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| Name = Choker | | Name = Choker | ||
| Artist = [[Twenty One Pilots]] | | Artist = [[Twenty One Pilots]] | ||
| Album = [[ | | Album = [[Scaled And Icy|Scaled and Icy]] | ||
| Cover = Scaled and Icy cover 2024.jpg | | Cover = Scaled and Icy cover 2024.jpg | ||
| Recorded = 2019 - | | Recorded = 2019 - 2020 | ||
| Released = April 30, 2021 | | Released = April 30, 2021 | ||
| Format = Digital | | Format = Digital | ||
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|[[Scaled And Icy|''Scaled and Icy'']] | |[[Scaled And Icy|''Scaled and Icy'']] | ||
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|2019- | |2019-2020 | ||
| | |30 April 2021 | ||
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Musically, “Choker” is reminiscent of Twenty One Pilots' older style (e.g. 2009’s “[[Addict With A Pen| Addict with a Pen]]”) with its slow tempo, bright sound and the poetic rap included at the end. | Musically, “Choker” is reminiscent of Twenty One Pilots' older style (e.g. 2009’s “[[Addict With A Pen| Addict with a Pen]]”) with its slow tempo, bright sound and the poetic rap included at the end. | ||
Its release was first teased on April 28, 2021 on the premium page ''live.twentyonepilots.com'' for fans who purchased tickets to the Scaled and Icy | Its release was first teased on April 28, 2021 on the premium page ''live.twentyonepilots.com'' for fans who purchased tickets to the [[Scaled And Icy Livestream Concert|Scaled and Icy Livestream Concert]]. The official announcement of the single and its accompanying music video was later made public the following morning via a teaser on Twitter. Fans who purchased tickets to the aforementioned livestream received access to behind-the-scenes content 30 minutes before the song and video’s midnight release. <ref name=":0">https://genius.com/Twenty-one-pilots-choker-lyrics</ref> | ||
== Lyrics == | == Lyrics == | ||
==== Lyrics ==== | |||
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|[Intro] | |||
Mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm | |||
Mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm | |||
[Verse 1] | |||
I don't bother anyone | |||
Nervous when I stand | |||
Chokin' on the circumstance | |||
Only smokin' secondhand (Mm-mm) | |||
Cut us open, spread us out (Mm-mm) | |||
Dry us in the sand (Mm-mm) | |||
Lay the fibers side by side (Mm-mm) | |||
And you'll begin to understand (Mm-mm) | |||
[Chorus] | |||
I know it's over | |||
I was born a choker | |||
Nobody's comin' for me | |||
Comin' for me | |||
[Post-Chorus] | |||
Mm-mm (I know it's over) | |||
Mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm | |||
[Verse 2] | |||
I don't bother anyone | |||
Never make demands | |||
Chokin' on the circumstance | |||
Self-sabotage is a sweet romance (Mm-mm) | |||
Seems like all I'm worth is what I'm able to withstand (Mm-mm) | |||
Sooner I can realize that pain is just a middleman | |||
[Chorus] | |||
I know it's over | |||
I was born a choker | |||
Nobody's comin' for me | |||
[Bridge] | |||
I see no volunteers to co-sign on my fears | |||
I'll sign on the line | |||
Alone, I'm gonna change my circumstance | |||
I know I need to move right now | |||
[Chorus] | |||
'Cause I know it's over | |||
I was born a choker | |||
Nobody's comin' for me (Only smokin' secondhand) | |||
I know it's over | |||
I was born a choker | |||
Nobody's comin' for me | |||
Comin' for me | |||
[Verse 3] | |||
Like a little splinter buried in your skin | |||
Someone else can carve it out but when you've got the pin | |||
It hurts a little less and you can even push it further in | |||
When your body's screamin' out, trust your mind's listenin' | |||
Like a silhouette that you can barely see | |||
As a shadow cast upon the ground where you'll eventually | |||
Lay forever, but the day goes on, the sun moves behind you | |||
You get taller, bolder, stronger, and the rearview only blinds you | |||
[Outro] | |||
Mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm | |||
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==== Lyrics meaning ==== | |||
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|On their previous album [[Trench]], the song [[Leave The City|''Leave the City'']] has a reoccurring line: “They know that it’s almost over”, similar to "I know it's over" in ''Choker''. | |||
The thing that is «almost over» is Tyler’s search for a path, especially related to faith. Him saying that he knows it’s over could mean he feels like he knows the answer to the question of where he is going. | |||
Throughout the previous album [[Trench]], the Banditos, who represent people close to you, are seen trying to guide and help Tyler out of Dema, a metaphor for bad mental health. In ''Choker'', when he is saying that “Nobody’s comin’ for me”, he could be saying there is no saving him. | |||
This could unfortunately mean that the path he feels like he knows now is a faithless path that the demons of Dema, or his dark thoughts, are in control of.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
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| style="text-align:center;" |all meanings of the lyrics are taken from the [https://genius.com/artists/Twenty-one-pilots Genius] website | |||
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== Music Video == | == Music Video == | ||
<youtube>2sBRnnnZyFw&list=OLAK5uy_mWi58qXdT_91U-UbVdeUetIeOR09_tDH4&index=2</youtube> | <youtube>2sBRnnnZyFw&list=OLAK5uy_mWi58qXdT_91U-UbVdeUetIeOR09_tDH4&index=2</youtube> | ||