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“Lane Boy” was released on May 3, 2015 as the fourth single off twenty one pilots' Blurryface.
The song’s lyrics follow a theme common to the rest of the album: the band’s musical integrity. It’s ultimately a song about the tension inherent in being a commercial artist: promotion. Because if you se...
[Chorus]
They say, "Stay in your lane, boy, lane, boy"
But we go where we want to
They think this thing is a highway, highway
But will they be alive tomorrow?
[Verse 1]
They think this thing is a highway
If it was our way, we'd have a tempo change every other time change
'Cause our mind's changed on what we think is good
I wasn't raised in the hood
But I know a thing or two about pain and darkness
If it wasn't for this music I don't know how I would have fought this
Regardless, all these songs I'm hearin' are so heartless
Don't trust a perfect person and don't trust a song that's flawless
Honest, there's a few songs on this record that feel common
I'm in constant confrontation with what I want and what is poppin'
In the industry, it seems to me that singles on the radio are currency
My creativity's only free when I'm playin' shows
[Chorus]
They say, "Stay in your lane, boy, lane, boy"
But we go where we want to
They think this thing is a highway, highway
But will they be alive tomorrow?
(Will they be alive tomorrow?)
[Verse 2]
I'm sorry if that question I asked last
Scared you a bit like a hazmat, in a gas mask if you ask Zack
He's my brother, he likes when I rap fast
But let's backtrack, back to this
Who would you live and die for on that list?
But the problem is, there's another list that exists and no one really wants to think about this
Forget sanity, forget salary, forget vanity, my morality
If you get in between someone I love and me
You're gonna feel the heat of my cavalry
All these songs I'm hearin' are so heartless
Don't trust a perfect person and don't trust a song that's flawless
[Chorus]
They say, "Stay in your lane, boy, lane, boy"
But we go where we want to
They think this thing is a highway, highway
But will they be alive tomorrow?
They say, "Stay in your lane, boy, lane, boy"
But we go where we want to
They think this thing is a highway, highway
But will they be alive tomorrow?
[Bridge]
(Will they be alive tomorrow?)
(Will they be alive tomorrow?)
(Will they be alive tomorrow?)
They be alive tomorrow?
[Drum Solo]
[Chorus]
They say, "Stay in your lane, boy, lane, boy"
But we go where we want to
They think this thing is a highway, highway
But will they be alive tomorrow?
They say, "Stay in your lane, boy, lane, boy"
But we go where we want to
They think this thing is a highway, highway
But will they be alive tomorrow?
[Instrumental Outro]
Lane Boy was written by Tyler Joseph.
Lane Boy was produced by Ricky Reed.
twenty one pilots released Lane Boy on Mon May 04 2015.
The men represent those who wish to control the band or put limits on their creativity. Tyler Joseph spoke about this during Lollapalooza 2015:
Throughout the video, I’m kind of obeying them [the men] by bending down and listening to them, and being almost choreographed with them. Once we finally...
For us, music has always been about transparency, so for me ‘Lane Boy’ is that song on the record that you kind of break that fourth wall and you can look into what it’s like to really be a normal person in our position.
–Tyler Joseph via Fuse
“Lane Boy” was certified platinum by the RIAA on August 21, 2017.