“I’m tired of being what you want
me to be, feeling so faithless, lost under the surface. Don’t know what you’re
expecting of me, put under the pressure of walking in your shoes.”
–Linkin Park, Numb
Menyusul kesuksesan album
debutnya, band rock asal Amerika
Serikat, Linkin Park , merilis album kedua mereka yang
diberi judul “Meteora”. Album ini dirilis pada tanggal 25 Maret 2003. Seperti
yang diharapkan, “Meteora” berhasil meraih sukses baik secara komersial maupun
tanggapan positif dari berbagai kritikus musik. Sebagai single ketiga yang dirilis dari album ini pada tanggal 8 September
2003 adalah sebuah lagu bertajuk “Numb”. Lagu ini menjadi salah satu single Linkin Park
paling sukses, terkenal, dan diakui. “Numb” menduduki peringkat puncak tangga
lagu Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks
selama 12 minggu berturut-turut. Enam minggu di akhir tahun 2003 serta enam
minggu di awal tahun 2004. Menjadikan “Numb” satu-satunya lagu di dunia yang sukses
mendominasi tangga lagu tersebut selama dua tahun.
“Numb” is a song about someone’s hunger for freedom. It’s about someone who’s not being
themselves under some kind of circumstances they have. They’re trapped and lost, and
don’t know how to get back. As much
as they feel desperate, they’re tired.
“I’m tired of being what you want me to be, feeling so faithless, lost under
the surface. Don’t know what you’re expecting of me, put under the pressure of
walking in your shoes.” How frustrating
it must feel, to be held by those
invisible hands in our minds? More
than anything, even disappointing
someone so important to you, it’s
scarier to lose your own true self to someone else. “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.”
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"Meteora" album cover by Linkin Park - source: www.amazon.com |
And then, until one point that you don’t even could realize anymore, you’ve become so numb of everything. Those voices that haunt you all this times slowly fade away. Those pictures from the past begin to be blurry in the background. That basic instinct of human being to adapt and survive starts to come forward. You become yourself, more than anytime you’ve been through. “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.” In the end you realize that you come so far to that point only to discover another fact. It’s a fact that that someone was actually no different from you, that they’ve been through the same which had led them to that point when they tortured you. As you realize, you promise yourself to not become another-that-person. As you understand, you swear to yourself that there wont be another-you. “And I know I may end up failing too. But I know you were just like me with someone disappointed in you.”
DJ sekaligus personel Linkin Park ,
Joe Hahn, menjadi sutradara bagi music
video (MV) “Numb”. MV ini dibintangi oleh Briana Evigan sebagai model
dengan Praha, Republik Ceko dan Los
Angeles , Amerika Serikat sebagai lokasi pengambilan
gambar. Lagu yang diciptakan oleh seluruh personel Linkin Park
ini kemudian di-remix dengan judul
“Numb/Encore” berkolaborasi dengan rapper
Jay Z. “Numb/Encore” meraih Grammy Awards
untuk kategori Best Rap/Sung
Collaboration. I personally love the
original version of “Numb”. Somehow
this song gave me this kind of thrill when I heard it. Chester Bennington ’s
screaming voice still amazed me until now. How could he make this kind of screaming voice that doesn’t hurt your
ears? He sang very desperately in
verse part, then it became more
intense in bridge part, and then it
blew up in chorus part perfectly. The
climax was in the third bridge part and I adore it so much how the vocal part
was done so perfectly. No wonder that
“Numb” is Linkin Park ’s one of most critically acclaimed
songs.
“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.”
–Linkin Park, Numb
“I’m tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless, lost under the surface
Don’t know what you’re expecting of me
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
Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow
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
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
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow
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
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
I'm tired of being what you want me to be”
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