Linkin Park Demo Tracks

Xero - Rhinestone

A lost track from Linkin Park's One More Light sessions.

The song was originally made with Songwriter Brian Howes alongside Mike Shinoda and possibly Brad Delson during the 2016 sessions that resulted in the OML album that came out the next year.

The song never made the cut for the album, and stayed hidden alongside all other OML demos until leaked by Brian Howes himself in early 2019 - at the time, the one and only OML demo to surface. The song had actually been seen before hand, however, on the BMI charts alongside another One More Light unreleased track called Ricochet, which Brian Howes also helped on. Brian Howes went on to explain that What Are You Worth was originally going to be a single with vocals by Chester Bennington, however due to his death, that idea was scrapped.

According to Mike Shinoda, "What Are You Worth was a song that we worked on for One More Light and I wasn't... I only get bummed out when people leak songs because when it's an unfinished and it's like somebody else just doing it for, I don't know. I feel like if I make a song with somebody and it doesn't work out, like they're welcome to do what they want with their part of it but don't do what you want with my part of it. I think that's rude, I think that's really not awesome..." Mike clearly was not happy about the song being released by Howes, and has stated no desire to rework or ever release the song officially.

~ Lyrics ~
Daylight / knowing I'm all alone
White lies / lining up on their own
You said you would stand on my side
Regret / it's too late to deny

All the back and forth and yes and no
All the right and wrong and high and low
And you set me up to let me down
But it all comes back around

What are you worth now?
What are you waiting for?
When every battlefield you run from generates a war?
What are you chasing?
What do you think you deserve?
Cause you will never have a thing unless you've got your word
What are you worth?

Last straw / as the sky turns to red
Free fall / while I fight to forget

All the back and forth and yes and no
All the right and wrong and high and low
And you set me up to let me down
But it all comes back around

What are you worth now?
What are you waiting for?
When every battlefield you run from generates a war?
What are you chasing?
What do you think you deserve?
Cause you will never have a thing unless you've got your word
What are you worth?
What are you worth?

All the back and forth and yes and no
All the right and wrong and high and low
And you set me up to let me down
But it all comes back around

What are you worth now?
What are you waiting for?
When every battlefield you run from generates a war?
What are you chasing?
What do you think you deserve?
Cause you will never have a thing unless you've got your word
What are you worth?
What are you worth?
What are you worth?
What are you worth?

Linkin Park - What Are You Worth? (2016 Demo)

Linkin Park - Keys to the Kingdom (Remake With Vocals)

Like Yesterday

Lyrics:

When life gets too easy
I can feel you near me
Preying on my feelings
Knowing that I'll give in
Then I'll wait forever
Keep myself together
Hope that things get better

It's you and me again
Oh misery
Why can't we just be friends
You haunt me all the time
We play pretend we're allright
It's you and me again

When I try to fly high
You force me to stay low
Pull the strings, land my kite
Just because you say so
Then I'll wait forever
Shelter from the weather
Hope that storms will settle

It's you and me again
Oh misery
Why can't we just be friends
You haunt me all the time
We play pretend we're allright
It's you and me again

It's you and me again
Oh misery
Why can't we just be friends
You haunt me all the time
We play pretend we're allright
It's you and me again

Linkin Park 02 What We Don't Know (2007 Demo)

Tobi

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