I'm a goner
Somebody catch my breath
I'm a goner
Somebody catch my breath
I wanna be known by you
I wanna be known by you

I'm a goner
Somebody catch my breath
I'm a goner
Somebody catch my breath
I wanna be known by you
I wanna be known by you

Though I'm weak
Beaten down
I'll slip away
Into the sound
The ghost of you
Is close to me
I'm inside out
You're underneath

I've got two faces
Blurry's the one I'm not
I've got two faces
Blurry's the one I'm not
I need your help to
Take him out
I need your help to
Take him out

Though I'm weak
And beaten down
I'll slip away
Into the sound
The ghost of you
Is close to me
I'm inside out
You're underneath

Though I'm weak
And beaten down
I'll slip away
Into the sound
The ghost of you
Is close to me
I'm inside out
You're underneath

Don't let me be gone
Don't let me be gone
Don't let me be gone
Don't let me be gone

Don't let me be!
Don't let me be!

Ah
Yeah

I'm a goner
Somebody catch my breath
I'm a goner
Somebody catch my breath
I wanna be known by you
I wanna be known by you


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Goner Lyrics as written by Tyler Joseph

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    My Interpretation

    It's most definitely a cry out to God (at the end it's quite literal). I think he believes his sinful side (Blurry) has doomed him, making him a goner and caused him to slip further away from God.

    In the second verse he starts blaming Blurry saying that he's the side of him that's doing all the wrong but that that's not truly how he is, that's not what he wants.

    Blurry makes him feel inside out and when Blurry is in charge, Blurry is on top, it seems that nothing can stop him. Tyler feels lost and hopeless. He feels that God might only see Blurry and what Blurry does but doesn't know the true Tyler anymore and that makes him feel like he'll soon be gone if he doesn't defeat Blurry.

    It seems a lot that this is kinda Tyler's way of repenting, crying out for forgiveness (he makes it very clear that he is religious in and outside of his music).

    danielson8501on September 03, 2015   Link

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