| Twenty One Pilots – A Car, a Torch, a Death Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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I haven't completely figured out the meaning to this song yet, but I have a strong feeling it has absolutely nothing to do with a girl or a romantic relationship. Knowing that these guys are Christians changes my original interpretation. "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" Starting the car is starting his new life as a Christian who is now accountable for his actions. He's realizing that he is now an adult and is accountable for his actions to God and is adding up all the sins he's accumulated in his past, "the miles piled behind me" and when he thinks about all he's done against God he's not feeling too good about it which is why he "barely feels s smile deep inside." "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" The headlights driving south are the majority of people heading "south" , south being a metaphor for Hell. Living a Christian life is difficult, especially if your a rock star, he's finding himself being envious of those around him enjoying the pleasures of sin. He's almost ready to succumb to sinful desire when he says "I want to crack the door so I can just fall out." But then he remembers who he is in Christ and that when he made his commitment Jesus came into his heart when he says "But then I remembered when you packed my car." His transformation to Christianity was true and Jesus has taken over his heart, and thus the line "You reached in the back and buckled up your heart. For me to drive away with." He now understands why Jesus died for his sins when he says "I began to understand why God died." "The demon sat there waiting on her porch It was a little dark so he held a makeshift torch And when my car was far out of sight He crept in her room and stayed there for the night" This is where it gets a little trickier to interpret but I believe when he says "The demon sat there waiting on her porch" he is referring to Satan constantly waiting just outside to creep into our lives at any moment. Even when deep down what we want to do we know is sinful or "dark" Satan has a way of convincing us that it's actually a good thing but convincing us with a false sense of "goodness" which is the makeshift torch. Remember the car, his life, has been packed with the heart of Jesus buckled in back. He let his guard down when he says "when my car was far out of sight" which allowed Satan creep in a stay a while. "And then I felt chills in my bones The breath I saw was not my own" He succumbs to sin and realizes that he's been deceived and that what he's doing is not really who he is in Christ, his own breath is not his own but Satan's influence over him. "I knew my skin that wrapped my frame Wasn't made to play this game And then I saw Him, torch in hand" He realizes he can't play this sinful game and still be a Christian, he's not made to live in this sin, he sees that Satan deceived him with the makeshift torch of false goodness. "He laid it out, what he had planned And then I said, I'll take the grave Please, just send them all my way" Satan reveals what he has planned with the pleasures that he can have in this world continuing to live a life of sin, but he finds his strength in Christ and says he will take death before he chooses a life that denies Christ and basically tells Satan to "bring it on" because he's found his faith again. "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" Even though the car previously drove away when he let his guard down, Christ continually renews the Christian reminding him that the heart of Christ is still with him and cannot ever be taken away from the truly saved. "I began to understand Why God died" He's understanding more and more the necessity of why Christ had to die on the cross. Of course the song was written in a way that will allow the masses to have multiple interpretations but only someone familiar with true Christian theology will get the meaning that the author had in mind for himself when he wrote the song. |
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