Lyrics for High Voltage (Remix) as interpreted by j o r d a n 2 0 0 4

High Voltage (Remix) Lyrics
You know what I mean?
You could put a label on a life,
Put a label on a lifestyle

Sometimes...

You know?
Put a label on how you wake up every morning
And go to bed at night

Hybrid

I?ve been diggin? into crates ever since I was livin? in space
Before the rat race, before monkeys had human traits
I mastered numerology and big bang theology
Performed lobotomies with telekinetic psychology
Invented the mic so I could start blessin? it
Chin checkin? kids to make my point like an impressionist
Many men have tried to shake us
But I twist mic cords in double helixes and show them what I?m made of
I buckle knees like leg braces
Cast the spell of instrumental-ness and all of you emcees who hate us
So you can try on,
Leave you without a shoulder to cry on
From now to infinity let icons be bygones
I fire bomb ghostly notes haunt this
I tried threats but moved on to a promise
I stomp shit with or without an accomplice
And run the gauntlet with whoever that wants this


High Voltage
The Unforgettable sound
High Voltage
Bringing you up and taking you down
High Voltage
Coming at you from every side
High Voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

Akira

I put a kink in the backbones of clones with microphones
Never satisfy my rhyme jones
Sprayin? bright day over what you might say
My Blood type's Krylon Technicolor type A
On highways ride with road rage
Cages of wind and cages of tin that bounce all around

Surround Sound

Devouring the scene
Subliminal gangrene paintings
Over while the same thing
Sing song karaoke copy bullshit
Break bones verbally with sticks and stone tactics
Fourth dimension, combat convention
Write rhymes at ease while the track stands at attention
Meant to put you away with the pencil
Pistol, official, 16 line a rhyme missile
While you risk your all, I pick out all your flaws
Spin rah, blah, blah, blah
You can say you saw

High Voltage
The Unforgettable sound
High Voltage
Bringing you up and taking you down
High Voltage
Coming at you from every side
High Voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

High Voltage
The Unforgettable sound
High Voltage
Bringing you up and taking you down
High Voltage
Coming at you from every side
High Voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

And like the rock and rap
You know what I mean
People act like you know
Wow that?s a new invention
That shits brand new
We're constantly evolving
It is constantly changing

Sometimes...

There's a lot of change
Everybody's always up with labels
There ain?t no label for this shit
They're always gonna try to put a label on it
Try to create something
So they can water it down

Sometimes I feel like a prophet
Misunderstood
Under the gun like a new disease

Sometimes I feel like a prophet
Misunderstood
Under the gun like a new disease

High Voltage
The Unforgettable sound
High Voltage
Bringing you up and taking you down
High Voltage
Coming at you from every side
High Voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

High Voltage
The Unforgettable sound
High Voltage
Bringing you up and taking you down
High Voltage
Coming at you from every side
High Voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

High Voltage
The Unforgettable sound
High Voltage
Bringing you up and taking you down
High Voltage
Coming at you from every side
High Voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

High Voltage
The Unforgettable sound
High Voltage
Bringing you up and taking you down
High Voltage
Coming at you from every side
High Voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

You know what I mean?
You could put a label on a lifestyle

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Days of the New
01-09-2002

Rated +1 
Mainly I think that the song is mainly about Linkin Park's style and how no one can replicate it. I also think they illustrate bands that copy other bands with the lyric: "I put a kink in the backbones of clones with microphones." I think that the use the lyric "the unforgettable sound" to say that their music is unique. Also it seems as if when Mike Shinoda sings in this song he sings with such clever and odd lyrics that he automatically proves that no one goes on the same level as he does. I think this song is a whimsical rhyming masterpiece.

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chemicalflame
02-04-2002

Rated 0 
To Days of the New..

He's not really talking about other bands, he's talking about other emcee's. If it's Rap Rock, or just pure rap, he's talking about how some are unoriginal and that they aren't good if they just listen to Top 40 Rap. Shinoda wanted to be a rapper, and then the guitarist did a version of Stairway to Heaven and he got the inspiration to do Rock Rap. Mike Shinoda is a rapper. The song was released before they were Linkin Park, but they were called "Hybrid Theory", a rap/rock band.

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Tracy
03-11-2002

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i think both of you are right in your own ways, and it also sounds to me that mike is bragging ( a little) in how good and originaly fresh he is ( which is absoluletly the truth) and in a way you know, why not brag if you know that your good. as long as you dont brag to much cause that gets a lot of people to stop liking him. look what happened to eminem!!

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Useless_opion
03-12-2002

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I just think it's a kick ass song with a kick ass sound. I don't really pay much attention to the lyrics.

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LPfaN
04-15-2002

Rated 0 
I think he talks about emcees and ow they dont have anything original or worth hearing he has a good point

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Terraburn
04-29-2002

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Pretty much everything everyone has said here is true. One thing I wanna mention is that "Akira" is in the song because that was Mike's street/nick name from when he was a teen. Plus, he and Joe really like the Anime! :)

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binkie
05-27-2002

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aaahhhhhh Where do you find this song???????


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MilitantAgnostic
06-08-2002

Rated 0 
Download it or find it on the "one step closer" single.

Anyway, the main thing that attracted me to this was the big words. Nevermind what they mean, he uses large complex words in his rap. In the mainstream rap circle, its all about short and simple rhymes, and doesn't stray very far from the main subjects of drugs, biznatches, and benzez.

Here... we find something that really isn't very much deeper but is refreshing in the rhyming technique.

"Sprayin’ bright day over what you might say
My Blood type's Krylon Technicolor type A "

When i first heard that I said to myself "That is the single coolest line ever, and I don't even know what it means." Just a damn good rap.

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XxSkrumyxX
07-09-2002

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I absolutley love this song. I am commenting because some of you don't get that Linkin park was once called Hybrid Theory. They are my second favorite band. This goes with saying that METALLICA is the best band ever. This is actually one of my favorite songs by Linkin Park. Everytime I listen to it, for some weird reason, it sends chills down my spine. It actually means that everyones lifes can be the same, but nobody, absolutely nobody's dreams or styles are the same.

You know?
Put a label on how you wake up every morning
And go to bed at night --- That's the beginning

You know what I mean?
You couldn't put a label on a lifestyle. --- that's the end

I love it. It means style, the way you are. Like no one else.

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thegothchick
07-11-2002

Rated 0 
this song is awesome all i have to say

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VioletVirgo15
07-26-2002

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Hey, All you LINKIN PARK fans out there....Linkin Park's video Pts.Of.Athrty can be on MTV's TRL....but you guys HAVE TO VOTE!!! Show how many Linkin Park fans there are out there.... Get Linkin Park on the top 10 countdown..... It's not hard, just go to http://www.mtv.com go to TRL's page, and VOTE!!! COM'ON... let's all make LINKIN PARK NUMBER 1!!!! Tell everyone you know to vote.... cuz Linkin Park RULES!!!

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LP_Babey17
07-30-2002

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shoot, this version, to my opinion is better then the origional version and the one on the reanimation cd! I love this version because the music and the lyrics go tight together and my fav part is when chester does his solo..Sometimes i feel like a prophet, misunderstood, under the gun of a new disease...

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Trish018
08-18-2002

Rated 0 
they're okay i guess

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Johnski
03-10-2003

Rated 0 
This version of the song (Three all together, truthfully. Each with a different meaning. Scary, eh'?) (I'm not canadian. >_>)

"You know what I mean
You could put a label on a life,
Put a label on a lifestyle

Sometimes...
You know
Put a label on how you wake up every morning
And go to bed at night"

Well, thats self explainitory. The media is putting a label on this shit, and trying to keep it one-sided. It can't be Rock and rap, it has to be Either Rap, or Rock.
Mike's part(s), (In all three) talk about his, the band, and Chester's evolution from the different bands they were in. You ever heard any of Mike's Xero songs? They ARe bland. The same sing-song karaoke Bullshit he complains about in these.

And like the rock and rap
You know what I mean
People act like you know
Wow that’s a new invention
That shits brand new
We're constantly evolving
It is constantly changing

The Priest is talking about how most people don't realize Rock and Rap have been together. At all, at that -- But it's been here for a while. (Run DMC anyone?)

There's a lot of change
Everybody's always up with labels
There ain’t no label for this shit
They're always gonna try to put a label on it
Try to create something
So they can water it down

As before, the media, and people are putting a label on Everything nowa-days. Quit trying to label something and make it one-sided.

Chester's part (Sometimes I feel like a prophet...) is talking about how Chester qrites the songs, and each song is different. But he's under the gun, meaning he has to be careful about what he says. And how much emotion he puts in All of his work. And the band's work.

"You know what I mean, you can put a label on a lifestyle" The last line represents what the entire song is about, really. It's trying to say that instead of labelling something, someone, or ...Pretty much anything, Put a label on a lifestyle. That's the thing that needs a label. Concentrate on what's important, not this shit.

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NlCOLE
04-29-2004

Rated 0 
This song is so true . not even just run dmc , i grew up on the beastie boys and there were many more bands in the 80's .. now people label music with rap and rock elements ''nu-metal'' .. that label does not exis and ive been trying to explain this to many people online but its like talking to a wall . ignorrance is bliss ..

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Hybrid_7
05-16-2004

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High Voltage....Awesome. Version 2 is THE best.

"Sometimes I feel like a prophet, missunderstood, under the gun like a new disease, disease.."
Powerful stuff. I WANT THE SONG!!! go to www.joehahn.com to listen to every lp song ever!

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gerdy pie
07-27-2005

Rated 0 
This song is so awesome....I think its pretty direct with the meaning. Nothing really that could mean anything else. Either way...awesome song! I love it!

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f1nch_chick
08-01-2005

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I love this song...and I agree with gerdy, it needs no explaining. I love Mike's sound in this song...because it's mainly centered around him. He's got such a heavenly voice and I love how he sounds. As you would have probably guessed, I'm a Mike freak XD.

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Paraphette
10-06-2006

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everytime i hear this song it reminds me of communism. wit the marching and the background, and "put a label on our life" as comunists label all their people. I feel that it talks about them resisting the communism.

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ZOMBIE_LORD_77
07-09-2007

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Resisting the communism? What are you on?

It's basically just about their music. The "put a label on a life" part might be about how modern culture is always telling you to be unique, but punishing you if you are. Anyway, it's a good song. Anyone who hasn't heard the original one from the hybrid theory ep should download the whole ep right now (or if you're rich, buy it :D ). All the songs are really good.

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TRK212
10-08-2009

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I LOVE THIS SONG . . . this song helps me think between life more, calm down and what the world is about. Just stop, think and make your next move is what I think and is what I think its all about. If you guys could tell me more songs like this, IM me on Windows Messanger, TRK212@live.com . . .

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