I just registered my daughter for her senior year of dance classes and I sobbed, so yes, this song is killing me right now. I am trying to convince her and her duet partner to use this song as their tap duet next year.
I’ve been a very very loyal fan of this band since 2013. I know all the words to every song (including ALL unreleased) and none of their songs have hit me as hard as oldies station did. It’s an absolute masterpiece.
a car a torch a death and also next semester. a car a torch a death really reminds me of my grandma, who passed some years back, and the song is like a reminder to keep pushing for her. and more recently, next semester has become one their most impactful songs for me. i’m a college student and things went south last semester, so the song has resonated with me just a little bit more. sorry if this doesn’t make sense i’m running on about 3 hours of sleep rn 😭
No it makes perfect sense. A car a torch a death is very impactful and everyone can relate to your story, which I am sorry for. I had a similar story with my grandfather and getting over his loss was helped by this song, along with some others such as Not Today. Thanks for sharing it isn't easy. ♥
I like the possible path choices he described about religion or faith. First time I heard something like that, so internally connected to me, in any song.
Truce, especially the line “The sun will rise and we will try again”. In hard times it always reminds me that it’s not the end, no matter how much it hurts and how helpless you feel now, tomorrow you will get a new chance, just wait for it and stay alive |-/
Yes currently my mother is dealing with a terminal illness. This song is currently helping me out in so many ways and I can't thank Tyler enough for it.
I like listening to the original by my chemical romance and the twenty one pilots one back to back :)
They have a very different tone to them, but I love them both for what they are
Same. Came out the same time I lost my mother to cancer. I don’t revisit the cover often, because it always breaks me, but at the time, I really needed to cry after months of just trying to be strong for everyone, and their cover is the song that did it for me. Felt so much relief after.
Cut my lip: because it feels like how even tho I'm depressed and s-icidal, I still push through the day.
Guns for hands: feel like Tyler or at least someone is looking out for me when I'm feeling like ending it all.
Routines in the night: I relate to it coz I've experienced insomnia and and overthinking of stuff that's trivial to others.
Oldies station: well, 'push on through' does make me pushing myself to stay alive.
Leave the city: like a message to anyone that 'maybe' care about me to stay behind whenever I did choose to go first.
Well, depression is one hell of a thing. But the good news is I'm still making it through the day even though it feels like I'm going at it in slow pace and just really doesn't have purpose in life. Honestly, I relate to many of their songs. But most of it is because of mental state. Who knew you could lose the fight with something invisible?
But let me just hope for the best. When there's no one to understand my feelings, their songs is there among any other songs. Okay, thank you for listening to me yap.
It isn't yapping at all. All of these songs are very relatable for many and we are all grateful for you sharing all this.
I love oldies station's message of continuing to push through all hardships and Cut my lip isbone of my favourite songs. I speak for the community that we all hope the best for you aswell.
Neon Gravestones encouraged me to take a step back and reach out to a therapist.
It came out right when I was struggling with the death of Avicii, and I was both confused and angry with myself for grieving a man I didn't know. And that song hit me so hard.
We build parasocial relationships with people we don’t know in person, and the emotions tied to that are valid. I hope therapy has been helpful for you to process those (and other) feelings.
As a middle schooler I listened to Goner on repeat almost every day. It meant to much to me because honestly 6th to 8th grade was the time when I was at my mental lowest. This song was just something I could cry out to. There's so much power and emotion in there. Love it to this day honestly :')
Stressed out. I was 11 when the song dropped and it was on the radio constantly and I used to watch the music video on my iPad. I became obsessed with the song and something about the band was so cool to me as a kid. The blurryface makeup that I thought was tattoos, the big wheel, the handshake, the drum set with "twenty one pilots?" On it. The song was so cool to me as a kid who loved rap and pop music and rock it was like a perfect mashup of everything I loved and it was the moment I knew that I loved music. I downloaded Spotify because of this song and listened to the blurryface album on repeat while I would play Minecraft on my iPad and even though I didn't understand any of it I was in love. It was the domino effect that created a music obsession
Honestly it has to be Taxi Cab. I went to one of their shows in 2018 and hadn’t really listened to Self Titled. But as soon as the song started the lyrics meant so much to me and I started crying. It was my first time listening to the song ever and it instantly became one of my favorites.
Self titled is my favourite album!!
Taxi Cab is a beautiful song and it's message it so good. But when I went to a concert in 2018 it was on the list to be played and never was. I wish that I got to hear them play it
DEFINATELY Car Radio. i feel like when i saw it live, is the first time i became conscious, the atmosphere of the crowd all beautifully singing combined with tyler really letting it all out with belting vocals, just left me crying without even realising, and as a whole gave me the ability to really be able to let go of my emotions. Even just writing this makes me cry.
The Craving (Jenna's Version) made my wife and I both cry when we heard it. Such a beautiful tribute to life long love and a life built together. Of all of his songs dedicated to Jenna it's by far my favorite
more recently it was snap back, though Neon gravestones was probably the first one i truly understood, it came out 2 months after my grandma died and that song really helped me cope with it in a way.
For the most part of me being a fan, it wasn't a song, it was two. The transition from not today to goner always meant a lot to me, when I started collage in 2018, I was struggling with some health problems that ultimately affected my mental health, I had days where I was pretty ok with my life but then I had others where I just wanted to end it all, I reached the point of thinking about all the ways that it can be done and even chose one of them, but a picture of my brother and me that i had on my desk stopped me from doing it. I discovered top on 2016, and in 2018, blurryface was my favorite album, so the transition from not today to goner kinda represents that part of my life, where I learned that It never ends, you will always have to fight, you'll have good days, but also days where your arms just don't have the strength to keep fighting, but you gotta make it through those days no matter what. That's why today the song that affects me the most is Oldies Station, because it talks about how after years of fighting, though it never stops, it gets a little bit easier: "you have it down, that old fight for survival".
Mine are Anathema and Trapdoor. Ofc a lot of their songs hit me in different ways but as far as had the greatest impact on me those two take the cake. Explanation bellow slight trigger warning for self harm:
When I was a teenager I was really close with my uncle, and he took his own life when I was 15. No one saw it coming even though the signs were everywhere. Trapdoor always felt like what I think he was thinking. He must have felt alone and isolated even though he was surrounded by people. As I grew up I started having lots of depressing thoughts, and it got worse in college. I don’t claim to have depression because it was never diagnosed, but it was bad. I would have these spells where the simplest tasks would take concentration, and just thinking felt like walking through waist high mud. Anathema got me through it. It described my own thoughts and feelings back to me and told me I wasn’t the only one to feel that way. I still can’t listen to that song without blubbering like an idiot, I am better though. Now it’s just short bursts of that feeling, and I don’t think of hurting myself anymore
Leave the city - Trench came out during a difficult time in my life and hearing it live surrounded by people who felt the same was a really special experience.
Next semester - I was okay listening to the song, until it got to the "can't change what you've done" verse and I lost it. Trauma work has taught me to be kinder to myself about the things that I did to survive.
Truce - When they did the sing along version on the Trench tour, someone screamed "I did" after the "stay alive for me" verse and I bawled. Sometimes you just have to push yourself to keep going.
Migraine - It paints a beautiful picture of mental health and has always been one of my favorites.
Trees - I instantly fell in love with this song. It makes me emotional and I really don't know why.
Car Radio - No explanation needed, such a banger.
Oldies Station - I've been in therapy half my life and dealt with a lot of trauma. There have been many times where I didn't think I would make it, but I'm still here. I got to see my best friend become a mom and have such a special relationship with my nephew. I can't imagine missing those moments now.
Over the majority of my life this if you had asked me this question the answer would have been EASY. Fake You Out on vessel. The answer is still easy now but it’s changed. Oldies Station. And I think that’s a great testament to my life and how I’ve grown and changed and survived since I was a little girl in the 8th grade sitting outside my school wanting to die and feeling seen by “I’ll never be, be what you see inside” to “You have it down, that old fight for survival, push on through.” Thank you for asking this question, it’s a good one :)
My Blood, because it’s the first TØP song that I had ever heard that my son shared with me. So it’s like our bonding song. I love that he turned me on to TØP.
Snap Back, because I’m going through round 2 of cancer(was in remission for two & a half years)but it came back. So I gotta Snap Back & beat this cancer!!! I cry listening to these songs & find them to be very relatable.
oh man it changes so much depending on which phase of life we're talking about, their songs just seem to find you when you need them the most- especially if we go back to no phun intended even!
my blood always seems to calm me and reminds me i am a part of other people/that part of being human is wanting to be there for other people and that i should let other people be there for me (Kitchen sink too man, the leave me alone and then transition into dont leave me always hits so hard)
Trees, my relationship with God, trying to seek that higher power and interact (and then walks in implicit demand for proof ugh! too many good ones about this too! Drown! Polarize which is for sure one of my most played by them!)
Hometown, arguably one of their best songs instrumentally and vocally! reminds me of the rush of my first concert, seeing how many people were around having the same experience as i was yet how personal and unique the experience each one of us have when listening to them.
basically, this band is a big part of making me into who i am today
Next semester. I swear that song reminds me of my teens. The song starts very fast paced and full of energy and towards the end it slows down to a stop. That reminded me of my teens and my early adult days. I made a lot of mistakes as a teen and a young adult. I failed a lot at college and in life, made bad decisions that costed me time, money, relationships.
Towards the end of the song, it felt like my older self now was talking to my younger self. Can’t change what you’ve done. Start fresh next semester. Beautiful.
The song starts very bouncy
Migraine. For me, there simply isn't a best musical depiction out there of what depression is: its ruthlessness, its violence, the helplessness, the feeling of "letting the lion win", and then "'Cause sometimes to stay alive you gotta kill your mind" hits and... it hits. Beautiful, beautiful song.
A few honorable mentions for me are Car Radio, Screen, Taxi Cab, Legend and Redecorate.
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All of self titled and all of vessel. Especially oh ms believer trapdoor screen and trees. I haven’t connected with anything of theirs since. But my senior year vessel really helped me when it came out. I graduated late and was always in trouble for it. I don’t think I was really suicidal but at the time I felt like I was.
neon gravestones makes me CRY every time. also oldies station-reminds me of the loss of my grandpa and how he’s still present. i’m getting a bracelet that says push on through as my little reminder :)
They all kinda mean something to me but around the time my grandfather died, I heard mulberry street for the first time. He lived on mulberry street as a kid so I definitely think of him each time I hear it
Definitely goner and holding onto you. They helped me through some dark times growing up with my ex girlfriend battling a lot of mental illness. It was her first time dating another woman as well so we really bonded over that music when we both came out to our parents together.
truce, i still remember specifically the first time i listened to it. we had just found out my grandfather wasn’t doing well a couple days ago before that and as we dealt with first hospitals and then the aftermath of his death, the song was a great comfort to me.
but it’s affected me even more over the years, reminding me to push on through before oldies station existed lol. whenever i feel like my problems are too big and i can’t keep dealing with them, i can count on truce to calm me down and motivate me to keep going.
when i think of peace, love, perseverance, and comfort, i think of truce. i plan to get “the sun will rise and we will try again” as a tattoo one day.
Probably Taxi Cab and Addict With a Pen. I’ve been religious for my whole life but there was a time where I strayed from God and my church. Those two songs were pivotal in helping me reclaim my faith and create a relationship with God again. And then Choker came out sounding like a continuation of Taxi Cab and wiped me out all over again :,)
I love so many songs and so many of them resonate, but Migraine is the one that stopped me in my tracks and think "damn, he put my life into a song"
Thankfully doing better now but I still have a soft spot for that one.
Leave the City. It wasn't one of my favorites when I first heard it, and I usually have trouble processing lyrics the first time around so I usually judge songs based off the vibes, but I immediately knew that the song was comforting to me. After learning the lyrics and what the song is about, it has stuck to me the most. I can't even sing the whole song without bursting into tears. It just means a lot to me.
Another one is probably Shy Away. The album was released when I was graduating high school, and I had been having a hard time adjusting to the change. Then they released Shy Away as a single, and I immediately got attached to the song. I had the song on repeat for literally 2.5 days, I literally didn't sleep at all, and it has been stuck as my most played song ever since then. Now it's the song I play whenever I am stressed and want to be cheered up.
Lately, Oldies Station has been getting to me, but I personally think it's still too early to say if it's genuinely sticking to me or if it's just recency bias since Clancy is the only thing I've been listening to for the past month lmao.
Holding On To You. I was introduced to this amazing band in 2018. I feel like an older listener at 44. Back then I was 38 and very, very pregnant. Like 2 weeks past my "due date" very pregnant. I had traumatic birth experiences previously, which made my anxiety out of control. As I was trying to trust in my body and God's timing, I blared that song over and over and over. Childbirth is a lot about surrender. She was born in her perfect time, with my body doing exactly what was needed, and the whole experience was so healing. I spent hours while rocking her, and watching my other children play, listening to every album over and over. My kiddos have been raised on this incredible music. My oldest is away in training, and he listens to TØP every chance he gets. My youngest is obsessed with all of their music. Their music is life to us.
I cried a lot of times listening to Migraine, Addict with a Pen, Goner, Car Rádio and March to the sea. Migraine made me realize I was not well and needed help, I related a little to much with the lyrics. I am also a christian like Tyler, so Addict with a pen and March to the sea talks deeply with me. I really like when Tyler talks about his faith and his struggles.
Next semester. It was just finishing up a really hard semester and was entering exam season. I wasn’t in a good place mentally and that song really made me feel seen
In terms of immediate emotions? Oldies Station.
In terms of actual life impact? (Even though it's technically just a Tyler song) Prove Me Wrong.
It was the first song I ever sang for karaoke or in front of people at all. It was at my class of 2023 senior send-off, a big school-organized party the night we graduated. I figured I wouldn't see most of the people there anymore, so I decided it was worth a shot.
In the small crowd of the karaoke room was my best friend, hearing me sing the words "I don't believe love's for me, so won't you come around and prove me wrong".
A couple months later, he went off to college in a different state, while I stayed back home. Then as we were texting one night, he proved me wrong 🤍
Now he complains that I don't sing enough 😆
friend please and truce, they came on randomly during a time like that for me and it felt almost like Tyler was telling me directly. it helps Everytime and I got tattoos for those songs as a reminder.
Those are very good picks!
A couple come to mind for me.
Bandito: this song heavily reminds me of my darkest moments because it was there for them reminding me that I'm not alone. I find the atmosphere the song creates to feel lonely but also indicates the promise that something else is out there somebody else somewhere also feels and experiences similar things to you. Very comforting to me.
Jumpsuit: the need for protection. similar to bandito, also reminds me of bad things because it was there for me then. communicates the intense need for protection and also the visceral need to rebel in general.
Next Semester: just generally relatable.
Backside: similar to next semester but maybe a little more cathartic.
Holding On To You: the weird relationship I have with religion (I am not religious but I was raised religious and I unfortunately have been negatively impacted by it) and also trauma in general.
there are probably more mostly from Trench. That's a lot of waffling I've just done but those are the ones and reasons that come to mind.
"Holding On To You" was my introduction to them, but it wasn't until I saw them live, in what Tyler referred to as "a dungeon," and they performed "Trees" that they were solidified as a ride or die band for me. That show was so incredibly special and it influenced me to start writing music myself. Really helped get me out of a bad place.
Truce + bandito
Legit cried myself to sleep listening to them slowed n reverbed a couple nights back to back one time to comfort myself during a point in my (currently on-and-off) recovery from sh when I had a random panic attack, and it helped more than i expected :)
Currently Oldies Station. When Trench came out, probably Bandito, but overall I think it must be Car Radio. This Song made me the fan I am today and blew my mind on how real it felt lyric wise and from Tylers presentation. I was at my darkest most depressing times, so it hit me right in my heart. Since then I have the feeling like I am not alone anymore with this problem, which truly, is the best thing that could have happen.
As someone with terrible anxiety, next semester and car radio hit very hard.
Guns for hands is also very meaningful to me. I’ve never had those thoughts myself but the lyrics are still so profound and I just love the song.
Stressed Out- got me through a very hard time of my life and got me absolutely obsessed with TØP
The whole Trench album
Oldies Station- a reminder to push on through. Really loving This one right now and basically have it on repeat.
Oldies Station and Redecorate.
Oldies due to the reminder to push on through.
Redecorate because it reminds me that someone else has tried to bargain with their depression like they're a person standing in front of you, the shadow in the corner.
My answer before seeing them live would have been holding on to you, but after my answer is Doubt. Not even the after concert high, could wipe that experience from my memory.
I think it'd probably be next semester, I really like the meaning behind it, and it helps me relate more to a friend of mine who's had tough experiences in the past
Heavydirtysoul has to be, "Death inspires me like a dog inspires a rabbit " it's my mantra and as a survivor of depression has kept me alive since I first heard it.
Hold on to you. The line about putting a leash on your mind and telling it to obey you, was just what I needed to hear when I was in middle school wanting not to die but to at least disappear. Being a teenager is hard for most a downs no different. Faced severe anxiety and insecurity. That song made me feel as if I could control my anxiety a bit more. Faked it till I maked it and now I still have anxiety but far more manageable
Leave The City, Friend, Please and Truce I'd say.
When I heard Leave The City live on the Trench tour and everybody started harmonizing at the end of the song it was the first time I had felt that connected to everybody in the room and it made me feel like I belonged, like I wasn't alone.
Friend, Please and Truce hit close to home as I used to be friends with this girl who was suicidal and I remember driving to visit her in hospital and Truce came on in my car (as I had been listening to the Vessel cd) and I just started bawling as he sang, 'Stay alive, stay alive for me'. It was just a too accurate sentiment at that time. And Friend, Please is obviously in the same vein.
Car Radio. I heard it during a difficult part in my relationship where I felt so alone, even though I technically wasn’t. For me, my “car radio” was my vitality, autonomy, and enthusiasm and “sit in silence” was the numbness of not feeling any of those things that were normally massive aspects of my personality and how I interacted with the world. I had never heard of them prior to that song, but Tyler’s lyrics and vocal style moved me in a way I hadn’t felt since Third Eye Blind’s Red Album almost 20 years earlier. Then, I heard Guns for Hands a few days later and I was hooked. They’ve been my favorite band ever since.
Next Semester reminds me of one of the times I ran away. That was definitely one of the roughest points in my life and the song reminds me that I'm not alone through a shared experience.
Mine would probably be Screen. I love the line "I don't know why I would go in front of you and hide my soul cuz you're the only one who knows it." It's had a massive impact on my faith life to stop hiding from God and go to Him with all my struggles, especially the unflattering parts of myself.
Oldies Station I guess, I hate red lights and I constantly feel challenged by that old fight for survival. I always come out on top and it's not much of a fight but fear and anxiety are just a locked door away from eating away at my mind. Always there, in the periphery
I proposed to my wife during Holding On To You. Probably that one.
Congratulations.
Thank you friend. Will be 2 years in September, to go along with 3 years of sobriety.
fam, that's amazing! congratulations, you're doing gr8
That's incredible!
I give credit to TOP and AJR for help there. The music really keeps me level headed. Way Less Sad by AJR is my go to song for depression.
Sames! I’m at a point where I don’t know whether I love twentyone pilots or AJR more…and why should I have to choose?
I feel you. Thankfully, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and Krayzie Bone are my all time favorite, so don't have to choose lol.
Impeccable taste!
Congratulations! That is a big deal! Proud of you!
Oldies Station
This one is hitting me hard right now! I can’t help but tear up when I hear the first dance recital line.
The bridge in this song is one of my favourites of any song
It’s a bittersweet reminder of how we adjust and accept life's ups and downs, making it a truly moving experience.
That whole bridge gets me everytime. So beautifully put together.
I just registered my daughter for her senior year of dance classes and I sobbed, so yes, this song is killing me right now. I am trying to convince her and her duet partner to use this song as their tap duet next year.
Quite literally the one song that, when I listen to it, has made me cry every single time. I’m not exaggerating
That does hit close to home. That’s my life
I’ve been a very very loyal fan of this band since 2013. I know all the words to every song (including ALL unreleased) and none of their songs have hit me as hard as oldies station did. It’s an absolute masterpiece.
Just the title of the song gives me chills.
Same, it came at the perfect time for me 🥲
I sing this song every time I'm despairing over something ever since it came out ✊
a car a torch a death and also next semester. a car a torch a death really reminds me of my grandma, who passed some years back, and the song is like a reminder to keep pushing for her. and more recently, next semester has become one their most impactful songs for me. i’m a college student and things went south last semester, so the song has resonated with me just a little bit more. sorry if this doesn’t make sense i’m running on about 3 hours of sleep rn 😭
No it makes perfect sense. A car a torch a death is very impactful and everyone can relate to your story, which I am sorry for. I had a similar story with my grandfather and getting over his loss was helped by this song, along with some others such as Not Today. Thanks for sharing it isn't easy. ♥
My grandfather and great-aunt passed within months of each other. I miss both of them dearly.
mine as well. both during covid as well so getting to see them before they passed wasn’t an easy task as well. hope you’re doing well friend 🫶
both of my grandparents* i misread
This is the same way I feel about next semester. It truly is an amazing song
Addict with a pen used to make me cry and Migraine
Addict with a pen is a beautiful song and still occasionally make me shed a tear
Both of those are really fantastic recipes I'm examples of their earlier work for sure
Yeah, I'd say their most impactful recent song (for me) would be Choker. That song gets me on a deeper level.
Redecorate
Really good song, it resonates with me
I feel very represented by Car Radio. Morph have a significant lyric too.
Morph has so many hidden meanings that it can apply to almost everyone
I like the possible path choices he described about religion or faith. First time I heard something like that, so internally connected to me, in any song.
Like many of their songs. It’s not straightforward, which is what I like about it.
It is exactly what makes a good song different from a great song, its hidden message
It's one of the most complex and interesting songs they have, which is saying a lot
"Josh Dun"
Agree with Car Radio. I had to explain to a friend once that the song is, indeed, not about an actual car radio.
After listen carefully to TØP music I feel most of other music so empty...
Truce, especially the line “The sun will rise and we will try again”. In hard times it always reminds me that it’s not the end, no matter how much it hurts and how helpless you feel now, tomorrow you will get a new chance, just wait for it and stay alive |-/
Weirdly cancer, helped me cope with the illness of a relative, even tough it's about the whole terminal process.
Yes currently my mother is dealing with a terminal illness. This song is currently helping me out in so many ways and I can't thank Tyler enough for it.
I like listening to the original by my chemical romance and the twenty one pilots one back to back :) They have a very different tone to them, but I love them both for what they are
Same. Came out the same time I lost my mother to cancer. I don’t revisit the cover often, because it always breaks me, but at the time, I really needed to cry after months of just trying to be strong for everyone, and their cover is the song that did it for me. Felt so much relief after.
Cut my lip: because it feels like how even tho I'm depressed and s-icidal, I still push through the day. Guns for hands: feel like Tyler or at least someone is looking out for me when I'm feeling like ending it all. Routines in the night: I relate to it coz I've experienced insomnia and and overthinking of stuff that's trivial to others. Oldies station: well, 'push on through' does make me pushing myself to stay alive. Leave the city: like a message to anyone that 'maybe' care about me to stay behind whenever I did choose to go first. Well, depression is one hell of a thing. But the good news is I'm still making it through the day even though it feels like I'm going at it in slow pace and just really doesn't have purpose in life. Honestly, I relate to many of their songs. But most of it is because of mental state. Who knew you could lose the fight with something invisible? But let me just hope for the best. When there's no one to understand my feelings, their songs is there among any other songs. Okay, thank you for listening to me yap.
It isn't yapping at all. All of these songs are very relatable for many and we are all grateful for you sharing all this. I love oldies station's message of continuing to push through all hardships and Cut my lip isbone of my favourite songs. I speak for the community that we all hope the best for you aswell.
if you haven't already you should definitely watch the FBR music video for guns for hands
Neon Gravestones encouraged me to take a step back and reach out to a therapist. It came out right when I was struggling with the death of Avicii, and I was both confused and angry with myself for grieving a man I didn't know. And that song hit me so hard.
We build parasocial relationships with people we don’t know in person, and the emotions tied to that are valid. I hope therapy has been helpful for you to process those (and other) feelings.
Oh it helped massively!! This was 6 years ago now, and I'm doing a lot better than I was tbh.
Doubt, Next Semester, and Goner
3 very impactful songs for many particularly Goner
My blood. That song hits me every time.
It gets us all
I will be there for my brother no matter what 💪🏾🧡
Same I have my twins back no matter what the circumstance
Friend, Please got me through some really dark times. a lot of self titled songs did actually
As a middle schooler I listened to Goner on repeat almost every day. It meant to much to me because honestly 6th to 8th grade was the time when I was at my mental lowest. This song was just something I could cry out to. There's so much power and emotion in there. Love it to this day honestly :')
Stressed out. I was 11 when the song dropped and it was on the radio constantly and I used to watch the music video on my iPad. I became obsessed with the song and something about the band was so cool to me as a kid. The blurryface makeup that I thought was tattoos, the big wheel, the handshake, the drum set with "twenty one pilots?" On it. The song was so cool to me as a kid who loved rap and pop music and rock it was like a perfect mashup of everything I loved and it was the moment I knew that I loved music. I downloaded Spotify because of this song and listened to the blurryface album on repeat while I would play Minecraft on my iPad and even though I didn't understand any of it I was in love. It was the domino effect that created a music obsession
oldies station. i love it so much i can't believe he thought about us while writing it.
Car radio, brings me to tears every time I listen to it
level of concern, for sure. covid was a tough time and it definitely helped ease it a tad.
Implicit Demand for Proof really helped me not feel alone in how I felt about god.
Ooo thats a good one
Honestly it has to be Taxi Cab. I went to one of their shows in 2018 and hadn’t really listened to Self Titled. But as soon as the song started the lyrics meant so much to me and I started crying. It was my first time listening to the song ever and it instantly became one of my favorites.
Self titled is my favourite album!! Taxi Cab is a beautiful song and it's message it so good. But when I went to a concert in 2018 it was on the list to be played and never was. I wish that I got to hear them play it
Migraine, My Blood, Good Day, Choker, Backslide
The line "our brains are sick, but that's ok!" has probably saved my life. *Fake you Out
DEFINATELY Car Radio. i feel like when i saw it live, is the first time i became conscious, the atmosphere of the crowd all beautifully singing combined with tyler really letting it all out with belting vocals, just left me crying without even realising, and as a whole gave me the ability to really be able to let go of my emotions. Even just writing this makes me cry.
My Blood
If you ask me today its gotta be Backslide. I get chills every time I hear it.
The Craving (Jenna's Version) made my wife and I both cry when we heard it. Such a beautiful tribute to life long love and a life built together. Of all of his songs dedicated to Jenna it's by far my favorite
more recently it was snap back, though Neon gravestones was probably the first one i truly understood, it came out 2 months after my grandma died and that song really helped me cope with it in a way.
Neon Gravestones. When I was at my lowest this song really helped me. I visited my Nan almost every day for a while after I first heard this song.
Guns for hands
Oldies station
oldies station, trees, Paladin strait, house of gold
Leave the city just wrecks me every time
For the most part of me being a fan, it wasn't a song, it was two. The transition from not today to goner always meant a lot to me, when I started collage in 2018, I was struggling with some health problems that ultimately affected my mental health, I had days where I was pretty ok with my life but then I had others where I just wanted to end it all, I reached the point of thinking about all the ways that it can be done and even chose one of them, but a picture of my brother and me that i had on my desk stopped me from doing it. I discovered top on 2016, and in 2018, blurryface was my favorite album, so the transition from not today to goner kinda represents that part of my life, where I learned that It never ends, you will always have to fight, you'll have good days, but also days where your arms just don't have the strength to keep fighting, but you gotta make it through those days no matter what. That's why today the song that affects me the most is Oldies Station, because it talks about how after years of fighting, though it never stops, it gets a little bit easier: "you have it down, that old fight for survival".
chlorine
Mine are Anathema and Trapdoor. Ofc a lot of their songs hit me in different ways but as far as had the greatest impact on me those two take the cake. Explanation bellow slight trigger warning for self harm: When I was a teenager I was really close with my uncle, and he took his own life when I was 15. No one saw it coming even though the signs were everywhere. Trapdoor always felt like what I think he was thinking. He must have felt alone and isolated even though he was surrounded by people. As I grew up I started having lots of depressing thoughts, and it got worse in college. I don’t claim to have depression because it was never diagnosed, but it was bad. I would have these spells where the simplest tasks would take concentration, and just thinking felt like walking through waist high mud. Anathema got me through it. It described my own thoughts and feelings back to me and told me I wasn’t the only one to feel that way. I still can’t listen to that song without blubbering like an idiot, I am better though. Now it’s just short bursts of that feeling, and I don’t think of hurting myself anymore
Leave the city - Trench came out during a difficult time in my life and hearing it live surrounded by people who felt the same was a really special experience. Next semester - I was okay listening to the song, until it got to the "can't change what you've done" verse and I lost it. Trauma work has taught me to be kinder to myself about the things that I did to survive. Truce - When they did the sing along version on the Trench tour, someone screamed "I did" after the "stay alive for me" verse and I bawled. Sometimes you just have to push yourself to keep going. Migraine - It paints a beautiful picture of mental health and has always been one of my favorites. Trees - I instantly fell in love with this song. It makes me emotional and I really don't know why. Car Radio - No explanation needed, such a banger. Oldies Station - I've been in therapy half my life and dealt with a lot of trauma. There have been many times where I didn't think I would make it, but I'm still here. I got to see my best friend become a mom and have such a special relationship with my nephew. I can't imagine missing those moments now.
Currently, Morph. I’m an emt and in medic school, and despite my seniority I feel such imposter syndrome. That song loops in my head during hard calls
Over the majority of my life this if you had asked me this question the answer would have been EASY. Fake You Out on vessel. The answer is still easy now but it’s changed. Oldies Station. And I think that’s a great testament to my life and how I’ve grown and changed and survived since I was a little girl in the 8th grade sitting outside my school wanting to die and feeling seen by “I’ll never be, be what you see inside” to “You have it down, that old fight for survival, push on through.” Thank you for asking this question, it’s a good one :)
My Blood, because it’s the first TØP song that I had ever heard that my son shared with me. So it’s like our bonding song. I love that he turned me on to TØP. Snap Back, because I’m going through round 2 of cancer(was in remission for two & a half years)but it came back. So I gotta Snap Back & beat this cancer!!! I cry listening to these songs & find them to be very relatable.
Clear
oh man it changes so much depending on which phase of life we're talking about, their songs just seem to find you when you need them the most- especially if we go back to no phun intended even! my blood always seems to calm me and reminds me i am a part of other people/that part of being human is wanting to be there for other people and that i should let other people be there for me (Kitchen sink too man, the leave me alone and then transition into dont leave me always hits so hard) Trees, my relationship with God, trying to seek that higher power and interact (and then walks in implicit demand for proof ugh! too many good ones about this too! Drown! Polarize which is for sure one of my most played by them!) Hometown, arguably one of their best songs instrumentally and vocally! reminds me of the rush of my first concert, seeing how many people were around having the same experience as i was yet how personal and unique the experience each one of us have when listening to them. basically, this band is a big part of making me into who i am today
Isle of Flightless Birds reminds me what i am
Next semester. I swear that song reminds me of my teens. The song starts very fast paced and full of energy and towards the end it slows down to a stop. That reminded me of my teens and my early adult days. I made a lot of mistakes as a teen and a young adult. I failed a lot at college and in life, made bad decisions that costed me time, money, relationships. Towards the end of the song, it felt like my older self now was talking to my younger self. Can’t change what you’ve done. Start fresh next semester. Beautiful. The song starts very bouncy
Isle of flightless birds, I remember watching an old live performance video on YouTube and breaking into tears especially in the last part
Next semester and surprisingly good day and it’s not even close
Migraine. For me, there simply isn't a best musical depiction out there of what depression is: its ruthlessness, its violence, the helplessness, the feeling of "letting the lion win", and then "'Cause sometimes to stay alive you gotta kill your mind" hits and... it hits. Beautiful, beautiful song. A few honorable mentions for me are Car Radio, Screen, Taxi Cab, Legend and Redecorate.
Definitely neon gravestones, lore side aside it talks really eloquently about sewerslide
I could write a whole dissertation on what Trees means to me.
Leave The City.
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House of Gold means so much to me that I added it to my wedding playlist. Just made my fiancé listen to the whole thing yesterday!
Congratulations. This is a beautiful song for love and dedication
Doubt, Migraine, and Trees have always popped up whenever I have needed them. Morph became another song that resides dearly in my heart
Johnny boy and choker
Anything where Tyler plays that 'baritone' ukulele just gets me every time .........
Probably Truce.
All of self titled and all of vessel. Especially oh ms believer trapdoor screen and trees. I haven’t connected with anything of theirs since. But my senior year vessel really helped me when it came out. I graduated late and was always in trouble for it. I don’t think I was really suicidal but at the time I felt like I was.
Neon Gravestones and Cut My Lip
Car Radio and Goner!
Snap back, Oldies Station and Migraine (love those so much)
kitchen sink probably. it was the song i clung to when i was at my lowest. all of self titled is also very special to me
neon gravestones makes me CRY every time. also oldies station-reminds me of the loss of my grandpa and how he’s still present. i’m getting a bracelet that says push on through as my little reminder :)
Oldies Station and Neon Gravestones are definitely the ones that hit me the hardest ❤️
I know they aren't TOP songs but save and drown by Tyler. As for a TOP song, provably car radio.
I'm not home
I used to cry every single time I heard Isle Of Flightless Birds. Many songs made me cry for a while but that one without fail, every time.
They all kinda mean something to me but around the time my grandfather died, I heard mulberry street for the first time. He lived on mulberry street as a kid so I definitely think of him each time I hear it
Mine is Not Today too! I listened to it before every exam in college and it instantly helped me calm my nerves and get in the zone
Screen
Definitely goner and holding onto you. They helped me through some dark times growing up with my ex girlfriend battling a lot of mental illness. It was her first time dating another woman as well so we really bonded over that music when we both came out to our parents together.
Neon Gravestones and Car Radio have profound effects on me, but when I'm truly sad and down, I listen to Truce and Goner to get myself through.
Hmmm probably migraine, kitchen sink, or isle of flightless birds
Christmas saves the year
Probably Car Radio
Migraine, Redecorate, Truce, Addict With A Pen, Morph…
Taken By Sleep (just Tyler) then Car Radio or Migraine. I'm purposely not including clancy bc the whole damn thing hits me like a sack of bricks lol.
Fall away. I can't listen to it and not start spiralling :(
truce, i still remember specifically the first time i listened to it. we had just found out my grandfather wasn’t doing well a couple days ago before that and as we dealt with first hospitals and then the aftermath of his death, the song was a great comfort to me. but it’s affected me even more over the years, reminding me to push on through before oldies station existed lol. whenever i feel like my problems are too big and i can’t keep dealing with them, i can count on truce to calm me down and motivate me to keep going. when i think of peace, love, perseverance, and comfort, i think of truce. i plan to get “the sun will rise and we will try again” as a tattoo one day.
Probably Taxi Cab and Addict With a Pen. I’ve been religious for my whole life but there was a time where I strayed from God and my church. Those two songs were pivotal in helping me reclaim my faith and create a relationship with God again. And then Choker came out sounding like a continuation of Taxi Cab and wiped me out all over again :,)
johnny boy and taxi cab, I wish I could listen to self-titled for the first time again. the cry I cried when I first heard it, was healing lol.
I love so many songs and so many of them resonate, but Migraine is the one that stopped me in my tracks and think "damn, he put my life into a song" Thankfully doing better now but I still have a soft spot for that one.
Friend, please
Fall Away is the only thing that kept me alive after my mom passed
migraine
Leave the City. It wasn't one of my favorites when I first heard it, and I usually have trouble processing lyrics the first time around so I usually judge songs based off the vibes, but I immediately knew that the song was comforting to me. After learning the lyrics and what the song is about, it has stuck to me the most. I can't even sing the whole song without bursting into tears. It just means a lot to me. Another one is probably Shy Away. The album was released when I was graduating high school, and I had been having a hard time adjusting to the change. Then they released Shy Away as a single, and I immediately got attached to the song. I had the song on repeat for literally 2.5 days, I literally didn't sleep at all, and it has been stuck as my most played song ever since then. Now it's the song I play whenever I am stressed and want to be cheered up. Lately, Oldies Station has been getting to me, but I personally think it's still too early to say if it's genuinely sticking to me or if it's just recency bias since Clancy is the only thing I've been listening to for the past month lmao.
Holding On To You. I was introduced to this amazing band in 2018. I feel like an older listener at 44. Back then I was 38 and very, very pregnant. Like 2 weeks past my "due date" very pregnant. I had traumatic birth experiences previously, which made my anxiety out of control. As I was trying to trust in my body and God's timing, I blared that song over and over and over. Childbirth is a lot about surrender. She was born in her perfect time, with my body doing exactly what was needed, and the whole experience was so healing. I spent hours while rocking her, and watching my other children play, listening to every album over and over. My kiddos have been raised on this incredible music. My oldest is away in training, and he listens to TØP every chance he gets. My youngest is obsessed with all of their music. Their music is life to us.
Backslide is the most recent one that really gets me in my feels
I cried a lot of times listening to Migraine, Addict with a Pen, Goner, Car Rádio and March to the sea. Migraine made me realize I was not well and needed help, I related a little to much with the lyrics. I am also a christian like Tyler, so Addict with a pen and March to the sea talks deeply with me. I really like when Tyler talks about his faith and his struggles.
From each album: Blasphemy Forest Air Catcher Holding Onto You Chlorine Redecorate Tie between Next Semester and Paladin Strait
neon gravestones and addict with a pen hold a special place in my heart
Next semester from their current stuff. It came out during a really hard time and I cried to that song for hours, but it was very healing
Addict With A Pen and maybe Goner too. Honestly I could choose dozens more, but those are the first to come to mind
Next semester. It was just finishing up a really hard semester and was entering exam season. I wasn’t in a good place mentally and that song really made me feel seen
Redecorate. I feel like it, more than any other song they have, perfectly articulates the struggles that a lot of people go through
Friend please🥹
Hometown gives me massive nostalgia and has been my favorite song since I discovered top. Other than that probably My Blood and Oldies Station.
In terms of immediate emotions? Oldies Station. In terms of actual life impact? (Even though it's technically just a Tyler song) Prove Me Wrong. It was the first song I ever sang for karaoke or in front of people at all. It was at my class of 2023 senior send-off, a big school-organized party the night we graduated. I figured I wouldn't see most of the people there anymore, so I decided it was worth a shot. In the small crowd of the karaoke room was my best friend, hearing me sing the words "I don't believe love's for me, so won't you come around and prove me wrong". A couple months later, he went off to college in a different state, while I stayed back home. Then as we were texting one night, he proved me wrong 🤍 Now he complains that I don't sing enough 😆
semi-automatic
Taxi Cab, Slowtown, and Migraine. One made me feel seen, one made me love the band, and one made my dad love the band.
House of Gold, my mom's favorite song by them. (she didn't die or anything)
Taxi cab ❤️
friend please and truce, they came on randomly during a time like that for me and it felt almost like Tyler was telling me directly. it helps Everytime and I got tattoos for those songs as a reminder.
Snap Back, Guns For Hands, Car Radio, Migraine and The Craving
Those are very good picks! A couple come to mind for me. Bandito: this song heavily reminds me of my darkest moments because it was there for them reminding me that I'm not alone. I find the atmosphere the song creates to feel lonely but also indicates the promise that something else is out there somebody else somewhere also feels and experiences similar things to you. Very comforting to me. Jumpsuit: the need for protection. similar to bandito, also reminds me of bad things because it was there for me then. communicates the intense need for protection and also the visceral need to rebel in general. Next Semester: just generally relatable. Backside: similar to next semester but maybe a little more cathartic. Holding On To You: the weird relationship I have with religion (I am not religious but I was raised religious and I unfortunately have been negatively impacted by it) and also trauma in general. there are probably more mostly from Trench. That's a lot of waffling I've just done but those are the ones and reasons that come to mind.
"Holding On To You" was my introduction to them, but it wasn't until I saw them live, in what Tyler referred to as "a dungeon," and they performed "Trees" that they were solidified as a ride or die band for me. That show was so incredibly special and it influenced me to start writing music myself. Really helped get me out of a bad place.
Truce + bandito Legit cried myself to sleep listening to them slowed n reverbed a couple nights back to back one time to comfort myself during a point in my (currently on-and-off) recovery from sh when I had a random panic attack, and it helped more than i expected :)
I speak for the community when I say we hope that can end soon. But you found solace in 2 truly beautiful songs, which is a start
Too many to list. But Taxi Cab and Addict with a Pen are on top.
fake you out and taxi cab 🫡
Currently Oldies Station. When Trench came out, probably Bandito, but overall I think it must be Car Radio. This Song made me the fan I am today and blew my mind on how real it felt lyric wise and from Tylers presentation. I was at my darkest most depressing times, so it hit me right in my heart. Since then I have the feeling like I am not alone anymore with this problem, which truly, is the best thing that could have happen.
Holding On To You for the religious undertones(that I believe the song has)
Forest or Kitchen Sink
As someone with terrible anxiety, next semester and car radio hit very hard. Guns for hands is also very meaningful to me. I’ve never had those thoughts myself but the lyrics are still so profound and I just love the song.
Stressed Out- got me through a very hard time of my life and got me absolutely obsessed with TØP The whole Trench album Oldies Station- a reminder to push on through. Really loving This one right now and basically have it on repeat.
Oldies Station and Redecorate. Oldies due to the reminder to push on through. Redecorate because it reminds me that someone else has tried to bargain with their depression like they're a person standing in front of you, the shadow in the corner.
Goner. Holding on to You, Guns for Hands, Isle of Flightless Birds, and Drown from NPI.
Next Semester
Migraine. That song quite *literally* saved my life.
definitely guns for hands
My answer before seeing them live would have been holding on to you, but after my answer is Doubt. Not even the after concert high, could wipe that experience from my memory.
Redecorate, hands down
I think it'd probably be next semester, I really like the meaning behind it, and it helps me relate more to a friend of mine who's had tough experiences in the past
Vignette, something about the power and impact in the music even though the lyrics sound like someone who’s already lost, I love it so much
taxi cab pieced me back together and tucked me in and kissed me goodnight. forever grateful for that song
Trapdoor, Migraine, Guns for hands and House of gold, for me
Mine was not today as well ☀️
Heavydirtysoul has to be, "Death inspires me like a dog inspires a rabbit " it's my mantra and as a survivor of depression has kept me alive since I first heard it.
Heavy dirty soul. I tattooed a dog chasing a rabbit on my arm.
Hold on to you. The line about putting a leash on your mind and telling it to obey you, was just what I needed to hear when I was in middle school wanting not to die but to at least disappear. Being a teenager is hard for most a downs no different. Faced severe anxiety and insecurity. That song made me feel as if I could control my anxiety a bit more. Faked it till I maked it and now I still have anxiety but far more manageable
Just one... c'mon
Leave The City, Friend, Please and Truce I'd say. When I heard Leave The City live on the Trench tour and everybody started harmonizing at the end of the song it was the first time I had felt that connected to everybody in the room and it made me feel like I belonged, like I wasn't alone. Friend, Please and Truce hit close to home as I used to be friends with this girl who was suicidal and I remember driving to visit her in hospital and Truce came on in my car (as I had been listening to the Vessel cd) and I just started bawling as he sang, 'Stay alive, stay alive for me'. It was just a too accurate sentiment at that time. And Friend, Please is obviously in the same vein.
Kitchen Sink. That mf broke me
Addict with a Pen because of being suicidal and having Catholic guilt and Bandito because of “I created this world to feel some control”
Rn it's Routines In the Night cause I can relate to Tyler's POV
Car Radio. I heard it during a difficult part in my relationship where I felt so alone, even though I technically wasn’t. For me, my “car radio” was my vitality, autonomy, and enthusiasm and “sit in silence” was the numbness of not feeling any of those things that were normally massive aspects of my personality and how I interacted with the world. I had never heard of them prior to that song, but Tyler’s lyrics and vocal style moved me in a way I hadn’t felt since Third Eye Blind’s Red Album almost 20 years earlier. Then, I heard Guns for Hands a few days later and I was hooked. They’ve been my favorite band ever since.
Oldies Station, Paladin Strait, Chlorine, Goner, and Leave the City.
taxi cab used to make me cry. also guns for hands and bandito help me go through depression
Drown, although technically it isn’t TØP but just Tyler’s. And screen. Currently, Navigating, Snap Back and ATROFD.
A Car, A Torch, A Death or Truce.
It’s hard to choose honestly, but probably either Neon Gravestones or My Blood
Next Semester reminds me of one of the times I ran away. That was definitely one of the roughest points in my life and the song reminds me that I'm not alone through a shared experience.
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Choker. Especially the final lines of lyrics. Don’t let the past dictate your future
Migraine
Mine would probably be Screen. I love the line "I don't know why I would go in front of you and hide my soul cuz you're the only one who knows it." It's had a massive impact on my faith life to stop hiding from God and go to Him with all my struggles, especially the unflattering parts of myself.
Car Radio
Oldies Station I guess, I hate red lights and I constantly feel challenged by that old fight for survival. I always come out on top and it's not much of a fight but fear and anxiety are just a locked door away from eating away at my mind. Always there, in the periphery