Figure.09 – English Lyrics

• By: Linkin Park
• Album: Meteora

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the powerful language of internal struggle in 'Figure.09'. This song is an excellent study in expressive, emotive English vocabulary related to frustration and personal transformation, making it a special choice for learners looking to understand the nuances of alternative rock lyricism.

[English]

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

nothing ever stops all these thoughts

and the pain attached to them sometimes

I wonder why this is happening it's like

nothing I could do it distract me when I

think of how I shot myself in the back

again cuz from the infinite words I can

say I put all the pain you gave to me on

display but didn't realize instead of

setting it free I took what I hated and

made it a part of me never goes

away never go and now you become a part

of me you'll always be right here you

become a part of man you'll always be my

fear I can't

SE myself from what I done giving up a

of me I let myself

be hearing your name the memories come

back again I remember when it started

happening I see you in every thought I

had an end the thoughts only found words

attached to them and I knew as they

escaped away I was committing myself to

them and every day I regret saying those

things cuz now I see that I took what I

hated and made it a part of me never

goes

away never goes away and now you become

a part of man you'll always be right

here you become a part of man you'll

always be my fear I can't

separate myself from what I done giving

up up on the B I got myself be you

it never goes

away it never goes

away it never goes

away it never goes away get away from

give me my space back you got to just

everything comes down the memories up I

kept it in but now I'm letting you I let

you go so get away from me give me my

space back you got to just everything

comes down the memories of I kept it in

but now I'm letting you I let you go you

become a part of man you'll always be

right here you'll become a part of man

you'll always be my fear I can't

separate myself from what I done giving

up a part of B I let myself reach

you I let myself reach

you I've let myself become lost inside I

Des start of

you giving up a a day I let

myself you

[Applause]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
infinite /ˈɪnfɪnɪt/ C1	adjective - having no limits or boundaries in size, degree, or amount.
distract /dɪˈstrækt/ B2	verb - to prevent someone from giving full attention to something.
realize /ˈriːəlaɪz/ B1	verb - to become fully aware of as a fact; understand clearly.
separate /ˈsɛpəreɪt/ A2	verb - to move or be apart.
committing /kəˈmɪtɪŋ/ B2	verb - to pledge or bind oneself to a certain course or policy.
regret /rɪˈɡrɛt/ B1	verb - to feel sad or disappointed about something.
memories /ˈmɛməriz/ A2	noun - the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information.
thoughts /θɔːts/ A2	noun - an idea or opinion produced by thinking.
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - physical suffering or discomfort as a result of illness or injury.
fear /fɪər/ A2	noun - an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous.
hated /ˈheɪtɪd/ A2	verb - felt intense dislike for.
display /dɪˈspleɪ/ B1	noun - a performance, show, or event intended for exhibition.
attached /əˈtætʃt/ B1	adjective - fastened or joined to something.
escaped /ɪˈskeɪpt/ A2	verb - to break free from confinement or control.
reaching /ˈriːtʃɪŋ/ A2	verb - to stretch out an arm in order to touch or grasp something.

Key Grammar Structures

• Nothing ever stops all these thoughts and the pain attached to them.

  ➔ Participle phrase used as an adjective

  ➔ "Attached" is a past participle modifying 'pain', meaning the pain that is connected to the thoughts.

• Instead of setting it free, I took what I hated and made it a part of me.

  ➔ Noun clause as an object

  ➔ "What I hated" functions as a noun phrase (the thing that I hated) acting as the object of 'took'.

• Now you have become a part of me.

  ➔ Present perfect tense

  ➔ "Have become" shows an action that happened in the past but has a result that continues in the present.

• I can't separate myself from what I've done.

  ➔ Reflexive pronoun

  ➔ "Myself" is used here because the subject 'I' is performing the action upon itself.

• I remember when it started happening.

  ➔ Gerund after a verb

  ➔ "Happening" is a gerund acting as the complement of the verb 'started'.

• I kept it in, but now I'm letting it out.

  ➔ Phrasal verbs

  ➔ "Kept in" and "letting out" are phrasal verbs meaning to suppress feelings and to express them, respectively.

• I've let myself become lost inside.

  ➔ Causative structure

  ➔ "Let myself become" uses the verb 'let' to allow/permit an outcome to happen to oneself.

• I've let myself reach you.

  ➔ Bare infinitive

  ➔ After the verb 'let', the following verb 'reach' must be in the base form without 'to'.