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20 July 2017, a sad day for metal and especially for Linkin Park’s fans. 

The guy who inspired thousands of people, Chester Bennington, was found dead in his house after he committed suicide at only 41 years old. 

After few hours, Mike Shinoda confirmed his death on Twitter: “Shocked and heartbroken, but it’s true.” And this was how we were all feeling: shocked and heartbroken.

I can’t describe what I’ve felt in that night, a mix of pain and sadness. I’ve listened to LP’s songs all night, hoping that it was just a nightmare…but it wasn’t unfortunately. His lyrics were about him, but nobody realized this until it was too late…

I won’t ever forget this letter by LP to him, 4 days after…

On October 27, Linkin Park hosted a public tribute titled “Linkin Park and Friends: Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington”, in which LP performed for the first time after his death, alongside Blink-182, System of a Down, Korn, Avenged Sevenfold, BMTH and Kiiara. Also, stars like Jay-Z and Chris Martin (Coldplay) paid their tributes to him. 

One month ago, Mike Shinoda released his first solo album, “Post Traumatic” with songs written after the death of his bandmate. “Over Again” is probably the most emotional song I’ve ever heard and I feel like I must share the lyrics with you.

Sometimes, sometimes you don’t say goodbye once
You say goodbye over and over and over again
Over and over and over again
Sometimes, sometimes you don’t say goodbye once
You say goodbye over and over and over again
Over and over and over again

It was a month since he passed, maybe less
And no one knew what to do, we were such a mess
We were texting, we were calling, we were checking in
We said we ought to play a show in honor of our friend
Well now that show’s finally here, it’s tonight
Supposed to go to the bowl, get on stage, dim the lights
With our friends and our family, in his name, celebrate
There’s no way that I’ll be ready to get back up on that stage
Can’t remember if I’ve cancelled any show
But I think about what I’m supposed to do and I don’t know
‘Cause I think about not doing it the same way as before
And it makes me wanna puke my fucking guts out on the floor
We rehearsed it for a month, I’m not worried about the set
I get tackled by the grief at times that I would least expect
I know what I should be doing when I’m singing but instead
We’ll be playing through a song and I’d remember in my head

Sometimes, sometimes you don’t say goodbye once
You say goodbye over and over and over again
Over and over and over again
Sometimes, sometimes you don’t say goodbye once
You say goodbye over and over and over again
Over and over and over again

What they saying, I’m not raw?
What the fuck you take me for?
All the sudden you hear what I’ve said a hundred ways before?
I been pushed, I been trapped
Drug myself through hell and back and
Fallen flat and had the balls to start it all again from scratch
How do you feel, how you doing, how’d the show go?
Am I insane to say the truth is that I don’t know
My body aches heads spinning this is all wrong
I almost lost it in middle of a couple songs
And everybody that I talk to is like, “wow
Must be really hard to figure out what to do now”
Well thank you genius, you think it’ll be a challenge
Only my life’s work hanging in the fucking balance
And all I wanted was to get a little bit of closure
And every step I took I looked and wasn’t any closer
‘Cause sometimes when you say goodbye, yeah you say it
Over and over and over and over

Sometimes, sometimes you don’t say goodbye once
You say goodbye over and over and over again
Over and over and over again
Sometimes, sometimes you don’t say goodbye once
You say goodbye over and over and over again
Over and over and over again

Over and over and over again
Over and over and over again
Over and over and over again
Over and over and over again
Over and over and over again
Over and over and over again

We miss you, Chester, but you’ll live in our hearts forever!💔