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This is the eleventh track on Twenty One Pilots' first (and self-titled) album.
It is not uncommon for Twenty One Pilots' lyrics to speak of depression and suicidal thoughts, so many listeners conclude that this track also deals with these themes. However, a closer look at the lyrics shows that the...
[Verse 1]
The air begins to feel a little thin
As I start the car and then I begin
To add the miles piled up behind me
I barely feel a smile deep inside me
[Verse 2]
And I begin to envy the headlights driving south
I wanna 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
For me to drive away with
I began to understand why God died
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
The demon sat there waiting on her porch
It was a little dark, so he held a makeshift torch
And when my car was far out of sight
He crept in her room and stayed there for the night
[Bridge]
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"
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"
[Refrain]
I began to understand why God died
[Verse 4]
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
[Refrain]
For me to walk away with
I began to understand why God died
A Car, a Torch, a Death was written by Nick Thomas & Chris Salih & Tyler Joseph.
A Car, a Torch, a Death was produced by Tyler Joseph.
twenty one pilots released A Car, a Torch, a Death on Tue Dec 29 2009.