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{{infobox song
{{infobox song
| Name          = Forest
| Name          = Car Radio
| Artist        = [[Twenty One Pilots]]
| Artist        = [[Twenty One Pilots]]
| Album        = [[Regional at Best]]
| Album        = [[Regional at Best]]
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| Released      =July 8, 2011
| Released      =July 8, 2011
| Format      = Digital
| Format      = Digital
| Length        = 4:26
| Length        = 4:49
| Stems      =  
| Stems      =  
| Time signature      =  
| Time signature      =Common Time
| Tempo      = 120
| Tempo      = 65
| Key      = F major
| Key      = A minor
| Samples      =  
| Samples      =  
| References      =  
| References      =  
| Live debut      =  
| Live debut      =May 1 2010
| Last played      =April 8 2017
| Last played      =April 1 2023
| Live count      =  
| Live count      = 773
| Writer        = [[Tyler Joseph]]
| Writer        = [[Tyler Joseph]]
| Producer      = [[Tyler Joseph]], [[Josh Dun]]
| Producer      = [[Tyler Joseph]], [[Josh Dun]]
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  | type      = song
  | tracks    =  
  | tracks    =  
# [[Guns for Hands]]
# [[Guns For Hands]]
# [[Holding on to You]]
# [[Holding On To You]]
# [[Ode to Sleep]]
# [[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)
<span style="background-color: #F47079; padding:0.1em 0.1em; margin-top:5px; display: inline-block; width: 100%; text-align: center;">'''[[Vessel]] track listing'''</span>
# [[Ode To Sleep]]
# [[Holding On To You]]
# [[Migraine]]
# [[House Of Gold]]
# [[Car Radio]]
# [[Semi-Automatic]]
# [[Screen]]
# [[The Run And Go]]
# [[Fake You Out]]
# [[Guns For Hands]]
# [[Trees]]
# [[Truce]]
}}  


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|cover=[[File:Car Radio.jpg|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]]}}


''Forest'' is the 6th track on the album, [[Regional at Best]] as well as the 16th track on Vessel Bonus Track Version.
''Car Radio'' is the 5th track on the album, [[Regional at Best|''Regional at Best'']] as well as the 5th track on ''[[Vessel]]''


== Versions ==
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|+
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! style= "background-color:#B0E0E6;" |Releas
! style= "background-color:#B0E0E6;" |Length
! style= "background-color:#B0E0E6;" |Recorded
! style= "background-color:#B0E0E6;" |Released
! style= "background-color:#B0E0E6;" |Notes
|-
| style= "background-color:#E5F6F8;" |Forest
| style= "background-color:#E5F6F8;" |[[Regional at Best]]
| style= "background-color:#E5F6F8;" |4:26
| style= "background-color:#E5F6F8;" |2010-2011
| style= "background-color:#E5F6F8;" |8 July 2011
| style= "background-color:#E5F6F8;" |
|-
| style= "background-color:#E5F6F8;" |Forest Bonus Track
| style= "background-color:#E5F6F8;" |[[Vessel]]
| style= "background-color:#E5F6F8;" |4:06
| style= "background-color:#E5F6F8;" |2011-2012
| style= "background-color:#E5F6F8;" |8 Jan 2013
| style= "background-color:#E5F6F8;" |Forest, along with other songs from [[Regional at Best]] were remastered for their next album, [[Vessel]]
|}


== Background ==
== Background ==
I've always felt like this song was about worries, fears, and problems that you can never really leave behind and trying to escape from them momentarily even though you know in the back of you mind they are still there. In the first verse it gets into these problems, "wanting to be listened to" not "heard" and being bothered when others have the same name. Then after another verse it ends with "So let's think of something better" and the chorus starts. I think the "forest" represents a place to escape to and "singing" as something to tune out your problems with. When they mention the chorus being one that everybody knows I imagine it's because it's supposed to be "normal" and "expected" which is what he is trying to be by avoiding his problems and putting up a front. The "hands held higher" and "we'll" be on fire" part is the problems catching up to him. Then in the next verse he addresses them: "Quickly moving towards the storm Moving forward, torn into pieces Over reasons of what these storms are for I don't understand why everything I adore Takes a different form when I squint my eyes
The song was inspired by an event which had happened to frontman Tyler Joseph during college. In an interview with ''Rock Sound'', he explained that one day he arrived to class late and forgot to lock his car's door. After class, he returned to discover that someone had broken into his car and stolen everything inside, including the radio, GPS and his CDs. At the time, Joseph didn't have the finances necessary to afford to replace what was lost. The subsequent experience of going on without his car radio made him realize "music can act as a distraction and can get in the way of where your mind wants to go." [[wikipedia:Car_Radio_(song)#:~:text=11%20External%20links-,Background,to%20lock%20his%20car's%20door.|[1]]]
 
Have you ever done that, when you squint your eyes And your eyelashes make it look a little not right And when just enough light comes from just the right side And you find that you're not who you're supposed to be? This is not what you're supposed to see"
 
In these verses he has stepped out of the forest and is slowly coming back to the reality of his situation. That nothing is perfect and the harder he focuses on it, the worse the problems seem. After spending so much time away in his "forest" he has forgotten his own problems and when they suddenly show up again he panics and they seem 10x worse. Hence:
 
"Please, remember me, I am supposed to be king of the king Devil swinging on the swing, something happened in my imagination The situation's becoming dire, my treehouse is on fire And for some reason I smell gas on my hands This is not what I had planned"
 
In fear he runs back to his "forest" and continues to ignore his problems. [https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858875305/]


== Versions ==
== Versions ==


=== Studio ===
=== Studio ===
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| |Car Radio
| |[[Regional at Best]]
| |4:49
| |2010-2011
| |8 July 2011
| |
|-
|-
|Forest
| |Car Radio
|[[Regional at Best]]
| |[[Vessel]]
|4:26
| |4:27
|2010-2011
| |2011-2012
|8 July 2011
| |18 March 2014
|
| |Car Radio, along with other songs from [[Regional at Best]] were remastered for their next album, [[Vessel]]
|}
|}


== Live ==
== Live ==
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbOzgUbdrKc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok56_eyIE8k


== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==
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|[Intro]
|[Refrain]
Ooh, ooh
I ponder of something great


Ooh, ooh
My lungs will fill and then deflate


Ooh
They fill with fire, exhale desire


[Verse 1]
I know it's dire, my time today
 
I have these thoughts so often, I ought


I don't know why I feed on emotion
To replace that slot with what I once bought


There's a stomach inside my brain
'Cause somebody stole my car radio


I don't wanna be heard, I wanna be listened to
And now I just sit in silence


Does it bother anyone else that someone else has your name?
[Verse 1]


Oh, does it bother anyone else that someone else has your name, your name?
Sometimes quiet is violent


[Pre-Chorus]
I find it hard to hide it, my pride is no longer inside


I scream, you scream
It's on my sleeve, my skin will scream


We all scream, 'cause we're terrified
Reminding me of who I killed inside my dream


Of what's around the corner
I hate this car that I'm driving, there's no hiding for me


We stay in place
I'm forced to deal with what I feel


'Cause we don't wanna lose our lives
There is no distraction to mask what is real


So let's think of something better
I could pull the steering wheel


[Chorus]
[Refrain]


Down in the forest, we'll sing a chorus
I have these thoughts so often, I ought


One that everybody knows
To replace that slot with what I once bought


Hands held higher, we'll be on fire
'Cause somebody stole my car radio


Singing songs that nobody wrote
And now I just sit in silence


[Verse 2]
[Verse 2]


My brain has given up, white flags are hoisted
I ponder of something terrifying


I took some food for thought, it might be poisoned
'Cause this time there's no sound to hide behind


The stomach in my brain throws up onto the page
I find over the course of our human existence


Does it bother anyone else that someone else has your name?
One thing consists of consistence


Does it bother anyone else that someone else has your name?
And it's that we're all battling fear


[Pre-Chorus]
Oh dear, I don't know if we know why we're here


I scream, you scream
Oh my, too deep, please stop thinking


We all scream, 'cause we're terrified
I liked it better when my car had sound


Of what's around the corner
There are things we can do


We stay in place
But from the things that work there are only two


'Cause we don't wanna lose our lives
And-a from the two that we choose to do


So let's think of something better (Better)
Peace will win and fear will lose


Oh
And there's faith and there's sleep


[Chorus]
We need to pick one, please, because


Down in the forest, we'll sing a chorus
Faith is to be awake and to be awake is for us to think


One that everybody knows
And for us to think is to be alive


Hands held higher, we'll be on fire
And I will try with every rhyme


Singing songs that nobody wrote
To come across like I am dying


[Bridge]
To let you know you need to try to think


Quickly moving towards the storm, moving forward, torn
[Refrain]


Into pieces over reasons of what these storms are for
I have these thoughts so often, I ought


I don't understand why everything I adore
To replace that slot with what I once bought


Takes a different form when I squint my eyes
'Cause somebody stole my car radio


Have you ever done that? When you squint your eyes
And now I just sit in silence
 
[Verse 2]


And your eyelashes make it look a little not right
I ponder of something terrifying


And then when just enough light comes from just the right side
'Cause this time there's no sound to hide behind


And you find you're not who you're supposed to be?
I find over the course of our human existence


This is not what you're supposed to see
One thing consists of consistence


Please, remember me?
And it's that we're all battling fear


I am supposed to be
Oh dear, I don't know if we know why we're here


King of a kingdom, or swinging on a swing
Oh my, too deep, please stop thinking


Something happened to my imagination
I liked it better when my car had sound


The situation's becoming dire
There are things we can do


My tree house is on fire
But from the things that work there are only two


And for some reason I smell gas on my hands
And-a from the two that we choose to do


This is not what I had planned
Peace will win and fear will lose


This is not what I had planned
And there's faith and there's sleep


Down in the forest, we'll sing a chorus (Forest, chorus)
We need to pick one, please, because


Hands held higher, we'll be on fire
Faith is to be awake and to be awake is for us to think


Singing songs that nobody wrote
And for us to think is to be alive


[Chorus]
And I will try with every rhyme


Down in the forest, we'll sing a chorus
To come across like I am dying


One that everybody knows, yeah
To let you know you need to try to think


Hands held higher, we'll be on fire
[Refrain]


Singing songs that nobody wrote
I have these thoughts so often, I ought


[Outro]
To replace that slot with what I once bought


Hands held higher, we'll be on fire
'Cause somebody stole my car radio


Hands held higher, we'll be on fire (Fire)
And now I just sit in silence
|}
|}
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!Lyrics
!Lyrics
|-
|-
|“Be Concerned” is about how Tyler has begun to question his faith. It appears that it documents a hard time Tyler went through, but eventually overcame, as Tyler’s faith still illuminates even his more recent lyrics that the band has released.
|“Car Radio” is an introspective song that recalls an event lead singer Tyler Joseph experienced during college where his car radio was stolen. It led him to ponder where the mind takes people when all they are left with is silence.
Like a handful of other tracks from ''Regional at Best'', this song was not included in its 2013 remastered successor, ''Vessel''. While the song bears dense lyrical content, it has never been a huge fan-favorite, and it would make sense that Tyler wouldn’t want to constantly reflect on such a negative time in his life.
Tyler describes this silence as something that can sometimes be seen as violent, an irony displayed musically as “Car Radio” moves from its brooding intro to the explosive climax heard during the bridge. Its energy level has made it both a band- and fan-favorite at twenty one pilots’ shows. [https://genius.com/Twenty-one-pilots-car-radio-lyrics <nowiki>[2]</nowiki>]


“Be Concerned” also features Tyler’s friend Jocef of the Jocef Michael Band, an Ohio-based Christian group. [https://genius.com/Twenty-one-pilots-be-concerned-lyrics]
|-
|-
| 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/3530822107858875305/ <nowiki>[1] https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858875305/</nowiki>]
[[wikipedia:Car_Radio_(song)#:~:text=11%20External%20links-,Background,to%20lock%20his%20car's%20door.|[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Radio_(song)#:~:text=11%20External%20links-,Background,to%20lock%20his%20car's%20door.]]


[https://genius.com/Twenty-one-pilots-forest-lyrics <nowiki>[2] https://genius.com/Twenty-one-pilots-forest-lyrics</nowiki>]
[https://genius.com/Twenty-one-pilots-car-radio-lyrics <nowiki>[2] https://genius.com/Twenty-one-pilots-car-radio-lyrics</nowiki>]


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Latest revision as of 14:29, 19 May 2024

Car Radio
Song by Twenty One Pilots from the album Regional at Best
ReleasedJuly 8, 2011
FormatDigital
Length4:49
Time signatureCommon Time
Tempo65
KeyA minor
Live debutMay 1 2010
Last playedApril 1 2023
Live count773
ComposerTwenty One Pilots
LyricistTyler Joseph
WriterTyler Joseph
ProducerTyler Joseph, Josh Dun
LabelSelf-released
Stream / Buy
Twenty One Pilots track listing
  1. Guns For Hands
  2. Holding On To You
  3. Ode To Sleep
  4. Slowtown
  5. Car Radio
  6. Forest
  7. Glowing Eyes
  8. Kitchen Sink
  9. Anathema
  10. Lovely
  11. Ruby
  12. Trees
  13. Be Concerned
  14. Clear
  15. House Of Gold (Newsletter Edition)
  16. Two (Newsletter Edition)

Vessel track listing

  1. Ode To Sleep
  2. Holding On To You
  3. Migraine
  4. House Of Gold
  5. Car Radio
  6. Semi-Automatic
  7. Screen
  8. The Run And Go
  9. Fake You Out
  10. Guns For Hands
  11. Trees
  12. Truce

Car Radio is the 5th track on the album, Regional at Best as well as the 5th track on Vessel


Background

The song was inspired by an event which had happened to frontman Tyler Joseph during college. In an interview with Rock Sound, he explained that one day he arrived to class late and forgot to lock his car's door. After class, he returned to discover that someone had broken into his car and stolen everything inside, including the radio, GPS and his CDs. At the time, Joseph didn't have the finances necessary to afford to replace what was lost. The subsequent experience of going on without his car radio made him realize "music can act as a distraction and can get in the way of where your mind wants to go." [1]

Versions

Studio

Title Releas Length Recorded Released Notes
Car Radio Regional at Best 4:49 2010-2011 8 July 2011
Car Radio Vessel 4:27 2011-2012 18 March 2014 Car Radio, along with other songs from Regional at Best were remastered for their next album, Vessel

Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok56_eyIE8k

Lyrics

Lyrics

Album version
[Refrain]

I ponder of something great

My lungs will fill and then deflate

They fill with fire, exhale desire

I know it's dire, my time today

I have these thoughts so often, I ought

To replace that slot with what I once bought

'Cause somebody stole my car radio

And now I just sit in silence

[Verse 1]

Sometimes quiet is violent

I find it hard to hide it, my pride is no longer inside

It's on my sleeve, my skin will scream

Reminding me of who I killed inside my dream

I hate this car that I'm driving, there's no hiding for me

I'm forced to deal with what I feel

There is no distraction to mask what is real

I could pull the steering wheel

[Refrain]

I have these thoughts so often, I ought

To replace that slot with what I once bought

'Cause somebody stole my car radio

And now I just sit in silence

[Verse 2]

I ponder of something terrifying

'Cause this time there's no sound to hide behind

I find over the course of our human existence

One thing consists of consistence

And it's that we're all battling fear

Oh dear, I don't know if we know why we're here

Oh my, too deep, please stop thinking

I liked it better when my car had sound

There are things we can do

But from the things that work there are only two

And-a from the two that we choose to do

Peace will win and fear will lose

And there's faith and there's sleep

We need to pick one, please, because

Faith is to be awake and to be awake is for us to think

And for us to think is to be alive

And I will try with every rhyme

To come across like I am dying

To let you know you need to try to think

[Refrain]

I have these thoughts so often, I ought

To replace that slot with what I once bought

'Cause somebody stole my car radio

And now I just sit in silence

[Verse 2]

I ponder of something terrifying

'Cause this time there's no sound to hide behind

I find over the course of our human existence

One thing consists of consistence

And it's that we're all battling fear

Oh dear, I don't know if we know why we're here

Oh my, too deep, please stop thinking

I liked it better when my car had sound

There are things we can do

But from the things that work there are only two

And-a from the two that we choose to do

Peace will win and fear will lose

And there's faith and there's sleep

We need to pick one, please, because

Faith is to be awake and to be awake is for us to think

And for us to think is to be alive

And I will try with every rhyme

To come across like I am dying

To let you know you need to try to think

[Refrain]

I have these thoughts so often, I ought

To replace that slot with what I once bought

'Cause somebody stole my car radio

And now I just sit in silence

Lyrics meaning

Lyrics
“Car Radio” is an introspective song that recalls an event lead singer Tyler Joseph experienced during college where his car radio was stolen. It led him to ponder where the mind takes people when all they are left with is silence.

Tyler describes this silence as something that can sometimes be seen as violent, an irony displayed musically as “Car Radio” moves from its brooding intro to the explosive climax heard during the bridge. Its energy level has made it both a band- and fan-favorite at twenty one pilots’ shows. [2]

all meanings of the lyrics are taken from the Genius website

Sources

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Radio_(song)#:~:text=11%20External%20links-,Background,to%20lock%20his%20car's%20door.

[2] https://genius.com/Twenty-one-pilots-car-radio-lyrics

Twenty One Pilots
Members Tyler Joseph • Josh Dun
Former Members Chris Salih • Nick Thomas
Albums Twenty One Pilots • Regional at Best • Vessel • Blurryface • Trench • Scaled and Icy • Clancy
EPs Johnny Boy (EP) • Live At UG Studios • Three Songs • Spotify Sessions • Holding on to You (EP) • Quiet Is Viølent •

The LC LP • Double-Sided • TOPxMM • Trench 10" Triplet • Location Sessions

Live releases Blurryface Live • Scaled and Icy (Livestream Version)
Singles Holding on to You • Guns For Hands • Lovely • House Of Gold • Fake You Out • Car Radio •

Fairly Local • Tear In My Heart • Stressed Out • Lane Boy • Ride • Heathens • Heavydirtysoul • Cancer • Jumpsuit • Nico And The Niners • Levitate • My Blood • Chlorine • The Hype • Level Of Concern • Christmas Saves The Year • Shy Away • Choker • Saturday • The Outside • Overcompensate • Next Semester • Backslide • The Craving (single version)

Tours Local Shows • Twenty One Pilots Tour • Regional at Best Tour • Mostly November Tour • Blurryface World Tour •

Emotional Roadshow World Tour • Tour De Columbus • The Bandito Tour • Takeover Tour • The Icy Tour • Clancy World Tour

List of Twenty One Pilots songs • List Twenty One Pilots music videos
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