Tyler+Joseph

 Born on December 1, 1988, Tyler Joseph performs as the lead vocalist for the musical duo/ band Twenty One Pilots. Having two parents who were coaches, Tyler was raised with strong basketball influences and was on the path to pursuing a career in the sport. However, after a musical group visited his school he realized he would rather follow a career in music. The band's name refers to the play, “All My Sons” by Arthur Millers, which is about a man who sold faulty airplane parts which resulted in the death of Twenty One Pilots. The play regarding moral dilemma was Joseph's inspiration for the band name. He continues to make music with his partner Josh Dun. Their music can be described as Indie pop, Electropop, Alternative, hip hop, and, although a debatable topic, Christian. = = = = Ode to Sleep by Twenty One Pilots 1 I wake up fine and dandy but then by the time I find it handy, 2 To rip my heart apart and start planning my crash landing, 3 I go up, up, up, up, up to the ceiling, 4 Then I feel my soul start leaving, like an old man's hair receding, 5 I'm pleading please, oh please on my knees repeatedly asking, 6 Why it's got to be like this, is this living free, 7 I don't want to be the one, be the one who has the sun's blood on my hands, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">8 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'll tell the moon, take this weapon forged in darkness, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">9 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some see a pen, I see a harpoon. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">10 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'll stay awake, 'Cause the dark's not taking prisoners tonight. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">11 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why am I not scared in the morning, I don't hear those voices calling, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">12 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I must have kicked them out, I must have kicked them out, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">13 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I swear I heard demons yelling, those crazy words they were spelling, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">14 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They told me I was gone, they told me I was gone. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">15 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But I'll tell them, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">16 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why won't you let me go? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">17 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do I threaten all your plans, I'm insignificant, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">18 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please tell them you have no plans for me, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">19 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I will set my soul on fire, what have I become? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">20 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the eve of a day that's forgotten and fake, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">21 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As the trees they await and clouds anticipate, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">22 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The start of a day when we put on our face, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">23 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A mask that portrays that we don't need grace, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">24 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the eve of a day that is bigger than us, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">25 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But we open our eyes 'cause we're told that we must, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">26 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And the trees wave their arms and the clouds try to plead, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">27 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Desperately yelling there's something we need, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">28 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'm not free I asked forgiveness three times, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">29 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Same amount that I denied, I three-time mvp'ed this crime, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">30 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'm afraid to tell you who I adore, won't tell you who I'm singin' towards, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">31 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Metaphorically I'm a whore, and that's denial number four.

<span style="background-image: url(">[|Twenty One Pilots- Ode to Sleep]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.755; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In reference to the title, Ode is a poem meant to be sung. Odes, such as this poem, are typically written in an irregular meter. Although there are some internal rhyme and end rhyme used, there isn’t a consistent rhyme or meter pattern to Joseph’s lyrics which gives the perception that the lyrics have a more conversational tone. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.755; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The entire song is written in a first person point of view. The use of “I” gives the illusion that he is having a conversation with whoever is listening to the song. The artist’s main focus is on his mental state of mind and the struggles he encounters throughout his depression. In lines 13 and 14 he states that he hears voices, “I swear I heard demons yelling.” <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.755; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Throughout the song, it explains Tyler’s ambivalence with his hesitation in waking up to his fears of falling asleep because of all the overwhelming thoughts or the nightmares he might have. Some evidence to support this statement can be found when he says, “Why am I not scared in the morning, I don't hear those voices calling,” and, “I’ll stay awake, 'Cause the dark's not taking prisoners tonight.” <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> There are many uses of figurative language throughout this poem including similes, metaphors, and allusions. In line 4 he says, “ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">4 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then I feel my soul start leaving, like an old man's hair receding,” referring to the amount of stress he feels as soon as he wakes up. The metaphor used talks about his love for writing and preforming his music but how this aforementioned feeling of love could easily become a love for the fame you would receive. “ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">31 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Metaphorically I'm a whore, and that's denial number four.” The use of the simile and metaphor provides an image to help the reader better understand his feelings. The allusion and word play used relate to the Christian aspect of his music. “ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">8 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'm not free I asked forgiveness three times; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">29 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Same amount that I denied, I three-time mvp'ed this crime.” These lyrics refer to the story in the Bible when Peter denied <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.755; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jesus three times. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.755; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> When I first heard Twenty one Pilots' music I never actually listened to what Joseph was saying. When I took the time to read the lyrics and interpret them for myself I was surprised. Although the music may seem very uplifting and happy, if you pay close attention to the lyrics you can hear the contrast in the tone of his voice and the lyrics, which are perceived to be dark and sad. His lyrics mainly focus on his depression and one of the ways he conveys what he is feeling is through his tone. The tone shifts from him talking about his stress, a rushed and fast paced tone, to when he talks about what his demons are saying to him; the demons are very persuasive when they try to tempt Tyler with bad influences or make him feel as if he is worthless. “They told me I was gone.” <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I found the poem, “Behind the Mask,” by <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Melisa Bernards <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> relates well to this song, because both writers use a symbolic mask to hide their emotions from the world. The phrases “Saying I'm fine when I'm anything but,” and “The start of a day when we put on our face; A mask that portrays that we don’t need grace,” resemble a message found in both of their poems. The only difference between the poems is that Bernards' character never finds a saving grace while Joseph's demons and depression will not overpower him. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.755; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Analysis by Hunter Blair

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Joseph

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline;">Holding on to You by Twenty One Pilots

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">1 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">I'm taking over my body, back in control, no more shotty, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">2 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">I bet a lot of me was lost, 'T's uncrossed and 'I's undotted, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">3 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">I fought it a lot and it seems a lot like flesh is all I got, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">4 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Not anymore, flesh out the door, swat, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">5 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">I must've forgotten, you can't trust me, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">6 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">I'm open a moment and close when you show it before you know it I'm lost at sea, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">7 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">And now that I write and think about it, and the story unfolds, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">8 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">You should take my life, you should take my soul. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">9 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">You are surrounding all my surroundings, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">10 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sounding down the mountain range of my left-side brain, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">11 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">You are surrounding all my surroundings, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">12 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Twisting the kaleidoscope behind both of my eyes. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">13 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">And I'll be holding on to you [x2] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">14 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Remember the moment you know exactly where you're going, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">15 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">'Cause the next moment, before you know it, time is slowing and it's frozen still, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">16 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">And the window sill looks really nice, right? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">17 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">You think twice about your life, it probably happens at night, right? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">18 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fight it, take the pain, ignite it, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">19 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tie a noose around your mind loose enough to breathe fine and tie it to a tree, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">20 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tell it, "You belong to me, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">21 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">This ain't a noose, this is a leash, and <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">22 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">I have news for you, you must obey me." <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">23 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">You are surrounding all my surroundings, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">24 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sounding down the mountain range of my left-side brain, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">25 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">You are surrounding all my surroundings, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">26 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Twisting the kaleidoscope behind both of my eyes. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">27 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Entertain my faith [x12] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">[x4:] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">28 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lean with it, rock with it, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">29 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">When we gonna stop with it? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">30 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lyrics that mean nothing, we were gifted with thought, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">31 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Is it time to move our feet to an introspective beat? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">32 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">It ain't the speakers that bump hearts, it's our hearts that make the beat. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; vertical-align: sub;">33 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">And I'll be holding on to you. [x7]

[|Twenty One Pilots- Holding on to You]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">I picked “Holding on to You” not only because I enjoy the beat of the music, but because I like that the lyrics actually mean something. I also love how it talks about holding on to what you value most, and how from the inherently vague nature of the verse, people can form their own interpretation of this song. The main elements used in this song are metaphors, repetition, allusions, and tone. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">The first metaphors found in the song is,” Before you know it I’m lost at sea,” and, “It ain’t the speakers that bump hearts; It’s our hearts that make the beat.” These two phrases use a comparison the reader can understand so the artist can express his is feeling well. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">There was an extensive use of repetition in this poem. The repetition or phrases like, “Entertain my faith,” or, “And I’ll be holding on to you” emphasize what Joseph is feeling and makes the reader focus on these quotes more. “Sounding down the mountain range; Of my left-side brain.” The left side of your brain is where logical thinking occurs. Falling down the “mountain range” of his left side brain could be a symbol for him losing a grip on reality or his logic, because of his depression. This allusion and constant repetition of this phrase mean the artist wants you to recognize the themes presented in the song, one of them being depression. The following phrase is also an allusion, which mentions a brighter future for the artist. “Twisting the kaleidoscope; Behind both of my eyes,” refers to a new perspective happening before his eyes, much like when you twist a kaleidoscope. He finishes the stanza off by stating that he will be holding on to what he values. This phrase is very vague, but only so it can have appeal to anyone. T he last verse in this stanza creates a bildungsroman. The beginning of the stanza discussed his depression overpowering his logic and then you see a character development and, with time, he has gained a perspective and found a new path to overcoming his depression. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">The tone of this song is much like the song I previously analyzed. The use of colloquialism is found a lot throughout this poem. Words such as, “ain’t” and “slowin’” are used which create an informal, and friendlier tone towards his audience. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">Like most of Tyler Joseph’s songs, “Holding on to You” is free verse and does not show any pattern regarding meter or rhythm consistently throughout the poem. The only pattern shown is the way he executes his songs: with a first person point of view, free verse/irregular verse, and with an anecdote to make his lyrics more relateable. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Taking is Day by Day” by Vincent Ramos coincides with “Holding on to You” the most. Both poems are about depression, going through the stages of depression, their personal thoughts, and finding something valuable enough to them that it helps overcome their depression. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #292929; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; vertical-align: baseline;">Analyzed by Hunter Blair

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Migraine by Twenty One Pilots 1 Am I the only one I know, 2 Waging my wars behind my face and above my throat? 3 Shadows will scream that I'm alone. 4 I-I-I I've got a migraine and my pain will range from up, down, and sideways, 5 Thank God it's Friday 'cause Fridays will always, 6 Be better than Sundays 'cause Sundays are my suicide days, 7 I don't know why they always seem so dismal, 8 Thunderstorms, clouds, snow, and a slight drizzle, 9 Whether it's the weather or the letters by my bed, 10 Sometimes death seems better than the migraine in my head, 11 Let it be said what the headache represents, 12 It's me defending in suspense, it's me suspended in a defenseless test, 13 Being tested by a ruthless examinant that's represented best by my depressing, 14 Thoughts, I do not have writer's block, my writer just hates the clock, 15 It will not let me sleep, I guess I'll sleep when I'm dead, 16 And sometimes death seems better than the migraine in my head. 17 Am I the only one I know, 18 Waging my wars behind my face and above my throat? 19 Shadows will scream that I'm alone, 20 But I know we've made it this far, kid. 21 Yeah, yeah, yeah 22 I am not as fine as I seem, pardon, 23 Me for yelling, I'm telling you green gardens, 24 Are not what's growing in my psyche, it's a different me, 25 A difficult beast feasting on burnt down trees, 26 Freeze frame please, let me paint a mental picture portrait, 27 Something you won't forget, it's all about my forehead, 28 And how it is a door that holds back contents, 29 That make Pandora's Box's contents look nonviolent, 30 Behind my eyelids are islands of violence, 31 My mind's shipwrecked, this is the only land my mind could, 32 Find, I did not know it was such a violent island, 33 Full of tidal waves, suicidal crazed lions, 34 They're trying to eat me, blood running down their chin, 35 And I know that I can fight or I can let the lion win, 36 I begin to assemble what weapons I can find, 37 'Cause sometimes to stay alive you got to kill your mind. … 38 We’ve made it this far

Twenty One Pilots- Migraine

Throughout all of his songs you will find at least one of the following: a metaphor, a personification, or a similes. The three literary devices are used to bring alive an emotion or compare what he is feeling to something his readers can comprehend and relate to, so they can easily understand what he feels. The personification found in line (3) “Shadows will scream that I’m alone,” shows the writer feeling and wondering if he is alone in his depression. The metaphors and similes used focus on how he feels when he is depressed. The metaphor in line (18) “Waging my wars behind my face and above my throat,” refers to his brain, and how negative thoughts in his mind add to the “war” with depression. In lines (6,8) the writer states, “Cause Sundays are my suicide days; Thunderstorms, clouds, snow, and a slight drizzle.” A feeling of melancholy arrives on Sundays, for reasons he cannot explain. The different types of weather that he describes are usually associated with sad and gloomy emotions. Lastly the simile in lines (14,15,16) “I do not have writers block my writer just hates the clock; It will not let me sleep I guess I’ll sleep when I’m dead; Sometimes death seems better that the migraines in my head,” is used. These lines refer to the signs of depression: the feeling of not wanting to do anything, having trouble sleeping, and the last line is repeated which represents how suicide is constantly on his mind and how, somedays, death seems better than his depression. Like most of Twenty One Pilots songs, the lyrics contain some rhyme schemes but are mostly considered to be free verse. The few rhymes used in this song are end rhyme, masculine rhyme, feminine rhyme and internal rhyme. In lines (22,23) “I am not as fine as I seem, __pardon;__..green __gardens__,” and “Whether it’s the weather of the letters by my __bed__; Sometimes death seems better that the migraines in my __head__”, end rhyme is shown as well as masculine rhyme, in the one-syllabled words “bed” and “head”. Internal rhyme can be found in lines (14,23) “Thoughts, I do not have writer's __block__, my writer just hates the __clock,__” and “Me for __yelling__, I'm __telling__ you..” Also feminine rhyme can be found in the last line, because the words “telling” and “yelling” are two words that rhyme with two unstressed syllables. A poem that I found similar to “Migraine” is Hamlet. Both in Hamlet and “Migraine” the following are mentioned: a comparison between pain and nature and death being equated to sleep. “Thunderstorms, clouds, snow, and a slight drizzle”(Twenty One Pilots) and “Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And opposing end them?”(Hamlet) nature is compared with pain. “It will not let me sleep, I’ll get some sleep when I’m dead; And sometimes death seems better than the migraines in my head”(Twenty One Pilots) and “To die: to sleep; No more; And by a sleep to say we end” (Hamlet) death is seen as the only way for them to find peace.” Although this song is very dark Joseph will always end each chorus by saying “we’ve made it this far, kid” making a positive light throughout his dark lyrics. He tells his audience and anyone who relates to him that “you’ve made it this far” giving them a sense of encouragement. Analysis by Hunter Blair [|__https://prezi.com/v2n9qnf2tdym/migraine-by-twenty-one-pilots-compared-and-contrasted-to-h/__] __ [] __ http://jamiesale-cartoonist.com/blog-of-cartoons/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">Car Radio by Twenty One Pilots

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I ponder of something great <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">2 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My lungs will fill and then deflate <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">3 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They fill with fire <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">4 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Exhale desire <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">5 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I know it's dire <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">6 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My time today <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">7 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have these thoughts <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">8 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So often I ought <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">9 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To replace that slot <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">10 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With what I once bought <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">11 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">'Cause somebody stole <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">12 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My car radio <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">13 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And now I just sit in silence <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">14 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sometimes quiet is violent <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">15 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I find it hard to hide it  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">16 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My pride is no longer inside <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">17 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It's on my sleeve <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">19 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My skin will scream <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">20 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reminding me of  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">21 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Who I killed inside my dream <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">22 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I hate this car that I'm driving <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">23 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There's no hiding for me  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">24 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'm forced to deal with what I feel <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">25 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There is no distraction to mask what is real <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">26 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I could pull the steering wheel <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">27 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have these thoughts <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">28 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So often I ought <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">29 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To replace that slot <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">30 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With what I once bought <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">31 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">'Cause somebody stole <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">32 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My car radio <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">33 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And now I just sit in silence <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">34 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I ponder of something terrifying <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">35 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">'Cause this time there's no sound to hide behind <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">36 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I find over the course of our human existence <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">37 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One thing consists of consistence <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">38 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And it's that we're all battling fear <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">39 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oh dear, I don't know if we know why we're here <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">40 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oh my, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">41 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Too deep <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">42 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please stop thinking <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">43 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I liked it better when my car had sound <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">44 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are things we can do  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">45 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But from the things that work there are only two <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">46 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And from the two that we choose to do  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">47 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Peace will win <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">48 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And fear will lose <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">48 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There's faith and there's sleep <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">49 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We need to pick one please because <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">50 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Faith is to be awake <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">51 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And to be awake is for us to think <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">52 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And for us to think is to be alive <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">53 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And I will try with every rhyme <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">54 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To come across like I am dying <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">55 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To let you know you need to try to think <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">56 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have these thoughts <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">57 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So often I ought <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">58 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To replace that slot <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">59 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With what I once bought <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">60 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">'Cause somebody stole <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">61 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My car radio <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.6px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: sub; white-space: pre-wrap;">62 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And now I just sit in silence **
 * Twenty One Pilots- Car Radio

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This song is a literal reference to the artist getting his car radio stolen and having to deal with his destructive thoughts because of the silence. “ [|I have these thoughts; So often I ought; To replace that slot; With what I once bought; Cause somebody stole; My car radio] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">; [|And now I just sit in silence.”] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The literary devices found are personifications, imagery, repetition, rhyme scheme, tone, and stream of consciousness. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Personification is found in line (19) where he states,“My skin will scream..” The artist is giving his skin human qualities, to emphasize his skin crawling at the silence. Personification adds an exaggeration to his feelings about being left to his own devices because of the defining silence within the car. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“They fill with fire; exhale desire.”(lines 3,4) These lines can be seen as imagery or a metaphor that illustrates his thoughts, which he once thought were safe and important to him but then turn into something he can not do anymore, therefore, creating the “desire” he mentions when he exhales desire. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Repetition increases the impression. When Joseph repeats the phrase “and now I just sit in silence” he hopes it will make an impression on the audience and emphasis his main theme, the silence. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unlike the majority of his songs, this particular one has a consistent rhyme scheme.“I find over the course of human <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__existence__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that, one things consists of <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__consistence.__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">” (lines 36,37), “That we’re battling <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__fear,__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> oh <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__dear__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">” (lines 38,39), “I have these <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__thoughts__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> so often, I <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__ought__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">” (lines 56,57), “To replace that <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> __slot__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> with what I <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">__bought__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">” (lines 58,59),exhibit the many examples, of end rhyme, found throughout the song. Rhyme makes the song catchy and captures the reader's attention. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The tone of this poem depends on if you are reading it as a poem or listening to the song. The poem remains a consistently sorrowful because he misses musing in his ignorance with the help of the car radio.”Oh dear I don’t know if we know why we’re here; Oh my, too deep, please stop thinking,” (lines 39,40,41,42) and “I’m forced to deal with what I feel there is no distraction to mask what is real,” (lines 24,25) reflect the tone of the song, which is somewhat depressing and distressed.The lines depict the silence leading to him over thinking, which is supported by lines (1,7,8) when he says “I ponder of something great,” or “I have these thoughts, so often…” At some parts, the reader can interpret the author of the poem finding hope, and, somewhat, accepting the silence. The song just like the poem, the song starts out sounding sad. But as the song plays on his tone becomes very violent and aggressive, before going back to his sorrowful tone of voice.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“ [|There's faith and there's sleep; We need to pick one please because; Faith is to be awake, And to be awake is for us to think; And for us to think is to be alive] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">; [|And I will try with every rhyme; To come across like I am dying; To let you know you need to try to think] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.” (lines 48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55) This phrase uses the stream of consciousness <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">which shows his thoughts and feelings in an uninterrupted flow of words. In this stream of consciousness two topics are being compared, faith and sleep. Faith symbolizing life, and sleep, which often symbolizes death. Joseph states with the help of his music, “ [|And I will try with every rhyme] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">”, he will try his hardest to get his audience or anyone who is depressed like he is, to choose life over death. By stating “ [|To let you know you need to try to think] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">” he is making a reference to his previous words correlating faith and thinking to being alive, “ [|And for us to think is to be alive] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">”. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Analysis by Hunter Blair http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/twentyonepilots/carradio.html

<span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 70px; width: 1px;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #707070; font-family: Roboto,arial,'Noto Sans Japanese',sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px;"> To rip my heart apart and start planning my crash landing, I go up, up, up, up, up to the ceiling, Then I feel my soul start leaving, like an old man's hair receding, I'm pleading please, oh please on my knees repeatedly asking, Why it's got to be like this, is this living free, I don't want to be the one, be the one who has the sun's blood on my hands, I'll tell the moon, take this weapon forged in darkness, Some see a pen, I see a harpoon. I'll stay awake, 'Cause the dark's not taking prisoners tonight. Why am I not scared in the morning, I don't hear those voices calling, I must have kicked them out, I must have kicked them out, I swear I heard demons yelling, those crazy words they were spelling, They told me I was gone, they told me I was gone. But I'll tell them, Why won't you let me go? Do I threaten all your plans, I'm insignificant, Please tell them you have no plans for me, I will set my soul on fire, what have I become? On the eve of a day that's forgotten and fake, As the trees they await and clouds anticipate, The start of a day when we put on our face, A mask that portrays that we don't need grace, On the eve of a day that is bigger than us, But we open our eyes 'cause we're told that we must, And the trees wave their arms and the clouds try to plead, Desperately yelling there's something we need, I'm not free I asked forgiveness three times, Same amount that I denied, I three-time mvp'ed this crime, I'm afraid to tell you who I adore, won't tell you who I'm singin' towards, Metaphorically I'm a whore, and that's denial number four. <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 2763px; width: 1px;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Joseph <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 4115.5px; width: 1px;"> Car Radio by Twenty One Pilots

1 I ponder of something great 2 My lungs will fill and then deflate 3 They fill with fire 4 Exhale desire 5 I know it's dire 6 My time today 7 I have these thoughts 8 So often I ought 9 To replace that slot 10 With what I once bought 11 'Cause somebody stole 12 My car radio 13 And now I just sit in silence 14 Sometimes quiet is violent 15 I find it hard to hide it   16 My pride is no longer inside 17 It's on my sleeve 19 My skin will scream 20 Reminding me of   21 Who I killed inside my dream 22 I hate this car that I'm driving 23 There's no hiding for me   24 I'm forced to deal with what I feel 25 There is no distraction to mask what is real 26 I could pull the steering wheel 27 I have these thoughts 28 So often I ought 29 To replace that slot 30 With what I once bought 31 'Cause somebody stole 32 My car radio 33 And now I just sit in silence 34 I ponder of something terrifying 35 'Cause this time there's no sound to hide behind 36 I find over the course of our human existence 37 One thing consists of consistence 38 And it's that we're all battling fear 39 Oh dear, I don't know if we know why we're here 40 Oh my, 41 Too deep 42 Please stop thinking 43 I liked it better when my car had sound 44 There are things we can do   45 But from the things that work there are only two 46 And from the two that we choose to do   47 Peace will win 48 And fear will lose 48 There's faith and there's sleep 49 We need to pick one please because 50 Faith is to be awake 51 And to be awake is for us to think 52 And for us to think is to be alive 53 And I will try with every rhyme 54 To come across like I am dying 55 To let you know you need to try to think 56 I have these thoughts 57 So often I ought 58 To replace that slot 59 With what I once bought 60 'Cause somebody stole 61 My car radio 62 And now I just sit in silence

This song is a literal reference to the artist getting his car radio stolen and having to deal with his destructive thoughts because of the silence. “ [|I have these thoughts; So often I ought; To replace that slot; With what I once bought; Cause somebody stole; My car radio] ; [|And now I just sit in silence.”] The literary devices found are personifications, imagery, repetition, rhyme scheme, tone, and stream of consciousness. Personification is found in line (19) where he states,“My skin will scream..” The artist is giving his skin human qualities, to emphasize his skin crawling at the silence. Personification adds an exaggeration to his feelings about being left to his own devices because of the defining silence within the car. “They fill with fire; exhale desire.”(lines 3,4) These lines can be seen as imagery or a metaphor that illustrates his thoughts, which he once thought were safe and important to him but then turn into something he can not do anymore therefore creating the “desire” he mentions when he exhales desire. Repetition increases the impression. When Joseph repeats the phrase “and now I just sit in silence” he hopes it will make an impression on the audience and emphasis his main theme, the silence. Unlike the majority of his songs this particular one has a consistent rhyme scheme.“I find over the course of human __existence__ that, one things consists of __consistence.__ ” (lines 36,37), “That we’re battling __fear,__ oh __dear__ ” (lines 38,39), “I have these __thoughts__ so often, I __ought__ ” (lines 56,57), “To replace that __slot__ with what I __bought__ ” (lines 58,59),exhibit the many examples, of end rhyme, found throughout the song. Rhyme makes the song catchy and captures the reader's attention. The tone of this poem depends on if you are reading it as a poem or listening to the song. The poem remains a consistently sorrowful, because he misses musing in his ignorance with the help of the car radio.”Oh dear I don’t know if we know why we’re here; Oh my, too deep, please stop thinking,” (lines 39,40,41,42) and “I’m forced to deal with what I feel there is no distraction to mask what is real,” (lines 24,25) reflect the tone of the song, which is somewhat depressing and distressed.The lines depict the silence leading to him over thinking, which is supported by lines (1,7,8) when he says “I ponder of something great,” or “I have these thoughts, so often…” At some parts the reader can interpret the author of the poem finding hope, and, somewhat, accepting the silence. The song just like the poem, the song starts out sounding sad. But as the song plays on his tone becomes very violent and aggressive, before going back to his sorrowful tone of voice. “ [|There's faith and there's sleep; We need to pick one please because; Faith is to be awake; And to be awake is for us to think; And for us to think is to be alive] ; [|And I will try with every rhyme; To come across like I am dying; To let you know you need to try to think] .” (lines 48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55) This phrase uses stream of consciousness <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">which shows his thoughts and feelings in an uninterrupted flow of words. In this stream of consciousness two topics are being compared, faith and sleep. Faith symbolizing life, and sleep, which often symbolizes death. Joseph states with the help of his music, “ [|And I will try with every rhyme] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">”, he will try his hardest to get his audience, or anyone who is depressed like he is, to choose life over death. By stating “ [|To let you know you need to try to think] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">” he is making a reference to his previous words correlating faith and think to being alive, “ [|And for us to think is to be alive] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">”.