"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
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
Gallery
External Links
References
- ↑ Mike Shinoda on Twitter: "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. (1/2)… https://t.co/qvNmIqkp13" ., December 06, 2018
- ↑ Mike Shinoda on Twitter: "(2/2) 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.… https://t.co/iDLtGSwyxt" ., December 06, 2018