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== Background == | == Background == | ||
“Fairly Local” is the lead single from Twenty One Pilots' fourth album, ''Blurryface''. | “Fairly Local” is the lead single from Twenty One Pilots' fourth album, ''Blurryface''.<ref name=":0">https://genius.com/Twenty-one-pilots-fairly-local-lyrics</ref> | ||
The phrase 'fairly local' is Twenty One Pilots' way of saying that they have both gone through the same dark times that we also go through. | The phrase 'fairly local' is Twenty One Pilots' way of saying that they have both gone through the same dark times that we also go through. | ||
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It is scary to recognize all of these problems that humanity has. It is even more terrifying to look at ourselves, as individuals, and to bring all of our faults to the table. | It is scary to recognize all of these problems that humanity has. It is even more terrifying to look at ourselves, as individuals, and to bring all of our faults to the table. | ||
Towards the end of the song, everything is reversed. We realize and accept that we are messed up. Even with all of this evilness that humans have, we are not going to just let it keep happening. We are going to try our hardest to stop hurting others. | Towards the end of the song, everything is reversed. We realize and accept that we are messed up. Even with all of this evilness that humans have, we are not going to just let it keep happening. We are going to try our hardest to stop hurting others. <ref>https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107859503375/</ref> | ||
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| | |“Fairly Local” is the lead single from twenty one pilots' fourth album, ''Blurryface''. | ||
The song describes two sides of Tyler’s personality, with two opposing verses. One is narrated by Blurryface, a personification of all of Tyler’s doubts, insecurities, and self loathing, and another is told from the perspective of Tyler himself, who is trying his best to destroy Blurryface. | |||
Despite the fact “Fairly Local” received no official radio rotation, the track peaked at #4 on the ''Billboard Digital Song'' chart and #8 on the ''Billboard Hot Rock Songs'' chart.<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 | | style="text-align:center;" |all meanings of the lyrics are taken from the [https://genius.com/artists/Twenty-one-pilots Genius] website | ||