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@a-p9170

5 жыл бұрын

Cool

@alexiar9081

5 жыл бұрын

Can you pls do Slowtown or hometown

You need to do goner..i'm shocked it hasn't been requested

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

I'm upvoting it and commenting it to give it a fair chance.

@Austin-yv2ts

7 жыл бұрын

cool

@ariiincolur

3 жыл бұрын

Please🙏

@ryantd6928

3 жыл бұрын

I would love to see this too

My understanding of verse 2 is as follows: "On the eve of a day thats forgotten and fake:" This is a reference to the return of Christ. The song is Luke 24:not saying that Christ return will not happen, but that we live as if it is fake. Paraphrase: "Christ return is coming soon but we live as if it is not" "and the trees they await and the clouds anticipate:" This is a reference to Romans 8:19-21 where the apostle Paul tells us that creation itself (trees, clouds) "waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed" Paul then goes on to talk about how creation was subjected by man to sin and "decay" but when Christ returns will be liberated "the start of a day when we put on our face, a mask that portrays that we dont need grace:" On the start of "the eve of a day thats forgotten and fake" we put on a mask that makes us look like we are all good and dont need the grace of God. "On the eve of a day that is bigger than us:" once again, the return of Christ "but we open our eyes cause were told that we must:" option 1: a reference to the Calvinist doctrine of irresistible grace, that is that God is so great that when he calls you, you will follow. God opens our eyes to his beauty. option 2: some Christian brother is telling him that he needs to ("must") open his eyes to God's beauty "and the trees wave their arms and the clouds try to plea desperately yelling there's something we need:" the first part is a reference to either Psalm 19:1 or Romans 1:20 (or possibly both). Psalm 19:1 says "the heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the work of his hands." Romans 1: 20 says "For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made." The second part ("there's something we need") is a reference to God and or the work of Jesus Christ on the cross "i'm not free, I asked forgiveness three times:" ("I'm not free") is a reference either to the idea that Christians are free from sin, but still struggle with it (thus it seems as if we are not free) or the idea of slavery to righteousness "just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness" Romans 6:19 "same amount that I denied, I three time mvp'd this crime:" the first part is a reference to Peter's three denials of Christ (Luke 22:54-62) the second part is simply saying that he is really good at denying God "Im afraid to tell you who I adore, won't tell you who im singing towards:" Two options, 1: he adores God, but is afraid of what will happen if he says that. 2: The more likely explanation is like the Pop Song Professor says, he adores himself, and is afraid to tell Christians that as he knows he is supposed to adore God "Metaphorically im a whore, and thats denial number 4:" This seems to be a reference to the book of Hosea, where the prophet Hosea is commanded by God to marry a prostitute by the name of Hagar, and then buy her back after she sells herself back into prostitution as a picture of the "whoring" (adultery) of God's people (at the time, the nation of Israel, and now all of his children, Christians). This statement is a paradoxically true in that he still "whores" after sin and yet false and a denial of the truth of his standing before God, that is, righteousness. This is long, I know but I believe the depths of his lyrics deserve to be understood

@taylorcopeland1211

6 жыл бұрын

Seth Enget this is spot on. I was about to say the same thing on here.

@marenkendall7413

6 жыл бұрын

Seth Enget while I love ~every other point you make, I don't know if "metaphorically I'm a whore" is specifically relating to Hosea. I think he means that by selling the most precious and intimate part of himself, his song writing, and sharing it with anyone willing to buy his songs, he is a metaphorical whore. Perhaps it is the fourth denial because it is yet another time he knowingly "turns from God" in a sense.

@maxonmendel5757

6 жыл бұрын

I’m surprised you didn’t mention Peter denying Jesus three times. I’ve always heard that verse as a reference to Jesus praying in the Garden the night of his arrest, specifically from the perspective of Peter.

@sethenget1118

6 жыл бұрын

+Maren Kendall that honestly sounds more accurate than what I put +Maxon Mendel I meant to include that, thanks for pointing that out

@lesliechrum6823

6 жыл бұрын

Maxon Mendel that's what I was thinking

can you please do migraine next? love your videos!

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

I really like that one. Like a lot.

@elliottjohnson5671

7 жыл бұрын

I would like this!

@lydiamcgowan9228

7 жыл бұрын

Yes please

@bathorii9639

7 жыл бұрын

the whole song literately means head ache

@smoothcriminal6622

6 жыл бұрын

Fatema Diab I-/ yesss

My name is Jacob lol can u plz do blasphemy,addict with a pen, or lovely

@BenInGame

6 жыл бұрын

Yea blasphemy has a lot of Christian references

@ashie06

4 жыл бұрын

blasphemy would be amazing live

@tatianagois7291

4 жыл бұрын

Oooooooo. Yeah, all amazing songs

@Jack.Akrasia

3 жыл бұрын

@@ashie06 so would TB Saga but I don't think that's the best for live

Talk about Forest, please.

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@charliemedina9262

7 жыл бұрын

The Pop Song Professor Yaaasssssss, make Forest next.

Do Forest maannn

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

It needs to happen.

@Omar_ayach

7 жыл бұрын

yup

@ori2093

7 жыл бұрын

it does.

@beatdropsgoryallofit7891

7 жыл бұрын

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!

@mehmedbajramovic5530

7 жыл бұрын

Yeaaaaaaa

RUBY!!!!!!! maybe i'll get my wish one day :D great video by the way, ode to sleep is in my tøp 5(no p(h)un intended) :D

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Love the pun! And I hope Ruby gets picked one day soon. It's such a beautiful song.

@twentyeeughpilots4994

7 жыл бұрын

Bekaheartsyou yes!!

@Bekaheartsyou

7 жыл бұрын

twentyughpilots :)

@ninanedic2158

7 жыл бұрын

SAAAAME RUBY PLEASE

@10after42

7 жыл бұрын

Bekaheartsyou well it might be hard for him to do this song considering it is about a girl named Ruby that has Down syndrome, and he might not know that

I'm not sure who did it, but thank you so much to whoever translated the title and description of this video into German!

Something I get from this song (that was touched on this video but I still want to mention it) is that he's not just struggling with dark thoughts, he's also struggling with his gift of introspection; he can reach an amazing understanding of things and create amazing things but at the same time the process of trying to think about deep things tears him apart, or tears apart his beliefs, and he's not sure if it's worth it if he has to tear himself apart to write a song. This theme also shows up in one of his songs from No Phun Intended, Just Like Yesterday: "I can't live this way, just to write a song to play". There's a lot of overlap between this song and in Semi-Automatic; I think that song is about how every time he wakes up from sleep he has hope again but as night draws near his defenses get weak until he just wants to give up, to make it go away, and he's tired of these demons even if they give him things to write about (as is mentioned in this video). And I also think that when he wants to stop having to deal with this he also feels like he's losing his faith in God, and maybe there's something in there about him not wanting people to think his songs are actually about God ("won't tell you who I'm singing towards"), and this is his fourth denial of God, which makes him a "whore". I know this is all over the place, but it's just my thoughts.

please do kitchen sink!!

@marokaisaridi4217

7 жыл бұрын

And when he said "won't tell you who I'm singing towards......and that's denial number four" I truly believe that he sings about God but he won't admit it, and that's his fourth denial

@hannahsutter3147

7 жыл бұрын

He's already done one. I'm not sure if it's on KZread, but I know it's on his blog.

@marokaisaridi4217

7 жыл бұрын

Hannah Sutter Thank you so much, I will definitely check it out

PLEASE DO FAKE YOU OUT!

@angelapotter8084

7 жыл бұрын

That song is my favorite!

I thought "scared of my own ceiling" meaning scared of the height of his career. It can't always be uphill it has to stop somewhere.

DO THE PANTALOON

@moriahmars1462

7 жыл бұрын

+kabøøm studiøs YES

@JoshuaTheLast

7 жыл бұрын

kabøøm studiøs if you search up "the Pantaloon meaning" on google and click the first link i think, it'll bring you to a site with the lyrics of the song but if you scroll down it'll lead to a comments section. the first comment is a person who does an incredible analysis of the songs meaning and I think his interpretation is the most accurate. its really great to read I definitely reccomend you look at it

@sofiam9921

7 жыл бұрын

kaboom studios YES

@tatianagois7291

4 жыл бұрын

YEAS PLEASE!!!!! I have been wondering what the hell is a pantaloon for years!!!! Like is it a thing? I never heard of it

Anathema also mentions sleep as well. "I start to part two halves of my heart in the *dark* and I, don't know where I should go and the tears and the fears begin to multiply, taking time in a simple place; in my bed where my *head rests on a pillowcase*..."

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Dude, sweet.

@mangonectar8117

7 жыл бұрын

S ø m e ø n e E l s e ' s S l e e p it was originally in blasphemy by tyler joseph

I'm back! After a weekend of moving furniture and painting cabinets (don't every paint cabinets--it's the worst). What Twenty One Pilots song should we do next week?

@katherineweaver2417

7 жыл бұрын

Forest

@toasterstrudel5242

7 жыл бұрын

The Pop Song Professor slowtown pleaseee

@brookiewantsacookie_

7 жыл бұрын

The Pop Song Professor forest

@flickering_wick

7 жыл бұрын

The Pop Song Professor TrapDoor

@madieaugust2081

6 жыл бұрын

Trap Door

1. Great video 2. DO Hometown!

The thing we "need" is to be free. If you listen to "just like yesterday" he uses the same verse but it's slightly different and ends with "there's something else in this world that we need and it happens to be free"

@Dabestest-uo4bg

7 жыл бұрын

"Just like yesterday" is from Tyler Joseph's album called, "no phun intended" btw

@hopewillis9536

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, and I think Tyler says the thing we need is itself 'free'. Since his songs are mostly to and about God, I think he means that we 'need' salvation thro faith in Jesus. The Son of God paid the price of our sin on the cross, therefore making salvation and spiritual life free for us. I'm glad you brought that up!

And also in semi- automatic he says " by the time the night wears off shadows burnt. I will rise and stand my ground, waiting for the night's return"

I think listening to the music alone is also an important aspect to the song. It "cycles" between darker and lighter themes, almost like the cycle of day and night and the different fearful/optimistic emotions they represent to the singer.

They talk about those elements of having depressing thoughts in message man when Tyler sings,"You and I know it gets better when morning finally rears its head" and also "together we're losers remember the future remember the morning is when night is dead

I'm pretty sure that the topic of depressing thoughts when you're going to sleep dates all the way back to Tyler's album, No Phun Intended.

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

You're probably right.

Glowing eyes please!!!

I think the “need” in the song is about the chemical inbalance that happens when one has a mental illness. A lot of fans of 21p struggle with some sort of mental illness and that is what brought them to their music. Ode to Sleep basically puts the feeling of having a disorder into words, a concept so very abstract it’s hard to describe accurately with words what we are going through. In my case, depression, we feel as though something is missing and I felt this a lot where something is wrong in my brain, something is missing and if I get that back then my problems are cured. I don’t know what other mental disorders are like but I can only guess they are similar to depression where there is something we need but the whole concept and experiences with a mental illness are so abstract and muddy that it is hard to place what that missing link is. I think the vagueness of that line adds emphasis to the feeling of uncertainty one goes through when their brain is all fucked up. Also the rhythm enhance thhis feeling where the sound goes from dark and sort of scary to a happier tempo back and forth. The problem with this “need” is how elusive it is. At night the feeling of hopelessness and doubt is stronger than the day time. But in the day time everything seems fine again to the point where the person feels like they were just faking it. Also every negative and harmful thought you had the previous night is gone or barely there, you forget what you were crying about. So since it is difficult to pin point your struggles, the answer to your problem eludes you and we never know what we need. Just my two cents. I could be drastically wrong :/

The trees are waving their arms and the clouds are pleading for people to get grace

please do glowing eyes

The 'on the eve of a day' rap, is from Just Like Yesterday on NPI, but in Just Like Yesterday he ends with 'it happens to be free' and in Ode to Sleep he finishes with 'I'm not free' so what the world needs is to be free, I think that's what he's trying to say.

In Ode to Sleep the clouds say “There’s something we need.” In Just Like Yesterday the clouds say “There’s something else in this world that we need and it happens to be free.”

The rap starting with "on the eve of the day..." and the trees and the clouds pleading. I think they're pleading for freedom. The rap originally came from Tyler's song Just Like Yesterday on his solo album. At the end he says "the trees wave their arms and the clouds try to plead desperately yelling out there's something else in this world that we need and it happens to be free." But in the Vessel version, he says "I'm not free." He's saying that he and the world need/don't have freedom.

I think the part about clouds trying to plead is a reference to psalm 19:1 "The Heavens declare the glory of God and the sky above proclaims the work of his hands". My take on it is that nature is begging us to see the glory of God through it

Coconut Sharks in the Water!

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

It truly needs to happen.

@valentinarusso2585

7 жыл бұрын

Such a powerful song

He also talks about the morning in Message Man: "Remember the Morning is when One Night is Dead..."

have you done clear?

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Not yet.

@NSPLG

7 жыл бұрын

Clear is sooo good

@drummondpaine

7 жыл бұрын

Clear please

@sab1707

7 жыл бұрын

YES YES CLEAR

@stephenkay1104

4 жыл бұрын

... I thought you we're talking about a drug lol

During the rap part I think he's talking about how broken the world is and many people don't realize it but we are all anticapting for somthing to change it but nothing does. So now everyone is waiting for a day that they wake up and everything is ok but, it's known that they desperately need somthing to cause that change.

In Message Man he mentions night i think

@tylermastromatteo4712

7 жыл бұрын

The night time is a common theme in most tøp songs

I broke my foot and have been bed ridden for a month now and still have so much longer to go. I can’t sleep anymore when sleep was my favorite thing and the only thing that would end my horrible day. Now I lay awake all I ight so I get the sleep references and all the bad thoughts at night.

my girlfriend and i's relationship song is "a car, a torch, a death" by tøp. because it means something to us and we can relate to it.

I took “I must have kicked them out” to be an expression of disbelief that Tyler was able to win and survive the night. He was underconfident in his abilities. “Huh? What happened? I was fighting these demons, but now it’s morning and they’re not bothering me. I must’ve kicked them out, I guess.”

10:22 These lyrics were originally part of a song called Just Like Yesterday from No Phun Intended, though he cuts off a few parts in the Ode to Sleep version. But in the other one, he continues to say, "there's something else in this world that we need that happens to be free." I think it's quite possible that whatever this is, it's love (or maybe even faith). Often, people consider love to be a free necessity, and this could be what he means here.

I think the lines :'On the eve of a day that's forgotten and fake/And the trees they await and clouds anticipate/The start of a day where we put on our face' is a reference to Romans 8:19. " For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. "

I think that even Tyler doesn't know what "they need", sometimes you Just feel like you need or miss something, not knowing what

he also mentions writing and night/sleep in Message Man: "It's just poetry divided. I'm the kind of guy Who takes every moment he knows he confided in music to use it For others to use it" and ''But you and I know it gets better when morning finally rears its head. Together we're losers, Remember the future, Remember the morning is when night is dead.'' Message Man is such a great song you should maybe do a video in it pls

Tyler has specifically said in an interview that he meant "We all would take the latter" line from Stressed Out as a play on words of latter/ladder. So I would confidently say that "I don't wanna be the one with the sun''s blood on my hands" is a play on Son/sun. Hebrews 6:6 says if we fall away we crucify Christ again and we all know Tyler doesn't want to "fall, fall away".

the lyrics "the trees wave their arms and the clouds try to plead, desperately yelling 'there's something we need'" are actually repurposed lyrics from tyler's first ever album release on a song called 'just like yesterday.' originally, the lyrics were "desperately yelling out 'there's something else in this world that we need, and it happens to be free'." hope that helps solve the confusion.

I feel like the main rap part is about sunday, "the day that is bigger than us" could refer to Sunday as its "God's day"

So about the line "the trees wave their arms and the clouds try to plea, desperately yelling there's something we need." The whole first part of the second rap was originally made a long time ago on No Phun Intended in the song Just Like Yesterday. However, the line is a teensy bit different. It instead says: "The trees wave their arms and the clouds try to plead, desperately yelling out there's something else in this world that we need and it happens to be free." I personally interpret these lines to be religious, like the majority of this song. In previous songs, we've seen Tyler discuss clouds and trees in religious manners. In Before You Start Your Day, Tyler refers to the clouds in a heavenly way "The clouds above will hold you; the clouds above will sing." And the entire song Trees (in my interpretation), is Tyler getting lost in the forest while he searches for help up in the trees. This relates to his faith and how he feels lost and wants to find God. So, the clouds and the trees wave their arms and try to plead. They are trying to get our attention for something. But what? Well if both of these objects are referred to in religious manners, they're probably trying to show signs that God is real and that we need to have faith. "There's something else in this world that we need and it happens to be free." There is something more to life, and we just need to listen. All we need to do is listen for God, and then we might just find Him. This got long but you wanted us to share our opinions! Hopefully it made sense. Thank you if you read this far!

The rap "On the eve of a day..." always made me think of Sundays. It could be any day though. In fact if you look at this rap in its original spot in "Just like Yesterday" Tyler seems to be saying no days matter since "tomorrow's gone just like yesterday". But a day that is "forgotten and fake" and a day we" put on masks that portray that we don't need grace" always made me feel he was talking about Sunday, a day he should be spiritually connected and excited to worship God but instead doesn't even want to get out of bed. Sundays are his suicide days after all. The clouds and trees yelling reminds me of 19:40 Where Jesus says if they stop his disciples from preaching the very rocks will cry out instead. And Romans 1:20 says God's divine attributes are seen through his creation. Nature itself is calling out that we need God.

I think the best way to do tøp Tuesdays is to go through the albums and allow people to get excited for the week when one of their favourites is going to be explained.

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

But it's more fun this way... That way we get a lot of the popular ones explained!

"This song is literally so deep that if you fell into it, it would take a million years to climb out of it." - The Pop Song Professor 2017

I think in Doubt when he says he's scared of his own ceiling I think the ceiling is like his limitations, like a personal, internal glass ceiling. He'd be scared of that because he might fear that if he plateaus as an artist, held back by that personal ceiling, then people may lose interest, stop listening, and eventually forget about him, which is exactly what the song says not to do. Anyway, great video! I love your content and the amount of thought you put into these videos!

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Meggan!

Uh hi, I don't know if anyone said this already, but the second rap in ode to sleep is actually from the song Just Like Yesterday from no phun intended. The difference is that on the npi version he says the clouds and the trees were saying we need to be free, but that part wasn't on the vessel version

Clear please. Its one of my favourites!

7:17 I found some references to sleep in Blurryface as well and was happy to see that he didn't abandon that extended metaphor. One instance is at the end of the bridge in *"Message Man"- Gets better when morning finally rears its head Together we'll lose this, remember the future Remember that morning is when night is dead* I thought it was a cool find. I hate to get so cheesy, but Tyler Joseph's lyrics are next level. I've been listening to TOP since 2016 and I honestly haven't stopped because there is so much to think about. Your channel makes it really fun to red between the lines. Thanks, Prof!

forest please

I think it's like amazing how Tyler Joseph got the rap lyrcis from the song just like yesterday from his original solo album in 2007. It's amazing how he reuses lyrics that mean so mucj to him

I know this comment thread's gone a little stale, but around 10:25 you said to comment if we had a solid interpretation of all the stuff in the second stanza. I honestly was kinda shocked when you said that few people really understood those lines. My brothers and I have bounced ideas off each other a lot for these lyrics, but they came pretty easy to all of us. That's probably because our interpretation is very much biblically rooted, the whole of the stanza directly describing the day of Jesus' crucifixion. If you look at the stanza as a whole, the first group of lines are referencing a the beginning of a singular, specific day: the day of the crucifixion, by my interpretation. "On the eve of a day that's forgotten and fake" - The day of the crucifixion is "forgotten" because we only have a snapshot of the events occurring on that day, through only four firsthand accounts. The remainder of the events taking place are lost to us, leaving only a partial picture painted. The day may be "fake" because, while the story has been told many times and is virtually known by all, it is often viewed as just that: a story. "As the trees, they await, and clouds anticipate" - Some of the gospels tell of a fierce storm late on the day of the crucifixion, and this would be referring to the anticipation of the arrival of the storm the storm. "The start of a day when we put on our face / A mask that portrays that we don't need grace" - This line is a little difficult, but I think it's saying that this was the start of a day where we as humans renounced Christ, believing we didn't need the grace he offered us. "On the eve of a day that is bigger than us" - I think that big in this context doesn't mean the day was of greater importance than us, by that it was BEYOND us, more than we could comprehend, which kinda ties into the next line here. "But we open our eyes, cause we're told that we must" - despite not being able to fully comprehend the gravity of this day in the scheme of eternity, we have been told to look at and think about the importance of this day since we were children. "And the trees wave their arms and the clouds try to plead / Desperately yelling, there's something we need" - This is the arrival of the storm mentioned earlier, as the trees wave their arms (as if to get our attention) and the clouds try to plead, desperately yelling (possibly thru their thunder?) that there is something we are missing, this something being the grace Jesus is offering, giving us forgiveness for our sins. "I'm not free, I asked forgiveness three times / Same amount that I denied, / I three-time MVP'd this crime" - I think this is a direct reference to the apostle Peter in the gospels, who famously denied being associated with Christ three times on the day of the crucifixion. Later he expresses his shame to the risen Jesus and, while forgiveness is not directly asked for, an exchange takes place that may be Jesus reconciling Peter. Peter - or Tyler, as I believe Tyler might be relating with Peter's struggle - does not feel free though, because he know he will do it again due to sin nature. "I'm afraid to tell you who I adore" - This is again either Peter or Tyler or both saying that they are still scared to witness to others, and share the relationship they have with Christ to others. "Won't tell you who I'm singing towards" - Singing to God or Jesus clearly, but unwilling to admit to it. This is actually an interesting line because Tyler, while often singing to or of God in his songs never openly admits to it, almost like he is scared to admit that he isn't singing to or for us. "Metaphorically, I'm a whore, and that's denial number four" - This conveys the double-sidedness or promiscuity Tyler feels as he claims to be a Christian but does not own up to it when it matters, which would be denying his affiliation with Christ for the forth time. I hope you see this eventually or at least someone puts the time into reading this and gets something out of it. feel free to develop your own interpretations, a kitchen sink to you isn't a kitchen sink to me. If you DID read this, thanks for sticking it out!

11:38 Denial number 4 is the 4th denial... he goes beyond the worst sinners who already have had denied 3 times.

I like to think is faith what Tyler means by "something we need". Its kinda what u hope for when ure having tough times and what helps u living, hopefulness and so. Also I relate it with "mask that portrays that we dont need grace" cause grace can be something christian too, and by that quote I take it as "we go living pretending we dont need faith". Plus "we open our eyes cause were told that we must" I relate it to what I said before in the way I think Tyler means we go through living without reason or purpose, which can be also, without faith or hope. Just my opinion, I love poetry cause it can turn to an unique meaning to each person, so we all can relate to it in different ways.

In reference to the rap... "On the eve of a day that's forgotten and fake" -- I believe this is referring to Sunday... AKA the Sabbath has been greatly forgotten in today's society and for those who attend church, there is a huge issue surrounding the whole "just put on your church best / Sunday face" even if that is fake. "When the trees they await and clouds anticipate"-- a reference to Romans 8:22 where we read that the "whole creation has been groaning" out of separation from its creator "a start of a day when we put on our face, a mass of portrays that we don't need grace" -- again, back to the idea of a church face... covering up our sin, making it look like we have all our lives together and under control. "on the eve of a day that is bigger than us but we open our eyes cause were told that we must" - Totally agree with your theory - sometimes it's as simple as the fact that you have to wake up and do life. A day "bigger than us" could be so many things... Again could be in reference to the Sabbath, a day set aside to worship a God so much bigger than ourselves. Or just the knowledge that God's plans for our day are so beyond anything we could ask or imagine. "And the trees wave their arms and the clouds try and plead, desperately yelling at something we need." -- Another scriptural reference to Romans - chapter 1 verse 20 - "For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God." ... Creation is crying out for us to return to the Creator "I'm not free I asked forgiveness three times, same amount that I denied I three-time MVP this crime" -- Like you said, a reference to Peter "I'm afraid to tell you who I adore, won't tell you who I'm singing toward. Metaphorically I'm a whore and that's denial number four." -- Like you said, although many of TOP's songs carry blatant Christian messages and many are addressed to God, he never blatantly says who he is singing toward. And again, this may not even directly be toward his songwriting only, maybe that is only used as one example of common themes of idolatry in his life. As for denial number four... it could be tied back to the story of Peter... After Christ is resurrected, He asks Peter three times if he loves him to redeem the number the times he denied Him. I think that is where Tyler is when he talks about a fourth denial... Maybe he wishes he could honestly love God without any sense of doubt reserve or hesitation (reference Be Concerned, Doubt...) but being human cannot fully and therefore feels it is a lie. Or maybe it's that he won't get on stage and proclaim Christ blatantly as the one he loves and is singing toward. Honestly, the root of this I think that is something personal to Tyler, but I think the idea of the fourth denial is somehow linked back to the interactions of Christ with Peter.

I love your explanation. It's something that I also thought song is about. And I agree with you when you said that if Tyler didn't had those fights in his head he wouldn't write so beautiful and powerful songs. I am so grateful for that.

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ode to sleep has also and an other massage... When the song starts the first words are "I wake up fine and dandy" which means that in the morning he's all good without "the demons" then the song talks about sleep and how tyler can't fight his demons at night. After that the song takes a happy note and describes how he got rid of the demons, and we assume the morning came again. When the happy part ends we go to the dark theme again where the song talks about the night and the demons. And finally the last part of the song is the same happy theme with the same lyrics... So, what does all that mean?? It means that this continues to happen every day and whatever you do you cannot get rid of this cycle...sadly :'(. Thank you for spending the time to read this and Stay Alive !! |-/

Okay so I think the 'clouds and trees' line is kinda addressing how there can just be "a feeling in the air." There is this feeling like the whole world is waiting for the gospel, for salvation, for you to "take off your mask" and "put on your face." Your mask is you trying to fit in with the world and your face is your honesty of admitting that you need Christ. It could also be that your face is like a mask, and people perceive you as someone who claims they don't need grace. It kinda goes along with the first few lines of 'Clear' where his face is how the world looks at him and he doesn't know how to share the gospel correctly. The entire verse is all about him being a sinful being but also dealing with the responsibility of having to share the gospel with the world. I think there is more to the last 4 lines though. Like you said, he was relating to Peter who denied knowing Jesus three times and the guilt he felt afterwards. When he denied Jesus, he was failing the Great Commission. In most of his songs, Tyler is singing to God because he is a follower of God, but he can be afraid to tell people that he is singing to God and that is his sin. It says in the book of Isaiah that our righteousness is like filthy rags because we are sinful. Our sin makes us just as bad as a whore. When he is afraid to tell people about God and his faith, it feels like he is becoming Peter and denying Jesus a fourth time.

Just Like Yesterday by Tyler Joseph It's the part of Ode to Sleep that we don't see in the song, it got even a deeper meaning 'cause of the time it was written. If you do more research on the hole No Phun Intended album, you'll see that the lore it's even deeper, and just like yesterday, blasphemy, drown, all this song are closely connected to some of the ones we know today (also lighting out that some lyrics are reutilized)

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I saw that line as saying that he was singing to God but he is scared to tell you, because he knows that sometimes talking about Jesus can cause conflict. And that God is who he adores but he won’t tell us, thusly it’s denial number 4.

I've always thought of the 'Desperately yelling there's something we need" line to be talking about salvation. This same rap was in a song called Just Like Yesterday that was on Tyler's album No Phun Intended, but a few lines were slightly different (including this one). It said "the trees wave their arms and the clouds try to plead, desperately yelling out there's something else in this world that we need and it happens to be free." I feel like that makes it a bit more clear what he is talking about. And there are lots of Bible verses that talk about nature pointing to God, which could explain 'trees wave their arms and the clouds try to plead, desperately yelling out...' It's likely that this isn't really the correct interpretation, but this has just always been what I've thought of, so I thought I'd at least put it out there.

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@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

I think that when you listen to Just Like Yesterday on No Phun Intended, you get a bit more context about the second verse. He says "A mask that portrays that we don't need grace/and the meaning and weight are lost without a trace" and "On the eve of a day that is bigger than us/ and we open our eyes ONLY BECAUSE we're told that we must/And the trees wave their arms and the clouds try to plead/ desperately yelling out there's something else that we need/AND IT HAPPENS TO BE FREE." I have always felt that this is Tyler saying that the world is missing religion or faith. He says that the meaning and weight of our day is lost, a reference to these times being the times before Christ's second coming, and as it gets closer, nature, or God, tries to warn us, but we wear masks that portray we don't need grace, or that we don't need Christ. Then in the second half, he talks about his internal struggle about whether to talk about his beliefs in his music. When he says 'Metaphorically I'm a whore' he is denying that he is writing about God and is doing it for money, he is a music whore. Also, when he says "I'll stay awake, because the darks not taking prisoners tonight" it's a reference to the apostles in Gethsemany (might have spelt that wrong) and how he would try to stay awake for Christ. The entire song is more about his struggle about whether he should include his beliefs in his music. In the chorus, he says that "I will set my soul on fire" he's saying he would stop writing the music he does to get the demons to stop. Then at the very end, he says 'I'm sorry' at the end rather than 'I'll tell them' meaning he's made the decision to write about his beliefs and is asking forgiveness for denying the meaning of his music.

I think the rap verse is about the Second Coming. "on the eve of a day that's forgotten and fake" its coming very soon, and it's been forgotten by so many people, so many people have turned away from God, so many people have turned to other gods or scoffed at the idea, etc. I think that the nature allusions (and the trees wave their arms and the clouds try to plead, desperately yelling there's something we need) are kind of like God's creations trying desperately to warn people that He is coming, that they need to repent, that the thing we need so badly is Jesus. I still have a few gaps i haven't figured out in that verse, but I really like your interpretation of some of them! love your videos by the way♥️

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In the song when he talks about the clouds and the trees, I always thought of it as a reference to the bible where it says (and I'm not sure exactly where or how its worded) that if we (humans) don't worship God, then the trees and the rocks will. So I understood that to mean that Tyler, at this time, was doubting God and maybe not worshiping and he thought that the world wasn't really worshipping either, the trees and the clouds were kinda taking over for us.

@jessuithoven2126

7 жыл бұрын

I think what they need is to worship God, because right now nature is the only one worshipping. (I forgot to mention that)

I know this was released after this video but chlorine is one talking about song writing "my body lives on led" is saying that's it is a poison but he needs it or else he will die "my body lives on lead " so Tyler sometimes thinks that song writing is bad but other times he needs it to stay alive

If you look at "Just Like Yesterday" from No Phun Intended, the 2nd stanza at the part of "and the trees wave their arms and the clouds try to plead desperately yelling out there's something we need" goes on to say "and it happens to be free". My thoughts on this are that Nature (in the clouds and trees) is shouting out that we need God's love and that it is freely given. Though why he kept most of that part of the rap and omitted that part I don't know.

from thinking about the line "and the trees wave their arms, and the clouds try to plead, desperately yelling there's something we need" in the context of ode to sleep and with the slightly different line in just like yesterday of "and the trees wave their arms, and the clouds try to plead, desperately yelling out there's something else in this world that we need that happens to be free" which adds the contrast to the chorus in just like yesterday of "because he knows that desperation and temptation is free" it seems to me like this is referring to man's need for Christ, and how nature seems to yell out with its beauty being proof of God's existence and in return trying to prove that everyone needs God. i totally get that not everyone is going to agree with that point of view on it, but i'm a Christian as well and that's what makes sense to me. i also don't know if i 100% articulated my feelings on it, but i wanted to try.

aw i hoped you would talk about the contradictory 'a day that's forgotten and fake/ a day that's bigger than us' and what it could signify, but i enjoyed this video nonetheless. thank you for covering my favorite song, this gave me more interpretations to think about and consider

maybe if the demons let Tyler go, he won't have much to write about any more but in Just Like Yesterday, he says, " i don't want to live this way just to write a song to play "

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Great video! "Just do every top song" is basically what people are asking.

This is my favorite song! I love deep lyrics

One of your best videos.

At 10:30 you said to comment below if you understand what those few confusing lines are about. When the clouds and trees are yelling that there's something that we need, what are they yelling for? If you've listened to the entirety of Tyler Joseph's solo album "No Phun Intended", you know that Ode to Sleep's lyrics are actually sampled/reused from the second verse of, "Just Like Yesterday". Without even thinking about the verse with the same lyrics, "Just Like Yesterday" has extremely similar lyrics and themes to "Ode to Sleep." "Just Like Yesterday" also refers to Tyler laying in his bed, awake at night, unable to sleep. It also references the idea of writing music to help get through dark thoughts and times. Anyways, the "Just Like Yesterday" second verse is extremely similar to first half of the second "Ode to Sleep" verse, except the "Just Like Yesterday" verse is actually more complete. "On the eve of a day that is bigger than us, But we open our eyes only because we're told that we must, And the trees wave their arms and the clouds try to plead, Desperately yelling out there's something else in this world we need, And it happens to be free" Here is a quote from "Just Like Yesterday". Notice the additional lyrics "only" "out" "else in this world" and most obviously "and it happens to be free." This helps give more clarity to your analysis of "Ode to Sleep" in a couple of ways. Obviously the difference between "we open our eyes because we're told that we must" and "we open our eyes only because we're told that we must" is subtle, but adding the only definitely adds some clarity.Tyler is facing a difficult day in this verse. The day seems immensely big and important to him, but unimportant to everyone else. It's probably not a holiday or even something like a birthday. Something tough probably happened the night before. So let's think about the first verse again with the idea of night. He has that great bright morning, and then suddenly as it gets later he starts to tear himself apart. He fights his feelings and goes to sleep. In the morning he wakes up to a day that's not necessarily important to everyone else, but is significant in his life. Hence the "forgotten and fake" juxtapositioned by the "day that is bigger than us". Adding the "only" lyric shows that he literally would not be able to start his day, unless he forced himself. He had such a rough night before that he is unsure of how he is able to function, but society obviously has a different agenda for him. He has to get out of his bed to continue his daily battle, but if he was allowed to, he would just lay in bed all day and choose not to fight that battle. The "else in this world" adds a bit of clarity as well. It's almost existential the way Tyler is questioning himself. He's saying that there's something he needs in his life, that he's not currently getting. Maybe he's tried plenty of things to be happy. It doesn't matter what these are, but it matters that they aren't working. This could be talking about music itself, how he needed music and used music to help him during dark times. Finally Tyler answers your question, what do we need? He says that we need to be free. I wanna elaborate on this more. I think the full question would be, what do we need in order to overcome our demons. What do we need in order to not have to fight to get out of bed in the morning? I think the freedom was his choice to write music. This connects really well with the "some see a pen, I see a harpoon." That lyric is all about using music to fight your demons, to help you get to another place. So in the second chorus he's saying that literal nature (clouds and trees) are telling him that music is what he needs in order to win the battle. Tyler wrote these lyrics on his first album when he was still in high school. Back then he was supposed to graduate and go to college on a basketball scholarship. I think these lyrics are when he figured out that he didn't wanna go to college. He wanted to be a musician.

I like Message Man, Truce, Car Radio, Goner, Ode to Sleep, Fairly Local and Holding onto You.

This guys’ videos keep popping up as suggestions and the more I watch them the more they really bug me. Really have no idea why cause he seems like a super nice guy

@ThePopSongProfessor

6 жыл бұрын

Oh, that's sad. Let me know if you figure it out. :)

@MasterSpencer2483

6 жыл бұрын

The Pop Song Professor sounds good😂

I think where he says ‘metaphorical Im a whore’ it’s something like what Steven King says in his book The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, where he says a whore is someone whose selling themselves which can he selling themselves through their writing, Tylers selling his music and selling himself through it

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I love how you make sure to tie in Tyler's faith in God, that has a strong theme in his music but not everyone acknowledges that. Kudos to you, I just discovered you yesterday with Jumpsuit and Nico.. Very impressed with your translations! 😁

Do all of the many versions of goner/I'm a goner/goner (vessel)

@akimbo2874

7 жыл бұрын

Overviewers I'm a goner (NPI) is the same as that video. There was none in vessel

@erase4473

6 жыл бұрын

Overviewers theres only the original NPI and blurry face version. trees has 3 versions though NPI, RAB, and Vessel.

fall away or not today. and thank you very much you are doing a wondeful job

Ode to sleep is my fav tøp

“And Holding On to You is a really big one” *coughs* semi-automatic

Ode to sleep was always very obvious to me in it's meaning. As I was raised Christian I recognized the references to God and I always felt this song was about not being totally honest about his musical inspirations in that they are acthally his struggle between faith and his own selfish desires. "Metaphorically I'm a whore" is his own jumping back and forth between serving God and himself. I even went so far as to believe that "I'll tell them" is not necessarily about the demons and what he wants God to tell THEM but about those who listen to his music and come up with the wrong meanings behind them. ain the beginning of Ode to sleep, Tyler asks God to tell the demons that he doesnt have a plan for him, and that he isn't a threat to the plans of the demons. God having a plan for you and your life is a major part of the Christian mythos. He is basically trying to convince the demons that he will give up on trying to subliminally tell people about God through his art. This is kind of a bad thing as he is saying he'll deny God for some peace. So later in the song he is remorseful about this and even says "What have I become? I'll tell them." in this case he is speaking of us and telling us about "Who I'm singing towards" and who he adores. He adores Christ but he is afraid of what the demons will do if he truly comes out and says it.

When you said that if the demons left Tyler there would be nothing to write about, this reminds me of an interview that talked about how Josh moved to LA while Tyler stayed in Ohio. He said that he needs the gloomy weather of his town to help him write.

okay so mostly to do with the second stanza here: Most of this verse is a sort of edited version of a spoken word verse from a song off of No Phun Intended, called "just like yesterday". the verse goes: "On the eve of a day that's forgotten and fake and the trees, they await, and the clouds anticipate, the start of the day when we put on our face, a mask that portrays that we don't need grace, and the meaning of the day is lost without a trace, On the eve of a day that is bigger than us but we'll open our eyes only because we're told that we must, and the trees wave their arms and the clouds try to plead, desperately yelling out there's something more that we need that helps us to be free." i.e., God.

I'm only halfway through at time of comment but I want to put in my two cents really quick whilst I'm thinking about it. When Ty goes back and forth on how he feels about things (sleep/silence/etc) I feel like he's describing them as a double edged sword. Like Sleep is good. But it can bring bad things. Bad thoughts. Silence is good sometimes. But it can also be really bad. You know?

The line at the end of verse 2 "won't tell you who I'm singing toward" really points back to the chorus. He does not fully adore God, and finds the world pulling him away (also the metaphorically being a whore), and so he goes back and forth, either telling the world to let go of him and let him adore God without hating him for being a Christian, or telling God that he's not good enough and that he's too insignificant to fulfill God's plan for him.

it's easier to understand the 2nd verse if you look at it as it appears in Tyler's song 'Just Like Yesterday': You're scared When you say You talked to them today When asked your faith You'll cry No sound Wipe the tears with your doubts And hide again I can't sleep It's just taking time off my feet But my head instead is going a hundred miles a beat And I'm thinking as I'm sinking And he's winking at me Cause they know Desperation and temptation is free Do you see? I can't live this way Just to write a song to play Just to stay alive Just enough to breathe away Another day Another face I will lose another race Save me now Cause tomorrow's gone Just like yesterday They laugh in your face Cause they took your grace But did you give it away They cry no sound Wipe the tears with your doubts And die again On the eve of a day that's forgotten and fake, And 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, And the meaning and weight of the day is lost without a trace, On the eve of a day that is bigger than us, But we open our eyes only because we're told that we must, And the trees wave their arms and the clouds try to plead, Desperately yelling out there's something else in this world we need, And it happens to be free I won't be afraid, I won't be afraid I won't be afraid He is strong And I'll live another day I'll live another day I'll live another day He is strong And I won't be afraid I won't be afraid I won't be afraid He is strong And I'll live another day I'll live another day I'll live Cause I can't sleep It's just taking time off my feet But my head, instead is going a hundred miles a beat And I'm thinking as I'm sinking And he's winking at me Cause they know Desperation and temptation is free Do you see? We can't live this way Just to write a song to play Just to stay alive Just enough to breathe away Another day Another face And I will lose another race Save me now Cause tomorrow's gone Just like yesterday

i miss this too