Forgotten – English Lyrics

• By: Linkin Park

Lyrics & Translation

"Forgotten" is a powerful track from Linkin Park's debut album, *Hybrid Theory*, offering a deep dive into themes of memory, identity, and inner struggle. Its raw lyrics and intense musicality make it a compelling song to explore, allowing listeners to connect with universal feelings of confusion and resilience. The song's blend of rapping and singing provides an excellent opportunity to appreciate the dynamic vocal styles of Linkin Park and expand your English vocabulary through its vivid metaphors and emotional narrative.

[English]

from the top to the bottom bottom to top

I stop at a core I forgot in the middle

of my thoughts taking fire from my

safety the pictures there the memory

won't Escape me why should I C from the

top to the bottom the top I stop at the

core I forgot in the middle of my taking

from my safety pictur there neverone

Escape me why should I care there's a

place so dark you can't see the end [ __ ]

back shotg which can't defend the rain

then send dripping a CED questions

forcefully the power suggestion then

with the eyes shut looking through the

rust and rotten dust a small spot the

light floods the floor and pours over

the Rusted world to pretend and the eyes

SE open and it's dark again from the top

to the bottom the top I st the core I

forgotten in the middle of my thoughts

taking fire from my safety the picture's

there the memory won't Escape me why

should I care and the memory you find

me has

burning the darkness holding me

tightly until the sun Rises

[Music]

[Applause]

up moving all around screaming of the

ups and downs pollution manifested in

Perpetual sound the wheels go round and

the sunset creeps behind Street lamps

chain link and concrete a little piece

of paper with a picture drawn floats on

down the street till the wind is gone

and the memory now is like the picture

was then when the paper's crumpled up it

can't be perfect again from the top to

the bottom bottom to top I shop that's

the core I forgotten in the middle of my

thoughts taking fire from my safe the

picture's there the meem w't Escape me

why should I care from the top to the

bottom bottom the top I stop at the core

I forgot in the middle of my thought

taking far from my safety the picture's

there from every want Escape me but why

should I care in the memory you'll find

me has burning

up the darkness holding me

tightly until the sun rises up

now you got me caught in the act you

bring the thought back telling you that

I see it right through you now you got

me caught in the out you bring the

thought back telling you that I see it

right through you now you got me caught

in the out you bring the thought back

telling you that I see it right through

you now you got me caught in the a you

bring the th back telling you that I see

it right through you now you got me

caught in the a you bring the thought

back telling you that I see it right on

you now you going to be C me act you

bring the thought back telling you that

I see it right through you now you going

to be cut in the a you bring it th back

telling you that I see it right through

you in the memory you'll find

me he has burning

up the darkness holding me

tightly until the sun rises

up in the

memory you will find me as running

the darkness holding me

tight until the sun rises up

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
forgotten /fəˈrɡɒtən/ A2	adjective - not remembered; no longer thought of
memory /ˈmɛməri/ A1	noun - the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information
escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ A2	verb - to break free from confinement or control
darkness /ˈdɑːknəs/ A1	noun - the absence of light
burning /ˈbɜːrníŋ/ A2	verb - to be on fire; to combust adjective - feeling hot and painful
holding /ˈhoʊldɪŋ/ A1	verb - to grasp or carry something
tight /taɪt/ A1	adjective - fixed or fastened firmly
sun /sʌn/ A1	noun - the star at the center of the solar system
rises /ˈraɪzɪz/ A2	verb - to move from a lower to a higher position
screaming /ˈskriːmɪŋ/ A2	verb - to utter a loud, sharp cry
pollution /pəˈluːʃən/ B1	noun - the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects
manifested /ˈmænɪfɛstɪd/ B2	verb - to show or demonstrate something clearly
perpetual /pərˈpɛtʃuəl/ B2	adjective - never ending or changing
crumpled /ˈkrʌmpəld/ B1	verb - to crush or bend something so that it is badly damaged
caught /kɔːt/ A2	verb - to capture or trap something

Key Grammar Structures

• from the top to the bottom bottom to top

  ➔ Prepositional phrase

  ➔ The words "from the **top** to the **bottom**" form a prepositional phrase showing direction.

• I stop at the core I forgot in the middle

  ➔ Relative clause (zero relative)

  ➔ The clause "the **core** I forgot" is a relative clause without an explicit pronoun (zero relative).

• the memory won't Escape me

  ➔ Modal verb for future negative (won't)

  ➔ "won't" is the contracted form of "will not", a modal verb used to express a negative future.

• why should I care

  ➔ Modal verb in rhetorical question (should)

  ➔ "should" is a modal verb that creates a rhetorical question, suggesting doubt or criticism.

• until the sun rises

  ➔ Temporal clause with present simple

  ➔ "rises" is in the present simple tense, used in a temporal clause introduced by "until".

• you bring the thought back

  ➔ Simple present verb phrase (transitive)

  ➔ "bring" is a transitive verb in the simple present, taking "the thought" as its object.

• I see it right through you

  ➔ Object pronoun + prepositional phrase

  ➔ "it" is an object pronoun; "through you" is a prepositional phrase showing the means.

• the picture's there

  ➔ Contraction of "is" and existential "there"

  ➔ "picture's" = "picture is"; the sentence uses the existential construction "there" to state existence.

• the wheels go round

  ➔ Intransitive verb with adverbial

  ➔ "go" is an intransitive verb; "round" functions as an adverb describing how the wheels move.