Easier to Run

Who it's for

Linkin Park sing about how much easier it feels to run from painful, shameful memories than to face them.

Feelings it meets

• Shame
• Letting Go of the Past
• Emotional Suppression

What it is

"Easier to Run" is the sixth track on Linkin Park's second album, Meteora (2003). Mike Shinoda described it as being about escapism: how it can feel easier to run from your problems than to face them. Chester Bennington first wrote the verses as a free-writing exercise, before any music existed. It is a slower, mellower song than most of the band's material from that period.

Where to find it

All major streaming services.

Before you start

Age: Suggested 13+

Yet you cannot lay remorse upon the innocent nor lift it from the heart of the guilty.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Crime and Punishment”