Tangled In The Great Escape Lyrics

Lyric discussion by keegs27 

Cover art for Tangled In The Great Escape lyrics by Pierce the Veil

I think this song is about a friend who is considering suicide ("I know you're tortured within") and it's affecting other people's lives. The person is trying to get out of the "labyrinth of suffering" through suicide.

"Constant recovery" means that it will get better

The comforter is convincing the one comtemplating suicide that they can forget and leave behind their bad life without suicide in a way that would be better for everyone: "So bury what you are outside Brother promise you won’t leave me"

The friend is trying to comfort the one with suicide thoughts but fails: "But I’ll never wander my friend I let you down and I started to run Never meant to be your pain Oh my god What have I become"

The comforter once again apologizes for bringing them into the great escape and gives up on trying to get out, accepting the labyrinth: "Can I just have the great escape I never meant to hurt nobody I never meant to hurt you, no I only meant to do this to myself The great escape Let me out of this"

I just read the book "Looking for Alaska" by John Green and I feel like the book and this song deal with the same concepts-the labyrinth of suffering. This is a great song and I also suggest the book.

My Interpretation

I'm the same peson. In this time my opinion has changed. It's about Vic's friend who had a drug addiction. He doesn't say this, but I think it's about Jonny Craig.

I was listening to this song and obviously as I listened to the lyrics my mind started to wonder what the lyrics meant. So I done some research, I was just replying to your comment about Looking for Alaska and I have to agree after reading the lyrics about three times the only thing I could think of WAS that book.