Vessel

Twenty One Pilots

2012 Released

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Ode to Sleep

05 : 08

Holding on to You

04 : 23

Migraine

03 : 59

House of Gold

02 : 53

Car Radio

04 : 27

Semi-Automatic

04 : 14

Screen

03 : 49

The Run and Go

03 : 49

Fake You Out

03 : 51

Guns for Hands

04 : 33

Trees

04 : 27

Truce

02 : 22

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Track Lyrics

Ode to Sleep Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I wake up fine and dandy, but then by the time I find it handy

To rip my heart apart and start planning my crash landing

I go up, up, up, up, up to the ceiling

Then I feel my soul start leaving like an old man's hair receding

I'm pleading, "Please, oh please!" on my knees repeatedly asking

Why it's got to be like this, is this living free?

I don't wanna be the one, be the one who has the

Sun's blood on my hands, I'll tell the moon

Take this weapon forged in darkness

Some see a pen, I see a harpoon

[Pre-Chorus]

I'll stay awake 'cause the dark's not taking prisoners tonight

Why am I not scared in the morning?

I don't hear those voices calling

I must have kicked them out, I must have kicked them out

I swear I heard demons yelling

Those crazy words they were spelling

They told me I was gone, they told me I was gone

[Chorus]

But I'll tell 'em, "Why won't you let me go?

Do I threaten all your plans? I'm insignificant"

Please tell 'em, you have no plans for me

I will set my soul on fire, what have I become?

I'll tell 'em

[Verse 2]

On the eve of a day that's forgotten and fake

As the trees, they await, and clouds anticipate

The start of a day when we put on our face

A mask that portrays that we don't need grace

On the eve of a day that is bigger than us

But we open our eyes 'cause we're told that we must

And the trees wave their arms and the clouds try to plead

Desperately yelling, "There's something we need!"

I'm not free, I asked forgiveness three times

Same amount that I denied, I three-time MVP'd this crime

I'm afraid to tell you who I adore, won't tell you who I'm singing towards

Metaphorically, I'm a whore, and that's denial number four

[Pre-Chorus]

I'll stay awake 'cause the dark's not taking prisoners tonight

Why am I not scared in the morning?

I don't hear those voices calling

I must have kicked them out, I must have kicked them out

I swear I heard demons yelling

Those crazy words they were spelling

They told me I was gone, they told me I was gone

[Chorus]

But I'll tell 'em, "Why won't you let me go?

Do I threaten all your plans? I'm insignificant"

Please tell 'em, you have no plans for me

I will set my soul on fire, what have I become?

[Outro]

I'll tell 'em, you have no plans for me, I will set my soul on fire

What have I become? I'll tell 'em, I'll tell 'em, I'll tell 'em

I'll tell 'em, please tell 'em, you have no plans for me

I will set my soul on fire, what have I become? I'm sorry

Holding on to You Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I'm taking over my body, back in control, no more shotty

I bet a lot of me was lost, "T"'s uncrossed and "I"'s undotted

I fought it a lot and it seems a lot like flesh is all I got

Not anymore, flesh out the door, swat

I must've forgot, you can't trust me

I'm open a moment and close when you show it

Before you know it, I'm lost at sea

And now that I write and think about it and the story unfolds

You should take my life, you should take my soul

[Break]

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

[Chorus]

You are surrounding, all my surroundings

Sounding down the mountain range of my left-side brain

You are surrounding, all my surroundings

Twisting the kaleidoscope behind both of my eyes

[Post-Chorus]

(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)

And I'll be holding on to you

(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)

And I'll be holding on to you

[Verse 2]

Remember the moment you know exactly where you're goin'

'Cause the next moment before you know it

Time is slowin' and it's frozen still

And the windowsill looks really nice, right?

You think twice about your life, it probably happens at night, right?

Fight it, take the pain, ignite it

Tie a noose around your mind, loose enough to breathe fine

And tie it to a tree, tell it, "You belong to me

This ain't a noose, this is a leash

And I have news for you, you must obey me"

[Chorus]

You are surrounding, all my surroundings

Sounding down the mountain range of my left-side brain

You are surrounding, all my surroundings

Twisting the kaleidoscope behind both of my eyes

[Bridge]

Entertain my faith, entertain my faith

[Breakdown]

Lean with it, rock with it, when we gonna stop with it?

Lyrics that mean nothin', we were gifted with thought

Is it time to move our feet, to an introspective beat?

It ain't the speakers that bump hearts, it's our hearts that make the beat

Lean with it, rock with it, when we gonna stop with it?

Lyrics that mean nothin', we were gifted with thought

Is it time to move our feet, to an introspective beat?

It ain't the speakers that bump hearts, it's our hearts that make the beat

Lean with it, rock with it, when we gonna stop with it?

Lyrics that mean nothin', we were gifted with thought

Is it time to move our feet, to an introspective beat?

It ain't the speakers that bump hearts, it's our hearts that make the beat

Lean with it, rock with it, when we gonna stop with it?

Lyrics that mean nothin', we were gifted with thought

Is it time to move our feet, to an introspective beat?

It ain't the speakers that bump hearts and it's our hearts that make the beat

[Outro]

(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)

And I'll be holding on to you, and I'll be holding on to you

(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)

And I'll be holding on to you, and I'll be holding on to you

(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)

And I'll be holding on to you, and I'll be holding on to you

(Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)

And I'll be holding on to you, and I'll be holding on to you

Migraine Lyrics

[Intro]

Am I the only one I know

Waging my wars behind my face and above my throat?

Shadows will scream that I'm alone-lone-lone

[Verse 1]

I-I-I-I-I've got a migraine

And my pain will range from up, down, and sideways

Thank God it's Friday 'cause Fridays will always be better than Sundays

'Cause Sundays are my suicide days

I don't know why they always seem so dismal

Thunderstorms, clouds, snow, and a slight drizzle

Whether it's the weather or the letters by my bed

Sometimes death seems better than the migraine in my head

Let it be said what the headache represents

It's me defending in suspense, it's me suspended in a defenseless test

Being tested by a ruthless examiner

That's represented best by my depressing thoughts

I do not have writer's block, my writer just hates the clock

It will not let me sleep, I guess I'll sleep when I'm dead

And sometimes death seems better than the migraine in my head

[Chorus]

Am I the only one I know

Waging my wars behind my face and above my throat?

Shadows will scream that I'm alone

But I know, we've made it this far, kid

[Post-Chorus]

Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2]

I am not as fine as I seem, pardon

Me for yelling, I'm telling you green gardens

Are not what's growing in my psyche, it's a different me

A difficult beast feasting on burnt down trees

Freeze frame, please let me paint a mental picture portrait

Something you won't forget, it's all about my forehead

And how it is a door that holds back contents

That makes Pandora's box contents look non-violent

Behind my eyelids are islands of violence

My mind ship-wrecked, this is the only land my mind could find

I did not know it was such a violent island

Bullet tidal waves, suicidal crazed lions

They're trying to eat me, blood running down their chin

And I know that I can fight, or I can let the lion win

I begin to assemble what weapons I can find

'Cause sometimes to stay alive, you gotta kill your mind

[Chorus]

Am I the only one I know

Waging my wars behind my face and above my throat?

Shadows will scream that I'm alone

But I know, we've made it this far, kid

[Post-Chorus]

(Ah, yeah) Yeah, yeah, yeah

(Oh, oh) Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Bridge]

And I will say that we should take a day to break away

From all the pain our brain has made, the game is not played alone

And I will say that we should take a moment and hold it

And keep it frozen and know that life has a hopeful undertone

And I will say that we should take a day to break away

From all the pain our brain has made, the game is not played alone

And I will say that we should take a moment and hold it

And keep it frozen and know that life has a hopeful undertone

[Chorus]

Am I the only one I know, oh

Waging my wars behind my face and above my throat?

Shadows will scream that I'm alone

But I know, we've made it this far, kid

[Outro]

I've made it this far

I've made it this f—

House of Gold Lyrics

[Chorus]

She asked me, "Son, when I grow old

Will you buy me a house of gold?

And when your father turns to stone

Will you take care of me?"

She asked me, "Son, when I grow old

Will you buy me a house of gold?

And when your father turns to stone

Will you take care of me?"

I will make you queen of everything you see

I'll put you on the map, I'll cure you of disease

[Verse 1]

Let's say we up and left this town

And turned our future upside down

We'll make pretend that you and me

Lived ever after happily

[Chorus]

She asked me, "Son, when I grow old

Will you buy me a house of gold?

And when your father turns to stone

Will you take care of me?"

I will make you queen of everything you see

I'll put you on the map, I'll cure you of disease

[Verse 2]

And since we know that dreams are dead

And life turns plans up on their head

I will plan to be a bum

So I just might become someone

[Chorus]

She asked me, "Son, when I grow old

Will you buy me a house of gold?

And when your father turns to stone

Will you take care of me?"

I will make you queen of everything you see

I'll put you on the map, I'll cure you of disease

Car Radio Lyrics

[Intro]

I ponder of something great

My lungs will fill and then deflate

They fill with fire, exhale desire

I know it's dire, my time today

I have these thoughts so often, I ought

To replace that slot with what I once bought

'Cause somebody stole my car radio

And now I just sit in silence

[Verse 1]

Sometimes quiet is violent

I find it hard to hide it, my pride is no longer inside

It's on my sleeve, my skin will scream

Reminding me of who I killed inside my dream

I hate this car that I'm driving, there's no hiding for me

I'm forced to deal with what I feel

There is no distraction to mask what is real

I could pull the steering wheel

[Chorus]

I have these thoughts so often, I ought

To replace that slot with what I once bought

'Cause somebody stole my car radio

And now I just sit in silence

[Verse 2]

I ponder of something terrifying

'Cause this time there's no sound to hide behind

I find over the course of our human existence

One thing consists of consistence

And it's that we're all battling fear

Oh dear, I don't know if we know why we're here

Oh my, too deep, please stop thinking

I liked it better when my car had sound

There are things we can do

But from the things that work there are only two

And-a from the two that we choose to do

Peace will win and fear will lose

And there's faith and there's sleep

We need to pick one, please, because

Faith is to be awake and to be awake is for us to think

And for us to think is to be alive

And I will try with every rhyme

To come across like I am dying

To let you know you need to try to think

[Chorus]

I have these thoughts so often, I ought

To replace that slot with what I once bought

'Cause somebody stole my car radio

And now I just sit in silence

[Bridge]

(Woah, oh-oh-oh)

And now I just sit in silence

And now I just sit

And now I just sit in silence

And now I just sit

[Outro]

I ponder of something great

My lungs will fill and then deflate

They fill with fire, exhale desire

I know it's dire, my time today

I have these thoughts so often, I ought

To replace that slot with what I once bought

'Cause somebody stole my car radio

And now I just sit in silence

Semi-Automatic Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Night falls, with gravity

The Earth turns, from sanity

Taking my only friend I know

He leaves a lot, his name is Hope

[Chorus]

I'm never what I like

I'm double-sided

And I just can't hide

I kinda like it

When I make you cry

'Cause I'm twisted up, I'm twisted up, inside

[Verse 2]

The horrors of the night melt away

Under the warm glow of survival of the day

Then we move on

My shadow grows taller along with my fears

And my frame shrinks smaller as night grows near

When the sun is climbing window sills

And the silver lining rides the hills

I will be saved for one whole day

Until the sun makes the hills its grave

[Chorus]

I'm never what I like

I'm double-sided

And I just can't hide

I kinda like it

When I make you cry

Cause I'm twisted up, I'm twisted up, inside

I'm never what I like!

I'm double-sided

And I just can't hide

I kinda like it

When I make you cry

Cause I'm twisted up, I'm twisted up, inside my mind

[Breakdown]

I'm semi-automatic

My prayer's schizophrenic

But I'll live on, yeah I'll live on, yeah I'll live on

I'm semi-automatic

My prayer's schizophrenic

But I'll live on, yeah I'll live on, yeah I'll live, yeah, yeah, yeah!

I'm semi-automatic

My prayer's schizophrenic

But I'll live on, yeah I'll live on, yeah I'll live on

I'm semi-automatic

My prayer's schizophrenic

But I'll live on, yeah I'll live on...

[Bridge]

By the time the night wears off, the dust is down

And shadows burn

I will rise and stand my ground

Waiting for the night's return

[Chorus]

I'm never what I like

I'm double-sided

And I just can't hide

I kinda like it

When I make you cry

Cause I'm twisted up, I'm twisted up, inside

I'm never what I like!

I'm double-sided

And I just can't hide

I kinda like it

When I make you cry

Cause I'm twisted up, I'm twisted up, inside my mind

Screen Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I do not know why I would go

In front of you and hide my soul

'Cause you're the only one who knows it

Yeah, you're the only one who knows it

And I will hide behind my pride

D-don't know why I think I could lie

'Cause there's a screen on my chest

Yeah there's a screen on my chest

[Chorus]

(Oh) I'm standing in front of you

(Oh-oh-oh) I'm trying to be so cool

Everything together trying to be so cool

(Oh) I'm standing in front of you

(Oh) Oh, I'm standing in front of you

(Oh-oh-oh) I'm trying to be so cool

Everything together trying to be so cool

[Verse 2]

I can't see past my own nose

I'm seeing everything in slo-mo

Look out below crashing down to the ground

Just like a vertical locomotive, that's a train

Am I painting the picture that's in my brain?

A train from the sky, locomotive, my motives are insane

My flow's not great, okay, I conversate with people

Who know if I flow on a song, I'll get no radio play

While you're doing fine, there's some people and I

Who have a really tough time getting through this life

So excuse us while we sing to the sky

[Chorus]

(Oh) I'm standing in front of you

(Oh-oh-oh) I'm trying to be so cool

Everything together trying to be so cool (I'm standing)

(Oh) I'm standing in front of you (I'm standing)

(Oh) Oh I'm standing in front of you (I'm standing)

(Oh-oh-oh) Oh I'm trying to be so cool

Everything together trying to be so cool

[Bridge]

Ooh, oooh

Oh-oh-oh, mm

We're broken, we're broken

We're broken, we're broken people

We're broken people, yeah

We're broken, we're broken

We're broken, we're broken people

We're broken people, yeah

We're broken, we're broken

We're broken, we're broken people

We're broken people, yeah

[Chorus]

(Stand) I'm standing in front of you (We're broken, we're broken)

(Stand) I'm standing in front of you (We're broken, we're broken people, oh)

(Stand) I'm trying to be so cool (We're broken people, oh, yeah)

(Stand) Everything together trying to be so cool

(I'm standing) I'm standing in front of you (We've broken, we've broken)

(I'm standing) Oh, I'm standing in front of you (We've broken, we've broken people, oh)

(I'm standing, ooh-ooh) Oh, I'm trying to be so cool (We've broken people, oh, yeah)

Everything together trying to be so cool

The Run and Go Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I can't take them on my own, my own

Pa, I'm not the one you know, you know

I have killed a man and all I know is

I am on the run and go

[Chorus]

Don't wanna call you in the nighttime

Don't wanna give you all my pieces

Don't wanna hand you all my trouble

Don't wanna give you all my demons

You'll have to watch me struggle

From several rooms away

But tonight, I'll need you to stay

[Post-Chorus]

Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do

[Verse 2]

I am up against the wall, the wall

Pa, I hear them coming down the hall

I have killed a man and all I know is

I am on the run and go

[Chorus]

Don't wanna call you in the nighttime

Don't wanna give you all my pieces

Don't wanna hand you all my trouble

Don't wanna give you all my demons

You'll have to watch me struggle

From several rooms away

But tonight, I'll need you to stay

[Post-Chorus]

Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do

Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do, do, do, do

[Bridge]

Cold nights under siege from accusations

Cerebral thunder and one-way conversations

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

[Chorus]

Don't wanna call you in the nighttime

Don't wanna give you all my pieces

Don't wanna hand you all my trouble

Don't wanna give you all my demons

You'll have to watch me struggle

From several rooms away

But tonight, I'll need you to stay

[Outro]

Tonight, I'll need you to stay

Tonight, I'll need you to stay!

Fake You Out Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I want to drive away

In the night, headlights call my name

I—

[Pre-Chorus]

I'll never be, be what you see inside

You say I'm not alone, but I am petrified

You say that you are close, is close the closest star?

You just feel twice as far, you just feel twice as far

[Chorus]

And I'll fall, and I'll break

And I'll fake, all I wanna

(Hey-hey-hey-hey-hey...)

And I'll fall down, and I'll break down

(Oh-oh-oh-oh, ah-ah-ah-ah)

And I'll fake you out, all I wanna

(Oh-oh-oh-oh)

[Break]

(Oh-oh-oh-oh, ah-ah-ah-ah)

[Verse 2]

I'm so afraid of what you have to say

'Cause I am quiet now and silence gives you space

[Pre-Chorus]

I'll never be, be what you see inside

You say I'm not alone, but I am petrified

You say that you are close, is close the closest star?

You just feel twice as far, you just feel twice as far

[Chorus]

And I'll fall, and I'll break

And I'll fake, all I wanna

(Hey-hey-hey-hey-hey...)

And I'll fall down, and I'll break down

(Oh-oh-oh-oh, ah-ah-ah-ah)

And I'll fake you out, all I wanna

(Oh-oh-oh-oh)

[Bridge]

It's the same game today as it always is

I don't give these places fake my name explaining this

And the wrists of my mind have the bleeding lines

That remind me of all the times

I have committed dirty, dirty crimes that are perfectly form-fitted

To what I've done and what I'm doing

I'm brewing and losing and spewing and fusing

And believe me, that's what all the kids are doing

What kids are doing, they're killing themselves

They feel they have no control of their prisoner cell

And if you're one of them, then you're one of me

And you would do almost anything just to feel free

Yeah, am I right? Of course I am, convince me otherwise would take all night

Before you walk away, there's one more thing I want to say

Our brains are sick but that's okay

[Chorus]

(I'll fake you out)

(I'll fake you out, I'll break you down)

(I'll fake you out)

And I'll fall (I'll fake you out)

And I'll break (I'll fake you out)

And I'll fake (I'll break you down)

(Oh-oh-oh-oh, ah-ah-ah-ah)

All I wanna

[Break]

(I'll fake you out)

(Oh-oh-oh-oh, ah-ah-ah-ah)

(I'll fake you out)

(I'll break you down)

(Oh-oh-oh-oh, ah-ah-ah-ah)

(I'll fake, fake you out)

(I'll fake you out)

(Oh-oh-oh-oh, ah-ah-ah-ah)

(I'll fake you out)

(I'll break you down)

(Oh-oh-oh-oh, ah-ah-ah-ah)

All I wanna

(I'll fake you out)

Yeah, and I'll fall down, and I'll break down

(I'll fake you out, I'll fake you out)

And I'll fake you out, all I wanna

(I'll break you down, I'll fake, fake you out)

Yeah, and I'll fall down, and I'll break down

(I'll fake you out, I'll fake you out)

And I'll fake you out, all I wanna

(I'll break you down, I'll fake)

[Outro]

I'm so afraid of what you have to say

'Cause I am quiet now and silence gives you space

Guns for Hands Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I know what you think in the morning

When the sun shines on the ground

And shows what you have done

It shows where your mind has gone

And you swear to your parents

That it will never happen again

I know, I know-ow-ow

What that means, I know-ow-ow-ow-ow

[Pre-Chorus]

That you all have guns

And you never put the safety on

And you all have plans

To take it, to take it, don't take it, take it, take it

[Chorus]

I'm trying, I'm trying to sleep

But I can't, but I can't when you all have

Guns for hands, yeah

I'm trying, I'm trying to sleep

But I can't, but I can't when you all have

Guns for hands, yeah

[Verse 2]

Let's take this a second at a time

Let's take this one song, this one rhyme

Together, let's breathe

Together, to the beat

But there's hope out the window

So that's where we'll go

Let's go outside and all join hands

But until then you'll never understand

[Pre-Chorus]

That you all have guns

And you never put the safety on

And you all have plans

To take it, to take it, don't take it, take it, take it (Don't take it)

[Chorus]

I'm trying, I'm trying to sleep

But I can't, but I can't when you all have

Guns for hands, yeah

[Interlude]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Whoo!

(Da-da da-da-da)

(Da-da da-da-da, ah uh)

(Da-da da-da-da)

[Bridge]

We've turned our hands to guns

Traded our thumbs for ammunition

I must forewarn you of my disorder, or my condition

'Cause when the sun sets

It upsets what's left of my invested interest

Interested in putting my fingers to my head

The solution is, I see a whole room of these mutant kids

Fused at the wrist, I simply tell them they should shoot at this

Simply suggest my chest and this confused music

It's obviously best for them to turn their guns to a fist

[Chorus]

I'm trying, I'm trying to sleep

But I can't, but I can't when you all have

Guns for hands, yeah

I'm trying, I'm trying to sleep (I'm trying to sleep)

But I can't, but I can't when you all have

Guns for hands, yeah

Trees Lyrics

[Verse]

I know where You stand

Silent in the trees

And that's where I am

Silent in the trees

Why won't You speak

Where I happen to be?

Silent in the trees

Standing cowardly

[Chorus]

I can feel Your breath

I can feel my death

I want to know You

I want to see

I want to say

Hello, hello

Hello, oh, hello

[Refrain]

Da da, da da da, da-da

[Verse]

I know where You stand

Silent in the trees

And that's where I am

Silent in the trees

Why won't You speak

Where I happen to be?

Silent in the trees

Standing cowardly

[Chorus]

I can feel Your breath

I can feel my death

I want to know You

I want to see

I want to say

[Refrain]

Hello (Da da, da da da, da-da

Da da, da da da, da-da)

Hello (Da da, da da da, da-da

Da da, da da da, da-da)

Hello, hello, hello, hello

(Da da, da da da, da-da

Da da, da da da, da-da)

Hello, hello, hello, hello

Yeah (Da da, da da da, da-da

Da da, da da da, da-da)

[Outro]

Oh, oh

Hello, hello! (Oh, oh)

Truce Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Now the night is coming to an end

(Ooh)

The sun will rise and we will try again

(Ooh)

[Chorus]

Stay alive, stay alive for me

You will die, but now your life is free

Take pride in what is sure to die

[Verse 2]

I will fear the night again

(Ooh)

I hope I'm not my only friend

(Ooh)

[Chorus]

Stay alive, stay alive for me

You will die, but now your life is free

Take pride in what is sure to die

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Track Lyrics

Ode to Sleep Lyrics

Holding on to You Lyrics

Migraine Lyrics

House of Gold Lyrics

Car Radio Lyrics

Semi-Automatic Lyrics

Screen Lyrics

The Run and Go Lyrics

Fake You Out Lyrics

Guns for Hands Lyrics

Trees Lyrics

Truce Lyrics