Crossing A Line - Mike Shinoda

It's on He was selling postcards from a paper stand A whiskey bottle in his withered hand He put a finger on a photo from an old magazine And saw himself in the shadow of his dream They found him with his head inside a tin-pot crown Told him his feet stank and took him downtown Called him agitator, spy and thief Shut him up in solitary third degree Take a long line x3 Reel him in He tried to appeal to the king of might He said "I'm just excercising my sacred right" The king he said "You ain't got no rights You're a madman, a traitor, get outta my sight" Take along line x3 Reel him in (Guitar solo) They found him with his head inside a tin-pot crown Told him his feet stank and took him downtown Called him agitator, spy and thief Shut him up in solitary third degree They put him aboard a well wound whirlwind Pulled out his teeth and rold him to grin He gave them a smile, pulled out a bottle of wine And said "I never existed, you've been wasting your time" Take a long line x3 Reel him in Take a long line x3 Reel him in Take a long line Take a long line Take a long long long long line Reel him in

She said This is not about a poltergeist Not about a phantom that glows at night But there are things we don't know and I Don't have another choice but an open mind, oh And I know what they'll say I'm trying to make sense of what no one can explain But I've been having dreams that after I'm awake Play out in reality the very next day So I play along I nod my head when they say I'm wrong But each night falls and away I run On the other side 'til the daylight comes So I play along I nod my head when they say I'm wrong But each night falls and away I run On the other side 'til the daylight comes And when the lights go down I see things I can't explain Calling out my name The lights go down Holding every memory close Tonight is for our ghosts Ghosts Ghosts Tonight is for our ghosts This is not about you and me I can't bring back how it used to be And I know what I do believe But I've already seen what I couldn't see, oh So I play along I nod my head when they say I'm wrong But each night falls and away I run On the other side 'til the daylight comes And when the lights go down I see things I can't explain Calling out my name The lights go down Holding every memory close Tonight is for our ghosts And when the lights go down Is there something in the air? There but never there The lights go down Holding every memory close Tonight is for our ghosts Ghosts Ghosts Tonight is for our ghosts Ghosts Ghosts Tonight is for our ghosts

Yeah, they tell you that you should quit trying You are too small, that you are too young They tell you the chance is too slim The world is too big, but you say, "How come?" I'm ready to light a new fire Raise a new flag, to cross a new sea and If I'm ever the one in your way Then put your head down and run right through me So why keep settling for so much less? Don't take what's given, just demand what's next We're looking for an open door Something we didn't see before Some way to get out of here A plot twist that we didn't see coming We're looking for an open door Something we didn't see before And when we get out of here, we'll No, no, we'll never stop running There's some like a shadow in the valley colossal Open up your eyes, young one and be watchful Behind closed doors, tryna write a new gospel They are not God, they're not even apostles I come with the gum drum, banging you breathless Enemies freeze, left bent and defenseless Straight for the chest of anybody against us The more they resist it, the more that they tempt us So why keep settling for so much less? Don't take what's given, just demand what's next We're looking for an open door Something we didn't see before Some way to get out of here A plot twist that we didn't see coming We're looking for an open door Something we didn't see before And when we get out of here, we'll Take off and never stop running No, no, we'll never stop running (No, no, we'll never stop running) (When we get that open door) (Open door, open door) So why keep settling for so much less? Don't take what's given, just demand what's next We're looking for an open door Something we didn't see before Some way to get out of here A plot twist that we didn't see coming We're looking for an open door Something we didn't see before And when we get out of here, we'll Take off and never stop running No, no, we'll never stop running No, no, we'll never stop running When we get that open door No, no, no, never stop running No, no, no, never stop running No, no, no, never stop running When we get that open door No, no, no, never stop running

Yo I'm the Steve Jobs of the underdogs Drop jaws with the "one more thing" in the monologue Keep 'em guessing what the reasons are I don't got a chain of Mac stores, I already got genius bars Turned a hobby into people all up in the lobby Not illuminati, this is neo-literati With an army here behind me kid don't even try me Adam bomb on anybody, word to Ben and Bobby Let the smoke blow, get the brew spillin' Debut a new villain like Ren and Doom chillin' My shoes are too winning for you to cruise in 'em Timeless cool like blue denim I'm losing 'em And these are just the flows that I was saving Ever since the days of Pac Man-ing at the Days Inn I been Paving ways for them to make a basic conversation The only Asian raising hell from here to Copenhagen OK I'm half I know the math I'm Japanese (Get it?) The flow is tight like I got vascular disease Magically take it where in fact it has to be I been mapping out the future while your ass was catching Z's Yeah It all started after college Rocking shell toes like my favorite group from Hollis Manifest the future let the universe allow it Keys like Khaled I'm just giving you the knowledge (The knowledge) Damn Janet, I got 'em in control, if you Like this then you gotta see the show, I'm the Chef's choice, I'm Nozawa with the flow, you can Trust me this ain't no California roll Set menu it's a special occasion Bass pulsating to the pupil dilation Clickbait journalists steady spectating Waiting for the moment they can twist the translation I don't have a lane to stay in Associate with great women and great men Never make time for a fake friend Snakes never change they just shed their snakeskin I don't have a lane to stay in Associate with great women and great men Never make time for a fake friend Snakes never change they just shed their snakeskin