I'm pretty sure I'm wrong because like, Twenty One Pilots isn't a very face-value kind of band in my opinion, but I just thought I'd share. I always took this as a love song? Like, when you're scared. You're scared of good things because you're scared of ruining them, so you're sort of reframing it into this bad thing (the whole chorus, obviously) because you're scared. But at the same time, you're too selfish to let it go, too, and you're too scared to let it go, so you're just kinda waiting for the other person (the "won't you say goodnight so I can say goodbye?" line) to make that move, to end it, because you're selfish. You are. You don't want to be the one to ruin what could be a good thing, even if you're also the one scared to move forward.
Also, this part specifically:
I'm caught under water and I'm falling farther,
My heart's getting harder, I'm calling my father,
It came across as romantic to me, too, because I was looking at it through a specific viewpoint, you know? And look, it's almost definitely about mental illness, but I think it's just really interesting. Mental illness has been so, so romanticized, and I think the fact that I thought this was a love song really speaks to that.
Honestly, I'm still probably gonna view it as a love song, just 'cause that really fucks me up and it's fun (and it reminds me of Lena/Julian from Delirium, if anyone cares) and. I don't have another point.
Just thought I'd share? Sorry if I didn't use the right type, I literally just made an account like two minutes ago to comment on this and That's Okay by the Hush Sound.
@queencat I'm with you on this one. I can totally see the mental health angle by other posters, but I personally connect to this song via a romantic angle. Someone you can't get out of your head, someone you dream about even when you no longer want to. You'll never admit it to the person, so they'll never know what's 'behind your skull'. They'll never know what you're thinking of, or what you believe regarding your past together. Half of you wants to, or even has, moved on. The other half though seems to be stuck, or asleep. There's a...
@queencat I'm with you on this one. I can totally see the mental health angle by other posters, but I personally connect to this song via a romantic angle. Someone you can't get out of your head, someone you dream about even when you no longer want to. You'll never admit it to the person, so they'll never know what's 'behind your skull'. They'll never know what you're thinking of, or what you believe regarding your past together. Half of you wants to, or even has, moved on. The other half though seems to be stuck, or asleep. There's a war inside you over how you think you should feel and how you naturally feel. You want to be afraid for your future or even current relationship but you're drowning in it all. You let another day go by in this state. You call to God for help with it all, but you feel like you're calling to an empty sky. Then you realize you're actually calling out to yourself, one half to the other.
I'm pretty sure I'm wrong because like, Twenty One Pilots isn't a very face-value kind of band in my opinion, but I just thought I'd share. I always took this as a love song? Like, when you're scared. You're scared of good things because you're scared of ruining them, so you're sort of reframing it into this bad thing (the whole chorus, obviously) because you're scared. But at the same time, you're too selfish to let it go, too, and you're too scared to let it go, so you're just kinda waiting for the other person (the "won't you say goodnight so I can say goodbye?" line) to make that move, to end it, because you're selfish. You are. You don't want to be the one to ruin what could be a good thing, even if you're also the one scared to move forward.
Also, this part specifically:
I'm caught under water and I'm falling farther, My heart's getting harder, I'm calling my father,
It came across as romantic to me, too, because I was looking at it through a specific viewpoint, you know? And look, it's almost definitely about mental illness, but I think it's just really interesting. Mental illness has been so, so romanticized, and I think the fact that I thought this was a love song really speaks to that.
Honestly, I'm still probably gonna view it as a love song, just 'cause that really fucks me up and it's fun (and it reminds me of Lena/Julian from Delirium, if anyone cares) and. I don't have another point.
Just thought I'd share? Sorry if I didn't use the right type, I literally just made an account like two minutes ago to comment on this and That's Okay by the Hush Sound.
@queencat I'm with you on this one. I can totally see the mental health angle by other posters, but I personally connect to this song via a romantic angle. Someone you can't get out of your head, someone you dream about even when you no longer want to. You'll never admit it to the person, so they'll never know what's 'behind your skull'. They'll never know what you're thinking of, or what you believe regarding your past together. Half of you wants to, or even has, moved on. The other half though seems to be stuck, or asleep. There's a...
@queencat I'm with you on this one. I can totally see the mental health angle by other posters, but I personally connect to this song via a romantic angle. Someone you can't get out of your head, someone you dream about even when you no longer want to. You'll never admit it to the person, so they'll never know what's 'behind your skull'. They'll never know what you're thinking of, or what you believe regarding your past together. Half of you wants to, or even has, moved on. The other half though seems to be stuck, or asleep. There's a war inside you over how you think you should feel and how you naturally feel. You want to be afraid for your future or even current relationship but you're drowning in it all. You let another day go by in this state. You call to God for help with it all, but you feel like you're calling to an empty sky. Then you realize you're actually calling out to yourself, one half to the other.