Linkin Park的歌曲《Up From the Bottom》通过其歌词传达了一种被困和挣扎的情感。这首歌的背景故事和歌词解读如下：
歌曲开头描述了一种窒息的感觉，仿佛空气正在耗尽，这种比喻可能象征着情感上的压抑或困境。
Inside it
Feels like I been barely breathing
Feels like air is running out
接着，歌词提到了“天花板”，这可能象征着限制或障碍，是别人为了控制或压制而设置的。
Inside I'm
Stuck here staring at a ceiling
You put up to keep me down down down down down
“Waking up without a name”和“Opening my eyes knowing nothing is the same”表达了一种失去身份和现实感的迷茫，可能是对自我认同的丧失或对现实变化的不适应。
Waking up without a name
Opening my eyes knowing nothing is the same
“Circling around a drain”和“As I realize that there's no one else to blame”则揭示了一种自我反省的过程，意识到自己被困的境地是自己造成的，没有其他人可以责怪。
Circling around a drain
As I realize that there's no one else to blame
“Staring up from the bottom”和“I try escaping but there's nowhere to go”表达了一种渴望逃脱但又感到无路可逃的绝望感。
You keep me waiting down here
So far below
Staring up from the bottom
Up from the bottom
I try escaping but there's
Nowhere to go
歌曲中还提到了一个“devil”，这可能象征着诱惑、欺骗或内心的恐惧，它的到来带来了毒药和虚假的承诺，让人陷入更深的困境。
Everybody out that devil is coming
Poison on his lips and his words mean nothing
最后，歌曲以“Gotta get out of here”结束，表达了一种迫切的逃脱欲望，想要从困境中解脱出来。
Gotta get out of here
Up from the bottom
Gotta get out of here
整体来看，《Up From the Bottom》是一首关于挣扎、困境和自我救赎的歌曲，通过歌词传达了一种从绝望中寻找出路的情感。