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 is the emotion controlling side of the brain. I don't know how true this is, but it makes sense, (I can't compare, since obviously I can't just switch which side brain I think in terms of, and also I'm left handed.) It does seem true though, I do seem less invested in emotions than right handed people, although that probably is just me. (Not trying to offend any left-handed person.) Then, second verse, which has my favorite line in the entire album. "Tie a noose around your mind, loose enough to breathe fine and tie it to a tree and tell it you belong to me this ain't a noose this is a leash and I have news for you you must obey me." This is almost certainly a metaphor of depression. In my experience of depression, you can't just push it away, but you have to take command of it, you control the depression, it doesn't control you. You can't pretend it isn't there, and you can't really fight it either. It's there, but you are on the controlling end of the leash. With that out of the way, we have a slight change from the first section, he has a little section where he says "entertain my faith" 12 times, and the part with "is it time to move our feet... ECT." There's probably a good reason for this section, but this part seems just like a filler part of the song. Each of these second parts make sense, and can tie into the song in a couple different ways, but to me it doesn't make sense in context of the depression stand point he had just a minute earlier. My best explanation of the quartet of breath stealing fast parts, (the "is it time to move our feet" section) is that he is trying to say that a lot of the music is meaningless in a way where the meaning of the songs aren't relatable. I do not believe this to be true though, even the most uncreative lyrics or the dumbest lyrics do mean something, even if it is very little. So to wrap up, what is the last part of this song? Well, it's a mixture of good and bad for me. I think it's super catchy for a TøP song, and it is quite good lyrics, I just don't think it ties into the rest of the song well.
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 is the emotion controlling side of the brain. I don't know how true this is, but it makes sense, (I can't compare, since obviously I can't just switch which side brain I think in terms of, and also I'm left handed.) It does seem true though, I do seem less invested in emotions than right handed people, although that probably is just me. (Not trying to offend any left-handed person.) Then, second verse, which has my favorite line in the entire album. "Tie a noose around your mind, loose enough to breathe fine and tie it to a tree and tell it you belong to me this ain't a noose this is a leash and I have news for you you must obey me." This is almost certainly a metaphor of depression. In my experience of depression, you can't just push it away, but you have to take command of it, you control the depression, it doesn't control you. You can't pretend it isn't there, and you can't really fight it either. It's there, but you are on the controlling end of the leash. With that out of the way, we have a slight change from the first section, he has a little section where he says "entertain my faith" 12 times, and the part with "is it time to move our feet... ECT." There's probably a good reason for this section, but this part seems just like a filler part of the song. Each of these second parts make sense, and can tie into the song in a couple different ways, but to me it doesn't make sense in context of the depression stand point he had just a minute earlier. My best explanation of the quartet of breath stealing fast parts, (the "is it time to move our feet" section) is that he is trying to say that a lot of the music is meaningless in a way where the meaning of the songs aren't relatable. I do not believe this to be true though, even the most uncreative lyrics or the dumbest lyrics do mean something, even if it is very little. So to wrap up, what is the last part of this song? Well, it's a mixture of good and bad for me. I think it's super catchy for a TøP song, and it is quite good lyrics, I just don't think it ties into the rest of the song well.
What is my opinion on Holding on to you?
Like I said, it's one of my less favorites, it's still on the top half of the album, where I like it better than half the songs. While I love it though, there's something about it that seems a little too filler in a way, as it seems a little black sheep to me. You're probably thinking, "But Joseph, Holding on to you is my favorite Twenty one pilots song. Does it mean that I'm not as good of a fan as you?" NO! Absolutely not, if you really like this song, I don't blame you, it's just it isn't my personal favorite. To end this post, I'll have to put my rating, and a small side note.
My rating for this song has to be a 7/10. Still high, considering how judgemental I am when I listen to the radio, giving almost all the songs that I've never heard a easy 1/10. There's the part of me that loves twisting that kaleidoscope behind both of my eyes, to skew my vision on music.
Like I said, it's one of my less favorites, it's still on the top half of the album, where I like it better than half the songs. While I love it though, there's something about it that seems a little too filler in a way, as it seems a little black sheep to me. You're probably thinking, "But Joseph, Holding on to you is my favorite Twenty one pilots song. Does it mean that I'm not as good of a fan as you?" NO! Absolutely not, if you really like this song, I don't blame you, it's just it isn't my personal favorite. To end this post, I'll have to put my rating, and a small side note.
My rating for this song has to be a 7/10. Still high, considering how judgemental I am when I listen to the radio, giving almost all the songs that I've never heard a easy 1/10. There's the part of me that loves twisting that kaleidoscope behind both of my eyes, to skew my vision on music.
*Sidenote.
This was actually supposed to be the run and go as well, but I just kept typing about this song. Don't worry, I'll do it, eventually. I may combine two songs if I can, so it isn't so monotonous to read, but if it goes like this, it's what you get.
This was actually supposed to be the run and go as well, but I just kept typing about this song. Don't worry, I'll do it, eventually. I may combine two songs if I can, so it isn't so monotonous to read, but if it goes like this, it's what you get.
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