Red Line

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Sep. 23, 20221 viewer57.2K views

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Red Line Lyrics

[Verse 1: Luke]
It's hard to fake when I’m not faded
I thought I could repair myself
When you ask me what's the matter
The actor says he hates himself
When we collided in the morning
Screaming with the mission bell
We burnt the city without warning
Reaching out for someone's help

[Chorus: Luke & Calum]
How many times did we run from each other?
How many times did I walk out the door?
Into the dark, we’re no good for each other
Into the dark, I'm not welcome no more

[Post-Chorus: Luke, All]
'Cause I been spеndin' all this time alone
I'm on the rеd line, sinkin' Aperol
Another vessel in a winter coat (Ooh, ooh)

[Verse 2: Luke, Luke & Michael, All]
Lonely hours cut me so deep
The only part that gives me hell
A secret weapon no one showed me
Fall out of love, you lose yourself
Every hour tickin' by, I think about you
I reminisce your memory and what did I choose?
A sentimental comedy, the joke is on you
It's on me, too (Ooh)

[Chorus: Luke & Calum]
How many times did we run from each other?
How many times did I walk out the door?
Into the dark, we’re no good for each other
Into the dark, I’m not welcome no more

[Post-Chorus: Luke, All]
'Cause I been spendin’ all this time alone
I'm on the red line, sinkin' Aperol
Another vessel in a winter coat (Ooh, ooh)
Am I just waitin' for my time to go?
I hear the whistle for the doors to close
Another vessel in a winter coat (Ooh, ooh)

[Instrumental Outro]

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What did 5 Seconds of Summer say about "Red Line"?

When we were 16-18 years old, we used to catch the Red Line in London to go to all of our songwriting sessions. This started as an acoustic song with Michael on the Juno. Ashton sang the chorus and post-chorus first, and it almost sounded like a Michael Jackson melody, then Ashton took the idea home to write the verses. There’s an amazing voice memo of Ash singing the verses in this Johnny Cash style with a low voice. We really focuses on guitar riffs on this album, and instead of big power chord guitars, we use riffs in clever ways to add hooks. This is the last song on the standard album. It’s melancholic – we’re all on this train of life. Calum played the piano part at the end and we added the train doors to close it out.

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