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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    My Interpretation

    I think that it is incredibly important to look at this song in the context of the pre-Vessle version. In this version (music video on YouTube) we find Twenty one Pilots in a place where they don't know if their music will reach a great audience (haven't been signed yet) and their inner demons (later called Blurryface) tell them they aren't good enough and that they won't make it in the music business. The Blurryface edition of the song adds verses and musical power that completely reverse the song from sounding defeated and uncertain to confident and hopeful. Visit my blog for my full analysis, a link to the old video, and links and quotes from their reddit comments about the song. meremusic.weebly.com

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