Category: Song of the Moment

A blog series where The Deranged Writer talks about a song he has been listening to repeatedly or has a current significance.

Song of the Moment L: Linkin Park’s “Waiting for the End”

As I mentioned, I’m listening to all Linkin Park albums in chronological order. I’m done with the band’s 3rd studio album Minutes to Midnight last Thursday. Now I’m listening to their 4th studio album A Thousand Suns, and once again they are singing what I’m feeling – this time with “Waiting for the End”.

So, I’m picking up the pieces now where to begin
The hardest part of ending is starting again

Linkin Park’s “Waiting for the End”
The music video of Linkin Park’s “Waiting for the End’.

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Header image: Johan Van Geijl of Pexels. Edited in Adobe Photoshop 2024.

Song of the Moment XLIX: Linkin Park’s “Somewhere I Belong”

Last month, I decided to listen to only 1 favorite band on Spotify indefinitely: Linkin Park. And this week I will listen to all their albums chronologically.

Tonight, while I was at my favorite spot Satchmi, I listened to the entirety of Linkin Park’s magnum opus Hybrid Theory and several tracks of the remix album Reanimation. I finished the latter while I was on my way home. After coming home, I started listening to the 2nd studio album Meteora, and after “Somewhere I Belong” I had to pause and write this post. Why? The song’s chorus screams what I’m feeling right now.

I wanna heal, I wanna feel
What I thought was never real
I wanna let go of the pain I’ve felt so long
(Erase all the pain ’til it’s gone)
I wanna heal, I wanna feel
Like I’m close to something real
I wanna find something I’ve wanted all along
Somewhere I belong

Linkin Park’s “Somewhere I Belong”
The music video of Linkin Park’s “Somewhere I Belong”


‘Til the next post.

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Header image: Su Korkmaz of Pexels. Edited in Adobe Photoshop 2024.

Published on October 7, 2025 at 11:44pm. Edits were made on March 8, 2025 at 1:25am.

Song of the Moment XLVIII: Linkin Park’s “The Messenger” (Again)

Once again, Linkin Park’s “The Messenger” is my Song of the Moment. Why? It soothes my heart which has been aching for weeks, and I will need to listen to it more in the coming days.

When you’ve suffered enough and your spirit is breaking
You’re growing desperate from the fight
Remember you’re loved and you always will be
This melody will bring you right back homewa

Linkin Park’s “The Messenger”
Chester Bennington performs “The Messenger”. Credit: Hayleigh Thompson.

To my loved ones, I’m holding on. I’m really trying to hold on.

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