Easier to Run

This is about someone who has a secret - something he wishes he could change. That person would rather run away then deal with his problems because it is just too hard.

This appears on Linkin Park's second studio album, Meteora, the follow-up to their smash debut, Hybrid Theory.

Linkin Park rapper Mike Shinoda explained the song's meaning to Shoutweb: "Lyrically, it's kind of about escapism in a way. I think that's a really familiar topic for myself and for a lot of people in the world. If that weren't the case, then movie ticket sales wouldn't be so high. People go out and do things to get away from their life. That's what the song is about, it's easier to run away from your problems then to face them. We elaborate on that theme in the song. I think that one came together pretty quickly as far as lyrics go, which is nice. For us, it feels like magic when the lyrics to a song just come together in a couple of days. It's really a special kind of feeling. It's just tough because for a lot of these songs, Chester [Bennington, vocalist] and I in general, because we don't have the same life, we are talking about different things a little bit but when they come together in the song, it becomes one story. Sometimes I worry if I'm telling too much of my side of it because it is open to interpretation, even from the two of us a little bit, not much, but a little bit."