Linkin Park - Papercut (Instrumental)

Album: Hybrid Theory Instrumental 2000
Genre: Nu Metal/Rap Metal/Alternative Metal
Producer: Don Gilmore
Track: 01
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Copyright owner: Warner Music Group (Warner Bros. Records Inc.)
For entertainment purposes only.

[@raedewav]

This track is not only genre defining but instrumentally so dense that finding these little fills and riffs here and there feel like finding a treasure chest in the middle of some magical forest. You can feel the passion they oozed while playing their instruments during recording sessions. All in all this is a 10/10 song in the history of all music.

[@addivnewbie]

Well said!

[@BaconSlayer69]

@Juniper_Wippersnachelisten to their live performances and you’ll change ur mind real quick

[@PebsBeans]

@@BaconSlayer69 what's your point?

[@BaconSlayer69]

@@PebsBeans point being live linkin park is even better than studio lp

[@sadetwizelve]

This is fan made lol

[@sione_etc]

i've been listening to this song for 15 years and never noticed that little drum break sample at 1:25

[@mathprodigy]

Sione Teumohenga that's incredible haha. here's one for you. if you listen real close either in some headphones or through a system with good bass, if you listen to when the 2nd chorus begins to repeat one more time, right after Rob' s fill, (about at 1:39) he actually does a quick double bass fill before the snare...i never heard that before the instrumental version either.... and you're gonna need headphones or something, cause I tried to tell it through just my cell phone speaker, but I think the frequencies are too low and soft to be represented in the cell phone speaker

[@sione_etc]

nice! sounds like rob was feeling the groove haha

[@mathprodigy]

Sione Teumohenga yah I know it's just a tiny little detail lol but I love stuff like that

[@KiedisHaze]

WOW what the fuck ahahahaha

[@loves2smooch384]

Hell yeah I was rocking out to this song , watching the phantom menace and spiking up my hair ready to put my pants on (backwards of course ) criss cross to make it Uhhhh HUH!!! great times 😎

[@FIDEL_CASHFLOW_]

I didn't know there was violins in this song until just now...thank you!!!

[@scarlett8630]

Me neither … and I love this song.

[@nickl3355]

my fav 2:05 - 3:07

[@nikosucksatskating]

I like 0:00 - 3:07

[@LFSPharaoh]

That final chord at the end of the riff ( 2:08 2:15 2:21 and so) on just completes it so well

[@zhroom8623]

fucking chills, man

[@Saneek0215]

love those scratches

[@masternekit5107]

@@Saneek0215 Joe Han's - good work

[@GozerTheGozerian]

When this came out in 2000, I was smoking pot at my friend's off-campus house and was blown away. It was dark, it was hugely aggressive, it was catchy AF, and unlike so much lame rock-rap at the time, the emceeing was actually on point, creating a glorious contrast with the hook by Chester. To my stoned ears, it was a revelation. To this day, Papercut remains my favorite Linkin Park song, by far.

[@scarlett8630]

The violin part towards the end is so nice to hear… gives me chills

[@mathprodigy]

low-key this instrumental is one of the strongest tracks of all TIME. And I didn't know about these instrumentals until like a month ago... and Linkin park is the band that inspired me to both pick up a guitar AND become a vocalist approximately 15 years ago ... and I'm just NOW being able to hear the beautiful and complete mastery of these tracks sans Chester 's vox. This shit just sounds so good riding down the road in a good car stereo... the chorus is some of the most pleasurable music I've ever had the privilege of sinking myself into... and the song finishes perfectly. in a way, this is almost the height of music in culture... after 2000, I think we started to begin a slow trend of watering down music and an influx of crap music began being produced since it became so cheap to make music, everybody can do it, lyrics don't even have to be quality content, just need to rhyme and catch someone's attention...

[@lowkey8929]

Agreed math-prodigy

[@egotakeovertaku5382]

you, kind sir, bring justice to it and just said it like it is. Kudos brother, new horizons are opening up, we've been there, we've felt this but didn't quite get it then. We do now.

[@Originolley]

You sound just like me man. I also, picked up a guitar about 15 years ago and learned how to make beats because of this band/album. I use to search Napster for hours to find rare lp songs and instrumentals. Those were the days.

[@UberStrikerful]

And now in 2020, metallo-rock music and just about anything that has distorted guitars has become a shadowed genre in favor of electropop and mumble rap with heavy bass and nonsensical lyrics. And they make even more money than music that requires collective effort of a few people with their own skills in instruments to produce.

[@TheTalmon18]

Did you use any PDEs to model the sound-waves produced by your guitar? Since... math prodigy and all :P Gona have to use a Bessel Function for that!

[@Toastandbananas130]

This is hands down my favorite LP song. But this song is just so amazing. Everything after 2:00 sounds crazy, everything coming together. Guitars, bass fills, drums, synths (love the synths), turn tables. Beautiful fucking song

[@martintoth1537]

Exactly! I couldn't define any better, it literally tears you apart.

[@callmeart9098]

I heard Violin too...

[@Cyzure]

Yes

[@TheMarcosgoulart97]

Bass at 2:28 is awesome

[@u3ulenienalollkizuu]

@@callmeart9098 violin ?? how, where, when !??

[@sylvrstrykr]

Listening to the instrumental is literally like listening to LP for the first time again. You notice the little things you'd never hear listening to it with vocals, and makes it feel so fresh and new even though the track is over 20 years old.

[@LnmHive]

1:25 this is a very little detail but the small silence that goes after the percussion and the left guitar track starting to play first is so good

[@Reddragon802]

The first 20 seconds is all i needed to love this song and band.

[@Malasa34]

Exactly, I've been listening to this song since I was like 8-9 years old, I've gotten bored of the amazing chorus riff or the song. Out of all the genres and songs I listen to, Linkin Park songs are the only ones that I haven't gotten bored of. That riff is something else...

[@camiloa8288]

This is still give me goosebumps from 2000 when I hear to Mr. Hahn and the amazing work he did with LP. Specially in HT and Meteora era. Very underrated DJ for real...

[@AmanSingh-zu3xc]

that bass at 2:29

[@mrpanadol6823]

First time hearing the violin here 2:32

[@thebutterflyknife]

the little lead going up and down is insane!

[@UberStrikerful]

Love that very minor change in the bass drum kicks in 1:41 right by where the chorus repeats. No one else really follows this in their instrumental covers

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

my favorite bass drum kicks when I play this.

[@KyanosLoboDeSpirituSanctu]

The Sun Goes Down I feel the light betray me!

[@atvena]

Love the splash hits before the 2nd chorus.

[@elizabethcastillo4050]

Gracias por subirlo! 😍😊👍🏽❤💥🎸✨💣

[@chainsawmax00]

WHY DOES IT FEEL LIKE NIGHT TODAY

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

something in here's not right today.

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

@@ShilohPark Paranoia's all I got left.

[@ShilohPark]

@@Rusli1659LPSoldier i dont know what stressed me first, or how the pressure was fed

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

@@ShilohPark But I know just what it feels like To have a voice in the back of my head! Like a face that I hold *inside!* A face that awakes when I close my *eyes!* A face that watches every time I *lie!* A face that laughs every time I fall.

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

@@ЕгорЦыба So I know that when it's time to sink or swim That the face inside is here in me Right underneath my skin

[@abbasnaqvi5341]

🐐 song 🐐 album

[@SnowWhiteQueen091590]

Perfect for a walk up song 😀

[@afterlifea7x]

This song reminds me of childhood

[@georgeorphanides2647]

love it

[@crazy_lor3175]

Machine Gun Kelly liked this video

[@80Flex]

Crazy_Lor oh shit you right

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

Well, MGK covered this in rehearsal before he met Mike shinoda. Also he killed the rap in verse 2 parts.

[@blankspace9809]

How did you even know

[@carolcaua9745]

This Song should be a good OST for a bad Villain Like Pain😎💪

[@keishamrobert6791]

Still miss 2000 when this opening shot of Hybrid Theory rocked our schooldays

[@dankmastert7641]

This is that one instrumental they play in those movies with the really intense car chase escapes.

[@melchardcaranto4675]

Fun Fact: Wrestler Angelina Love uses this as her theme in the Indy Circuit

[@biowulf14]

Rip Chester my man.

[@victorhugo-db3de]

gracias por el instrumental

[@mehrinkeepsgoing]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@minorpyro69]

Thabks for the organized and very neat playlist.

[@themctoastmaster]

Imagining this with the lyrics to Fighting Myself goes hard

[@hendrxx9593]

2:05 beautiful

[@Elon-Bernum-WangLing]

Amazing!

[@polinkamalinka8295]

Super music!!!

[@jasonlor9735]

Why do I find the instrumentals more better than the original songs with the singers?

[@goldeneagle987]

Anyone else try to say the lyrics to this?

[@iDracula]

It’s catchy

[@mix3k818]

MGK liked this vid

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

yeah, He did the rap in verse 2 in Hollywood bowl.

[@Kutarensmusic]

Imagine if we could have a flac version of this how many things we could hear in crisp detail

[@C.A._Old]

Based

[@Ghost09t]

صلوا عالنبي محمد واله محمد ((ص)) صلوا عالنبي محمد واله محمد ((ص)) صلوا عالنبي محمد واله محمد ((ص)).

[@ve4LLis]

Never back down and this banger

[@juliana_jesus]

i hear this to study

[@SeanLKearns]

Change playback speed to 1.5

[@azizanur7581]

Can I use this song for my video?🙏🏻

[@markgilblase456]

Lava

[@doggowoof7]

1:23

[@GolioMC]

Se puede escuchar un instrumental con la voz de el cantante?.. Fans de LP:

[@markgilblase456]

1:12 What The Fak Is Happening

[@KizunoOtoko94]

R.I.P. Chester Charles Bennington (March 20, 1976 - July 20, 2017)

[@AsquareM]

Kizu no Otoko R.I.P

[@king2010D]

Kizu no Otoko thx for the memories Chester

[@mikedayherriman]

He was one of the best artists and will be missed.

[@vegettossjwhite8559]

asesinated

[@JMc-ki7kq]

It's a bit unfair though that this is a Linkin Park instrumental and noone has said a word about the guitarist, drummer or DJ who made the music

[@marcbousaleh]

0:35

[@drcoco2k]

The song that got me into Linkin Park, and Linkin Park is what got me into music as a whole.

[@kaleorwhatever]

That is 1000000000% the same situation as me! #yaysomethingincommon🙌

[@DwightLivesMatter]

@@unclesam5231 Gay is an insult lol

[@linkinpilot42]

Same

[@SilentWra1th]

Same honestly

[@kolekelley6478]

Same

[@figloalds]

2:05 I love this chord progression so much, it's so simple and beautiful. It's rising up and resolute, feels uplift, unstoppable and determined. Not very compatible with the lyrics tbh, I could see something like this when a anime protagonist unleashes his occult power or something, which kinda explains how Linkin Park became such a stapple in AMV

[@galputhd]

I making amv with Linkin Park song, if you would like to see new amv era

[@pejter717]

It's amazing how many extra layers of sounds you can hear when the vocals are not there. After that little bass riff at 2:28 the violin stabs come into play and go along with the drums.

[@ddb3934]

I've always heard those but I always thought it was an acoustic guitar or something

[@idiotdusst3772]

@@acousticsound7 i think Brad delson put some more magic then shinoda

[@TheMarcosgoulart97]

The Bass at 2:28 is something else

[@aryapradana16]

@@idiotdusst3772 everyone put their magic to make this masterpiece of hybrid theory

[@neki3530]

LOL same picture

[@huihoi7878]

" The Sun Goes down "

[@drcoco2k]

¡best LP moment ever!

[@hulago1234]

I feel the light betray me

[@nebuliangamers6450]

@ADR117 I feel the light betray me.

[@SightHandicappedRider9400]

" I feel the light betray me "

[@megabulwark442]

The instrumental is so fucking good RIP Chester

[@ChairmanLor]

Fun Fact: Papercut is Mike Shinoda's 2nd favourite LP song, the 1st is Waiting For The End

[@-hindihinduhindusthan7111]

2:50 - 3:00 part has different fan base.

[@ramoncsotelo999]

The instrumental papercut linkin park is perfect badass

[@kinglopez3974]

Am I the only one who rewinds it to 2:05

[@nils_perahia]

Nope.

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

just you! 😂😂

[@jeancarloshernandezmartine7687]

2:04 Chester "The suuuuuuun goes dowwwwwn" 🔥🔥🔥

[@scarlett8630]

When I listen to just the instrumentals of their songs , I now realize they are so cool sounding omg . No band can do it like Linkin Park! Rip Chester

[@Yuko_QT]

This is a masterpiece even without vocals. Amazing

[@firmi9700]

Lyric: Why does it feel like night today? Somethin' in here's not right today Why am I so uptight today? Paranoia's all I got left I don't know what stressed me first Or how the pressure was fed But I know just what it feels like To have a voice in the back of my head Like a face that I hold inside A face that awakes when I close my eyes A face watches every time I lie A face that laughs every time I fall (And watches everything) So I know that when it's time to sink or swim That the face inside is here in me Right underneath my skin It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin I know I've got a face in me Points out all my mistakes to me You've got a face on the inside too And your paranoia's probably worse I don't know what set me off first But I know what I can't stand Everybody acts like the fact of the matter is I can't add up to what you can But everybody has a face that they hold inside A face that awakes when I close my eyes A face watches every time they lie A face that laughs every time they fall (And watches everything) So you know that when it's time to sink or swim That the face inside is watchin' you too Right inside your skin It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath the skin It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin The face inside is right beneath your skin The face inside is right beneath your skin The face inside is right beneath your skin The sun goes down I feel the light betray me The sun goes down I feel the light betray me It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath the skin It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin

[@solekman916]

It felt so weird when he didn't say WHY AM I SO UPTIGHT TODAY, SOMETHING IN THE AIR'S NOT RIGHT TODAY

[@ZzsarkStormbeard]

Of course I love the original song. But here you can hear stuff that you can't hear clearly in the original. I love this instrumental. It's perfect!

[@zk3212]

2:02 THE SUUUUUUUN 🔥🤘

[@AlexTheCatGirlQueen]

GOOOES DOOWN

[@fiqryfaruchie]

@@AlexTheCatGirlQueen I FEEL THE LIGHT

[@AlexTheCatGirlQueen]

@@fiqryfaruchie BETRAY ME

[@wagingus8078]

@@AlexTheCatGirlQueen THE SUUUUUUN GOOOES DOOOOOOOOOOWNNN

[@alexanderstassos8078]

I FEEL THE LIGHT BEETREAAAAYY MEEEEII

[@NickTasy]

This is literally one of the most underrated Linkin Park songs of all fucking time. Honestly I'd rate this over In The End (which I love very much) and Crawling (also a song I love) any day. Papercut is the best song on Hybrid Theory hands down.

[@duongallen4094]

Due to the fact that this song was released after In The End it failed to attract people over In The End

[@HalffaceO1]

In the End has the trendy "pop" to it that everyone can get into. Stuff like Papercut are for those that have good ears for it.

[@NickTasy]

I'm not a music junkie so I don't know what any of that means lol. Also that's what I don't understand. And even the band members say In The End is poppy. How? Please someone explain to me how In The End is a pop song, because I honestly don't see it

[@MELSOFF]

a place for my head>all

[@mathprodigy]

Nick Tasy I have to agree with you.... it is probably their strongest track of all time imo... it's just so perfect and jammin' without any flaws, fucking IMPECCABLE flow, this instrumental just sounds so God damn good in the car through a good system.... it really is the perfect song to show what Linkin park is about (I meant USED to be about lol)

[@temmywemmy8544]

I wanna be a wrestler one day and you know I gotta use this as my theme

[@rekahasulyo]

[Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington:] Why does it feel like night today? Something in here's not right today. Why am I so uptight today? Paranoia's all I got left I don't know what stressed me first Or how the pressure was fed But I know just what it feels like To have a voice in the back of my head Like a face that I hold inside A face that awakes when I close my eyes A face that watches every time I lie A face that laughs every time I fall (And watches everything) So I know that when it's time to sink or swim That the face inside is here in me Right underneath my skin [Chester Bennington:] It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin [Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington:] I know I've got a face in me Points out all my mistakes to me You've got a face on the inside too Your paranoia's probably worse I don't know what set me off first But I know what I can't stand Everybody acts like the fact of the matter Is I can't add up to what you can But everybody has a face that they hold inside A face that awakes when I close my eyes A face that watches every time they lie A face that laughs every time they fall (And watches everything) So you know that when it's time to sink or swim That the face inside is watching you too Right inside your skin [Chester Bennington:] It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath the skin It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back It's like a whirlwind inside of my head It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin [Mike Shinoda:] The face inside is right beneath the skin [3x] [Chester Bennington (Mike Shinoda):] The sun goes down I feel the light betray me The sun goes down I feel the light betray me The sun (It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back) (It's like a whirlwind inside of my head) (It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within) (It's like the face inside is right beneath the skin) I feel the light betray me The sun (It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back) (It's like a whirlwind inside of my head) (It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within) (It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within) I feel the light betray me (It's like I can't stop what I'm hearing within) The sun (It's like the face inside is right beneath my skin)

[@AnaEvaSosa969]

Best Linkin Park - Papercut (Instrumental) song ever

[@talkshow69]

The instrumentals of Linkin Park have so many nuances in them, you have to hear them in their entirety. They're like a separate song you can listen to without vocals.

[@jd_kreeper2799]

I can hear Chester say "I feel" at 2:27

[@ramoncsotelo999]

the awesome song Linkin Park Papercut instrumental

[@SykeThrone]

crispy sounds!!!!!

[@itsover6668]

Syke Throne they taste good too

[@DeluviumOfficial]

This song single handedly introduced metal AND hip hop into my life. One of the sickest songs and albums of all time

[@CrossfireTheory]

Who else's hearing Chester's vocals at the final bridge and chorus?

[@remastered-00-pl]

Me

[@awkwarddoggo05]

2:27 There? I hear a voice too

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

me! I heard these backing vocals of Chester!

[@ComradeVenus]

THE SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN GOES DOOOOWN I FEEL THE LIGHT BETRAY ME

[@amazinglyaverage590]

Just their instrumentals are enough. I can un ironically play this on loop, that's how good LP is.

[@samurairay5067]

RIP Chester ;(

[@mike7836]

2:31 Just last week, I was watching live videos and noticed that there's a flute like sample in the background that Mr. Hahn plays live. I've been listening to this song since 2003 and didnt notice it til just last week. SO AWESOME.

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

I did thinking the same thing. But actually it's a Violin sample in the last chorus.

[@al112v4]

It’s a digital string actually.

[@themajesticvalkyrie9469]

I love those deep strums, making it sound a little bit Ike metal in away like KoRn or Slipknot

[@Shinobi_-lo4rr]

0:09 - 0:12 that moment Chester was broke his right wrist when his foot stuck in the stairs.

[@michaeldane75]

This may be my overall favorite Linkin Park song just because of this instrumental. That guitar breakdown after verse 2 at 2:05 is so epic. Has serious Ancient Asian vibes in it.

[@rashikrayat9536]

This is beautiful :')

[@PedroDLima-st5eb]

It's been 1 year... RIP Chester

[@sykosinnathebloodspilla2319]

i made a tribute to chester to this beat n they flagged me . sucks cuz it came out good to say the leasst... rip C.B

[@Kylle-kz1eg]

It's so clean, you can't even hear background voices, good job👍👍👍

[@fatdog4393]

Awesome

[@jaaacktommyyy]

One of the best instrumentals of all time, from one of the best songs of all time, from one of the best albums of all time, from one of the best bands of all time. Linkin Park forever!

[@gaynellearndorfer8054]

Am I the only one who rewinds it to 2:05 Anyone else try to say the lyrics to this? I NEED A HEEERROOOO wait wrong song

[@freyamcquade5435]

So sad I am going to cry every time l this song RIP CHESTER

[@Snow-cg8jm]

2:28 I never heard the bass lol

[@waterproof4403]

Ikr it sounds just beautiful

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

The octaves was really hard to play this song.

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

but Dave Farrell played this.

[@ramoncsotelo999]

AMV song Anime ???

[@rarityclarity3724]

Listening to this like crazy to get down the drum part and nail it!

[@UnderdogOfficial1]

I got these demons in my head And I don’t know why they there I just know they want me dead They talk to me when no ones near They tell me I’m really sick have me questioning why I live Isolate myself from my friends I want to be left alone cause they wouldn’t understand Music is the only reason I’m still here to tell you this Never give in or give up when ya want to quit instead keep on fighting even if you never hit the end

[@nfrnalDstryr]

Thats deep bro

[@AmitKumar-cd8ll]

The sun goes down.....

[@ih4177]

YO MGK likes the song

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

It's because he killed the rap part in verse 2 cuz He did in Hollywood bowl.