| "Across the Line" | |||||
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| Song by Linkin Park from the album LP Underground 9.0 (Demos) | |||||
| Released | November 23, 2009 | ||||
| Recorded | 2006-2007 | ||||
| Working Title | Japan | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock, Electronic rock | ||||
| Length | 3:10 | ||||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | ||||
| Writer | Linkin Park | ||||
| Producer | Mike Shinoda, Rick Rubin | ||||
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Across The Line is a song from the Minutes to Midnight recording sessions that was originally released as the seventh track on Underground v9.0. The song was seen in the Making of Minutes to Midnight DVD, with the working title "Japan". Chester can be seen melodically mumbling nonsense over it. This was explained as part of the process of finding a melody. This melody would end of being the bridge of the song. During the process, the song almost made the album, being mixed and finished. There were 12 songs on the album, and it was the 13th, as Mike Shinoda has said about the song. The song was later released as an iTunes bonus track for Minutes to Midnight.
Lyrics[]
In this desert, in darkness
Lying with the gun across his chest,
Pretending he's heartless,
As the fire flashes in the sky
He was fragile and frozen
When the bullet took away his friend
But now he's somehow more broken
He's pulling his weapon to his side,
Loading it full of his goodbyes,
Holding an enemy across the line x2
Sweating and shaking,
Lying with her hands across her chest
She wakes with her cravings,
As the fire flashes in her eyes
She was fragile and frozen
When the needle took away her friend
But now she's somehow more broken
She's pulling her weapon to her side,
Loading it full of her goodbyes,
Holding an enemy across the line x2
With every battle he's choosing
With every fight he's losing,
His enemy's not far behind
With every promise she's broken
With every lie she's spoken
Her enemy's not far behind
It's your time x3
It's your time!!!
He's pulling his weapon to his side,
Loading it full of his goodbyes,
Holding an enemy across the line
She's pulling her weapon to her side,
Loading it full of her goodbyes,
Holding an enemy across the line
With every battle he's choosing
With every fight he's losing,
His enemy's not far behind
With every promise she's broken
With every lie she's spoken
Her enemy's not far behind