Heavydirtysoul

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Heavydirtysoul
Song by Twenty One Pilots from the album Blurryface
ReleasedDecember 9, 2016
FormatDigital
Length3:55
Time signature4/4
Tempo130
KeyG
ComposerTwenty One Pilots
LyricistTyler Joseph
WriterTyler Joseph
ProducerTyler Joseph, Josh Dun, Ricky Reed
LabelFueled by Ramen
Stream / Buy
Twenty One Pilots track listing
  1. Heavydirtysoul
  2. Stressed Out
  3. Ride
  4. Fairly Local
  5. Tear In My Heart
  6. Lane Boy
  7. The Judge
  8. Doubt
  9. Polarize
  10. We Don't Believe What's On TV
  11. Message Man
  12. Hometown
  13. Not Today
  14. Goner

Heavydirtysoul is the 1st track on the album, Blurryface as well as the 2nd song on the collaborative EP, TOPxMM

Background

Heavydirtysoul” opens with a genre-bending flurry of raps and industrial beats. It sets the tone for the rest of the album as an exploration of the Blurryface character created by singer Tyler Joseph.

The song was featured on the Madden NFL 16 and the WWE2K16 soundtracks.

The verses of this song are taken directly from Joseph’s “Street Poetry”.[1]

Versions

Studio

Title Releas Length Recorded Released Notes
Heavydirtysoul Blurryface 3:55 2014-2015 17 May 2015
Heavydirtysoul Remix Ft. MUTEMATH TOPxMM 3:48 Nov-Dec 2016 18 Dec 2016 Heavydirtysoul, along with other songs from the Blurryface Era were re-recorded for the TOPxMM EP

Live

Lyrics

Lyrics

Album version
[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

There's an infestation in my mind's imagination

I hope that they choke on smoke

'Cause I'm smokin' them out the basement

This is not rap, this is not hip-hop

Just another attempt to make the voices stop

Rappin' to prove nothin', just writin' to say somethin'

'Cause I wasn't the only one who wasn't rushin' to sayin' nothin'

This doesn't mean I lost my dream

It's just right now I got a really crazy mind to clean

[Pre-Chorus]

Gangsters don't cry, therefore, therefore I'm (I'm)

Mr. Misty-eyed, therefore I'm (I'm)

[Chorus]

Can you save, can you save my

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

Can you save, can you save my

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

For me, for me (Uh)

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

For me, for me (Uh)

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

[Verse 2]

Nah, I didn't understand a thing you said

If I didn't know better, I'd guess you're all already dead

Mindless zombies walkin' around with a limp and a hunch

Sayin' stuff like, "You only live once"

You've got one time to figure it out

One time to twist and one time to shout

One time to think and I say we start now

Sing it with me if you know what I'm talkin' about

[Pre-Chorus]

Gangsters don't cry, therefore, therefore I'm (I'm)

Mr. Misty-eyed, therefore I'm (I'm)

[Chorus]

Can you save, can you save my

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

Can you save, can you save my

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

For me, for me (Uh)

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

For me, for me (Uh)

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

[Bridge]

Death inspires me like a dog inspires a rabbit

Death inspires me like a dog inspires a rabbit

[Chorus]

Can you save, can you save my

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

Can you save, can you save my

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

For me, for me (Uh)

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

For me, for me (Uh)

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

[Outro]

Can you save, can you save my, save my

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

Can you save, can you save my, save my

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

EP version
[Verse 1: Tyler Joseph]

There's an infestation in my mind’s imagination

I hope that they choke on smoke

'Cause I’m smoking them out the basement

This is not rap, this is not hip-hop

Just another attempt to make the voices stop

Rappin' to prove nothin', just writin' to say somethin'

'Cause I wasn't the only one who wasn’t rushin' to sayin' nothin'

This doesn’t mean I lost my dream

It’s just right now I got a really crazy mind to clean

[Pre-Chorus: Tyler Joseph]

Gangsters don't cry, therefore, therefore I'm

Mr. Misty-eyed, therefore I'm

[Chorus: Tyler Joseph & Paul Meany]

Can you save, can you save my

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

Can you save, can you save my

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

For me, for me, oh

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

For me, for me, oh

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

[Verse 2: Tyler Joseph]

Nah, I didn't understand a thing you said

If I didn’t know better, I'd guess you’re all already dead

Mindless zombies walkin' around with a limp and a hunch

Sayin' stuff like, “You only live once"

You've got one time to figure it out

One time to twist and one time to shout

One time to think and I say we start now

Sing it with me if you know what I’m talkin' about

[Pre-Chorus: Tyler Joseph]

Gangsters don't cry, therefore, therefore I'm

Mr. Misty-eyed, therefore I’m

[Chorus: Tyler Joseph & Paul Meany]

Can you save, can you save my

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

Can you save, can you save my

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

For me, for me, oh

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

For me, for me, oh

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

[Bridge: Tyler Joseph]

Death inspires me like a dog inspires a rabbit

Death inspires me like a dog inspires a rabbit

[Chorus: Tyler Joseph & Paul Meany]

Can you save, can you save my

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

Can you save, can you save my

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

For me, for me, oh

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

For me, for me, oh

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

[Outro: Tyler Joseph]

Can you save, can you save my, save my

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

Can you save, can you save, save my, save my

Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

Lyrics meaning

Lyrics
In a nutshell, “Heavydirtysoul” addresses how, although Tyler seems strong, he’s emotional and has depressing thoughts in his mind that he wishes weren’t there and how he wants to be saved.

Music is Tyler’s way to deal with his problems, and throughout the 2015 album Blurryface he tells us he might not be alive if he didn’t do so.

Heavydirtysoul” reveals how Tyler thinks how he “didn’t lose his mind but he has a crazy mind to clean.”

A bigger purpose of the song is how people look up to him. The entire song compares himself to a gangster, or looked up figure in some people’s lives, whether it has a good or bad correlation. Usually, people think of role models as strong people, but the song is about Tyler and how people look up to him, but he’s not a hero. He’s a person who has feelings and expresses them.

In a 2019 interview, Andrew Donoho, the music video director, explained that the car falling apart symbolized the self-destructive nature of the ideas expressed in “Heavydirtysoul” and that similar to the car exploding after Tyler jumps out people need to put off such a mentality before they self-destruct completely. The wordings, like “heavy” and “dirty,” of the song and its title inspired the use of a car for the director.[1]

all meanings of the lyrics are taken from the Genius website

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