The chorus repeated throughout the song is from the perspective from a friend insisting that they don’t need/want anyone to support them through their turbulent period of mental health. They appear to do so because they don’t want to be a burden, forcing their friends to drop their plans to look after them.
The chorus contrasts the rest of the song which is in the perspective of Tyler, urging listeners to check in with their friends “at the risk of feelin' dumb.”
In the history of twenty one pilots' music, the band is known for having songs that combat suicide such as “Guns for Hands.” It seems that the implication behind the lines is darker as if the narrator will potentially commit suicide if they are left on their own, refusing help from their friends. This message is explicit later in the song with the line “It’s not worth the risk of losin' a friend.”
In the final line of the chorus, “drop” has a double meaning. “Drop” in this case, means to drop dead, as in the speaker never wants their friends to die young or die by suicide. This is reaffirmed in the music video, in which Tyler jumps off of a hay bale. There is even a frame where he lies lifeless next to the hay bale and the shed. During the video, the drop increases from hay bale, to shed, to single story, to bridge to finally a skyscraper, increasing the stakes (the “drop”) similar to the increased use of the lyric in the song.
See me at my lowest, you don't have to drop, drop, drop
Don't have to drop by
Nothin' you can do this time
I don't want anyone, know me or not
See me at my lowest, you don't have to drop
Drop, drop, drop anything for me
Just keep your plans, I hope that you never have to drop
Used to be you and me, matching Kawasaki Zs
Ride around 270 in Kawasaki tees
Two fighter jets matching energy
Trying to forget that we're in ejection seats
So please, keep it in mind
Check on your friends
Every once in a while
Even if they say
I don't want anyone, know me or not
See me at my lowest, you don't have to drop, drop, drop
Don't have to drop by
Nothin' you can do this time
I don't want anyone, know me or not
See me at my lowest, you don't have to drop
Drop, drop, drop anything for me
Just keep your plans, I hope that you never have to drop
At the risk of feelin' dumb, check in
It's not worth the risk of losin' a friend
Even if they say
"Just keep your plans, I hope that you never have to drop"
If I'm bein' real, man, don't know how I feel, man
'Bout you sleepin' so close to a weapon you conceal, man
Those night terrors are not somethin' to take lightly
I know that it's a risk sayin' this, don't fight me
(Stoppin' me, fight me)
(Stoppin' me, fight me)
(Stoppin' me, fight me)
I don't want anyone, know me or not
See me at my lowest, you don't have to drop, drop, drop me
Don't have to drop by
Nothin' you can do this time
I don't want anyone, know me or not
See me at my lowest, you don't have to drop
(Drop me, drop, drop me) Anything for me (Drop me, drop me)
Just keep your plans, I hope that you never have to drop
At the risk of feelin' dumb, check in
It's not worth the risk of losin' a friend
Even if they say
"Just keep your plans, I hope that you never have to drop"
I don't want anyone, know me or not
See me at my lowest, you don't have to drop
Drop, drop, drop anything
For me...
