Ruby

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Slowtown
Song by Twenty One Pilots from the album Regional at Best
ReleasedJuly 8, 2011
FormatDigital
Length4:57
Tempo105
KeyG
Live debutMay 1 2010
Last playedMay 16 2012
Live count23
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)

Ruby is the 11th track on the album, Regional at Best

Background

Versions

Studio

Title Releas Length Recorded Released Notes
Slowtown Regional at Best 4:57 2010-2011 8 July 2011

Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwNgVMEp7oE&t=3s

Lyrics

Lyrics

Album version
[Verse 1]

Ruby, I hope I see you, I've waited all this week

For you to walk my way, your soul will capture me

Your mama painted your room a shade of pink, she said

But with your great arrival, that shade has turned to red

[Verse 2]

Ruby, take my hand, please lead me to the Promised Land

Tell me, where am I from? Your eyes say, sha-da-dee-da-dum

Ruby, you're royalty, in your homeland, they all call you queen

Tell me, where are you from? Your eyes say, sha-da-dee-da-dum

[Chorus]

You're an angel fallen down

Won't you tell us of the clouds?

You have fallen from the sky

How high, how high?

You're an angel fallen down

Won't you tell us of the clouds?

You have fallen from the sky

How high, how high?

(How high, how high?)

[Bridge]

You're true and pure

You hold the cure

We're all diseased

You hold the key

[Chorus]

You're an angel fallen down

Won't you tell us of the clouds?

You have fallen from the sky

How high, how high? (How high)?

[Outro]

Tell our dad I'm sorry

Tell our dad I'm sorry

Tell our dad I'm sorry

Tell our dad I'm sorry

Tell our dad I'm sorry

Tell our dad I'm sorry

Tell our dad I'm sorry

You're an angel

You're an angel

You're an angel

You're an angel

You're an angel

Tell our dad I'm sorry

Tell our dad I'm sorry

Tell our dad I'm sorry, yeah

You're an angel, you're an angel

(Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)

Lyrics meaning

Lyrics
Tyler Joseph shared the meaning behind “Ruby” during the 2011 Live Regional at Best Release Party:

This song is called Ruby, it’s about a girl who goes to my church, Josh and I’s church. She’s just a little girl, she’s got Down Syndrome, she inspired me.

Tyler views Ruby as an angel: pure and righteous. He knows that she holds the answers to the world’s problems, which isn’t even completely understood by Tyler himself. [2]
all meanings of the lyrics are taken from the Genius website

Sources

[1] https://www.songtell.com/twenty-one-pilots/slowtown

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

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