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# [[Guns | # [[Guns For Hands]] | ||
# [[Holding | # [[Holding On To You]] | ||
# [[Ode | # [[Ode To Sleep]] | ||
# [[Slowtown]] | # [[Slowtown]] | ||
# [[Car Radio]] | # [[Car Radio]] | ||
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# [[Be Concerned]] | # [[Be Concerned]] | ||
# [[Clear]] | # [[Clear]] | ||
# [[House Of Gold]] (Newsletter Edition) | |||
# [[Two]] (Newsletter Edition)}} | |||
|cover=[[File:Regional_at_Best.png|300x300px]]|stream_buy=[[Image:spotify.png|25px|link=https://open.spotify.com/artist/3YQKmKGau1PzlVlkL1iodx]] [[Image:Youtube_Music_icon.png|25px|link=https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCnX0L9QiftAcWdzeBx31xCw]] [[Image:Apple Music.png|25px|link=https://music.apple.com/lt/artist/twenty-one-pilots/349736311]] [[Image:Deezer-logo.png|25px|link=https://www.deezer.com/ru/album/231178002?app_id=140685&utm_source=partner_linkfire&utm_campaign=ae3e2c6e3cce1767a92a911b38ae1a2f&utm_medium=Original&utm_term=twenty-one-pilots&utm_content=album-231178002]]|lyricist=[[Tyler Joseph]]|composer=[[Twenty One Pilots]]}} | |cover=[[File:Regional_at_Best.png|300x300px]]|stream_buy=[[Image:spotify.png|25px|link=https://open.spotify.com/artist/3YQKmKGau1PzlVlkL1iodx]] [[Image:Youtube_Music_icon.png|25px|link=https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCnX0L9QiftAcWdzeBx31xCw]] [[Image:Apple Music.png|25px|link=https://music.apple.com/lt/artist/twenty-one-pilots/349736311]] [[Image:Deezer-logo.png|25px|link=https://www.deezer.com/ru/album/231178002?app_id=140685&utm_source=partner_linkfire&utm_campaign=ae3e2c6e3cce1767a92a911b38ae1a2f&utm_medium=Original&utm_term=twenty-one-pilots&utm_content=album-231178002]]|lyricist=[[Tyler Joseph]]|composer=[[Twenty One Pilots]]}} | ||
''Glowing Eyes'' is the 7th track on the album, [[Regional at Best]] as well as the 13th track on Vessel Bonus Track Version | ''Glowing Eyes'' is the 7th track on the album, [[Regional at Best|''Regional at Best'']] as well as the 13th track on ''Vessel Bonus Track Version'' | ||
== Background == | == Background == | ||
The "someone at the door" is responsibility. It could be his own personal health, mental state, spiritual development, outside obligations, or really anything. Whatever is at the door is in need of attention, but he is too engrossed in his own thoughts and torments. He likes to entertain them, either in just a figure of speech sort of way (entertain a thought) or possibly through the songs that he sings. | The "someone at the door" is responsibility. It could be his own personal health, mental state, spiritual development, outside obligations, or really anything. Whatever is at the door is in need of attention, but he is too engrossed in his own thoughts and torments. He likes to entertain them, either in just a figure of speech sort of way (entertain a thought) or possibly through the songs that he sings. | ||
Basically the metaphor is that he locks himself up in a house of negative thoughts and shuts out the world. [https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/ | Basically the metaphor is that he locks himself up in a house of negative thoughts and shuts out the world. [https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858886311/ <nowiki>[1]</nowiki>] | ||
== Versions == | == Versions == | ||
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| | | |Glowing Eyes | ||
| | | |[[Regional at Best]] | ||
| | | |4:26 | ||
| | | |2010-2011 | ||
| | | |8 July 2011 | ||
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| | | |Glowing Eyes Bonus Track | ||
| | | |[[Vessel]] | ||
| | | |4:26 | ||
| | | |2011-2012 | ||
| | | |8 Jan 2013 | ||
| | | |Glowing Eyes, along with other songs from [[Regional at Best]] were remastered for their next album, [[Vessel]] | ||
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The song explores topics such as sociology, depression, apathy, and the alluring pull that the idea of death can have on an individual. The “glowing eyes” seem to represent a form of negativity of which the narrator is reluctant to let go of (addiction). This wish for the preservation of those things that cause our sadness may seem strange, but is actually rather common among the depressed. | The song explores topics such as sociology, depression, apathy, and the alluring pull that the idea of death can have on an individual. The “glowing eyes” seem to represent a form of negativity of which the narrator is reluctant to let go of (addiction). This wish for the preservation of those things that cause our sadness may seem strange, but is actually rather common among the depressed. | ||
Regardless of the rumors, Josh Dun is ''not'' singing the backup vocals on this track. It was confirmed that the credit belongs to James Truslow, an old friend of Tyler’s.[https://genius.com/Twenty-one-pilots- | Regardless of the rumors, Josh Dun is ''not'' singing the backup vocals on this track. It was confirmed that the credit belongs to James Truslow, an old friend of Tyler’s. [https://genius.com/Twenty-one-pilots-glowing-eyes-lyrics <nowiki>[2]</nowiki>] | ||
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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 | | 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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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
[https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/ | [https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858886311/ <nowiki>[1] https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858886311/</nowiki>] | ||
[https://genius.com/Twenty-one-pilots-glowing-eyes-lyrics <nowiki>[2] https://genius.com/Twenty-one-pilots-glowing-eyes-lyrics</nowiki>] | [https://genius.com/Twenty-one-pilots-glowing-eyes-lyrics <nowiki>[2] https://genius.com/Twenty-one-pilots-glowing-eyes-lyrics</nowiki>] | ||
