First Time Hearing Lost by Linkin Park | Suicide Survivor Reacts

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Just hearing the lyric "but I'm tired." Hit me hard cause you can hear the pain in his voice. RIP Chester

Hardest part of this song is listening to the lyrics and remembering how he died it's heartbreaking

The song is full of pain. And the fact that it was recorded 13 years before Chester left gives me goosebumps.

I was at their penultimate concert ever, in London. I went with a friend. In the end of the concert she was like "WOW Chester is SO energetic!!". My answer was: "actually. He wasn't as energetic as the other concerts I went to. Something felt off"... I sensed he wasn't alright. I wish I could have helped him.

When i first heard they released a new song i didn't know it was a unreleased song with chester. I wasn't ready and broke down when i heard his voice. They helped me get through my teen years and early adult life. Tragic that he never was able to escape the demons. He said in an interview that when he was alone, that was the worst time for him as he found it harder to ignore his demons. So hearing that in the song just hit so damn hard. I love that they put this song out so many of us who have been hurting from his death could hear that amazing voice once again on a " new " song.

His pains went so deep and began at such a young age. That monster him that did those horrific things to him as a little boy, absolutely destroyed Chester’s entire life.

I am a 14 year old boy and I have relatively severe anxiety and depression. I am on anxiety meds. Multiple times my depression has kept me awake which makes the feelings worse. Another thing is that my parents divorced in 2016 and before covid I was only seeing my dad ~15 days a year. Since covid though, he hasn't been able to visit so I haven't seen him in person since Jan 3 2020. Linkin park has really helped me and is still helping me through this time.

“Listening to the voice of a ghost” is a good way to put it, and illuminates just one reason why this song has a haunting quality. The other is of course how Chester left this world. He always sang/screamed about his personal turmoil so well. But now that he’s gone, it just rings even more real, and much too real, than ever.

What’s both interesting and heartbreaking to me: we’re listening to a time capsule of emotions we felt 20 years ago, and are STILL feeling today. We’re hearing them in a filter of a friend who lost the battle that ALL of us are fighting. It kills me that Chester’s lyrics are consistently described as a “call for help.” They are only considered such because of hindsight. Because this is a friend, like Cornell, like Cobain, like Strnad and so many others, who have lost the battle we are all continuing to fight. “I try to keep this pain inside, but I will never be alright.” It’s a lyric that reminds me how, as of 2023, we are far more empathetic to this thought process, and can recontextualize it into something healthier; but when he wrote, performed, and felt it 20 years ago, we either couldn’t or didn’t. I also connect with his delivery of “But I’m tired.” When everything is said and done…I’m tired. There’s a yearning for understanding, for release and validation…but the world moves too slowly. I wish we could tell our friends how much they’re loved and supported and cared for before it’s too late…as much as I hope they listen…

I’ve pretty much been listening this on repeat… not really, but a lot of times since it came out. It’s still giving me goosebumps… Linkin Park has always felt so relatable, even before I understood English. Once i was able to translate everything it was almost weird how relatable te lyrics actually are.

This is so bitter sweet. It's such a great feeling to hear a new LP song, and be excited, and happy. But hearing that haunting voice, painful lyrics, and the memory that Chester is no longer here. It hurts. It's emotional. But it's beautiful

This song hurts harder than past songs when I listen to them as it was unheard before his death. We all know he was begging for help he thought he was not getting and it ended him. This is more of the same and knowing that it ended him makes this hit differently! Especially when he said 'I'm tired'.....

When he said "lost all my dignity" refers to him being disgustingly abused as a kid by family relative. 😔

Hearing the pain in his voice, knowing what we know now.. it hurts so much... as someone who was also helped by LP and someone survived suicide myself thanks to my family intervening, this song hits me harder than I thought it would. The first time hearing it I was an emotional wreck and now that it's on my playlist and when it comes on.. I have to listen to it a few times because of how much it touches me emotionally and how much to this day I miss Chester RIP, I'm so happy they released this

Alot of us fans felt the pain and emotions of this song not everyone felt this way but alot have .🙏

Lost is like taking one last walk with an old friend, knowing you'll never see him again.

Amanda, thank you. You helped me with your words. You soothed the wounds & you are a fellow LP original soldier as well. I'm glad to have - accidently pumped into your channel. I wish you well 💜

Thank you for this reaction. I have been binge watching reactions to this song and I think I was waiting for someone to connect to it in the way I have, knowing all of Chester's past (at least what he spoke about in interviews, and Mike and he wrote in their lyrics) and sharing so much of those thoughts and feelings. Sincere thanks <3

This band has helped me through a rough time in my life and when Chester passed away it felt like I lost one of my family members and to this day every time I hear his voice I always break down and cry