| Twenty One Pilots – Anathema Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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"You will never know what's behind my skull/You will never know what's under my hair/You will never know what's under my skin/You will never know what is in my veins" The most offsetting thing about this to me is how he said behind my skull because if it wasn't for that one line, he could have been talking about any other place on the human body. So, I looked it up and apparently there is a connective tissue made of fat placed in between the skull and the skin ontop which fits perfectly to what/where Tyler is describing (blood vessels are in it, it's behind the skull, and it's beneath the hair and skin). I think he uses this part of the body because of it's metaphorical meaning: it not only connects what's inside (every thought, every feeling) to the outside (what we let be shown), but it also serves as a barrier or a psychological wall. It links yet seperates as though it's only purpose is to remind Tyler of how different he is on the outside compared to his inside. And the words he uses (torture, taken, etc.) made me think that Tyler is trying to get his demons out of his head, but avoid getting help. Like he wants to push it past the wall, but only so he wouldn't have to deal with it anymore even though it could hurt someone else (which makes me believe that the demons have made him lose his humanity and turn him into one of them which would explain why they are in his head). Also when he says "you will NEVER know" I think that one part of him wants to get help and the other part is ashamed of who he really is and how he actually feels and therefore won't let anyone know. (one part is free and one part is asleep). "So won't you say goodnight so I can say goodbye." I feel like this is the part of Tyler saying that he has already given up and him realizing that no one can actually ever understand him. This is the difference between who he is and what he shows because while the people around him believe that he is going to rest and start again, he knows that it is actually a final goodbye and not just to them, but also to the mask he wears to hide his depression. They are treating like it's something much smaller than it actually is and he know this. Also this corresponds to the part later in the song when Tyler says "taking time in a simple place in my bed where my head rests on a pillowcase." The first part is him with a mask on and communicating to the world and as it gets closer to this part, Tyler slowly sheds this mask until he breaks down because his depression is finally with him in a place where no one can hear him scream for help. |
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