El próximo 24 de octubre se cumplirán 20 años desde la publicación de Hybrid Theory, el primer disco de Linkin Park que incluyó sencillos como “One Step Closer”, “Papercut”, “Crawling” y claro, “In the End“, canción con la que alcanzaron reconocimiento mundial.
Con motivo de la celebración por el aniversario, la banda lanzará próximamente una edición especial del álbum que incluye 5 discos con demos, curiosos b-sides, 3 DVDs con conciertos nunca vistos, 3 LPS, pósters, láminas y un libro con fotografías.
Sin embargo, el primer regalo para los fans llegó hace poco, ya que Linkin Park publicó el demo de “In the End“, que suena diferente a la versión que todos conocen.
Si bien arranca de la misma manera que la versión de estudio, luego de que Chester Bennington canta “It starts with one…” aparecen las diferencias, empezando por el hecho de que los reconocidos versos de Mike Shinoda ya no están.
La edición especial de Hybrid Theory llegará el 9 de octubre e incluirá también la canción “Pictureboard” -nunca antes publicada-. Escuchá el demo a continuación y lee la letra al final de esta nota:
“It starts with one…
One, then multiplies ’til you can taste the sun
And burned by the sky you try to take it from
But if it falls, there’s no place to run
Crumbling down, it’s so unreal
They’re dealing you in to determine your end
And sending you back again, to places you’ve been
And bending your will ’til it breaks you, within
And still, they fill their eyes
With the twilight through the skylight
And the highlights on a frame of steel
See the brightness of your likeness
As I write this on a pad with the way I feel
Hear the screaming in my dreaming
As it’s seeming that you’ve played your part
Like you’re heartless, take apart this
In the darkness, but I know that I’ve tried so hard
I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end, it doesn’t even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end, it doesn’t even matter
I’ve looked down the line
And what’s there is not what ought to be
Held back by the battles they fought for me
Calling me to be part of their property
And now, I see that I get no chance
I get no break
Fakes and snakes quickly lead to mistakes
And as the tightrope within slowly starts to thin
I can only hope that they close their eyes
To the twilight through the skylight
And the highlights on a frame of steel
See the brightness of your likeness
As I write this on a pad to the way I feel
Hear the screaming in my dreaming
As it’s seeming that you’ve played your part
Like you’re heartless, take apart this
In the darkness, but I know that I tried so hard
I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end, it doesn’t even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end, it doesn’t even matter
I’ve put my trust in you, pushed as far as I can go
For all this, there’s only one thing you should know
I’ve put my trust in you, pushed as far as I can go
For all this, there’s only one thing you should know
I’ve put my trust in you, pushed as far as I can go
For all this, there’s only one thing you should know
I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end, it doesn’t even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end, it doesn’t even matter”.
