The air begins to feel a little thin
As I start the car, and then I begin
To add the miles piled up behind me
I barely feel a smile deep inside me

And I begin to envy the headlights driving south
I want to crack the door so I can just fall out
But then I remember when you packed my car
You reached in the back and buckled up your heart
For me to drive away with
I began to understand why God died

The demons sat there waiting on her porch
It was a little dark so we held a makeshift torch
And when my car was far out of sight
He crept in her room and stayed there for the night

And then I felt chills in my bones
The breath I saw was not my own
I knew my skin that wrapped my frame
Wasn't made to play this game
And then I saw him, torch in hand
He laid it out, what he had planned
And then I said I'll take the grave
Please just send them all my way

And then I felt chills in my bones
The breath I saw was not my own
I knew my skin that wrapped my frame
Wasn't made to play this game
And then I saw him, torch in hand
He laid it out, what he had planned
And then I said I'll take the grave
Please just send them all my way
I began to understand why God died

The air begins to feel a little thin
As we're waiting for the morning to begin
But for now you told me to hold this jar
And when I looked inside I saw it held your heart
For me to walk away with
I began to understand why God died


Lyrics submitted by bookhouseboy23, edited by Musiquelover, Potataooooo, thisistooshort, maddi11259, rvidil

A Car, A Torch, A Death Lyrics as written by Tyler Joseph

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    Twenty one pilots songs in theory have no meaning, They do not want them to have on meaning. They want every person to take what they take and what they need from their music. So 1,000,000,000+ people could comment on what this is supposed to mean and technically they would all be correct.

    as tyler says himself "because a kitchen sink to you is not a kitchen sink to me, ok friend?"

    1065136864on August 02, 2014   Link

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