yang tergambar dalam cerita. Bahkan dalam suatu buku cerita, kadangkala hanya satu panel yang dibalik (pada bagian deduksi) yang semakin memperparah inti cerita.

Manga pertama yang mepertahankan format seperti format Jepang asli (raw) adalah Rurouni Kenshin. Selain itu, beberapa penulis komik seperti Takehiko Inoue yang menciptakan komik Slam Dunk tidak setuju karya mereka diubah begitu saja dan minta agar karya mereka dibiarkan dalam format aslinya (raw). Kini, manga-manga yang terbit di Indonesia biasanya sudah diterbitkan dalam format aslinya, terutama untuk pernerbit terbitan "LEVEL COMICS" semuannya sudah mengikuti format asli RAW Jepang, kecuali untuk beberapa judul dari penerbit "Elex Media Komputindo" yang sebagian ada yang telah mulai diterbitkan sebelum tahun 2000-an.

Beberapa judul (yang telah diterjemahkan / dikenal dalam bahasa Indonesia) yang telah memakai format baca ala jepang (raw) adalah :

Monster (2003) M&C!

Monster - Urasawa Naoki (1995)

Comic Bomber (2008) Elex Media Komputindo

Hoero Pen - SHIMAMOTO Kazuhiko (2002)

ROAD to St. ANDREWS DANDOH XI (2008) Elex Media Komputindo

DAN DOH!! XI - SAKATA Nobuhiro & BANJO Daichi (2002)

AEGIS in the DARK (2008) Elex Media Komputindo

YAMI NO AEGIS - NANATSUKI Kyouichi & FUJIWARA Yoshihide (2006)

C.M.B. (2008) Elex Media Komputindo

C.M.B. - Shinra Hakubutstukan no Jiken Mokuroku - Motohiro Katou (2006)

Kungfu Boy Legends (2008) Elex Media Komputindo

Tekken Chinmi Legends - Takeshi Maekawa (2007)

A.S.Animal Sense (2008) Elex Media Komputindo

A.S.(Animal Sense) - Takeshi Maekawa (2006)

Yotsuba &! (2008) Elex Media Komputindo

Yotsubato! - Kiyohiko Azuma / Yotuba Sutazio (2007)

Azumanga DAIOH Elex Media Komputindo
ONE PIECE Elex Media Komputindo
Gash Bell M&C!
Ghost Sweeper Mikami Elex Media Komputindo

Berikut beberapa website penyedia manga online :

BACAMANGA
MANGAONEE
MANGAFOX
ANIMECRAZY
MANGAVOLUME
MANGASHARE
MANGATHAT
UNIXMANGA
7MANGA
MANGAREADER
ONEMANGA

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With You

I woke up in a dream today
To the cold of the static / and put my cold feet on the floor
Forgot all about yesterday
Remembering I?m pretending to be where I?m not anymore
A little taste of hypocrisy
And I?m left in the wake of the mistake / slow to react
Even though you?re so close to me
You?re still so distant / And I can?t bring you back
It?s true / the way I feel
Was promised by your face
The sound of your voice
Painted on my memories
Even if you?re not with me
I?m with you
You / Now I see/ keeping everything inside
You / Now I see / Even when I close my eyes
I hit you and you hit me back
We fall to the floor / the rest of the day stands still
Fine line between this and that
When things go wrong I pretend the past isn?t real
Now I'm trapped in this memory
And I?m left in the wake of the mistake / slow to react
Even though you?re close to me
You?re still so distant / And I can?t bring you back
no
No matter how far we've come
I can't wait to see tomorrow
With you

Somewhere I Belong

When this began
I had nothing to say
And I'd get lost in the nothingness inside of me
I was confused
And I let it all out to find that I'm
Not the only person with these things in mind
Inside of me
But all the vacancy the words revealed
Is the only real thing that I've got left to feel
Nothing to lose
Just stuck/hollow and alone
And the fault is my own
And the fault is my own

I wanna heal
I wanna feel
What I thought was never real
I want to let go of the pain I've held 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

And I've got nothing to say
I can't believe I didn't fall right down on my face
I was confused
Looking everywhere/only to find that it's
Not the way I had imagined it all in my mind
So what am I
What do I have but negativity
'Cause I can't justify the
Way everyone is looking at me
Nothing to lose
Nothing to gain/hollow and alone
And the fault is my own
The fault is my own

I will never know
myself until I do this on my own
And I will never feel
Anything else until my wounds are healed
I will never be
Anything 'til I break away from me
And I will break away
I'll find myself today

I wanna heal
I wanna feel like I'm
Somewhere I belong

Runaway

Graffiti decorations
Underneath a sky of dust
A constant wave of tension
On top of broken trust
The lessons that you taught me
I learn were never true
Now I find myself in question
They point the finger at me again
Guilty by association
You point the finger at me again

Paper bags and angry voices
Under a sky of dust
Another wave of tension
Has more than filled me up
All my talk of taking action
These words were never true
Now I find myself in question
They point the finger at me again
Guilty by association
You point the finger at me again

I wanna run away
Never say goodbye
I wanna know the truth
Instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answers
No more lies
I wanna shut the door
And open up my mind

Gonna run away...

Pushing Me Away

I've lied to you
The same way that I always do
This is the last smile
That I'll fake for the sake of being with you

Pre chorus:
(Everything falls apart, even the people who never frown eventually break down)
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
(Everything has to end, you'll soon find we're out of time left to watch it all unwind)
The sacrifice is never knowing

Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me pushes me away

I've tried like you
To do everything you wanted too
This is the last time
I'll take the blame for the sake of being with you

Pre chorus
Chorus (2x)

We're all out of time, this is how we find how it all unwinds
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
We're all out of time, this is how we find how it all unwinds
The sacrifice is never knowing

Chorus (2x)

Pushes me away?(2x)

Points of Authority

Forfeit the game / Before somebody else
Takes you out of the frame / Puts your name to shame
Cover up your face / You can?t run the race
The pace is too fast / You just can?t last

You love the way I look at you
While taking pleasure in the awful things you put me through
You take away if I give in
My life
My pride is broken

You love the things I say I?ll do-
The way I?ll hurt myself again just to get back at you
You take away when I give in / my life
My pride is broken

You like to think you?re never wrong
You want to act like you?re someone
You want someone to hurt like you
You want to share what you?ve been through
(You live what you learn)

Papercut

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
It's 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 underneath 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 the face inside is right beneath my skin

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

Chorus

The face inside is right beneath your skin (3x)

The sun goes down
I feel the light betray me (Repeat until end)

Chorus (Repeat until end)

One Step Closer

I cannot take this anymore
I'm saying everything I've said before
All these words they make no sense
I find bliss in ignorance
Less I hear the less you'll say
But you'll find that out anyway
Just like before...

Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break
I need a little room to breathe
Cause I'm one step closer to the edge
And I'm about to break

I find the answers aren't so clear
Wish I could find a way to disappear
All these thoughts they make no sense
I find bliss in ignorance
Nothing seems to go away
Over and over again

shut up when I'm talking to you

Numb

i'm tired of being what you want me to be
feeling so faithless
lost under the surface
i 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

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

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

but i know
i may end up failing too
but i know
you were just like me
with someone disappointed in you

No More Sorrow

Are you lost, In your lies?
Do you tell yourself, I don't realize?
Your crusades, A disguise.
You replaced freedom with fear,
You trade money for lives.

I'm aware of what you've done.

No, No More Sorrow.
I've paid for your mistakes.
Your time is borrowed.
Your time has come to be replaced.

I see pain, I see need.
I see liars and thieves,
Abuse power with greed.
I had hope for you, I believed.
Now I'm beginning to think that I've been deceived.

You will pay for what you've done.

No, No More Sorrow.
I've paid for your mistakes.
Your time is borrowed.
Your time has come to be replaced.

Fakes and hypocrites.
Fakes and hypocrites.
Fakes and hypocrites.

No, No More Sorrow.
I've paid for your mistakes.
Your time is borrowed.
Your time has come to be replaced.

No More Sorrow.
I've paid for your mistakes.
Your time is borrowed.
Your time has come to be replaced.

Your time has come to be replaced.
Your time has come to be erased.

Lying From You

when i pretend
everything is what i want it to be
i look exactly like what you had always wanted to see
when i pretend
i can forget about the criminal i am
stealing second after second just cause i know i can / but
i can't pretend this is the way it will stay / i'm just
trying to bend the truth
i can't pretend i'm who you want me to be
so i'm
lying my way from you

[no / no turning back now]
i wanna be pushed aside
so let me go
[no / no turning back now]
let me take back my life
i'd rather be all alone
[no turning back now]
anywhere on my own
cause i can see
[no / no turning back now]
the very worst part of you
is me

i remember what they taught to me
remember condescending talk of who i ought to be
remember listening to all of that and this again
so i pretended up a person who was fitting in
and now you think this person really is me and i'm
[trying to bend the truth]
but the more i push
the more i'm pulling away
'cause i'm

lying my way from you

this isn't what i wanted to be
i never thought that what i said
would have you running from me
like this

the very worst part of you
the very worst part of you
is me

Leave Out All The Rest

I dreamed I was missing
You were so scared
But no one would listen
Cause no one else cared

After my dreaming
I woke with this fear
What am I leaving
When I'm done here

So if you're asking me
I want you to know

[Chorus]
When my time comes
Forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some
Reasons to be missed

And don't resent me
And when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory

Leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest
[End Chorus]

Don't be afraid
I've taking my beating
I've shared what I've been

I'm strong on the surface
Not all the way through
I've never been perfect
But neither have you

So if you're asking me
I want you to know

[Chorus]
When my time comes

Forget the wrong that ive done
Help me leave behind some
Reasons to be missed

Don't resent me
And when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory

Leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest
[End Chorus]

Forgetting
All the hurt inside
You've learned to hide so well

Pretending
Someone else can come and save me from myself
I can't be who you are

[Chorus]
When my time comes
Forget the wrong that ive done
Help me leave behind some
Reasons to be missed

Don't resent me
And when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory

Leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest

Forgetting
All the hurt inside
You've learned to hide so well

Pretending
Someone else can come and save me from myself
I can't be who you are
I can't be who you are 

In The End

It starts with one thing
I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time
All I know
Time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away
It's so unreal
Didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on, but didn't even know
Wasted it all just to watch you go
I kept everything inside and even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when

I tried so hard
And got so far
But 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

One thing, I don't know why
It doesn’t even matter how hard you try, keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme, to explain in due time
I tried so hard
In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I'm surprised it got so (far)
Things aren't the way they were before
You wouldn't even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me (in the end)
You kept everything inside and even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when I

Chorus

I’ve put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
There's only one thing you should know (2x) Chorus

Hands Held High

turn my mic louder i got to say something
lightweights step it aside we come in
feel in your chest / the syllables get pumping
people on the street they panic and start running
words on loose leaf sheet complete coming
i jump in my mind and summon the rhyme i'm dumping
healing the blind i promise to let the sun is
sick of the dark ways we march to the drum and
jump when they tell us that they wanna see jumping
fuck that / i wanna see some fists pumping
risk something / take back what's yours
say something that you know they might attack you for
cause i'm sick of being treated like i have before
like it's stupid standing for what i'm standing for
like this war's really just a different brand of war
like it doesn't cater to rich and abandon poor
like they understand you in the back of the jet / when you
can't put gas in your tank / and these fuckers are
laughing their way to the bank / cashing the check
asking you to have compassion / have respect
for a leader so nervous in an obvious way
stuttering and mumbling for nightly news to replay
and the rest of the world watching at the end of the day
in their living room laughing like
what did he say

in my living room watching / i am not laughing / cause
when it gets tense i know what might happen
the world is cold / the bold men make action
have to react or get blown into fractions
ten years old / it's something to see / another
kid my age drug under a jeep
taken and blound / and found later under a tree
i wonder if he had thought the next one could be me
do you see / the soldiers / they're out today they
brush the dust from bulletproof vests away
it's ironic / at times like this you pray
but a bomb blew the mosque up yesterday
there's bombs on the busses / bikes / roads
inside your market / your shops / your clothes / my dad
he's got a lot of fear i know
but enough pride inside not to let that show
my brother had a book he would hold with pride
a little red cover with a broken spine
on the back / he hand wrote a quote inside:
"when the rich wage war it's the poor who die"
and meanwhile / the leader just talks away
stuttering and mumbling for nightly news to replay
the rest of the world watching at the end of the day
both scared and angry like
what did he say

with hands held high into a sky so blue
as the ocean opens up to swallow you

with hands held high into a sky so blue
as the ocean opens up to swallow you

with hands held high into a sky so blue
as the ocean opens up to swallow you

with hands held high into a sky so blue
as the ocean opens up to swallow you

with hands held high into a sky so blue
as the ocean opens up to swallow you

with hands held high into a sky so blue
as the ocean opens up to swallow you

Given Up

wake in a sweat again
another day's been laid to waste
in my disgrace
stuck in my head again
feels like i'll never leave this place
there's no escape
i'm my own worst enemy

i've given up
i'm sick of living
is there nothing you can say
take this all away
i'm suffocating
tell me what the fuck is wrong with me

i don't know what to take
thought i was focused but i'm scared
i'm not prepared
i hyperventilate
looking for help somehow somewhere
and noone cares
i'm my own worst enemy

i've given up
i'm sick of living
is there nothing you can say
take this all away
i'm suffocating
tell me what the fuck is wrong with me

put me out of my misery
put me out of my misery
put me out of my
put me out of my fucking misery

i've given up
i'm sick of living
is there nothing you can say
take this all away
i'm suffocating
tell me what the fuck is wrong with me

From The Inside

i don't know who to trust
no surprise
everyone feels so far away from me
heavy thoughts sift through dust
and the lies
trying not to break
but i'm so tired of this deceit
every time i try to make myself
get back up on my feet
all i ever think about is this
all the tiring time between
and how
trying to put my trust in you
just takes so much out of me

i take everything from the inside
and throw it all away
cause i swear / for the last time
i won't trust myself with you

tension is building inside
steadily
everyone feels so far away from me
heavy thoughts forcing their way
out of me

i won't trust myself with you
i won't waste myself on you
waste myself on you
you

Faint

i am
little bit of loneliness
a little bit of disregard
a handful of complaints
but i can't help the fact
that everyone can see these scars
i am
what i want you to want
what i want you to feel
but it's like
no matter what i do
i can't convince you
to just believe this is real
so i let go
watching you
turn your back like you always do
face away and pretend that i'm not
but i'll be here
cause you're all i got
i am
a little bit insecure
a little unconfident
cause you don't understand
i do what i can
but sometimes i don't make sense
i am
what you never want to say
but i've never had a doubt
it's like no matter what i do
i can't convince you
for once just to hear me out
so i let go
watching you
turn your back like you always do
face away and pretend that i'm not
but i'll be here
cause you're all i got

i can't feel
the way i did before
don't turn your back on me
i won't be ignored
time won't heal
this damage anymore
don't turn your back on me
i won't be ignored


no
hear me out now
you're gonna listen to me
like it or not
right now

Don't Stay

sometimes i
need to remember just to breathe
sometimes i
need you to stay away from me
sometimes i'm
in disbelief i didn't know
somehow i
need you to go
sometimes i
feel like i trusted you too well
sometimes i
just feel like screaming at myself
sometimes i'm
in disbelief i didn't know
somehow i
need to be alone

don't stay
forget our memories
forget our possibilities
what you were changing me into
[just give me myself back and]
don't stay
forget our memories
forget our possibilities
take all your faithlessness with you
[just give me myself back and]
don't stay


i don't need you anymore
i don't want to be ignored
i don't need one more day
of you wasting me away

with no apologies

Crawling

Crawling in my skin
These wounds / they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real

There?s something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming / confusing
This lack of self control I fear is never ending
Controlling / I can?t seem
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
[Without a sense of confidence / I?m convinced
there's just too much pressure to take]
I?ve felt this way before
So insecure

Discomfort, endlessly has pulled itself upon me
Distracting / reacting
Against my will I stand beside my own reflection
It?s haunting how I can?t seem
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
[Without a sense of confidence / I?m convinced
there's just too much pressure to take]
I?ve felt this way before
So insecure...

By Myself

What do I do to ignore them behind me?
Do I follow my instincts blindly?
Do I hide my pride/fom these bad dreams
And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?
Do I/ sit here and try to stand it?
Or do I/ try to catch them red-handed?
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness,
Or do I trust no one and live in loneliness?
Because I can't hold on/when I'm stretched so thin
I make the right moves but I'm lost within
I put on my daily facade but then
I just end up getting hurt again

Pre chorus:
By myself(myself)
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can't rely on myself

Chorus:
I can't hold on
(To what I want when I'm stretched so thin)
It's all toomuch to take in
I can't hold on
(To anything watching everything spin)
With thoughts of failure sinking in

If I/turn my back I'm defenseless
And to go blindly seems senseless
If I hide my pride and let it all go on/then they'll
Take from me till everything is gone
If I let them go I'll be outdone
But if I try to catch them I'll be outrun
If I'm killed by the questions like a cancer
Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer

Pre chorus

Chorus

How do you think/I've lost so much
I'm so afraid/I'm out of touch
How do you expect/ I will know what to do
When all I know is what you tell me to

Don't you know
I can't tell you how to make it go
No matter what I do, how hard I try
I can't seem to convince myself why
I'm stuck on the outside(2x)

Chorus(2x)

Breaking The Habit

memories consume
like opening the wound
i'm picking me apart again
you all assume
i'm safe here in my room
[unless i try to start again]
i don't want to be the one
the battles always choose
cause inside i realize
that i'm the one confused

i don't know what's worth fighting for
or why i have to scream
i don't know why i instigate
and say what i don't mean
i don't know how i got this way
i know it's not alright
so i'm
breaking the habit
tonight

clutching my cure
i tightly lock the door
i try to catch my breath again
i hurt much more
than anytime before
i had no options left again

i'll paint it on the walls
cause i'm the one at fault
i'll never fight again
and this is how it ends

i don't know what's worth fighting for
or why i have to scream
but now i have some clarity
to show you what i mean
i don't know how i got this way
i'll never be alright
so i'm
breaking the habit
breaking the habit
tonight

Bleed It Out

Yea here we go for the hundredth time,
Hand grenade pins in every line,
Throw 'em up and let something shine.
Going out of my f**king mind.
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.
Truth is you can stop and stare,
bled myself out and no one cares.
Dug a trench out, laid down there
With a shovel up out to reach somewhere.
Yea someone pour it in,
Make it a dirt dance floor again.
Say your prayers and stomp it out,
When they bring that chorus in.

[Chester Bennington]

(Chorus)
I bleed it out,
Digging deeper just to throw it away.
I bleed it out,
Digging deeper just to throw it away.
I bleed it out,
Digging deeper just to throw it away,
Just to throw it away,
Just to throw it away.

[Mike Shinoda]

I bleed it out.
Go, stop the show.
Chop your words in a sloppy flow.
Shotgun opera, lock and load,
Cock it back and then watch it go.
Mama help me, I've been cursed,
Death is rolling in every verse.
Candypaint on his brand new hearse.
Can't contain him, he knows he works.
F**k this hurts, I won't lie.
Doesn't matter how hard I try.


Half the words don't mean a thing,
And I know that I won't be satisfied.
So why, try ignoring him.
Make your dirt dance floor again.
Say your prayers and stomp it out,
When they bring that chorus in.

[Chester Bennington]

(Chorus)
I bleed it out,
Digging deeper just to throw it away.
I bleed it out,
Digging deeper just to throw it away.
I bleed it out,
Digging deeper just to throw it away,
Just to throw it away,
Just to throw it away.

I bleed it out.
I've opened up these scars,
I'll make you face this.
I pulled myself so far,
I'll make you face this now.

I bleed it out,
Digging deeper just to throw it away.
I bleed it out,
Digging deeper just to throw it away.
I bleed it out,
Digging deeper just to throw it away,
Just to throw it away,
Just to throw it away.

I bleed it out,
Digging deeper just to throw it away.
I bleed it out,
Digging deeper just to throw it away.
I bleed it out,
Digging deeper just to throw it away,
Just to throw it away,
Just to throw it away.

I bleed it out. [3X]

A Place for My Head

I watch how the moon sits in the sky
On a dark night shining with the light from the sun
The sun doesn't give light to the moon
Assuming the moon's going to owe it one
It makes me think of how you act to me
You do favors and then rapidly
You just turn around and start asking me about
Things you want back from me

Pre chorus:
I'm sick of the tension, sick of the hunger
Sick of you acting like I owe you this
Find another place to feed your greed
While I find a place to rest

I want to be in another place
I hate when you say you don't understand
(You'll see it's not meant to be)
I want to be in the energy, not with the enemy
A place for my head
Maybe someday I'll be just like you, and
Step on people like you do and
Run away the people I thought I knew
I remember back then who you were
You used to be calm, used to be strong
Used to be generous, but you should've known
That you'd wear out your welcome
Now you see how quiet it is, all alone

Pre chorus (2x)
Chorus

You try to take the best of me
Go away (8x)

Chorus

Pre chorus (2x)

Shadow Of The Day

I close both locks below the window.
I close both blinds and turn away.
Sometimes solutions aren’t so simple.
Sometimes goodbye’s the only way.

And the sun will set for you,
The sun will set for you.
And the shadow of the day,
Will embrace the world in grey,
And the sun will set for you.

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.


And the sun will set for you,
The sun will set for you.
And the shadow of the day,
Will embrace the world in gray,
And the sun will set for you..


And the shadow of the day,
Will embrace the world in gray,
And the sun will set for you..


And the shadow of the day,
Will embrace the world in gray,
And the sun will set for you. 

What I've Done

In this farewell
There's no blood
There's no alibi
Cause I've drawn regret
From the truth
Of a thousand lies :x

So let mercy come
And wash away :x

[Chorus]
What I've done
I'll face myself
To cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done :x

Put to rest
What you've thought of me
While I've cleaned this slate
With the hands
Of uncertainty :x

So let mercy come
And wash away :x

[Repeat Chorus]

For what I've done
I start again
And whatever pain may come
Today this ends
I'm forgiving what I've...
Done :x

I'll face myself
To cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done :x

What I've done :x
(Na, Na, Na, Na, Na)
What I've done
(Na, Na, Na, Na, Na)
Forgiving what I've done :x
(Na, Na, Na, Na, Na) :@