twenty one pilots

Released: July 8, 2011

Songwriter: Tyler Joseph

Producer: Tyler Joseph

[Verse 1]
Hey, hey
Wouldn't it be great, great
If we could just lay down
And wake up in Slowtown?
Today, day
I wanna go away, way
'Cause things are too fast now
I wanna be in Slowtown

[Chorus]
I put my socks on my feet
Just so that my soul won't fall through my toes
And I walk through my door
Just so I don't fall through the floor

[Verse 2]
I remember when my brother and other kids from neighboring houses
Would get together, I'd ride my bike and my brother would ride his
Put cards in our spokes and make our engines sound like traffic
When using Pokémon cards, please do not use the holographics
So bold and fearless in the risks we'd take
Laugh in the face of gravity as its laws we'd break
On trampolines so high, we'd reach for the sky
But I do not look up anymore and I don't know why

[Chorus]
I put my socks on my feet
Just so that my soul won't fall through my toes
And I walk through my door
Just so I don't fall through the floor

[Bridge]
Slow, slow
Slow, slow
Slow, slow
Slow, slow
We're going too fast, fast, save us
We're going too fast, fast, save us
We're going too fast, fast, save us now
We're going too fast, fast, save us
We're going too fast, fast, save us
We're going too fast, fast, save us now
We're going too fast, fast, save us!
We're going too fast, fast, save us!
We're going too fast, fast, save us now!

[Chorus (Reprise)]
I walk through my door
(We're going too fast, fast, save us)
Just so I don't fall through the floor
(We're going too fast, fast, save us)
(We're going too fast, fast, save us now)

[Outro]
Hey, hey
Wouldn't it be great, great
If we could just lay down
And wake up in Slowtown?
Just singing

twenty one pilots (also stylized as twenty øne piløts, TWENTY ØNE PILØTS, twenty | one | pilots, and TØP) consists of vocalist, pianist, bassist, and ukulele player Tyler Joseph and his best friend Josh Dun, who plays the drums and trumpet. The band’s genre is difficult to define, but best described as indie pop, with elements of rap, hip hop and rock. Fans have proclaimed their own music genre as “Schizoid Pop.”

The name twenty one pilots was inspired by the Arthur Miller play, All My Sons, a play about a man whose choice to send out faulty airplane parts for the good of his business and family caused the death of twenty-one pilots during World War II. The aspect of the play which influenced the band is the moral decisions and consequences that come with everyday decisions. Thus, the band fights the constant battle between man and mental illness. Their official website

Basically, we are all responsible for the preservation of our personal joy; but happiness is different. Joy is not circumstantial, happiness is.

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