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The meaning of the lyrics of the song "Drown" by the artist "twenty one pilots"

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The song "Drown" by Twenty One Pilots is a complex tapestry of metaphors and imagery depicting the inner struggle of the lyrical protagonist. He is torn between the desire to be better and the awareness of his own depravity.

"Murder" in this context symbolizes not a physical act but rather a betrayal or destruction of something important - ideals, relationships, himself. The hero realizes the gravity of his actions ("blood on the floor") and craves cleansing ("Can you wash me clean?").

"Drowning" can be interpreted as a complete immersion in despair, surrender to one's own demons, or as a symbol of radical transformation, the death of the old "self" and the birth of a new one.

The image of the "wall" embodies the barriers that the hero builds for himself, his resistance to change. "Dark bloodstains" are a reminder of past mistakes that are impossible to escape.

The "key to the door" is a metaphor for the opportunity to change one's life. The hero feels poor not materially but spiritually, deprived of strength and hope.

"9 crimes" and "9 lives" are references to the saying about cats, hinting at the cyclical nature of the hero's mistakes and his belief that he still has a chance to fix everything.

The "blood" that soaked the hero's body is a symbol of his sins, which he cannot hide. He aspires to grow ("Is there a way to grow?"), but doubts the possibility of redemption.

In the final part of the song, the "ocean" becomes a metaphor for hopelessness, despair bordering on suicidal thoughts. The hero is torn between darkness ("the ocean is black") and glimmers of hope ("lightning illuminates the sky").

"Drown" is a cry for help addressed to a higher power or to oneself, a plea for forgiveness and a chance for a new beginning.

Here I come, come to you

In the very clothes

That I killed, killed you in and

Now I know

I'm alone

I walk to you, rain falls from you

Can you wash me

Can you drown me

I wanna be a lot of things

So much pent up inside of me

I wanna be strong, too long

I've sat here undecidedly

Planning strategy

Half of me knows it's all just a fallacy

Failing miserably, drastically

And then I crash dramatically

Into a wall I've hit a hundred times before

And yet I still ignore the dark red blood stains

On the floor and I'm back

In front of you lord

With blood on the floor

Is the blood mine or yours?

Don't wanna do this anymore

Back and forth between being me and me

And who you call me to be

You see a man, free,

Who thinks he has to buy a key to a door

But he can't 'cause he's poor

And he can't fall down anymore

'Cause he's already on the floor

And his heart is broken and all

And this is his scar

But it's warm from cry

'Cause he will try nine times

Realize nine crimes

But he has more than nine lives

So he picks himself up

And keeps climbing for the prize

Again...

Here I come, again to you

Just to show that blood soaked through

Through my bones, and all I own

Is there a way for me to grow?

I walk to you, rain falls from you

Can you wash me?

Can you drown me?

Please...

Every time I feel selfish ambition

Is taking my vision

My crime is my sentence

Repentance is taking commission

It's taking a toll

On my soul

I'm screaming submission and

I don't know if I am dying or living

'Cause I will save face

For name's sake

Abuse grace

Take aim to obtain a new name

And a newer place

But my name is lame

I can't walk and I ain't the same

And my name became

A new destiny to the grave

They say the ocean's blue

But it's black right now

In the dark, on the sand

Looking out at my crowd

Depression and drowning singing now their full parts

And lightning reveals where the ocean stops

And the sky starts

I've been told by the sky

That the ocean I shall win

But it's hard for me to see

Where ocean stops and sky begins

Random strikes of light remind me of what is true

But right now the ocean's blacker than black

The sky is too (is too)

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