To show tribute to the band that had guided me through adolescence and contributed greatly to who I am today, I want to share with you guys my top 20 favorite songs from the band, Linkin Park, whose lead singer had committed suicide on July 20, 2017...
I added at least one song from all seven of their studio albums. Although for 3 of them it was tough because I didn't like them enough to consider them highly... But yeah... here we are

HONORABLE MENTIONS

(#25) One More Light (OML 2017)
(#24) In My Remains (LT 2012)
(#23) Castle of Glass (LT 2012)
(#22) Burn It Down (LT 2012)
(#21) Faint (Meteora 2003)

#20 BY MYSELF (Hybrid Theory, 2000)

This song is me in middle school. Trust issues out the ass, I hated talking to anyone. I still kinda do, but not as bad as back then... That's basically the song right there...

#19 GOOD GOODBYE (One More Light, 2017)

About kicking someone or... something... out of your life... this is a song I needed a long time ago. It's Lost in the Echo in that sense, but a little more on the nose about it.

#18 UNTIL IT'S GONE (The Hunting Party, 2014)

You've heard it said a thousand times. You don't know what you've got... until it's gone... and now... ...

#17 LYING FROM YOU (Meteora, 2003)

One of my favorites when I first heard it in 2011 when I was 14, it's a song that resonates with angsty teens easily. I've grown out of it just a little...

#16 FROM THE INSIDE (Meteora, 2003)

Another one that's like By Myself. Trust problems :P Although this one is more... sad and angry together rather than... just angry. It's that kind of thing that resonates more with me...

#15 PUSHING ME AWAY (Hybrid Theory, 2000)

...The More I think about this song, the more I realize that it really kind of fits "The War on Love"... and the projects that spawned from it...
I got to look into this more someday soon...

#14 POWERLESS (Living Things, 2012)

There is something about the closing tracks that speaks to me... as four of them are on this list. I've revealed my skeletons time and time again... only to be betrayed and deceived... by what? What not?

#13 THE CATALYST (A Thousand Suns, 2010)

The only A Thousand Suns song on this list, The Catalyst is basically... something about war. ATS and Minutes to Midnight are heavily into the war and politics commentary, which I commend even if I am not personally into it.
Unless it fits a war that I fight myself... ...kinda like this one...

#12 GUILTY ALL THE SAME (The Hunting Party, 2014)

This song is epic. And... speaks a lot of words a LOT of people need to hear. I'd have liked it more if not for the really long instrumental beginning. I never was fond of those...

#11 REBELLION (The Hunting Party, 2014)

Sad thing is, I often overlook this song and skip over it despite how much I like it... I dunno how that happens... I just like how... surprisingly positive the song is. Not much to say... about any of these...

#10 IN THE END (Hybrid Theory, 2000)

The classic of classics. In the End is one of the most iconic songs of the band. And it's not hard to ignore that because this is one of the OG 4. One of the four songs that got me to fall in love with the band in 2010. And the other ones are coming later in the top 10...

#9 ALL FOR NOTHING (The Hunting Party, 2014)

Mike Shnoda really knocked it out of the park with this one... This is probably my favorite of all of Shinoda's appearances in the entire band's discography...

#8 NUMB (Meteora, 2003)

The second of the OG 4, Numb is easily another icon of the band. I will be me. I will not be you.

#7 LOST IN THE ECHO (Living Things, 2012)

It's Good Goodbye, but better really... Don't get me started on the bridge with Shinoda rapping about overcoming everything. Gives All For Nothing some SERIOUS runs for its money...

#6 BREAKING THE HABIT (Meteora, 2003)

...This song can easily be summed up as... Chester's theme song. Think about it and everything he's been through up until a week ago... Think about it. And the same can easily be applied to me in different ways. To all of us...

#5 WHAT I'VE DONE (Minutes to Midnight, 2007)

Finally the one and only Minutes to Midnight song the list... What I've Done is the third of the OG 4. And... It's my theme song right about now...
But the difference is... I will never forgive what I've done...

#4 FINAL MASQUERADE (The Hunting Party, 2014)

This is the current theme song so to speak for Winter's Gallows/One Decision's Echoes... There is no other things that need to be said...

#3 I'LL BE GONE (Living Things, 2012)

The most underrated song of LP's easily. Why does no one talk about this epic ass song!?? I love everything about it... the way it sounds, the story of it... yeah...

#2 NEW DIVIDE (Transformers? 2009???)

I had to include this one even if it wasn't a part of any studio album.... As the one of the OG 4 that got me to officially get me into the band, I had to put it this high for nostalgic reasons. That and it's like I'll Be Gone for the way it sounds, but... better I guess...?

#1 A LINE IN THE SAND (The Hunting Party, 2014)

I'm not entirely sure how this song crept up my favorites list until it was #1... It could be... the way it sounds... the way it closed out the album that came out during the darkest days of my life... It could be the way it has been applied to the way my life played out when my depression began in the first place...
The way it describes that life was once good, but little did we know... that loss of innocence. Give me back what's mine. Give me back my innocence. Give me back my life.... Give it back...

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It's sad to think that there may not be any more greatness from this band anymore. And even if there would be, it will never be the same without Chester. LP is no stranger to change, oh no, but would this change be too much, even for them? What will the future hold? Only time will tell...