Mike Shinoda "Crossing A Line" Official Lyrics & Meaning | Verified

Following the death of his Linkin Park bandmate Chester Bennington last year, Mike Shinoda started working on his debut solo album ‘Post Traumatic,' which he released this month. His second single off the project “Crossing A Line” currently has 5 million streams on Spotify and 4 million YouTube views. Produced by Mike Shinoda himself, the song describes him facing his demons and finding his way back to a happier state of mind.

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It's very revealing, right?

Like the stuff I'm talking about
on this record.

You got to have a certain level of,
“Ooh, I said that."

"Should I like say that?”

So much was happening in my life
and in my mind that I had too much material.

You know?

I'm used to the idea of like…

If I'm thinking of something or feeling
something of writing a song about it.

It was really just a journey song by song.

If you listen to the whole album, chronologically,
it goes from a dark place to a lighter place.

Right?

So “Crossing A Line” is kind of in the
middle of that journey.

Releasing an album under my name, Mike Shinoda,
as opposed to Linkin Park, as opposed to Fort Minor.

That's not something I'd done before.

I've never done a Mike Shinoda album or
whatever.

The thought was like, number one, what would
that sound like?

Number two, do I wanna like put a whole album
of all this personal stuff out?

You know, as I go out here and do this thing
or as I'm doing something different, that

doesn't mean I have any less respect for
what the past has been.

Some of that stuff felt personal and your
inclination to say “Oh this is personal."

"I don't know if I should say that to everybody.”

I felt empowered by actually sharing the story
and it actually

helped other people who were feeling the same thing.

This isn't me looking back at it and saying,
“Okay well let me explain everything that's

happening with this album and here's a definitive
understanding of things.”

This album is some early part on a journey.

You know?

And after this album, the next songs I make,
the next shows I do, and all that stuff, there's

a lot of unknowns there.

I just have this faith that like as long as
I'm investing in myself and I'm investing

in this thing that I'm making, then it'll
be fine.