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When Linkin Park agreed to let a MySpace user create a new version of one of their songs, “The Catalyst,” they had to know it would be tough to pick a winner. The band weighed all the options, and in the end the winner of the Linkin Park: Featuring Ты contest is a man who goes by the name “NoBrian,” but is otherwise known as a MySpace user from Poland. Yes, Poland.

Mike Shinoda surprised the winner, who goes by “Chex,” via webchat to inform him he had won the contest. Chex’s version of “The Catalyst,” which Ты can hear here, will appear on Linkin Park’s upcoming record,...

I'ma be that nail in your coffin
Sayin' that I soften
I was duckin' down to reload
So Ты can save your petty explanations
I don't have the patience

Before Ты even say it I know
You let your pride and your ego
Talk slick to me no
That is not the way I get down
And look at how Ты lose your composure
Now let me Показать ya exactly how the breaking point sound

I wanna see Ты choke on your lies
Swallow up your greed
Suffer all alone in your misery
Choke on your lies
Swallow up your greed
Suffer all alone in your misery

What is it Ты want me to tell ya?
I'm not a failure
I would rather live and...