TØP Tuesday: "Isle of Flightless Birds" Explained
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- "Isle of Flightless Birds" by Twenty One Pilots is an awesome song and touches me in a very intellectual way. Of course, maybe it wasn't worth a 13.5 minute video, but who knows? Maybe some of you feel the same way about it that I do. In any case, "Isle of Flightless Birds" is deep. The lyrics mean something hugely important, and I hope that you'll enjoy this video. I put heart and soul into explaining this song, and it's one of those songs that gives heart and soul back, so I present to you my explanation of "Isle of Flightless Birds" by Twenty One Pilots.
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Holding On To You please!!!!!!!!!!!
Jared Weeks yeeeeees
I share your enthusiasm.
Jared Weeks can you do that one next week and can you do Rudy please
Jonathan Sharp I heard somewhere that he's means he's holding onto God
Jared Weeks yes plz do holding knto you
I'd never thought about this before, but for some reason this video make me realize that the chorus is really reminiscent of the story of Icharus. Icharus ended up flying too close to the sun, which might be why Tyler opens with the line "I am cold" as if he craves or wants to go the sun somehow. He is flying without hope because he doesn't really believe that he will make it, but also flying without fear because he isn't scared of the sun. Flying too close is what eventually makes him plummet and end up on the Isle of Flightless Birds.
Oh, that makes a lot of sense. Very interesting. I need to go back and re-read the lyrics.
Yeah, I definitely had never thought about it that way before, but I like the interpretation a lot.
Joshua Sumpter that's a better way of looking at it
On top of that, he new that it was wrong to do that, as Daedalus told him not to and to stop. Icarus decided to do what was wrong and ended up paying for it.
Joshua Sumpter lol icharus got cocky and his wings melted and his dad was not sad cause his son was dead but because he didn’t have insurance on his wings
okay how about Glowing Eyes?
Charles Castillo yes
Good one!
yes, glowing eyes, or forest
Charles Castillo that's good to
Yes glowing eyes or forest please or lovely
Ruby . Please do ruby
Andrew Boman he wrote it for a girl with down' syndrome in his church. nothing more to it as far as i know
Yes, ruby is about a girl with down syndrome. it also associates strongly with god, thus the mention of angels. And when Tyler says he was waiting the week to see Ruby, he can't wait to see her at church on Sunday. also, the "tell our dad i'm sorry" is referring to Tyler telling ruby to tell god that Tyler is sorry when she goes to Heaven. because as a repetition to other songs, Tyler is struggling with his faith.
also if this doesn't make sense, sorry i'm not the best writer. :)
How do you guys know. is there a video or something? this makes me so happy I know someone who is very important to me that has downs syndrome.
A.Goner.Staying.Alive Yes there's a TH-cam video where he says that the first time he performs that song.
the pantaloon
Pøwer Tø The Løcal Dreamer I tried
Darn it I'm supposed to be in class!
BTW do trapdoor!
Skip class. This video's cooler. lol jk
The Pop Song Professor Haha thanks for responding!
The Pop Song Professor lol
true true
YES PLEASE DO HOLDING ON TO YOU...
Love it!
Compilation Guy he's already done holding onto you
6:49 I love lettuce birds (turn on the auto generated captions)
fall away!!!!!
twentyone joshstyler it's about Tyler falling from his faith and stopping believing in god
7:07
"They stopped thinking of the sky"
No one looks up anymore
cuz you might get a raindrop in your eye
Thanks for watching, fam! What song should I do next week?
The Pop Song Professor For Tøp tuesday, 'Johnny Boy'
The Pop Song Professor Holding On To You hahahhah
Please do "Before You Start Your day" (I don't think you've done that yet..??)
Trapdoor!
The Pop Song Professor Clear or Ruby
Please do Clear!
Noor Muhtaseb omg yes!!
yesyesyes
Noor Muhtaseb omg yesss!!!!
Maybe before you start your day
Do kitchen sink plz
Sean Tan kitchen sink is about finding a way to stay alive because no one knows your demons so you have to create your own reason to live. If you create something you have to stay alive to tell people why you made it otherwise it'll just disappear.
Nick Heilman That's just what the one line is about in the song, there's a lot more to cover with that song
Nick Heilman to add on, the whole theme of the kitchen sink is a story Tyler has that involves him and a kitchen sink that no one else knows. He says this gives him purpose because when he questions what he's worth or why he should continue he thinks about how no one else knows this story and therefore, creating the beginning of a purpose for him.
Yes please do it!
You don't know what that means
can you do glowing eyes pls?¿
Eliza Pancakes nice username and profile pic
Eliza Pancakes It looks like Glowing Eyes is gonna be after Holding on to You
Eliza Pancakes yes please do glowing eyes! It's the only song I don't understand from TOP
Isle of flightless birds is my favorite song of all time, thank you so much for explaining it! There were a couple of things you pointed out that I never caught :)
Can you do it for Glowing Eyes? Love your channel🙂
Also dodos are flightless I think
HE NEEDS TO DO GLOWING EYES
Evie Drwhofan
Dodos are extinct
do holding onto you thats my second favorite song and i can't believe you haven't done it yet
Clifford has gotten much better at talking to the camera
Please, do "clear". It's so underrated. It would be also cool if you made a vid about "be concerned"
Uh one thing is that the line “ no hope no fear” is referring to the feeling of apathy which is fairly common among people with depression. No hope referring to feeling no positive and no fear referring to feeling no negative. Hence feeling nothing
I immediately thought of Antarctica, isle of flightless bird, literally an island only inhabited by penguins, flightless birds.
Do TB Saga
josiah chestnut YES! That one is so deep! I still haven't figured it out...
Haha did not think this song was going to go in the comment
Hey, just browsing through your archives, this is one of my fav songs from twenty one pilots so I thought I had a look. I read this present darkness a while ago, and I found this concept really interesting.
Awe 🙂❤️He said he cared about us.
The thumbnail is just amazing
Please do "whisper" even though it's from no phun intended, I am confused on what's it is about :)
holding on to you, forest and glowing eyes :)
chelsea sherburne I legit just commented all three of those😂 those are my favs
Excuse me Can you plz leave same!!
chelsea sherburne holding onto you is about staying with god, forest is about purgatory and glowing eyes is about not wanting to leave depression
The pantaloon please
DubbingForDummies I tried
DubbingForDummies ur profile pic looks constapated😂😂😂😂😂
Glowing eyes!!!!!!!!! PLEASE
Tëššå it's about wanting to stay depressed because leaving depression is hard
I've always imagined like really big creepy dark birds (maybe big vultures?) That for some reason aren't able to fly and so are just hoping around and trying to fly and flap their wings to no success and just kind of of hop and peck around
Hey clifford, I found self titled through isle of flightless birds, and it's one of my favourite songs from twenty one pilots because it's wonderful and amazing, it's a great song for me, plus I agree with you in the video man, great video and I hope to see more videos, you're doing great.
Stay alive and it must be tonight. I-/
I always thought he was talking about dodos, because they evolved on an island without predators so they lost their ability to fly and feel danger.
Frank Peretti, Ted Dekker.... is... is that The End of the Spear... HUH. I wasn't expecting you to have those books.
Could you do glowing eyes or air Catcher?
This was one of the greatest explanations ever!!
Thanks!
I LOVE ISLE OF FLIGHTLESS BIRDS!!!!!!!!
This isn't a very well known artist, but I think you would like the artist NF. He's a rapper, a christian but his music is technically not (like tøp!), and he puts his emotions and thoughts in his music. He calls his music a therapy session. Please check his music out?
I've thought about it, and it may happen. But he's not quite mainstream enough for the "pop" song professor, but we'll see!
Turkeys, Chickens, Peacocks, Flamingos, Dodos, Emus, and Moas to name a few
3:47 is when he gets in to it
That thumbnail is gold😂😂
When i think of an isle of flightless birds, i think of pigeons (or any bird,really) perched on the wires of utility poles. They have the potential to fly, but are flightless instead.
Lol nice. I like that image.
i remember these days
What about Forest? That is one of my favorites, and definitely one worth explaining because of the complexities and length of the song.
Eslyea Britt it's about purgatory
the texting is very good... and, I really really love tonin pilots! they are my favorite band! (tonin!? really?!)
Your videos are just so great! All of Tyler's lyrics are so insightful and deep. Every TØP song is so beautiful! I just can't even......
Anyways I recently did a presentation about my interpretation of their song slowtown so I decided to request it.
Trinity Cristina it's about not wanting to grow up basically
I have a motion that he actually talks about the current culture where more people are being suicidal, not believing in God, we are valuing comfortability, and repeating the same mistakes over and over again... And how the world seems broken and stuff...
I read both of those books!
Holding on to you !!!!!
Trapdoor pleeeeaaaassssseeeeee
really appreciate your channel dude thank you so much for what you do
Holding on to You! I've been begging since forever!
It looks like it's winning!
The Pop Song Professor GOOD! Im very excited!
I saw in the livestream video that you thought Holding on to You was about holding on to God.
As religious as Josh and Tyler are, I don't think all/most of their songs have a religious theme.
Now that I think about it, I think Holding on to You is about holding on to a friend! Next week I'll get deeper into the lyrics depending whether or not you'll agree but I think I got something of my own ;3
I'll keep it in mind as I explain and try to keep an open mind.
The Pop Song Professor I'm excited to see PSP
Pandii it's about wanting to stay with god
Could you do Air Catcher please? I feel like that song has a really good and deep meaning, but I just can't get it!
I was listing to this song when I got the notification 😂😂😂😂
Awesome!
Could you do Before you start your day?
thank you for doing this one!!
You're welcome!
I agree with everything you said and you actually broughtup somethings I didn't notice in the song yet. I've actually thought as the us being flightless birds as a different interpretation. I think your interpretation may be better bt I've always thought about it in the way that whenever you ask someone the first thing they think when they think bird they will probably say flying. So, even though there are flightless birds I think he may sort of be saying that they are different from the norm and they are lacking this fundamental thing people think is just natural for them to have. So, I was just thinking it may just be a way of saying we're different but I like your explanation better.
Interesting explanation. Thanks for sharing!
This was so cool!
oh and the run and go!
I love you videos! Would you please do The Pantaloon?
That would be a really good one to do, and it's consistently one of the higher voted ones, so hopefully soon!
PLEASE DO FAKE YOU OUT!!!
Can you do March To The Sea?! Please..??
Glowing Eyes PLEASE!
I voted for Forest last time and am still voting for it.
Fair enough. :)
Can you please do Glowing Eyes? That would be pretty cool! (:
Please just basically explain all of the songs from RAB... fascinating, all of them
Holding onto you
I wanna know why holding onto you is called holding onto you
So do holding onto you!
I stan legends I love the depth of their songs
Is there a possibility you could do "Drown" by Tyler Joseph?
The pantaloon
could you do holding onto you?
the unicorn lps it's about wanting to stay with god
holding onto you would be great as I kinda know the meaning (how Tyler is going to keep his faith in god) but however I don't know the deeper meaning, only the general concept
Air catcher pleeeaaassseeee
Could you explain " I don't sell molly no more" by ILOVEMAKKONEN.
I kind of think of kiwis, because they’re not the brightest birds. They’ve been known to walk off cliffs.
just watched the livestream the thumbnail lol
Addict with a pen
I'm late to this party, but I believe he says if decide to live by what we think is wrong and what's right, we are easily swayed by our environment, our peers, etc... and we'll go crazy trying to decide what is right and wrong, but if we wake up every morning and decide what we believe (in God), we can take apart our very heart and the light will set us free, so as long as we let our belief in God guide us, we won't make wrong decisions.
You deserve so many more views and subs than you get
HOW COME I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS
YES IM HERE FOR THIS
YES YES MY FAVORITE IM SO HAPPY
Welcome to the community if you're new. :)
The Pop Song Professor I'm not really new, I have been watching for a couple momths but never saw this before 😩
glowing eyes
An emu is a flightless bird. Similar to an ostrich. I want you to explain Glowing Eyes. Thanks!
Thank you!
You are Fantastic
Thanks!
Verse 3? That's not a thing. It's the bridge not the third verse.
Midwest Indigo please?
The pantaloon!!!!!!
holding on to you
Can you do trapdoor or kitchen sink?
List of flightless birds: www.thespruce.com/why-some-birds-dont-fly-385428
taxi cab please
Chicken, emu, turkey
can you do placebo please
can we do ruby or be concerned
Yessssss!!!
:)
do lane boy
hole in the ground would be awesome
A chicken is a flightless bird
Whisper
Please so FOREST!
do*