Twenty One Pilots

Fall Away Meaning :

[Chorus]
Tyler doesn’t want to fall away
I don't wanna fall, fall away from a stable mental state, so he
literally keeps the lights on at night
I don't wanna fall, fall away as that’s a time he struggles with
I'll keep the lights on in this place
“lights out,” commonly refers to
Cause I don't wanna fall, fall a—way (la, da, da, da, da) death, so to “keep the lights on”
may refer to his wish to remain
I don't wanna fall, fall a—way (la, da, da, da, da) alive
I don't, I don't wanna fall away (la, da, da, da, da)

I will keep the lights on in this place (la, da, da, da, da)

Cause I don't wanna fall, fall away

[Verse 1]

I disguise and I will lie Meaning :

And I will take my precious time This verse reflects acceptance, as

As the days melt away Tyler sings about how, even
though he wants the right thing,
As I stand in line, and I die as I wait as I wait on my crime and wants to be what God wants
him to be, he will still make the
And I'll try to delay what you make of my life
same mistakes over and over
But I don't want your way, I want mine again just as he has always done.

I'm dying and I'm trying

But believe me, I'm fine, but I'm lying

I'm so very far from fine

Meaning :
[Pre-Chorus]
He can feel himself being pulled into the
And I, I can feel the pull begin “darkness” that represents evil or
depression.
I feel my conscience wearing thin

And my skin, it will start Because he struggles to make correct

choices, the wrong choices cause his “skin,”
To break up and fall apart or appearance, in this case, to break up and
fall apart from what he envisions for himself
to look like. He comes across as something
that he has no intentions of being because
he is trying to make his own decisions.
[Chorus]

—way (la, da, da, da, da)

I don't wanna fall, fall away (la, da, da, da, da)

I don't wanna fall, fall away (la, da, da, da, da)

I will keep the lights on in this place (la, da, da, da, da)
Meaning :
Cause I don't wanna fall, fall away
 He has been finding himself to be
more selfish as time goes on. He
[Verse 2] chases fame and fortune instead of
what is truly valuable. He is lost and
Every time I feel selfish ambition is taking my vision doesn’t know which route in life he
should take.
My crime is my sentence, repentance is taking commission

It's taking a toll on my soul, I'm screaming submission and
I don't know if I am dying or living
Cause I will save face for name's sake, abuse grace
Take aim to obtain a new name in a newer place
But my name is lame, I can't walk and I ain't the same
And my name became a new destiny to the grave
[Pre-Chorus]
And I, I can feel the pull begin
Feel my conscience wearing thin
And my skin, it will start
To break up and fall apart
 He gives into temptation. leaving him
with a need to repent. He may be
realizing that he is living a life that will
only take him further from salvation.
As difficult as it is to create change,
he now pleads for the assistance of
God.
 The word sentence could actually
mean a written string of words.
Viewed from this angle, the lyric is
stating that writing music grounds
him, preventing a “selfish ambition
taking [his] wisdom.
The line “I’m screaming submission”
communicates either a psychological,
emotional, or spiritual crisis. He realizes
some sort of change must occur.

[Chorus]

—way (la, da, da, da, da)

I don't wanna fall, fall away (la, da, da, da, da)

I don't wanna fall, fall away (la, da, da, da, da)

I will keep the lights on in this place (la, da, da, da, da)

Cause I don't wanna fall, fall away

[Outro]

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