I'm tired of being what you want me to be Feeling so faithless, lost under the surface Don't know what you're expecting of me Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes (Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow) Every step that I take is another mistake to you (Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow) I've become so numb, I can't feel you there Become so tired, so much more aware I'm becoming this, all I want to do Is be more like me and be less like you Can't you see that you're smothering me? Holding too tightly, afraid to lose control 'Cause everything that you thought I would be Has fallen apart right in front of you (Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow) Every step that I take is another mistake to you (Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow) And every second I waste is more than I can take I've become so numb, I can't feel you there Become so tired, so much more aware I'm becoming this, all I want to do Is be more like me and be less like you And I know I may end up failing too But I know you were just like me with someone disappointed in you I've become so numb, I can't feel you there Become so tired, so much more aware I'm becoming this, all I want to do Is be more like me and be less like you I've become so numb, I can't feel you there I'm tired of being what you want me to be I've become so numb, I can't feel you there I'm tired of being what you want me to be
Wonderful! I've just watched your Enjoy The Silence video, before spotting this too. When this very song was released all those years ago, being both a big music listening fan and amateur musician, I'd love to have heard someone use a piano or even piano-synth to expand on the part of Numb that most good/great songs have most potential to do: the MID instrumental. In this case, simply expanding after that second chorus with more piano performance (though keeping the other instrumentation as it more-or-less was/is). If this realistically can be done, within the melodic integrity of Linkin Park's original song, then watching videos like this will help more people make it a positive reality; by experimenting with the raw composition on pianos/keyboards, before building the total song as it originally was.
