On Shinedown’s own YouTube channel, Brent Smith and Zach Myers did a commentary series on the meaning of songs off their album, Threat To Survival, that How Did You Love appears on. Smith states that the song represents understanding and accepting your mortality, and to leave a legacy behind when yo...
[Verse 1]
You can have the sound of
A thousand voices calling your name
You can have the light of the world
Blind you, bathe you in grace
But I don't see so easily
What you hold in your hands
'Cause castles crumble, kingdoms fall
And turn into sand
[Verse 2]
You can be an angel of mercy
Or give into hate
You can try to fight it just like
Every other careless mistake
How do you justify? I'm mystified
By the ways of your heart
With the million lies, the truth will rise
To tear you apart
[Pre-Chorus]
Woah!
[Chorus]
No one gets out alive
Every day is do or die
The one thing you leave behind
Is, how did you love? How did you love?
It's not what you believe
Those prayers will make you bleed
But while you're on your knees
How did you love? How did you love?
[Post-Chorus]
How did you love?
[Verse 3]
Nothing ever feels quite the same
When you are what you dream
And you will never look at anything the same
When you see what I see
How we forget ourselves, lose our way
From the cradle to the grave
You can't replicate, or duplicate
Gotta find your own way
[Pre-Chorus]
Yeah
[Chorus]
No one gets out alive
Every day is do or die
The one thing you leave behind
Is, how did you love? How did you love?
It's not what you believe
Those prayers will make you bleed
But while you're on your knees
How did you love? How did you love?
[Post-Chorus]
How did you love?
[Bridge]
This ain't no cross to bury
We are the judge and jury
We are the judge and jury
[Chorus]
No one gets out alive
Every day is do or die
The one thing you leave behind
Is, how did you love? How did you love?
It's not what you believe
Those prayers will make you bleed
But while you're on your knees
How did you love? How did you love?
[Post-Chorus]
How did you love?
[Bridge]
This ain't no cross to bury
We are the judge and jury
This ain't no cross to bury
We are the judge and jury
[Outro]
How did you love? How did you love?
How did you love? How did you love?
How did you love? How did you love?
How did you love? How did you love?
How Did You Love was written by Brent Smith & Scott Stevens.
How Did You Love was produced by Scott Stevens.
Shinedown released How Did You Love on Fri Sep 18 2015.
“I was in a very unique place in my life while we were writing the album Threat To Survival and there are very specific, heavy themes throughout it. This song ‘How Did You Love’ is about understanding and respecting your own mortality. Not in a morbid, negative way, but in a way that inspires you to...