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Vessel, part 2. Holding on to you

Before I start, I want to say this. I am trying hard not to be biased, but I love Twenty One Pilots, I think they are great musical artists, and also appeals to me personally. So that's why on the second part of the Vessel review, I'll try and put my less favorite songs on the list next. (Plus it makes sense that Holding on to you comes after Ode to Sleep). Holding on to you This song start with a line that is really good at catching your attention, "I'm taking over my body". Then afterwards, it goes into quite a long spiel of "rap" or whatever you call Tyler's singing. Just to note, the first section is just getting started. I found out of all the songs on this album, this is the one I found hardest to keep up to. Anyway, to keep going. After the first section, he says, "You are surrounding on my surroundings, sounding down the mountain range of my left side brain." I heard someone say that he says left side brain because the left side ...

Vessel-Twenty One pilots, Part 1, Ode to sleep.

I wake up fine and dandy,... Good morning, 2018! I'm super bored, and I've also wanted to do this for a while, so here we go. 1. Ode to sleep This song is quite the start to the album. It's a mix of every type of music, starting with a rock/fast "rap" section. I never did a words to second count, but I know it was pretty fast, and flows in a weird way. Then, the song starts to slow down, then leads into a happy little pop section, (no Bob Ross puns intended) that's actually quite upbeat, but it also is Tyler saying how he gets scared of his demons that haunt him at night, but also is telling them that his is "Insignificant. What does it do for you to harass me?" Then, it starts slowing down again, and reverts back into the dark rock/rap section, like the first, but probably one of the fastest words per second section in almost any song, to my count, it's 72 words in about 12 seconds, (for those of you that don't have a calculator, or t...