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== Background == | == Background == | ||
“Shy Away” is the lead single from Twenty One Pilots' sixth studio album, [[Scaled And Icy|Scaled and Icy]]. The song is based on a [https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56665750 conversation] frontman [[Tyler Joseph]] had with his younger brother where he walked him through his creative process for writing a song. It eventually turned into a letter of advice for his brother, encouraging him to pursue his dreams in the music industry. While Tyler did not specify which brother he was referring to in his interview, it is likely he was speaking about [[Jay Joseph]] since Jay dropped his first solo music, "Drywall", one month prior to ''Shy Away’s'' release. | |||
The track was revealed after multiple posters for the band’s [[Scaled And Icy Livestream Concert|''Scaled and Icy Livestream Concert'']] were found on the dmaorg.info website, similar to the way ''[[Trench]]'' was announced.<ref name=":0">https://genius.com/Twenty-one-pilots-shy-away-lyrics</ref> | |||
== Lyrics == | == Lyrics == | ||
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|[ | |[Verse 1] | ||
When I get home | |||
You better not be there | |||
We're placin' bets you won't | |||
[ | [Pre-Chorus] | ||
Shed your modesty | |||
And the only thing to leave behind | |||
Is your own skin on the floor | |||
[Chorus] | |||
Don't you shy away (Ah-ah-ah) | |||
Manifest a ceiling | |||
When you shy away (Ah-ah-ah) | |||
Searchin' for that feelin' | |||
Just like an "I love you" (Ooh, ooh) | |||
That isn't words (Ooh, ooh) | |||
Like a song he wrote that's never heard (Ah-ah-ah) | |||
Don't you sh… | |||
[Verse 2] | |||
When you get home | |||
You barely recognize the pictures | |||
They put in a frame | |||
[ | [Pre-Chorus] | ||
'Cause you shed your modesty | |||
Don't circle the track | |||
Take what you have | |||
And leave your skin on the floor | |||
[Chorus] | |||
Don't you shy away (Ah-ah-ah) | |||
Manifest a ceiling | |||
When you shy away (Ah-ah-ah) | |||
Searchin' for that feelin' | |||
Just like an "I love you" (Ooh, ooh) | |||
That isn't words (Ooh, ooh) | |||
Like a song he wrote (Ah-ah-ah) | |||
That's never heard | |||
[Verse 3] | |||
I | When I get home | ||
Boy, you better not be there | |||
' | You're long gone | ||
[Pre-Chorus] | |||
Shed your modesty | |||
Don't circle the track | |||
Just break the cycle in half | |||
And leave your skin on the floor | |||
[Chorus] | |||
Don't you shy away (Ah-ah-ah) | |||
Manifest a ceiling | |||
When you shy away (Ah-ah-ah) | |||
Searchin' for that feelin' | |||
Just like an "I love you" (Ooh, ooh) | |||
That isn't words (Ooh, ooh) | |||
Like a song he wrote (Ah-ah-ah) | |||
That's never heard | |||
That's never heard (Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah) | |||
[Outro] | [Outro] | ||
An "I love you" | |||
That isn't words | |||
Like a song he wrote | |||
That's never heard | |||
Don't you shy away | |||
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</div> | </div> | ||
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!Lyrics | !Lyrics | ||
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| | |Tyler Joseph: | ||
"My brother said, ‘Hey, I just want you to show me, from the beginning, how you start a record. How do you start writing a song?’ So I had him over at the studio. A lot of times when I sit down to start, I’ll tap into my phone and I’ll have a bunch of voice memos of ideas that have hit me randomly. Sometimes it’s just a single word, sometimes it’s a melody. I started to build up the track from there, and it turned out that it was talking about wanting him to pursue his dream of chasing music. Most of my songs are very inward, but this is one of the few that I feel like the message is outward, coming from me. The only thing harder than figuring out what your purpose and identity is, is watching someone that you love trying to figure out theirs." | |||
—via [https://music.apple.com/nz/album/scaled-and-icy/1561836997 Apple Music]<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 | ||
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== Music Video == | == Music Video == | ||
<youtube> | <youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sO-Y1Zbft4</youtube> | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||