| Twenty One Pilots – A Car, a Torch, a Death Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| @[Remy457:14598] Thank you so much for spending the time to read it. I kind of posted my interpretation of this song not knowing if anyone would read it and it always touches my heart thinking that other people might be searching for answers too. I actually just saw Twenty Øne Piløts for the Emøtiønal Røadshøw last night again in Portland and was front row and in the very center and I couldn't help but cry during their set. If you haven't seen them live yet I would stonefly encourage it. In my experience, it's the most spiritual experience you can get when seeing a band live whether you're in the front or back. The whole room gets chills. I-/ | |
| Twenty One Pilots – A Car, a Torch, a Death Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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When I really listen to this song as I have many a time, and knowing top I really don't think its about a girlfriend at all. Tyler said in one of his recent interviews that Tear In My Heart was the first song he wrote about a girl because they were married and he knew that it was forever. Of course this is my own opinion but I believe this song to be about a mother or a sister, not necessarily his but a mother or sister. Artists a lot of the time draw from their own experiences but sometimes they will write about something that actually has never happened to them. When I imagine it I think of a mother so I'm going to use that. I think the mother is sick and she tells him its okay to leave her so he goes home reluctantly, wishing he could be back there to take care of her. She gave him her heart to take with him. When he says "the demon stood there waiting on her porch" the demon is the grim reaper symbolizing death. The song is called a car, a torch, a death. When he drives away for the night death swoops in, starting to take her. He feels chills in his bones. When he sees her and her life is nearing its end (because Tyler is actually religious) he sees God with a torch to guide the way for his mother and Tyler sees what he has planned then he tells God he'll "take the grave" as in take her place and die for her as Christians believe Jesus died for us. "Please just send them all my way" refers to her demons. He would rather take them then her hsvig to face them all. "I began to understand why God died" means he knows what its like to love unconditionally and so deeply for someone you would take all their pain and burdens and put it on yourself even if it means your life. His mother is very very near death and it's almost morning. Before she dies she gives him her heart to keep. Anyways that is my own personal interpretation and the beautiful thing about music is there are endless possibilities to how to interpret music and its unique to every one of us. I just wanted to share why this song is special for me. |
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