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Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns
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Album

A Thousand Suns

(2010)
TypeAlbum (Studio full-length)
GenresPop Rock, Art Rock, Electronic, Hip Hop
LabelsWarner Bros. Records
Ranked#170 for 2010 , #4,849 all-time
Album rating :  81.7 / 100
Votes :  14
10. Wretches and Kings (4:15)
Track rating :  84 / 100       Votes :  5       [ ]
[Intro: Mario Savio]
There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious
Makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part
You can't even passively take part
And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels
Upon the levers, upon all the apparatus
And you've got to make it stop

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda]
To save face / how low can you go
Talk a lot of game but yet you don't know
Static on the way / make us all say whoa
The people up top push the people down low
Get down
And obey every word
Steady getting mine if you haven't yet heard
Wanna take what I got
Don't be absurd
Don't fight the power
Nobody gets hurt
If you haven't heard yet then I'm letting you know
There ain't shit we don't run when the guns unload
And no one make a move unless my people say so
Got everything outta control
Now everybody go

[Hook: Chester Bennington]
Steel unload / final blow
We the animals / take control
Hear us now / clear and true
Wretches and kings we come for you

[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda]
So keep pace / how slow can you go
Talk a lot of shit and yet you don't know
Fire on the way / make you all say whoa
The people up top and the people down low
Get down
And I'm running it like that
The front of the attack is exactly where I'm at
Somewhere in between
The kick and the hi hat
The pen and the contract
The pitch and the contact
So get with the combat / I'm letting 'em know
There ain't shit you can say to make me back down no
So / push the button let the whole thing blow
Spinning everything outta control
Now everybody go

[Hook: Chester Bennington]
Steel unload / final blow
We the animals / take control
Hear us now / clear and true
Wretches and kings we come for you
Steel unload / fire blow
Filthy animals / beat them low
Skin and bone / black and blue
No more this sun shall beat onto you

[Bridge: Mike Shinoda]
From the front to the back and the side to side
If you fear what I feel put 'em up real high

[Outro: Mario Savio]
There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious Makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part
You can't even passively take part
And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels Upon the levers, upon all the apparatus
And you've got to make it stop
And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it
That unless you're free
The machine will be prevented from working at all
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Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns
A Thousand Suns - Album Credits
Members
  • Chester Bennington : Vocals, Percussion, Rhythm Guitar
  • Mike Shinoda : Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Keyboard, Piano, Synthesizer
  • Brad Delson : Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals, Keyboard, Percussion
  • Joe Hahn : Turntables, Samples, Programming, Backing Vocals
  • Dave "Phoenix" Farrell : Bass, Backing Vocals, Synthesizer
  • Rob Bourdon : Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
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