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U2’s Larry Mullen and GAYLE on Writing Feisty ‘Between the Lines’ for ‘Left Behind’ Documentary: Premiere
U2's Larry Mullen and GAYLE on Writing Fiesty 'Between the Lines' for 'Left Behind' Documentary about Dyslexia
When U2 ’s Larry Mullen Jr. and pop rock singer GAYLE collaborated on the end title song “Between the Lines” for Left Behind, an inspiring documentary about several mothers’ fight to open the first New York City public school dedicated to children with dyslexia, it was personal. The catchy, propulsive song, which premieres below, is spiky and defiant, driven by Mullen’s drumming and the GAYLE’s refrain, “special and weird is hard to come by,” and her lyrics that explain what it feels like from her experience to be dyslexic. Though the film deals specifically with mothers in New York City, whose activism led to the opening of the South Bronx Literacy Academy in 2023 with more schools on the way, the universality of the story appealed to Mullen.
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