What We Don't Know

"What We Don't Know"
Song by Linkin Park
from the album LP Underground X: Demos
Recorded:	2007
Released:	November 17, 2010
LP Underground X: Demos tracklist
Unfortunate (Unreleased Demo 2002) What We Don't Know (Unreleased Demo 2007) Oh No (Points Of Authority Demo) I Have Not Begun (Unreleased Demo 2009) Pale (Unreleased Demo 2006) Pretend To Be (Unreleased Demo 2008) Divided (Unreleased Demo 2005) What I've Done (M.Shinoda Remix) Coal (Unreleased Demo 1997) Halo (Unreleased Demo 2002)

Background

"What We Don't Know" is one of the seventeen songs recorded for Minutes To Midnight in 2006-2007 and is one of the five songs that did not make the album, along with "No Roads Left", "Across The Line", "Blackbirds", and another unknown fifth song. This song was mixed by Neal Avron, who mixed the rest of Minutes To Midnight, meaning that it made it all the way to the very end of the process and was one of the last songs to be voted out of the album's tracklisting.

The song was released on the LP Underground X CD on November 17, 2010. In the LPU newsletter, Brad said the following about "What We Don't Know", "That was the song that we started during the Minutes To Midnight writing period, and we kind of left it as it is, and then never really finished it. To me I just love the feel of it and even in its current form I like it. I always thought it had a lot of potential to be a great song."

Versions

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

Studio

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
What We Don't Know (Unreleased Demo 2007)	LP Underground X: Demos	3:39	2007	November 17, 2010

Lyrics

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If everything would just stop Then maybe I could collect my thoughts If everything would stand still I could've hidden how lost I feel I should've said what I hear I should've let myself fear I should've made myself clear So this is how we fall apart This is how the ending starts And when we find we've lost our mark We fake what we don't know I never asked to let go I never thought I could sink so low I never let myself down Until the second I did right now I should've said what I hear I should've let myself fear I should've made myself clear So this is how we fall apart This is how the ending starts And when we find we've lost our mark We fake what we don't know This is how we fall apart This is how the ending starts Cause when our heads betray our hearts We fake what we don't know Cause all we are is everything we've done All we are is how quickly we run And all we are We are This is how we fall apart But this is how beginnings start Cause when our heads betray our hearts We fake what we don't know And if our doubt begins again The answers find us in the end So in the meantime we'll pretend And fake what we don't know This is how we fall apart But this is how beginnings start Cause when our heads betray our hearts We fake what we don't know And if our doubt begins again The answers find us in the end So in the meantime we'll pretend And fake what we don't know }} External Links References