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Twenty One Pilots – Heathens Lyrics 7 years ago
I'm not completely sure if this is what it means but here we go.

Heathens means a couple things, unreligious or/and uncivilized.

I'm assumeing this song is referring Uncivilized.

I believe this song is refferring to people who are recovering for war/ have fought in a war and just returned ( I'm not 100% though)

First off a lot of people who return from war can have some mental issues, flashbacks or night terrors.

That could explain the "please don't make any sudden moves, you don't know their half of their abuse"
It could be reffering to that.

"Welcome to the room of people who have rooms of people that they loved one day, docked away"

Maybe it's actually a therapy session or something like that, the people who have lost many friends that they made in the military in war.. Like I said, I'm still kind of sceptical about this theory

"Your loving on the phsycopath sitting next to you,
Your loving on the murderer sitting next to you"

Like I mentioned before, this might be referring to people who have mental issues from killing people in war"

"Just because we check for guns at the door, doesn't mean our brains will change for hand granades"

Also could be mental issues from war

It would also explain other things mentioned in the song (trust issues, being skittish, etc.)

I'm a bit sceptical on this theory but whatever

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