 " Between the Lines " became the album 's first single ; it was released digitally on the band 's Twitter page on March 22 , later peaking at number one on the Billboard Rock Songs chart.The music video for " Between the Lines " , directed by Christopher Sims , was shot on April 11 in Los Angeles , California , and premiered on Fuse TV 's Top 20 Countdown on May 7.The song was written by Robert , with a guitar solo written by Dean . Robert was inspired by the 1960s rock groups , The Zombies and The Animals , and who had been picturing " a ' 60s go @-@ go beat and a girl in a miniskirt " before Weiland changed the song 's meaning with his lyrics . Dean commented on how Weiland had turned " Between the Lines " into a love song : " Sometimes we don 't feel musically what Scott does lyrically . He took it to an exciting place . It 's pretty twisted . " Weiland 's lyrics reflected on his relationship with his ex @-@ wife , Mary Forsberg , and his history with drug abuse . Speaking of the at @-@ times strange lyrics , Weiland cited The Beatles ' " I Am the Walrus " as an inspiration . " Sometimes you throw together random words that phonetically sound good with the melody and then you get to the meat of the song in the chorus . " " Between the Lines " was originally the working title of the song , which Weiland incorporated into his lyrics . 
