| Jason Barnes came up with the musical idea for "Sometimes" and Chester Bennington wrote all the lyrics. Regarding its meaning, Chester said, | | Jason Barnes came up with the musical idea for "Sometimes" and Chester Bennington wrote all the lyrics. Regarding its meaning, Chester said, |
| ''"Basically it's just about, I don't know. It's kind of self explanatory. It's just basically about just somebody realizing that, you know, sometimes things just don't happen to work out the way you always plan them to work out. And it's kind of hard to think straight when that happens."''<ref name=GreyDazeStory>[http://lplive.net/wiki/db/exclusives/grey-daze-story LPLive Wiki - Grey Daze Story], October 06, 2015</ref> In a statement about the song, Sean said, ''"Chester was already a masterful lyricist at the age of 18, when he wrote this song (which was initially recorded when he was 21). I've said this in prior interviews but this is one of those songs that when I hear it now, I recognize the pain Chester was living with even more acutely now that I'm an adult. As so many of Chester’s lyrics do, this message in this song, that bad things happen and that things will get better, resonates in an entirely different way with the current crisis we are all living through, and brings a message of hope."''<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/linkin-park-singer-chester-bennington-grey-daze-video-sometimes-978049/ See Linkin Park Singer Chester Bennington's Grey Daze Clip 'Sometimes' - Rolling Stone], April 03, 2020</ref><ref>[https://www.revolvermag.com/music/chester-benningtons-first-band-hear-grey-dazes-timely-song-sometimes Chester Bennington's First Band: Hear Grey Daze's Timely Song "Sometimes" | Revolver], April 06, 2020</ref> | | ''"Basically it's just about, I don't know. It's kind of self explanatory. It's just basically about just somebody realizing that, you know, sometimes things just don't happen to work out the way you always plan them to work out. And it's kind of hard to think straight when that happens."''<ref name=GreyDazeStory>[https://lplive.net/wiki/db/exclusives/grey-daze-story LPLive Wiki - Grey Daze Story], October 06, 2015</ref> In a statement about the song, Sean said, ''"Chester was already a masterful lyricist at the age of 18, when he wrote this song (which was initially recorded when he was 21). I've said this in prior interviews but this is one of those songs that when I hear it now, I recognize the pain Chester was living with even more acutely now that I'm an adult. As so many of Chester’s lyrics do, this message in this song, that bad things happen and that things will get better, resonates in an entirely different way with the current crisis we are all living through, and brings a message of hope."''<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/linkin-park-singer-chester-bennington-grey-daze-video-sometimes-978049/ See Linkin Park Singer Chester Bennington's Grey Daze Clip 'Sometimes' - Rolling Stone], April 03, 2020</ref><ref>[https://www.revolvermag.com/music/chester-benningtons-first-band-hear-grey-dazes-timely-song-sometimes Chester Bennington's First Band: Hear Grey Daze's Timely Song "Sometimes" | Revolver], April 06, 2020</ref> |
| On October 6, 1994, the very first day of working on ''Wake Me'', the album's producer David Knauer recorded Grey Daze playing live in his studio to see what they had in store for their debut album. He recorded their performance straight to DAT tape and had Chester say the name of every song so it was documented on tape as well.<ref>[http://lplive.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=12033 Exclusive: "Wake Me" Pre-Production Live Session - Newswire - Linkin Park Live], October 31, 2015</ref> "Sometimes" was among the songs that made the album. | | On October 6, 1994, the very first day of working on ''Wake Me'', the album's producer David Knauer recorded Grey Daze playing live in his studio to see what they had in store for their debut album. He recorded their performance straight to DAT tape and had Chester say the name of every song so it was documented on tape as well.<ref>[https://lplive.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=12033 Exclusive: "Wake Me" Pre-Production Live Session - Newswire - Linkin Park Live], October 31, 2015</ref> "Sometimes" was among the songs that made the album. |
| Under a new lineup consisting of Chester Bennington, Bobby Benish, Mace Beyers and Sean Dowdell, the band had their first pre-production sessions for their second studio album in February 1996 with David Knauer. There, they recorded a new version of "Sometimes". The album version, however, was recorded by Michael Jones during their pre-production session for ''[[...No Sun Today]]'' in December.<ref name=GreyDazeStory/> | | Under a new lineup consisting of Chester Bennington, Bobby Benish, Mace Beyers and Sean Dowdell, the band had their first pre-production sessions for their second studio album in February 1996 with David Knauer. There, they recorded a new version of "Sometimes". The album version, however, was recorded by Michael Jones during their pre-production session for ''[[...No Sun Today]]'' in December.<ref name=GreyDazeStory/> |
