The Last Line

Template:Infobox song "The Last Line" is the twentieth first track on the soundtrack album Mall by Chester Bennington, Dave Farrell, Joe Hahn, Mike Shinoda & Alec Puro.

Background

"Ammosick" was a demo created during the Minutes To Midnight sessions. The title of the track can be seen written on one of the band's song boards during the The Making Of Minutes To Midnight documentary.

The song was later revisited and reworked during the A Thousand Suns sessions. On the Meeting Of A Thousand Suns, the title can be seen on the song boards along with an alternative title, "The Last Line".

When working on the soundtrack for Joe's film Mall with Alec Puro, the band revisited the song once again. The song can be heard at two moments during the film, one of them being the beginning of the closing credits, where it is followed by "Dancer". This version heard during the film was leaked on YouTube on September 7, 2014 under the title "Mall Theme".

In October 2014, while Linkin Park was touring in Brazil, Mike Shinoda started to mix the soundtrack for a release. Although the song was credited as "Ammosick" on the film, its title was changed to "The Last Line" for the album. Not only does the album version of the song have a different mix from the previously leaked version, but it also contains different lyrics in the second verse.

Despite Mike being credited for mixing all other songs on the album, "The Last Line" was credited to Neal Avron, who also mixed Minutes To Midnight and A Thousand Suns.

Versions

Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
The Last Line	Mall (Music From The Motion Picture)	3:41	2007-2014	December 12, 2014
Ammosick		3:20	2007-2014		Version played during the film. Different lyrics on verse 2. Leaked on YouTube on September 7, 2014 (before the official release of the soundtrack) under the title "Mall Theme".

Lyrics

This is the first line here
This is the first line again
Watch as it disappears
I know the last line
The last line will never pull me in
 
This is the next line here
This is the next line again
You can forget I'm here
As if the last line
The last line will slowly close again
 
Oh, oh [x4]
 
This is the last line here
This is the last line again
Watch as I disappear
I know the last line
The flat line goes here at the end

This is the first line here
This is the first line again
Watch as it disappears
I know the last line
The last line will never pull me in
 
This is the second line here
This is the second line again
Why does it feel like fear?
As if the last line
The last line will slowly close again
 
Oh, oh [x4]
 
This is the last line here
This is the last line again
Watch as I disappear
I know the last line
The flat line goes here at the end