Twenty One Pilots “Ode to Sleep” Deeper Meaning | Lyrics Explained
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I know there's been a lot of Twenty One Pilots content lately (you guys don't hate that, right?), but I've lowkey kinda been trying to make Twenty One Pilots Tuesday a thing again, so I couldn't skip. :)
The Pop Song Professor WE NEED TØP TUESDAY AGAIN!!!!!
I will never complain about tøp videos lmao
YES I WANT TØP TUESDAY AGAIN!!!
Y E S
Instead of TØP Tuesday we should have a TØP everyday
I may not be first,
I may not be last,
But when Cliff uploads,
I click super fast.
Edit: thx for 100 likes
Edit 2: *Clique*
Edit 3: faster than verse two of ode to sleep
I *_clique_* super fast😏
Oh yeah, meh too
Tyler raps super fast in verse 2
“It’s is not a banana” sure but we all know here how much Tyler and Josh hate bananas so ☀️-> 🍌
Sophia Muse they hate bananas as much as they do fake fans.
Ode to Sleep might be my favourite tøp song, thank you for this!!
Ode to Sleep is one of my favourite tøp songs, thank you for the video
Same
Same. It's everything they can do right in 5 minutes
:o there are others
SAME
Yes yes yes! I'm glad I'm not alone on that
I read an inference that it's basically him talking about his struggles that get worse at night and he stays up to fight these thoughts and encourages everyone else to do that. Then he's basically saying "why won't you leave me alone? I'm not that important, why choose me? Tell them that you (God) have no plan for me, I've got no purpose in this world, they should go to someone more important" and then it carries on going back and forth between his thoughts and then saying that he's not even worth torturing. At the end he says "I'm sorry" to God for not believing in him having a plan for everyone and for going off track/losing his way
Okay but Cliff is trying so hard to not full out rap the lyrics 🤣
I was practicing Holding On To You on the piano when this uploaded.
J'sWay how was it going?
Random Garbage Is Drowning pretty well. I’ve gotten the verse and hook down.
J'sWay cool good job
Lol, No way! I was practicing Truse on the piano before I watched this😂
Funky Faith ll-// yeet
Now I can't unsee the banana. That's on you Cliff.
Is that shirt the shirt you were going to wear for the hype video?😂🤣
He already wore it... but the purpose didn't serve
True
"brown"
captin redx 😂
Ode to Sleep is my favorite song of all time. It's truly incredible. It's like nothing you've ever heard before and the lyrics are so deep, esp in the second verse
I was literally looking this up yesterday
I know this isn't how the lyric was intended, but I have a different meaning for the line "im afraid to tell you who I adore". when I tell someone that I like TØP, I feel exposed because they are so personal to me that when someone finds out I like them, I feel vulnerable.
agree
That is exactly how i feel sometimes too I told my friend and she didn’t even seem liked she cared. I wish I knew someone in real life that is part of the clikkie 😞
The lyric "I don't wanna be the one to have the sun's (Son's) blood on my hands" is referring to Hebrews 6:4-6 where it states that anyone who follows Christ and then later falls away, they may as well be crucifying Christ all over again. He's not talking about the literal sun.
TinaBoBeena exactly
I been waiting for this song for so much. I always thought of it like a way out of the dark and like a realization
I honestly thought the lyric were “metamorphically Ima horror.” 😂😭
Huh. I always thought of "the dark's not taking prisoners tonight" as a statement of defiance. Like, "You won't get ME! Not tonight!" But I like the sense in which it means "If I give in I'm a goner." Nice new perspective. Thanks, Cliff!
Wearing your "brown" (pomegranate) shirt, I see... 😂
Lmaoo
Ode to sleep is my favorite song. When I was younger my older cousin showed me twenty one pilots, and now I’m obsessed.
Just curious: Who can rap ode to sleep?
I can only rap the second verse
Lol i can only rap the first verse
ʇɥƃıluøøɯ snoɹǝƃuɐp i can rap both verses. It isn’t that difficult when you’ve grown up in a Hispanic house hold where everyone is basically rapping at each other whenever we talk.
I'm am ur God, I can lmao
I can rap both verses 🖤💛
I can! One of the first top raps I learned lol
FINALLY YOU MADE THIS
Ode To Sleep was originally on Regional At Best, by the way.
It got remastered in Vessel.
I know
Thank you this is one of my favorite songs
Dude, awesome breakdown. I’d love to sit down with Tyler and hear about his story in regards to his faith. No cameras, just Christian to Christian. Hope he has brothers and sisters who can encourage him in his faith! I think you hit the nail on the head - we need songs about both the darkness and the light. Would love to hear songs from him relating to God’s goodness and victory, despite (and overcoming) the sin, darkness, and brokenness. My sin is ever before me, and this world is full of darkness, but God is good, in control, and has ultimate victory over sin and death. It’s so good that people can feel like Tyler can empathize with the inner darkness that we all have and feel. That’s SO good. But at the same time, we as Christians can’t neglect the hope that comes from God (the one who brings eternal hope), rather than only feeling understood by other people. Tyler is so authentic and writes exactly what he’s going through, so I’m not saying he should write things that are inauthentic. But I hope God really grips him with joy in Christ, so that Tyler genuinely writes about the peace he has with God because of His grace through Christ. Want him to overflow with that, in addition to writing about the struggles, because Christianity doesn’t do away with hurt, sin, trials, suffering, and pain in this life. With that said, love this band and really enjoy your explanations of their lyrics!
YAY more tøp!!! Love ur channel
AND NOW ITS 4:10 AND I AM taken by sleep and I love your username
PSP: ode to sleep is from vessel
Me: wut about regional at best?
This is such a great song bc it’s so personal yet everybody can relate to his struggle and although there’s no trench storyline the concepts of vessel r so universal
THIS IS MY FAVORITE TØP SONG!!!
Me too!!
I left a TØP interview to watch this lol
suzanna mood
This is so awesome man, thank you for honestly approaching this song and not being afraid to bring in the Christian influence.
Bop (v)- To dance
Ex. "I bopped my bussy so hard I broke my back"
Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk
An old Twenty one Pilots song,but one of the best, gave me more insight on TOP as a whole
Love your interpretation. Ode to Sleep is my most favorite of their songs. It speaks so much to who Tyler was then. I keep it in mind as time goes on and his music matures. I wonder how much of this song he feels still pertains to him.
Man, you’re so down to earth and clear in your videos dude, I love it 👍🏻 don’t stop doing what you’re doing.
the rap in this is from his song just like yesterday, i find that cool. He brought back parts of no phun intended songs in self titled, rab and vessel
Hey cliff, great video! This is my favorite TØP so I'm glad you're finally getting to it but I'm also stoked you took your time when you honestly could've put this out like 3 years ago and it might not have been as thought out.
About the bridge, that Day Tyler is singing about. I've thought about it a little bit and I came to the conclusion that it is about St Peter on the morning after the crucifixion. I'm glad you mentioned that part. The "same amount that I denied" makes it kinda obvious but I think the whole bridge is an extended metaphor for that experience Peter had that morning.
-slowly- very quickly becoming my favourite channel on TH-cam.
Hey clifford, I love this channel so much because it was one of the first twenty one pilots channels I found, I just want to say that ode to sleep is a really important song to me and I agree with your thoughts, so stay alive and it must be tonight. |-/
love your channel and I hope you see this.
I am really happy I found your channel! You’re very helpful
I love how the music video serves as a mini-documentary and introduction to the band
Literally I love you and your videos sm like everytime something with twenty one pilots happens I wait for ur notification to pop up😂😂
Thank you for the video! I have always thought the song was about depression. The battle of wanting to rest and the fear of the night. A constant struggle . I think the line, "Because the dark's not taking prisoners tonight." refers to him standing up to that depression and not falling victim to what many have done in the past. Just my 2 cents.
Thank you for this amazing video! And dont worry theres never too many tøp videos
“This imagery is so essential to Vessel: the sun... and the banana.”
I love the new camera angle and lighting 👍👍
Wow. After this I can relate to this song a LOT more.
I LOVE ODE TO SLEEP
Thank you so much for using my comment!!!
i can't believe a showed up at the beginning. thanks for choosing me, cliff!
Thanks u dude, i´m learning Eanglish and you make it easier to me.
Where we make english class awesome by listening to TØP :D
I think vessel is a way of Tyler healing and wanting to help others with his lyrics.
You should do this song "like the wind" it's been this mysterious song on the internet that a "full" version had just been found and people are trying to find the band who made it
Amazing video 🌞
the chorus has always spoke to me and i was hoping i was right about what it meant and i pretty much was
Ok I'm loving all the TØP content!
I relate to this song so heavily.
I'm literally attached to this song sooo much especially the lines- "Why won't you let me go, Do i threaten all your plans? I'm insignificant" for me it's like asking a abuser these questions and "I'll tell them" is like telling my frens abt it n asking for help... ( dunno if it's just me who thinks like tht..)
Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank yoy thank you this is my favorite song!!!!
Honestly the "metaphorically I'm a whore line" was one of the least confusing lines for me because I immediately thought not the story of Gomer and Hosea from the Bible. Then again, I view a lot of their music behind a biblical lens.
Ode to sleep is my favorite song!
I have always taken verse two as another call to being afraid of the night. It starts right before another day is gone and the fact that there is even a tomorrow is forgotten while thinking about the battle that happens at night. The clouds, trees and nature are anticipating the day time when you can hide that fight with your mask that you put on as the day starts as a means to show everyone else that he is fine and doesn't need help. To include the line from Just Like Yesterday where the verse comes from (and the meaning and weight of the day are lost without a trace), the mask and the denial of the dark parts of himself takeaway the meaning of what the day represents. The chance to seek help and come together with people to overcome and fight off the demons and thoughts that come at night. With the new day coming with all of its promised opportunity, he still has a problem even opening his eyes to it possibly because he is tired of hiding but doesn't knowhow to stop. Nature is pleading with him and begging him to look for the thing that he is missing whether it be the opportunity to change and seek help or God. I love how JLY closes the verse saying that this thing that he dismisses or can't find the motivation to look for is completely free and requires nothing from him but to be open to it.
You know Ode to Sleep is ironic when you used its chorus for the morning alarm lmao
Thanks for the TOP explanations Cliff
Ode to Sleep is a bop.
I love the start of verse 2, especially, "a mask that portrays that we don't need grace"
Explain just like yesterday
Izabela Fugaru YES
Yayy ode to sleep is amazing
I'm a new top fan. At first I thought: "Man, I love Trench. Oh people like vessel... hmm okay it's kinda weird"
Now I'm growing more and more fond vessel thanks to other friendly fans and channels like yours!
0:33 *exists*
me: *dies*
your name is legendary, i just had to tell you that
Best username out there
Thats amazing lol and i just got my ode to sleep tattoo
for anyone in the comments, the night versus day thing isn’t an abstract metaphor. nighttime depression is a very prominent thing in many mental illnesses, especially in moderate to mild levels of depression. it makes you feel terrible at night but you wake up relatively fine.
When he says I feel my soul start leaving it sounds like going out of the body into the astral plane as happens in lucid dreaming, where you can encounter beings in the astral plane that can seem like demons.
my favourite song
Hi I’m new to this channel and I love it. I was curious if you could explain Hero by Skillet. If not that’s ok.
Again? This is going to be good
Dang this is my new favorite song by them cause he literally reveals his secret in the song but it takes someones who’s eyes are open to God to realize it !!
I think the chorus is Tyler talking to god (possibly as well as his Demons, or his demons represent his questions to God), especially since it talks about 'threaten(ing) all your plans", god's plan. Tyler feels insignificant, why won't god just let him go and succumb to the darkness? Is his soul really important in the grand scheme of God's plan? Tyler is a very self-sacrificial person, and has often written songs about relying more on his own judgement and protecting himself or others in the stead of god (like in My Blood: pulling my pin and jumping right in) so I think in the Ode to Sleep Chorus he's literally asking God "If I'm able to let you go in these dark moments, why won't you let ME go? Do I threaten your plans for the world so much that I'm worth holding on to?" I think it all represents Tyler's self-sacrificial nature, his defiance of God in those dark moments, and how he regrets being this way "what have I become? I'm sorry." literally apologizing to God at the end of the song. He lets go of God, though he doesn't even want to, and God won't let go of him. Tyler apologizing here at the end of the song is significant because Ode to Sleep leads directly into Holding On To You, a song about Tyler realizing he can't trust himself, and gaining control of his senses so he can continue to Hold on to God. Ode to Sleep is just as much a song directed at God as Holding On To You is, they are sister tracks, and represent one whole arc on the album.
This!!!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I found this song in the middle of an episode of insomnia.
I hadn't slept in days.
I slept that night. 😂
Could you do a video talking about or listening to Matt Maeson (not the country singer)
Can you do a lyric meanings video for Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness? Specifically the songs Island Radio or Blue Vacation
If you’ve done Ode to Sleep, I feel like you should do Just Like Yesterday from NPI, the both feature the second verse from Ode to Sleep. It’s a very confusing song and I would like to understand it a bit better
I thought it was suns blood on my hands held out to the moon. As in offering to the moon
wait a minute clifford? CLIFFORD THE VULTURE?
Next tøp video you should go over levitate
wow...
I love it more. ❤️🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤❤️
Keep posting tøp content please!
Went down to comments to read jokes about banana moon
I used to hear voices when I was falling asleep and was terrified they were very demonic I have a very deep connection with this song almost tear up every time I hear it I wonder if Tyler had/has mild psychosis or paranoia, some stuff he talks about really convinces me he does or maybe I'm completely wrong
Can you do “Time to say goodbye” bye twenty one pilots?
BE MORE CHILI FRIES. I LOVE THAT USERNAME OMG
Currently their comment is above yours! Oh and so do I
What would you say would change about the song without the line “the darks not taking prisoners tonight”? at the first live performance of this song the line wasn’t there. why did he add it in later?
Ode to sleep is my favourite song, no doubt (I'm not talking about the song called doubt)
That's a nice red shirt
Please please do a video on ‘tonight’ by tyler joseph
Tøp søng prøfessør please make twenty øne piløts Tuesday a thing again!! !!!!
You know what would be better? Clifford singing the verses while explaining them. Huh. Lol
You really do read between the lines
i will never listen to ode to sleep the same again
Yessss
8:35 'the next album is going to be awesome.'
Man, SAYINGOBVIOUSTHINGSISNOTPREDICTING!!!
He already explained himself in an interview where he explained every song in vessel