"Make It Up As I Go" is the eleventh song off of Mike Shinoda's debut studio album, Post Traumatic. The song features guest vocals from K.Flay.
Background
Versions
Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.
Studio
Title | Album | Length | Recorded | Released | Notes |
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Make It Up As I Go | Post Traumatic | 3:30 | 2017-2018 | June 15, 2018 |
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Make It Up As I Go | Post Traumatic (Clean) | 3:30 | 2017-2018 | June 15, 2018 |
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Make It Up As I Go | Post Traumatic - Instrumentals | 3:29 | 2017-2018 |
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Live
Title | Album | Length | Recorded | Released | Notes |
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Make It Up As I Go (Live In Moscow, 2018) | Soundcheck Session: Live In Moscow | 4:54 | September 1, 2018 | November 15, 2018 |
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Live
"Make It Up As I Go" was debuted live at Mike's performance at Amoeba Records. K.Flay joined Mike for the song. She also joined Mike for the song at the KROQ AAC performance. For most of the west coast leg of the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour, Linkin Park bandmate Phoenix would join Mike and the band for the song. "Make It Up As I Go" was one of the few songs to be performed at every full solo show Mike played since its debut.
Live Guests
Last Updated: January 12, 2020
- K.Flay
- Phoenix (Linkin Park)
Personnel
- Written by Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Kristine Flaherty
- Produced by Mike Shinoda
- Vocals by Mike Shinoda, Kristine Flaherty
- Mixed by Manny Marroquin
- Mastered by Michelle Mancini
Lyrics
I keep on running backwards
I keep on losing faith
I thought I had the answers
I thought I knew the way
My brother said be patient
My mother held my hand
Don't know what I'm chasing
Don't know who I am
Woke up this morning holdin' my head
Thinkin' last night is one of regret
Washin' off the bad decisions, the blurry vision
The clues that I'm still a mess
Spittin' out the taste I have in my mouth
Knowin' what this all is really about
Knowin' there's an explanation, an expiration
I gotta figure shit out
And they're askin' me if I can see
The darkness down below
And I know it's true, I say I do
And half the time I don't
Maybe I can't make what it may take
To leave this thing behind
But I shut my eyes and cross each line
And every time
I keep on running backwards
I keep on losing faith
I thought I had the answers
I thought I knew the way
My brother said be patient
My mother held my hand
I don't know what I'm chasing
I don't know who I am
Waking in the dead of night, I can't sleep
Sleeping in the light of day for like weeks
Reality was out of focus, I could be hopeless
Instead I gritted my teeth
I didn't have the patience left to explain
Didn't wanna wake when nobody came
I know the path I had's uneven, but while I'm breathing
I have to make my own lane
And they're askin' me if I can see
The darkness down below
And I know it's true, I say I do
And half the time I don't
Maybe I can't make what it may take
To leave this thing behind
But I shut my eyes and cross each line
And every time
I keep on running backwards
I keep on losing faith
I thought I had the answers
I thought I knew the way
My brother said be patient
My mother held my hand
I don't know what I'm chasing
I don't know who I am
So, I make it up as I go
I make it up as I go
So, I make it up as I go
I make it up as I go, as I go
I keep on running backwards
I keep on losing faith
I thought I had the answers
I thought I knew the way
My brother said be patient
My mother held my hand
I don't know what I'm chasing
Don't know who I am
So, I make it up as I go
I make it up as I go
So, I make it up as I go
I make it up as I go, as I go
Gallery
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YouTube background image
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Poster
External Links
- Make It Up As I Go (Official Audio): YouTube
References
- ↑ Post Traumatic Clean Version - Newswire - Linkin Park Live, October 31, 2018