Up From The Bottom – English Lyrics

• By: Linkin Park
• Album: From Zero (Deluxe Edition)

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Linkin Park's powerful anthem "Up From The Bottom" and explore the depths of resilience and struggle. With its blend of raw emotion and musical innovation, this song offers a unique opportunity to understand themes of perseverance and the fight against inner and outer demons.

[English]

[Music]

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[Applause]

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[Music]

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[Music]

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inside it feels like I'm barely

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breathing feels like air is running out

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in side a stu here staring at a

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ceiling you put up to keep me down down

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down down waking up without a name

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opening my eyes knowing nothing is the

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same circling around a drain as I

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realize that there's no one else to

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blame you keep me waiting down here so

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far below staring up from the bottom up

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from the bottom I'll try

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escaping but this nowhere to go staring

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up from the bottom up from the

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bottom each time I hold my fist inside

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my

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pocket hold my breath until I'm blue

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feels like a night push deep inside a

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socket bristling listening to you yeah

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yeah yeah waking up with a name opening

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my eyes knowing nothing's going to

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change circling around a drain as I

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realize that there's no one else to play

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you keep me waiting down here so far

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below staring up from the bottom up from

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the bottom I'll try

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escaping but there's nowhere to go Star

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It Up From The Bottom oh from the bot

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[Music]

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everybody out that devil is coming

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poison on his lips and his words mean

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nothing cold like a mountain top father

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never loved him Mama said he's bad

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enough times that it's sunking everybody

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out that devil is coming promise you the

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world but he's always bluffing before

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you even know it's a trap you're stuck

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in he's gone like a ghost already off

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running

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you keep me waiting down here so far

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below staring up from the bottom up from

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the bottom I try

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escaping but there's nowhere to go

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staring up from the bottom got to get

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out of here up from the botom got to get

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out of here

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
breathe /briːð/ A2	verb - to take air into and out of the lungs
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot verb - to flow
stare /steər/ B1	verb - to look fixedly or intently
drain /dreɪn/ B1	noun - a hole or pipe that carries away water or waste verb - to empty of liquid
escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ B2	verb - to get away from confinement or control
hold /hoʊld/ A2	verb - to grasp and keep
socket /ˈsɒkɪt/ B2	noun - a hole or recess for receiving something
bristling /ˈbrɪslɪŋ/ C1	adjective - showing or feeling irritation or hostility
devil /ˈdevəl/ B1	noun - the personification of evil
poison /ˈpɔɪzən/ B2	noun - a substance that causes illness or death
lips /lɪps/ A2	noun - the two soft parts forming the edge of the mouth
cold /koʊld/ A2	adjective - of low temperature
mountain /ˈmaʊntən/ B1	noun - a large natural elevation of the earth's surface
love /lʌv/ A2	verb - to have a strong affection for
promise /ˈprɒmɪs/ B1	verb - to assure someone that one will definitely do something
trap /træp/ B1	noun - a device used to catch animals
stuck /stʌk/ A2	adjective - unable to move or be removed

Key Grammar Structures

• inside it feels like I'm barely breathing

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present continuous tense with 'feels like' to describe an ongoing state or feeling at the moment.

• you put up to keep me down down down

  ➔ Phrasal Verb

  ➔ 'Put up' is a phrasal verb here, meaning to create or establish something, often with a negative connotation in this context.

• waking up without a name

  ➔ Present Participle

  ➔ 'Waking up' is a present participle used to describe an action happening at the same time as another action or state.

• circling around a drain as I realize

  ➔ Present Participle Phrase

  ➔ The phrase 'circling around a drain' is a present participle phrase acting as an adverbial, describing the circumstance of the realization.

• there's no one else to blame

  ➔ Present Simple with 'there is'

  ➔ The sentence uses the present simple with 'there is' to state a general truth or fact.

• you keep me waiting down here

  ➔ Present Simple for Habitual Action

  ➔ The present simple is used here to describe a habitual or repeated action.

• everybody out that devil is coming

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ 'Everybody out' is in the imperative mood, giving a direct command or instruction.

• before you even know it's a trap you're stuck in

  ➔ Subordinating Conjunction

  ➔ 'Before' is a subordinating conjunction introducing a time clause that indicates when the action in the main clause occurs.