"Talking To Myself" is the third track on One More Light. The song is described as featuring a chiming guitar line and groovy bass reminiscent of The Killers.
Background
Talking to Kerrang! about the song, Chester Bennington said, "It's about relating to how my wife must have felt when I was battling my demons. Seeing it going down and not being able to do something must have sucked."[1]
Versions
Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.
Title | Album | Length | Recorded | Released | Notes |
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Talking To Myself | One More Light | 3:51 | 2016 | May 19, 2017 | |
Talking To Myself | One More Light Instrumentals | 3:54 | 2016 |
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Live
"Talking To Myself" was played live for the first time at a private event held at the Warner Bros Records building in a stripped down form, with Chester on vocals, Mike on piano, and Brad on guitar. The studio version was debuted at the first official show of the One More Light World Tour. In the headlining set for the tour, the song opened the show along with "Fallout".
Variations
Last Updated: March 6, 2017
Type | Description | First Played | Last Played |
---|---|---|---|
Alternative | Stripped Down (Piano/Guitar/Vocals Only) | March 6, 2017 | March 6, 2017 |
Personnel
Linkin Park
- Chester Bennington - Vocals
- Rob Bourdon - Drums, Background Vocals
- Brad Delson - Guitar, Background Vocals
- Joseph Hahn - Programming, Background Vocals
- Phoenix - Bass, Background Vocals
- Mike Shinoda - Keyboards, Programming, Vocals
Additional Musicians
- Background vocals by Ilsey Juber
- Additional guitar by Andrew Jackson
Production
- Written by Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Ilsey Juber and JR Rotem
- Produced by Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson
- Co-produced by JR Rotem
- Additional production by Andrew Jackson
- Vocal production by Andrew Bolooki
- Music performed by Linkin Park
- Vocals by Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda
- Chester's vocals recorded at The Pool Recording Studio, London, UK
- Mike's vocals recorded at The Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, CA
- Music recorded at Larrabee Studios, North Hollywood, CA and Sphere Studios, North Hollywood, CA
- Engineered by Ethan Mates, Mike Shinoda and Josh Newell
- Assistant engineer: Alejandro Baima
- Studio B assistant engineer: Warren Willis
- Studio drum tech: Jerry Johnson
- Mixed by Manny Marooquin at Larrabee Studios, North Hollywood, CA
- Mix engineer: Chris Galland assisted by Jeff Jackson and Robin Florent
Lyrics
Tell me what I've gotta do
There's no getting through to you
The lights are on but nobody's home
(Nobody's home)
You say I can't understand
But you're not giving me a chance
When you leave me, where do you go?
(Where do you go?)
All the walls that you keep building
All this time that I've spent chasing
All the ways that I keep losing you
(Losing you)
The truth is
You turn into someone else
You keep running like the sky is falling
I can whisper, I can yell
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm just talking to myself
(Ooh) Talking to myself
(Ooh) Talking to myself
(Ooh) But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm just talking to myself
I admit I've made mistakes
But yours might cost you everything
Can't you hear me calling you home?
(Calling you home)
Oh
All the walls that you keep building
All this time that I've spent chasing
All the ways that I keep losing you
(Losing you)
The truth is
You turn into someone else
You keep running like the sky is falling
I can whisper, I can yell
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm just talking to myself
(Ooh) Talking to myself
(Ooh) Talking to myself
(Ooh) But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm just talking to myself
All the walls that you keep building
All this time that I've spent chasing
All the ways that I keep losing you
The truth is
You turn into someone else
You keep running like the sky is falling
I can whisper, I can yell
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm just talking to myself
(Ooh) I'm talking to myself
(Ooh) I'm talking to myself
(Ooh) Yeah I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I'm talking to myself
Gallery
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External Links
Stream
- Talking To Myself (Official Audio): LPTV
References
- ↑ Kerrang! Magazine Interview with Linkin Park | LP Association Forums, February 28, 2017