Linkin Park have revealed the lyrics for their upcoming single 'Good Goodbye'. We knew the song would be releasing next due to the confirmed music video and lyrics video which should be coming soon. The song that also features Stormzy and Pusha T has been described to us by Mike Shinoda as an "outlier track" that's "different from the rest of the album", referring to their upcoming album 'One More Light' out May 19th. Mike has also said the song has a "sarcastic tone" and he and Chester talk about it more in the Genius article. The update also reveals Andrew Bolooki did vocal production whilst Jesse Shatkin did additional production. Check out these and the official lyrics below. Mike Shinoda: I’m a basketball fan. When I was writing this song, I wanted to capture that moment at the game when someone fouls out, and the cheerleaders sing and kick out the ejected player. Chester Bennington: We wanted this song to apply to two things at the same time: someone getting kicked out of a game, and someone getting out of a bad relationship. [Chorus: Chester Bennington] So say goodbye and hit the road Pack it up and disappear You better have some place to go 'Cause you can't come back around here Good goodbye (Don't you come back no more) [Verse 1: Mike Shinoda] Live from the rhythm, it's Something wild, venomous Enemies trying to read me You're all looking highly illiterate Blindly forgetting if I'm in the mix You won't find an equivalent I've been here killing it Longer than you've been alive, you idiot And it makes you so mad Somebody else could be stepping in front of you And it makes you so mad that you're not the only one There's more than one of you And you can't understand the fact That it's over and done, hope you had fun You've got a lot to discuss on the bus Headed back where you're from [Chorus: Chester Bennington] So say goodbye and hit the road Pack it up and disappear You better have some place to go 'Cause you can't come back around here Good goodbye (Don't you come back no more) [Verse 2: Pusha T] Goodbye, good riddance A period is after every sentence Did my time with my cellmate Maxed out so now we finished Every day was like a hail date Every night was like a hailstorm Took her back to my tinted windows Showin' out, she in rare form Wings up, now I'm airborne King Push, they got a chair for him Make way for the new queen The old lineup, where they cheer for 'em Consequence when you ain't there for him Were you there for him? Did you care for him? You were dead wrong [Chorus: Chester Bennington] So say goodbye and hit the road Pack it up and disappear You better have some place to go 'Cause you can't come back around here Good goodbye (Don't you come back no more) [Verse 3: Stormzy] Let me say goodbye to my demons Let me say goodbye to my past life Let me say goodbye to the darkness Tell 'em that I'd rather be here in the starlight Tell 'em that I'd rather be here where they love me Tell 'em that I'm yours this is our life And I still keep raising the bar like Never seen a young black brother in the chart twice Goodbye to the stereotypes You can't tell my kings we can't Mandem we're linking tings in parks Now I gotta tune with Linkin Park Like goodbye to my old hoe’s Goodbye to the cold roads I can't die for my postcode Young little Mike from the Gold Coast And now I'm inside with my bro bro's Gang [Chorus: Chester Bennington] So say goodbye and hit the road Pack it up and disappear You better have some place to go 'Cause you can't come back around here Good goodbye (Don't you come back no more) What do you think of the lyrics for Good Goodbye? Let us know on the forums! Source: Genius
I don't even care about what the lyrics are, I just want to hear the song. " don't care about the words, just love the way they sound."
Mike's verse doesn't seem like a huge departure from stuff he's done in the past, but I can see it flowing well. Gotta hear it in context! I'm just stoked to see three full verses.
Can we just laugh at Lauren Nostro, the author of the article, who put this paragraph at the end: The link takes you to the Box video where they talk about the video. The outlier track and sarcastic tone lines is stuff Mike said to me in London which we posted on Twitter and in the news post about the music video. So it looks like Lauren just stole the info from our news post without watching the video because Mike or Chester say absolutely nothing about it being sarcastic in tone or an outlier track in that video interview.
Time to send a snarky reply on Twitter. Stuff like that needs to be called out. Tired of shit "journalists"
I'm looking forward to hearing how it flows. Yeah not amazing lyrics but if it fits the song, I ain't going to complain too much. I just want to hear the delivery.
Can't tell you how happy I am to see Chester is also in the song. I was starting to worry it would just be Mike with Stormzy and Pusha.
I don't post very often but I feel compelled to say some of those lyrics are just bad. Maybe it will be better in context but it is going to take a lot to overcome "Mandem we're linking tings in parks, Now I gotta tune with Linkin Park..." That is awful.