Linkin Park - Heavy Lyrics

Linkin Park Lyrics

"Heavy"
(feat. Kiiara)

[Chester Bennington:]
I don't like my mind right now
Stacking up problems that are so unnecessary
Wish that I could slow things down
I wanna let go but there's comfort in the panic
And I drive myself crazy
Thinking everything's about me
Yeah I drive myself crazy
'Cause I can't escape the gravity

I'm holding on
Why is everything so heavy?
Holding on
To so much more than I can carry
I keep dragging around what's bringing me down
If I just let go, I'd be set free
Holding on

[Kiiara:]
Why is everything so heavy?
You say that I'm paranoid
But I'm pretty sure the world is out to get me
It's not like I make the choice
To let my mind stay so fucking messy
I know I'm not the center of the universe
But you keep spinning round me just the same
I know I'm not the center of the universe
But you keep spinning round me just the same

I'm holding on
Why is everything so heavy?
Holding on
To so much more than I can carry
I keep dragging around what's bringing me down
If I just let go, I'd be set free
Holding on
Why is everything so heavy?

[Chester Bennington:]
I know I'm not the center of the universe
But you keep spinning round me just the same

[Kiiara:]
I know I'm not the center of the universe
But you keep spinning round me just the same
And I drive myself crazy
Thinking everything's about me

[Chester Bennington:]
Holding on
Why is everything so heavy?
Holding on

[Chester Bennington and Kiiara]:
To so much more than I can carry
I keep dragging around what's bringing me down
If I just let go, I'd be set free
Holding on
Why is everything so heavy?

Why is everything so heavy?

[Chester Bennington:]
Why is everything so heavy?

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Thanks to Adam for adding these lyrics.
Thanks to Devish Baidawar Chhetri, Abdellah for correcting these lyrics.

Writer(s): Mike Shinoda, Chester Charles Bennington, Joseph Hahn, Brad Delson, Dave Farrell, Robert G. Bourdon, Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter

Chester Bennington explained, "This song is about ego. Like, when it all boils down to the dirty nasty truth of it all, is the thing that gets all of us caught up is our projected self image or lack of."

This song features guest vocals from American singer Kiiara. She is a fan of Linkin Park. It was for the first time when a woman was on the band's studio album track.

Julia Michaels, one of the co-writers, recalled Chester Bennington saying, "I wanna write a song about how sometimes you get really weighed down by all your problems, and sometimes it's really hard to get out of that."

album: "One More Light" (2017)

Linkin Park - One More Light album cover

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