What The Words Meant Lyrics - Mike Shinoda

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 

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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 

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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 what 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