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I always thought the line "I begin to understand why god died" meant he understands that God died to save others and he would die and go through hard times to save others from it

Review tb saga it's a very emotional song

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Is that the Taco Bell one?

@drumisfum8284

7 жыл бұрын

The Pop Song Professor yup

@ninaplancarte2539

6 жыл бұрын

Actually it is emotional with the metaphors in it, pretty much referring to god as Taco Bell and chipotle as the devil 😂

@TokyoBlue587

6 жыл бұрын

My Chalupa....

@buckstevenson9554

5 жыл бұрын

TokyoBlue fast food greasy taco I pove

I want to add something that seem kinda curious to me: The song is called a car, a torch, a death. 1-The first part he is in his car, but he is going away from her, which might suggest that it all happened after this frame, it ends when he say the first “I began to understand why god died” 2- then it came the torch, which might be the demon and the plan of messed up her, he realize everything and wish to take the damage for her, it ends again saying “I began to understand why god died” 3- then the death, I think she died (maybe not physically but a part of her) and she gave up to everything and that’s why she gave her heart, so then he could protect her cause she’s unable to do it for herself. In that part he felt all and finished saying again the god phrase.

It's not technically Twenty One Pilots, but I would love for you to do Drown by Tyler Joseph

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Others have requested that song too!

@jancael291

7 жыл бұрын

The Pop Song Professor aside from DROWN please do BLASPHEMY too by tyler joseph

@willsworld7874

4 жыл бұрын

That's from there album regional at best...

@boyonasmichaeljames9842

3 жыл бұрын

yes please

These lyrics line up really well with jumpsuit and nico and the niners 😉

I think it represent how he regrets walking away from a girl. Because he made a cover of jar of hearts and he uses the imagery of having a heart inside of a jar in this song

Can you please do "Trap door" by twenty one pilots? It'll mean a lot. ;;

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

It's been significantly upvoted. :)

@rift1359

7 жыл бұрын

yeah I agree... trapdoor is very meaningful to me too...it just speaks to me...pls do it...would love to know how you interpret it..:D

i feel like this song is about us, the clique. in all of his songs, he says he's there for us and in many interviews, he says he's so anything for us and he loves us. for me, this song is about us, and how he would sacrifice himself for us to be alright. idk

This song means so much to me because a person I love was suffering with suicidal thoughts and every night they would talk to me about it I'd pray to God that he'd just send all of her thoughts to me no matter how it affected me. I can't help but tear up every time I hear it.

So I actually thought it was about him leaving home for the first time. The woman was his mother, the demon was missing him. He met the demon when he started missing her as badly as she did him. I thought this made a lot of sense considering the deep love that Tyler shows for his mother in severy of his songs.

I'd love to see a TB Saga explanation 😂😂😂

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

LOL I had never heard of it. Went and watched it. Hilarious!

@TokyoBlue587

6 жыл бұрын

Tyler loves tacos, beef and cheese, and chalupas. Tacos are from heaven. That is all.

@buckstevenson9554

5 жыл бұрын

TokyoBlue fast food greasy taco I love

@lemonpie1313

4 жыл бұрын

NO TOMATOES

I think that the 'you' is Tyler talking directly towards his fans. Tyler feels responsible for his fans heart and making sure they stay alive (as seen in many themes of his other songs). Tyler tells the story of the girl to show how important it is to him to make sure that the people he cares about stays alive.

Do Trees, Addict With Pen or Forest

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

All upvoted on my list.

Sharing your inner demons with the person you love can result in dragging them down with you. When you love someone and they trust you with their heart, you will have to decide how much of your pain you'll share, since that person now hurts whenever you hurt. After having displayed dark sides of your soul, you might fear those demons will haunt that person as well. So you may on the one hand want to explain all your pain and terror to that person, but on the other hand, you know that you don't want them to have to carry that burden as well. This conflict is driving you further away from them eventhough you crave being near to them(a car). Facing those demons again, you realise you don't want that other person to suffer the same things you do(a torch). Eventually, you'll have to decide whether you'll choose to carry all of your baggage on your own, again, allowing yourself to hurt continuously in order to protect the other person from the pain you endure, at all times. Sacrificing that aspect of your relationship and a part of you for the sake of the other person (a death), you now understand why God died, taking responsibility for the sins of those dear to him. Having gone through this conflict inside yourself, the morning breaks and you find yourself confronted with this person's heart and trust in your hands, and you are not able to let your pain weigh down on them, so you fight your battles on your own

@TokyoBlue587

6 жыл бұрын

TheKeuliMeuli this is brilliant. It also fits with the song The Run and Go, how he sings "I don't want to give you all my demons"

@enricacunsolo8740

5 жыл бұрын

TheKeuliMeuli I relate to this on a personal level.

Wow. I've been a TØP fan for years and have a pretty good idea of what most of their songs mean but this one has always stumped me. This was a very good analysis!

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks!

Thanks for watching, everyone! I can't believer that 10 of you already have and several have commented. You guys are the coolest. If you want to vote on the next TOP song for me to explain, comment it here, and go to the official poll on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/ThePopSongProfessor You don't have to pay anything to vote! It's down near the bottom after the LOOOONG introductory text.

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Also, just figured out that you guys will have to login with FB to vote. Hopefully that's not a deal breaker!

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

But I understand if it is. You can also request songs here. :)

@brybry3927

7 жыл бұрын

The Pop Song Professor Do some August Alsina songs. They deep!

@ianwins8678

7 жыл бұрын

plz do forrest

@evarose4261

7 жыл бұрын

The Pop Song Professor please please do trees

Do the song "Johnny Boy"

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Consider it upvoted.

@SethBower

7 жыл бұрын

Spongebob Sucks yessssss

@afm1282

7 жыл бұрын

Spongebob Sucks yeeaah

@saras974

7 жыл бұрын

Spongebob Sucks true I hate sponge bob

@ughphan5393

7 жыл бұрын

Spongebob Sucks yehh

'but then I remember when you packed the car, you reached in the back and buckled up your heart' this gives me the impression it is someone who looks after Tyler, I mean who usually packs the car? and coz later he refers to she it makes me picture the person as his mum or gran or a similar figure in his life. The death in the title is it God's or the person on the porch? I know Tyler's mum is still alive but the 2nd time the heart is in a jar, perhaps this is actually a cremation urn? Maybe, probably I'm miles off

@thatonegreencrayon7465

7 жыл бұрын

Love Lee I think that he could be referring to a friend of his that killed herself, the urn thing would make a lot more sense..

I don't feel like Tyler is talking about a girlfriend 1) he said that Tear In My Heart is his first love song. 2) The tone doesn't quite fit for a girlfriend. I'd say it's like his best friend or maybe his sister. I don't know but to me girlfriend doesn't seem to fit here. Also a cool song to explain would be Cecila and the Satellite by Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness.

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

I agree with you. I think sister would work, but does he have a sister?

@AceMusicFreak

7 жыл бұрын

The Pop Song Professor He does, he has two brothers and a sister.

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Also, fun fact: I had his second cousin in one of my literature classes at university. So, I know he has a second cousin, just not siblings apparently. I need to do my research better.

@TokyoBlue587

6 жыл бұрын

Tyler is close with his mom, could it be about his mother's love, and how whenever he has to leave, he knows she will experience sadness?

My theory about this song, especially the beginning and end about the heart, is that in the beginning, he is saying he has his mother's heart, that he understands God's sacrificial love because he is willing to go on, not in the direction he wants to go, because of his love for her. At the end, he seems to have changed his perspective and realizes that his mother loves him so much that she willingly allows him to walk around with her heart, making his own decisions, regardless of her fears of what could happen and he understands God's sacrificial love from the perspective of a parent, rather than a child. I know that doesn't explain the middle part, the demon on "her" porch, so maybe it isn't completely valid, but it's what I've always thought about this song.

@TokyoBlue587

6 жыл бұрын

Kathy Moore well, maybe the demon on her porch represent her fears for Tyler's safety (as a mother always worries about her children). Whenever Tyler leaves, as soon as his car disappears from her view, she begins to miss him and worry about him. But her heart is always with him, and he knows that.

I'm new to this channel, and its great. I can tell you put work into your videos. They're not rushed, and really helped me understand what they were talking about. Keep up the great work!

Love this! Thanks for explaining the lyrics!!

Can you do A Car, a Torch, a Death?

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Ummmm....

@Imansportfolio

4 жыл бұрын

who’s gonna tell him?

@saritaraghuwanshi4473

4 жыл бұрын

🤦

@liliaszittenfield213

3 жыл бұрын

Wait a second...do you not know what this video is?

@mongoose1628

3 жыл бұрын

@@liliaszittenfield213 wooooosh

Thank u for this one I've always had trouble forming a meaning for these lyrics. This really helped me delve into the song better and find my own interpretation :)

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

That's so good to hear. I think a lot of people are worried that my explanations will make it harder for them to find their own meaning, but I agree with you that this only helps us to go deeper personally.

You deserve more people coming through your channel bc it's literally really good quality content!

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Nick! Send them my way. :)

I'd like to see anathema or anything from regional at best 😅

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Upvoted them on my list!

@rockinrich8

7 жыл бұрын

The Pop Song Professor YAY

Thank you so much! This is my favorite song by them! Maybe you could do one for guns for hands?

omg thank you their songs are amazing thank you so much for decoding XD

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

+Christina Tyler you are so welcome!

Great video man! I think for a future song explanation you should do slowtown!

This is my favorite lyric/video explanation of tøp that you've done cos I think it was the most confusing song and I couldn't wrap my head around of what even is the attentions of what tyler trying to say lol thanks for making my view clear on his art and I do think it kinda matches up with "guns for hands" rap. "Tell them they should shot at this simple suggested my chest and this confusing music it's obviously best for them to turn their guns into a fist"

My brother and I were just talking about this song the other day love it!

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

It's so good!

oh my gosh, i've been waiting for a Car, a Torch, a Death for forever!!! thank you for doing this!!! Taxi Cab would be AMAZING to next...

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Upvoted it on my list. Glad you like this.

Yeees new twenty one pilots video😍😍😍

Glowing eyes would be great. i can understand most song but this one just stumps me. But i love it so much

DO ISLE OF FLIGHTLESS BIRDS!!!!!!! 🐦

@thaisnascimento2074

7 жыл бұрын

Pleeeeeease, do it!

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

upvoted it.

omfg this is exactly what i thought when i was thinking about this song

I think that the "her" in the story refers to his fans also going through depression and suicidal thoughts. Like he says on 'Ride' he says how he would die for us, or sometimes even harder, to live for us. So like he says that he would be the sacrifice for "her" in the song, he says he same in ride

i doubt you'll read these because this video was posted three months ago but i just found your channel and ve been binge watching your twenty one pilots videos. I have thought of the meaning of a car a torch a death from both perspectives, the christain and the friend perspective. I do believe the friend perspective is a little stronger lyric wise, however, tyler has said that he's never wrote about someone before or a love (until tear in my heart) so that's why i think it may not be this meaning. Also, I don;t think he would write this about a specific person because it would hurt him to much to remember the song if that person ended up leaving him, because of his fear of abandonment and trust issues. I think both interpretations are incredibly meaningful and i respect your interpretation deeply. I just would like to share some really meaningful interpretations ive come up with from the other side of what the song could mean. I believe that the song could also be about his journey of becoming a christian. In the chorus, i think it says " i begin to understand why god died" because learning more about faith. also, this may be far fetched, but "And I begin to envy the headlights driving south I want to crack the door so I can just fall out But then I remember when you packed my car You reached in the back and buckled up your heart" could mean that souh, is hell, meaning maybe that he may envy people who aren't taking his route of christianity because it would be easier to just do what he wanted and to sin. But, then he remembers all that jesus has done for him and the live and sacrifice which motivates him to stick to his faith. "And then I felt chills in my bones The breath I saw was not my own I knew my skin that wrapped my frame Wasn't made to play this game And then I saw Him, torch in hand He laid it out, what he had planned And then I said, I'll take the grave Please, just send them all my way" this can be about the devil, or a demon and basically has the same explanation ou gave in the video. "The air begins to feel a little thin As we're waiting for the morning to begin But for now you told me to hold this jar And when I looked inside, I saw It held your heart" I think the were is him and god or jesus because he is acknowledging that god is there for him and he may start moving away fr god because of all his bad thoughts that come at night, but god helps him get through that. "The air begins to feel a little thin As we're waiting for the morning to begin But for now you told me to hold this jar And when I looked inside, I saw It held your heart" In the chrisstian perspective. I think the "miles behind him" are all the sins he has committed and he " barely feels a smile deep inside him" because he feels guilty for all those sins but then he remebers that he doesn;t have to because jesus died on the cross for his sins. ' This is my explanation, and I think the song can go either way these are just a few thoughts.

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

I did find your comment but unfortunately today's a little hectic, so I didn't read the whole thing, but I do appreciate you sharing your thoughts here!

LUV THIS SONG SO MUCH!

@ori2093

7 жыл бұрын

He should do friend please. Can you plz?!

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Maybe!

This is fascinating

Can you do anathema soon? :) love your vids

I always thought that Tyler was acting as God in saying I'll take the demons for her just send them my way. But I really like your interpretation too! :-)

I know this is so so so long since this vid came out but I saw this and thought this can you do polarize by top edit if you haven’t

Yes!

I know I’m a couple years late the party but I believe he is singing about a girl friend that is struggling with a mental health problem and he is feeling the torture of having to leave her to fight them on her own. The minute he leaves the demons creep in so she clearly only feels safe when he is around. Tyler wants to take all these problems from her so she feels better even if it kills him It a beautiful with a lot of meaning

Does anybody know what the car alarm noise is in the song ?

Yay!

you deserve more subs

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Also can you please explain some of Tyler's songs from No Phun Intended? Some very deep lyrics on that.

I feel like he could be talking about those who have had their lives saved by them and who depended on them and in his lyrics he could be talking about wanting to take away all the troubles with dark thoughts and other things that are happening in others lives

@ek_-ix1ev

7 жыл бұрын

I know that's pretty much what he said but whatever

Could you possibly do taxi cab, anathema, isle of flightless birds, or implicit demand for proof. These are all of my favorite songs and it would mean a lot for one :)

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

I'll add them to my list of possibilities or upvote them if they're already there.

James Blunt - Love me better! Pleeeease (It's a different style to all of his other songs, really pop! Also would love to know your spin on the meaning) :) Love your channel

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Jess!

Air catcher is confusing for me if you could do that that would be awesome! You are very talented in the area of analytics

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'll add it to my list of possibilities.

I know this is late af, but I always had the thought of it being a mother (or grandmother). He is leaving his home and moving away (going on tour, ext.) and won’t be there to protect her from either aging or death. The demon he refers to is death, and he seems to feel like his leaving is responsible for it inviting itself in. When I was a senior in high school my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer, for me this song fit my narrative completely. She wants to me to go and live my own life and she’s sending her love (heart) with me but I just want to be with her and know that’s she’s safe and okay.

You need more subs

If you notice, there's a song on no phun intended called 'Taken by Sleep'. It talks about someone that Tyler knows that is 'gone'. I think this relates a lot to this song in how it talks about someone being gone or dying. This probably means nothing and I'm just saying stuff but whatever I really do like this song tho. I feel it's really under appreciated for all the lyrical meaning it hides.

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

It's on my list.

It makes too much sense🤯

i swear to Tyler if you dont do Fairly Local im going to literally scream

I have a theory about the headlights heading south. I think it could mean going to a better place, like how birds go south for the winter.

@aleksemaildotcom2051

6 жыл бұрын

Julius Pallotta but East is up Soo south is west? Idk any more....

@juliuspallotta6471

6 жыл бұрын

You are right that East is Up, but up is not North.

I like this song

I know this was a while ago but could you maybe explain friend, please from self titled??

I've heard some people say that driving south means something like going towards peace

Please do a more in depth video on Trees! I always thought it was similar to Adam and Eve's story in Genesis! I like to hear your view with that in mind!

Do glowing eyes please!

Thanks for this explanation. I'm not a Christian so I was confused about the line "I begin to understand why God died" until you explained it, now it makes sense. I love the imagery of the song with the heart in the car and then in the jar, and it does sound like a girl dying or maybe just in pain.

If I'm not mistaken, Tyler uses "south" as a good direction in many of his songs from later albums and songs.

Hey man, love your videos and love tøp songs !! just wanted to recommend "goner" and "hometown," both by tøp, i would really appreciate it if you analyzed those songs as they mean a lot to me :^))

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Both upvoted!

@CaptainJamie

7 жыл бұрын

thank you !!

Awesome video, can you explain Forest by TOP

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Upvoted it on my list!

Please please please do "Tonight" by Tyler Joseph

I think I have that same ukulele as in the background

The girl could easily be his mother and it could be a song about him leaving to go on tour for the first time and her having to deal with an empty nest

@TokyoBlue587

6 жыл бұрын

Max Cichon I thought of that too. He is very close to his mom.

Hey, love the vids, can you do "Friend, please" ?

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Will upvote it!

Yess I was hoping for this song, you should do feel good Inc by gorrilaz

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

You're the third person to ask for it. I'll upvote it on my list!

Could you do Taxi Cab or Trapdoor

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Just added it!

Can you do Befor you start your day

Can you please do Air Catcher?

Could you do march to the sea, taxi cab and/or any song of of Bo phun intended? That would be very appriceated

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Upvoted them on my list.

Can you do glowing eyes from regional at best? I know it's not an official song on the label but i think it would be really cool

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

'twould. I'll upvote it!

Please do "Tear in my Heart".

GASSSSSP OMG HEAVYDIRYSOUL VIDEO 😱

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

I explained that one!

I believe that the person he's talking about is his mom. She packed his car. She loves him like a literal child. He got into a car wreck, via the car alarms. In the beginning I think that he is laying there listening to the alarm and not hearing it fully, while thinking about why he he left.

I actually dont like hearing the meaning from anyone else, because I think every person finds a different meaning to it and that's cool

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

I get that.

If you haven’t, house of gold, the pantaloon and that my faves oh wait no oh miss believer

can please you do either the song 'blasphemy' or the song 'taken by sleep'? (both are by tyler joseph)

Please do Clear, before you start your day and/or holding on to you

Can you do addict with a pen by Tøp?

you should do fake you out!

Do Tonight by Tyler Joseph please

Can you interpret the 21 pilot song called house of gold?

You skipped a line that was kinda important, after he says he “envies the headlights driving south” he says he wants to “crack open the door and just fall out” but then he remembers that someone gave him their heart so I think he means he didn’t want to hurt himself because it would come back to hurt her

I think the cardinal directions may have a meaning since he references them again in the main rap of the judge

@TokyoBlue587

6 жыл бұрын

Cyncee 44 And now we know, East is up

Also, can you do Anathema?

please explain trapdoor!

pls do lovely or glowing eyessssss

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Officially upvoted!

Can you do Screen by twenty one pilots plz!

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Adding to the list.

@TokyoBlue587

6 жыл бұрын

I mostly know the meaning of Screen, but it's my favorite TOP song so I'd love to see him talk about it.

Yo this is late comment, just found you and love what you're doing! I was just gonna say something about when tyler says "then I saw him torch in hand he laid it out what he had planned." I totally get the interpretation that this is the demon he's referring to, but I disagree. To me this sounds like it's god he sees, and a reference to god's plan for him - i.e. lamp unto my feet and light unto my path. god is laying it out for him, and this furthers his understanding of why god died, and prompts him to say he'll take the grave, as it was shown to him as part of his plan. not sure how well i explained this via a mid-length comment :p anyway cool stuff, all interesting to think about!

plzzzzz do before you start youre day by tøp

@ThePopSongProfessor

7 жыл бұрын

Added to the list of possibilities.

Tyler offers himself as a sacrifice for us all the time and it makes me sad.

What iffff “her” is Clancy because the name of this song relates to the trench music videos so the girl could be Clancy