What The Words Meant

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"What The Words Meant" is the second bonus track off of Mike Shinoda's debut studio album, Post Traumatic. It was released as part of a double single with "Prove You Wrong".

Background

Mike Shinoda posted on Twitter on December 6, 2018, "Hey guys, thanks for the preview! FYI, “what the words meant is actually about a conversation with another artist (not LP) whose songs I’ve loved for a while. I didn’t know what their lyrics were about. She told me their album was about the loss of her sister. So WTWM is about understanding that kind of grief as a person and artist. It’s about having a new (and unfortunate) understanding, due to tragedy."[1][2]

Tracklisting

10" Vinyl

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1 Prove You Wrong Mike Shinoda 3:29
2 What The Words Meant Shinoda 3:32

Versions

Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.

Title Album Length Recorded Released Notes
What The Words Meant Post Traumatic (Special Edition Vinyl) 3:32 2017-2018 December 7, 2018

Personnel

Lyrics

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The first time I heard it
Didn't know what it was
I listened to it over and over
I couldn't get enough
I knew every syllable
And the space in between
And I wondered
What my own song would be
 
I thought I understood what the words meant
I thought I knew the meaning behind
I memorized the sounds and the rhythms
And wondered about the stories inside
I thought I understood what the words meant
I thought that they were written for me
A message spelled out in a language
That only those who've been there
Been there can read
 
The first time I heard it
Didn't know what it was
It was foreign and angry and brilliant
I couldn't get enough
But the story behind it
You revealed it to me
And I realized
You had lived through what I had never seen
 
I never understood what the words meant
I never knew the meaning behind
I memorized the sounds and the rhythms
But didn't know the stories inside
I never understood what the words meant
The words were never written for me
A message spelled out in a language
That only those who've been there
Been there can read
 
I wish I didn't know what the words meant
Or understand the meaning behind
I memorized the sounds and the rhythms
And now I know the stories inside
I wish I didn't know the words meant
That they were written for me
A message spelled out in a language
That only those who've been there
Been there can read
 
Been there
Been there can read
Been there
Been there can read

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