- I think I know this song. - ♪ ...ask you who you know ♪
♪ Please don't make... ♪ - Oh, I love this!
- ♪ ...any sudden moves ♪
♪ (hard rock music) ♪
- (FBE) So today, we're gonna have you
read some lyrics from top songs by an artist
and have you tell us the meaning and what you think,
then you'll get to listen to the songs you read
and tell us your thoughts.
- Well, I don't know what to expect,
but I do hope to identify with the lyrics.
- When I was a teenager, rock and roll had just started,
so I kind of go back to that era.
- The way the artists are today, I mean,
some of their shit is really out there.
- It's only when I hear the melody with the lyrics
that I get a clear feeling of what they're saying.
- "I'm just being dramatic.
In fact, I'm only at it again as an addict with a pen.
Who's addicted to the wind as it blows me back and forth,
mindless, spineless, and pretend."
- "Of course, I'll be here again.
See you tomorrow. But it's the end of today."
- This sounds like they're addicted to writings songs.
- If he's writing, why would he say he's mindless and spineless,
someone who's cowardly?
- He has no direction.
He's letting the direction take him to his destination
as opposed to going down the destination himself.
- I like the lyrics.
He's got kind of an open heart there.
- (FBE) Here are the first lyrics to your second song.
- "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."
- It's gonna be filled with fire, so that's excitement,
and desire, which could be love or lust,
and then dire means it's not going to be a good ending.
- He wants to fill up for something that's real to him
and he's been deflated before.
- He's living moment to moment
and he's not gonna have that moment again.
- "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."
- I listen to the radio, not sitting on the edge of my seat,
but just to pass the time of day while I'm driving.
- I know how he feels.
I know when my radio goes out, it's like, "I gotta sit in silence.
Now what do I do?"
- Well, that, to me, could also epitomize a relationship
where the car radio was someone who was always there with them
and keeping their interest, and now they're alone
and depressed and not caring about anything.
- It sounds like somebody that does a lot of introspection
and thinking and they're in their own little world, I think.
- "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."
- It sounds like a son who really loves his mother.
- There's a lot about life.
"You know, when I get old, will you be there for me?"
"Yes, yes, mom."
- That's a thought that is with every senior, basically,
is there gonna be somebody there for me
when I get really old?
- That would be a beautiful thing for my child to say to me.
- "I wish I found some better sounds no one's ever heard.
I wish I had a better voice that sang some better words.
I was told when I get older, all my fears would shrink,
but now I'm insecure and I care what people think."
- Every word in the English language has been used and you try
to express yourself-- you think you come up with something clever,
and it's already been said.
- That is so interesting because you think,
you really do think as you get older that you've overcome
a lot of your fears, a lot of your insecurities.
- We all have some insecurities that we have to deal with,
and I guess it's the way we deal with them
that makes us who we are.
- Maybe when you get in your 30s, I think many people
start to develop more confidence in themselves,
and when you get much older like me,
you really don't care what people think, you know?
That takes many years.
- Well, I don't care what people think anymore
since I've gotten older. (laughing)
I really don't give a [bleep] what anyone thinks.
- "I just wanna stay in the sun where I find.
I know it's hard sometimes.
Pieces of peace in the sun's peace of mind."
- He just wants a peace of mind, just like, "(sighing)
Just let me lay in the sun. Let me close out everything.
Let me just (groaning)."
- Sometimes you feel you're in the sun,
everything is right with the world, you're relaxed, you're warm.
- Everything around you really doesn't matter
because you're in that nice place where you're warm
and you can feel God's love, you can feel the sunshine,
you can feel people around you, and it feels good.
- "Yeah, I think about the end just way too much.
But it's fun to fantasize.
On my enemies, I wouldn't wish who I was.
I'm falling, so I'm taking my time on my ride."
- As you get older, you think about the end too much.
It's gotta be a young person.
"But it's fun to fantasize." I don't fantasize.
- Sometimes I feel like that myself.
Like, I think about death too often,
so I can understand where they're coming from.
- That certain times, for sure, you wish,
"Oh, why can't this all just stop?
Why can't this all just end?"
And he's saying he's hurting so much
he wouldn't wish it on an enemy.
- "Taking my time on my ride," even though they're fantasizing
and thinking about dying,
maybe they just don't want to die right now.
- "All my friends are heathens.
Take it slow.
Wait for them to ask you who you know.
Please don't make any sudden moves.
You don't know the half of the abuse."
- Usually, when people say you're a heathen,
that means you have no morals, you have no caring.
- "Heathens" means they don't believe in God,
but that's a normal condition among young people
and middle-aged people.
- He's asking people not to make any sudden moves.
There's a little fear there. (laughing)
Maybe you're gonna touch me.
Maybe you'll get too close.
- (FBE) So any idea whose lyrics you've been reading?
- I have absolutely no idea whose lyrics these are.
- No, I don't know at all.
- I have no idea.
- (FBE) These were lyrics to songs from Twenty One Pilots' repertoire.
- I've never heard of Twenty One Pilots.
I bet my daughter has, but I haven't.
- I've heard of the name,
but I haven't really checked out their music.
- (FBE) It's hard to assign Twenty One Pilots
to a specific genre because they have so many musical influences
and they bridge a lot of genres,
however some fans affectionately call them "schizophrenic pop."
- (laughing)
- (FBE) The band says their purpose for making music
is to make people think, as well as encourage them
to find joy in what they come to believe in life.
- I think they've kind of accomplished that.
- The schizophrenic part, I like.
I can really agree with it because all the songs
have different, you know, things that they're talking about
and just different parts of life.
- These are philosophical and deep, yes.
- I'm not a poetry fan.
I don't know much about poetry,
but I think this is very well-written.
- (FBE) So now let's play you the songs you read.
- Let's do it!
- ♪ I'm just being dramatic ♪
♪ In fact, I'm only at it again ♪
♪ As an addict with a pen ♪
♪ Who's addicted to the wind ♪
♪ As it blows me back and forth ♪ - Yep.
- ♪ Mindless, spineless, and pretend ♪
♪ Of course, I'll be here again ♪
♪ See you tomorrow ♪
♪ But it's the end... ♪
- I didn't expect it to be that poppy and in your face.
- I liked that. It has a nice beat to it.
- I don't know why, it just reminds me of Eminem.
- ♪ I ponder of something great ♪
♪ My lungs will fill and then deflate ♪
♪ They fill with fire, exhale desire ♪
- Uh, I don't know what he looks like,
but I can picture his face. (laughing)
This brings offense to mind.
- ♪ To replace that slot with what I once bought ♪
♪ 'Cause somebody stole my car radio ♪
♪ And now I just sit in silence ♪
- He's sittin' in silence.
I think he's doing a lot of thinking, though,
and it comes out in what he says.
- I think the wording is well done.
- That was more of a dance beat. Yeah, I like that one.
- ♪ She asked me, "Son, when I get old... ♪
♪ ...will you buy me a house of gold? ♪
♪ And when your father turns to stone... ♪
- It's more-- yeah, this is more rock and roll time, yeah.
- ♪ ...me?" ♪
- ♪ I will make you queen of everything you see ♪
♪ I'll put you on the map ♪
- (singing along) ♪ I'll cure you of disease ♪
See, if I can sing the melody, hearing it for the very first time,
there's something good there.
- They have a nice rhythm, nice beat.
His voice gets kinda strange. I like that.
- I didn't expect the music to change that dramatically.
- ♪ I wish I found some better sounds no one's ever heard ♪
♪ I wish I... ♪
- Yeah, and now it's about the hip hop beat.
- There is meaning to these lyrics.
- ♪ But now I'm insecure, and I care what people think ♪
- Very good, I really like them.
I think it's a very good sound.
- Instead of sticking with the other rhythm,
it's like, "Okay, rap, boom. Done."
- ♪ I just wanna stay in the sun where I find ♪
♪ I know it's hard sometimes ♪
♪ Pieces of peace in the sun's peace of mind ♪
♪ Yeah, I think about the end just way... ♪
- Oh, okay, that's better.
- ♪ But it's fun to fantasize ♪ - I like that.
- ♪ On my enemies, I wouldn't wish who I was ♪
♪ But it's fun to fantasize ♪
- I don't know-- there's just something nice
and bouncy about them, something hip and trendy.
- ♪ I'm taking my time on my ride ♪
- Oh, I like that beat. I liked the bit at the end.
It sounds like a little reggae at the end.
- Once again, a real different shift in the type of music.
- They're really showing that they're vulnerable,
and I think that's what young people need to know,
that other people are vulnerable also.
- ♪ All my friends are heathens... ♪
- Yeah, this is more of a modern--
modern songs you hear on the radio now.
- I think I know this song.
- ♪ Please don't make... ♪ - Oh, I love this!
- ♪ ...any sudden moves ♪
- I'm slowly drifting toward the point
where I like 'em a little more.
- ♪ ...the abuse ♪
- I think that's depressing. (laughing)
Don't know if I'd be singing along with that one.
- You're really drawn to what the guy's talking about.
I mean, you could really listen to this
and start memorizing the words because they have importance.
- I'm very impressed.
I think it's a very good song.
It's a very beautiful voice and very nicely written.
- Thanks for watching us take on Twenty One Pilots
on the React channel.
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- Bye, everyone.
- Hey, guys, I'm Katie, a React channel producer.
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in the comments what artist we should listen to next time.
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