Straight Lines (song)

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"Straight Lines"

Single by Silverchair
from the album Young Modern
Released	March 10, 2007 (Australia)
Format	Compact disc Digital download Record
Recorded	2006
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:18
Label	Eleven Records
Producer(s)	Nick Launay David Bottrill Daniel Johns
Chart positions
#1 (Australia) #12 (New Zealand)
Silverchair singles chronology
"After All These Years" (2003)	"Straight Lines" (2007)	TBA (2007)

"Straight Lines" is a single by Australian rock band Silverchair. It was released in Australia on March 10, 2007 and debuted at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart. The single was shortly followed by the release of the band's fifth studio album Young Modern on March 31, 2007. Unlike the songs written during Diorama where Daniel Johns wrote all the tracks himself, "Straight Lines" was co-written by The Presets Julian Hamilton. On February 19, 2007, it became the band's first Australian number 1 single since 1997's "Freak".

1 Track listing
2 Song meaning
3 Music video
4 Charts
5 References

[edit] Track listing

"Straight Lines" - 4:18
"All Across The World" - 4:01
"Sleep All Day" (demo) - 3:16
"I Don't Wanna Be the One" (live) - 4:14

[edit] Song meaning

"Straight Lines" is generally a positive and upbeat song. The song is about feeling alone in the world, but making it through tough times and overcoming them. This is illustrated in the lyrics such as "Lately I'm a desperate believer, but I'm walking in a straight line" and "There's no changing yesterday...everything will be fine". The songs meaning appears to be a biographical comment from lead singer Daniel Johns who fought anorexia, clinical depression and reactive arthritis in the late nineties and early millennium, but was able to beat them. It also appears to be about being content with your place in life, thus walking in a straight line.

[edit] Music video

A scene from the video for "Straight Lines".

Recently footage for the video was shot in Sydney, for which fans were invited to appear in. The music video for the single appeared on the official website and released to radio on February 2nd. The video for the song also premiered on the day. It features a dynamic band performance that was filmed at the Olympic Park railway station, Sydney by directors Paul Goldman and Alice Bell (the pair behind the acclaimed film Suburban Mayhem).