7 Words Lyrics

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7 Words is the first single of Deftones' first studio album, Adrenaline.

It is one of the few songs of that era that are still played at Deftones' shows. It is a common set-closer.

The song title refers to the police statement, “You have the right to remain silent.”

In an interview, frontman Chino Moreno goes into detail:

I wrote it back when I was 16 years old. It’s probably one of the angriest songs I’ve ever written. It was about being oppressed by people around me, the authorities, I felt like the whole world was against me. It was like I was lashing out at those people."

A common meaning of the song is about police lashing out against minorities only due to their style or skin color, when they have done nothing wrong at all.

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Recorded At
Bad Animals, Seattle, WA
Release Date
December 17, 1995
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