Forest by Twenty One Pilots

To preface these lyrics, I will say only that I love this song because it talks about the direness of humanity so truthfully, yet not without acknowledging that we have hope beyond our human condition. I hope you take the time to let the words sink into your mind and stir your heart. 

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I don't know why I feed on emotion
There's a stomach inside my brain
I don't want to be heard, I want to be listened to
Does it bother anyone else that someone else has your name?

I scream, you scream, we all scream
'Cause we're terrified of what's around the corner
We stay in place 'cause we don't want to lose our lives
So let's think of something better

Down in the forest we'll sing a chorus
One that everybody knows
Hands held higher, we'll be on fire
Singing songs that nobody wrote. 

Quickly moving towards the storm
Moving forward, torn into pieces
Over reasons of what these storms are for
I don't understand why everything I adore
Takes a different form when I squint my eyes

Have you ever done that, when you squint your eyes
And your eyelashes make it look a little not right
And when just enough light comes from just the right side
And you find that you're not who you're supposed to be?

This is not what you're supposed to see


Please, remember me? 


I am supposed to be king of the king


swinging on the swing, something happened in my imagination
The situation's becoming dire, my treehouse is on fire
And for some reason I smell gas on my hands
This is not what I had planned



Down in the forest we'll sing a chorus
One that everybody knows
Hands held higher, we'll be on fire
Singing songs that nobody wrote. 

To listen to the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCet_eeSItM