Linkin Park - Friendly Fire Lyrics

Linkin Park Lyrics

"Friendly Fire"

Tell me the words I've forgotten
What we were fighting for
Staring right into the darkness
Through an empty open door

Can't put back what's been broken
Can't change the moment
We went too far

We're pulling apart for no reason
We're pulling a trigger in a useless war
And if we come back and go into the black
What are we fighting for?
What are we fighting for?

I was supposed to protect you
No matter what's to come
But somehow forgot when they told me
We hurt the ones we love

Can't put back what's been broken
Can't change the moment
We went too far

We're pulling apart for no reason
We're pulling a trigger in a useless war
And if we come back and go into the black
What are we fighting for?
What are we fighting?
It's just friendly fire
Fire
Fire
Fire

We're strangers in between the darkness
Diving underneath
I'll find you out on the horizon
We'll never be enemies

Can't put back what's been broken
Can't change the moment
We went too far

We're pulling apart for no reason
We're pulling a trigger in a useless war
And if we come back and go into the black
What are we fighting for?
What are we fighting?
It's just friendly fire
Fire
Fire
Fire

Fire
Fire
Fire
Fire

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Writer(s): Mike Shinoda, Chester Charles Bennington, Joseph Hahn, Brad Delson, Robert G. Bourdon, Jonathan Ian Green, David Farrell

"Friendly Fire" was written for Linkin Park's album "One More Light" in 2017, but it didn't make the cut at the time. Brad Delson explained then, "There's definitely a few gems that we've got in our back pocket. But I would say the vast majority of those songs fortunately will never see the light of day. They were just a part of the journey; the ones that were the most satisfying and exciting were the ones we ultimately focused on and finished and make up the album." The song was released as the lead single of "Papercuts – Singles Collection 2000-2023" on the 23rd of February, 2024.

Jon Green (the singer of the English band The Bonfires), worked on this track with Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson. Jon wrote on Instagram when "One More Light" was released in May of 2017, "Still assuming they meant to hit up the other Jon Green, who, by the way, is total quality. Total honour to have a couple of tunes on this record & to have got in the room with such a genuine & brilliant bunch of guys. Congrats @linkinpark all their team and all involved."

The existence of this song was confirmed by Mike Shinoda on the 17th of June, 2020, when he said in a live stream, "There was a song, a 'One More Light' song, that we mixed. We mixed more than the finished album and we mixed a couple other songs just to see if one of them would make the cut or if we would use it for a B-side. And it was 'Friendly Fire'. A Jon Green co-write. I wrote that with Jon. I think it was me, Jon, and Brad mostly. I still love that song."

Canadian musician Corin Roddick (from Purity Ring) is credited for additional production and programming on "Friendly Fire".

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