What The Words Meant - Mike Shinoda

[00:00.00]
[00:07.64]The first time I heard it
[00:11.06]Didn't know what it was
[00:14.96]I listened to it over and over
[00:18.57]I couldn't get enough
[00:22.39]I knew every syllable
[00:25.83]And the space in between
[00:30.26]And I wondered
[00:33.31]What my own song would be
[00:35.50]
[00:35.53]I thought I understood what the words meant
[00:39.16]I thought I knew the meaning behind
[00:43.01]I memorized the sounds and the rhythms
[00:46.69]And wondered about the stories inside
[00:50.36]I thought I understood what the words meant
[00:54.06]I thought that they were written for me
[00:57.87]A message spelled out in a language
[01:01.50]That only those who've been there
[01:04.55]Been there can read
[01:07.92]
[01:14.45]The first time I heard it
[01:18.03]Didn't know what it was
[01:21.64]It was foreign and angry and brilliant
[01:25.57]I couldn't get enough
[01:29.12]But the story behind it
[01:32.77]You revealed it to me
[01:37.23]And I realized
[01:39.33]You had lived through what I had never seen
[01:42.48]
[01:42.51]I never understood what the words meant
[01:46.15]I never knew the meaning behind
[01:49.89]I memorized the sounds and the rhythms
[01:53.56]But didn't know the stories inside
[01:57.34]I never understood what the words meant
[02:00.99]The words were never written for me
[02:04.75]A message spelled out in a language
[02:08.42]That only those who've been there
[02:11.53]Been there can read
[02:15.68]
[02:34.54]I wish I didn't know what the words meant
[02:38.23]Or understand the meaning behind
[02:41.91]I memorized the sounds and the rhythms
[02:45.72]And now I know the stories inside
[02:49.48]I wish I didn't know the words meant
[02:53.07]That they were never written for me
[02:56.89]A message spelled out in a language
[03:00.52]That only those who've been there
[03:03.65]Been there can read
[03:09.04]
[03:09.07]Been there
[03:10.99]Been there can read
[03:16.44]Been there
[03:18.41]Been there can read
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