About "Crawling"

Crawling is a song by Linkin Park, from their debut album Hybrid Theory. It was the first song I ever heard of theirs (late 2000). The video (a bit later) was the first time I saw them. Even though I was mostly an R&B and pop person at the time, and it would be years before I became a "real" LP fan, I really liked the song.

I nicknamed Chester "Shark Eyes" after I saw the video, because his eyes are so dark in it you almost can't distinguish iris from pupil. I called him that until I found out his name.

Crawling has had a few incarnations over the years, such as: Krwlng (feat. Staind's Aaron Lewis) on the remix album Reanimation, and in an "unplugged" type arrangement on One More Light Live. I'm posting YouTube links to three versions below.

You can read more about various covers and remixes on the Crawling Wiki.

Official Music Video (album/single version)

"Krwlng" (ft. Aaron Lewis) from Reanimation

From One More Light Live

This one also serves as a "try not to cry challenge" for me.
My husband calls this the "church version."

Lyrics (original):

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real

[Verse 1: Chester Bennington]

There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming, confusing
This lack of self-control I fear is never ending
Controlling, I can't seem

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]

To find myself again, my walls are closing in

Without a sense of confidence
I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take

I've felt this way before, so insecure

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real

[Verse 2: Chester Bennington]

Discomfort endlessly has pulled itself upon me
Distracting, reacting
Against my will, I stand beside my own reflection
It's haunting how I can't seem

[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington & Mike Shinoda]

To find myself again, my walls are closing in

Without a sense of confidence
I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take

I've felt this way before, so insecure

[Chorus: Chester Bennington]

Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing, confusing what is real

[Outro: Chester Bennington]

(There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming) Confusing what is real
(This lack of self-control I fear is never ending
Controlling) Confusing what is real