“She Couldn’t” is a demo song recorded in 1999 by Linkin Park (back then known as Hybrid Theory) which featured a sample of “B-Boy Document 99” by Mos Def, Mad Skillz and High and Mighty. The song was previously leaked through the Linkin Park fan-website Linkin Park Live after a promo CD that featur...
[Intro: Mos Def]
(Won't be long 'til everybody knows)
[Verse 1: Chester Bennington]
I've seen her smiling
The sunlight shining on her now
She couldn't stay here
She knows you won't let her down
[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington]
You know she couldn't stay here with you
You know she had to go
Even though she couldn't stay here with you
You know you're not alone
[Chorus: Mike Shinoda & Mos Def]
No matter what you think you did wrong
(Won't be long 'til everybody knows)
She knew she had to go all along
(Won't be long 'til everybody knows)
No matter what you think you did wrong
(Won't be long 'til everybody knows)
She knew she had to go all along
(Won't be long 'til everybody knows)
[Verse 2: Chester Bennington]
I've seen her shining
The sunlight's crying for her now
She wouldn't stay here
She knows you won't let her down
[Pre-Chorus: Chester Bennington]
You know she couldn't stay here with you
You know she had to go
Even though she couldn't stay here with you
You know you're not alone
[Chorus: Mike Shinoda & Mos Def]
No matter what you think you did wrong
(Won't be long 'til everybody knows)
She knew she had to go all along
(Won't be long 'til everybody knows)
No matter what you think you did wrong
(Won't be long 'til everybody knows)
She knew she had to go all along
(Won't be long 'til everybody knows)
[Bridge: Mos Def]
Won't be long 'til everybody knows
Won't be long 'til everybody knows
Won't be long 'til everybody knows
Won't be long 'til everybody knows
[Chorus: Mike Shinoda & Mos Def]
No matter what you think you did wrong
(Won't be long 'til everybody knows)
She knew she had to go all along
(Won't be long 'til everybody knows)
No matter what you think you did wrong
(Won't be long 'til everybody knows)
She knew she had to go all along
(Won't be long 'til everybody knows)
[Outro: Mike Shinoda & Chester Bennington]
No matter what you think you did wrong
You know she couldn't stay here with you
She knew she had to go all along
You know she had to go
No matter what you think you did wrong
You know she couldn't stay here with you
She knew she had to go all along
You know she had to go
No matter what you think you did wrong
You know she couldn't stay here with you
She knew she had to go all along
You know she had to go
No matter what you think you did wrong
You know she couldn't stay here with you
She knew she had to go all along
You know she had to go
No matter what you think you did wrong
You know she couldn't stay here with you
She knew she had to go all along
You know she had to go
No matter what you think you did wrong
You know she couldn't stay here with you
She Couldn’t was written by Yasiin Bey & Milo Berger & Mike Shinoda & Lance Quinn & Joe Thomas & Mr. Eon & Donnie Lewis & Chester Bennington & Brad Delson & Brad Baker.
She Couldn’t was produced by Mike Shinoda.
Linkin Park released She Couldn’t on Thu Aug 13 2020.
During his Twitch stream on the announcement of the Anniversary Collection’s release, Mike Shinoda talked about the song:
Before we get to the box set, let me say something about “She Couldn’t,” which I know was floating out there on the Internet and never had an official release. A lot of people a...