| Twenty One Pilots – Isle of Flightless Birds Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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@[luglige117:17631] I see what you mean, for sure man. However, in that specific example I truly believe Tyler is demonstrating the times in a Christian's life when they may under-go a time of true questioning within themselves, wondering if God really even is real. The way he describes it makes me think that the perspective would be after you have suffered some sort of heartbreak, whether it be a death of someone close or just something really unfortunate happens in your life in which you almost blame God and take on a negative view of him afterwards, as almost a form of coping. While I may understand that those songs may depict agnostic viewpoints, these would relate most to the christian and his walk with God. In the lines that you mentioned, I have taken it an entirely different way. When man fell in the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The eating of this forbidden fruit signified man's defilement and disobedience of God, and in turn transformed us from inherently good and blissfully ignorant to evil, to a people that experience and understand the difference between the two. I believe that this is what Tyler is referring to in these lines. He's telling people not to ignore their conscience and how they may feel deep down inside, and to truly examine yourself and how you're living. Also, the third line there is not connected to the idea of the previous two lines. Notice how within the context of the verse: Please think about why you can't sleep in the evening *AND* please don't be afraid of what your soul is really thinking Your soul knows good and evil, your soul knows both sides *AND* it's time you pick your battle, and I promise you this is mine The things that he is suggesting to people are separated by the "and's". The battle that he tells us to pick is referring to our ministry and God's will for our life, fighting the good fight. The battle that Tyler chose is his music career, helping and encouraging people with depression and uplifting the lives of the broken and directing them to find the deeper meaning within their lives, like Jesus dying on the cross for our sins, which is the will that God has for his life. God has a will for all of our lives, and he wants very different things for all of us, so it's time for us to stop messing around and to pick our battle. This just my two cents, I appreciate the reply, very good discussion. If you have anything else to say I'm all ears! |
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| Twenty One Pilots – Semi-Automatic Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| Now, in the beginning, where it says "Taking the only friend I know, he lives a lie, his name is hope", are you sure it's not "Taking the only friend I know, he leaves a lot, his name is hope"? That's what I've always thought it was, and it still makes sense so I was just wondering. (: | |
| Twenty One Pilots – Isle of Flightless Birds Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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In this song, Tyler is crying out for help, because he has these wings, but they have no purpose because he can't fly. What that is really saying is that, he realizes that he has talents blessed to him by God, that aren't being used worthwhile, because he isn't using them for God. Tyler then realizes that all that he and humanity are doing on their own is useless, and making their depression worse. Relying on yourself instead of God, and living by what YOU think is wrong and right, will ultimately ruin you. Then he goes on to say; "If we wake up every morning, and decide what we believe, we can take apart our very heart and the life will set us free." I believe this is saying that, if we take the time to deeply consider who or what we believe in, then we will have new life under be it Jesus or whatever you find to be the truth. Tyler then goes on to talk about the grace of God, because here on Earth, we are caught up in our own selves, wasting his time and ignoring what his will for us is. But he is waiting patiently, for us to realize that we can't and aren't doing this on our own. While we're down here, doing the same daily routine. Tyler then encourages you to not be afraid and push away Jesus knocking at your soul, wanting to enter in and give you new life. Because it's time you find your purpose, and he promises you that this is his. These are all my opinions, feel free to read into the lyrics and come by your own meaning. Because Tyler's songs can interpreted in so many different ways. |
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