Some Biblical references in Twenty One Pilots music
1.) Addict With a Pen is about the Prodigal Son Jesus spoke of and
2.) Fairly Local’s lines “I’m evil to the core What I shouldn’t do I will“ and so many other lines reference Romans 7 in when Paul said14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. 15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[c] For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
3.) Ode To Sleep
“I’m not free, I asked forgiveness three times, Same amount that I denied, I three-time mvp'ed this crime,“ references John 18 where Simon Peter is told by Jesus that he will deny his relation to Jesus 3 times before the rooster crows. As we know, Simon Peter did as Jesus said he would, and he knew exactly what he did each time.
When he says “Metaphorically I’m a whore” to describe his 3x denial of God, it seems that he’s referencing the many times God says in the Old Testament that Israel was whoring after other false gods. (Taken from reddit)
Deuteronomy 31:16
Exodus 34:10-16
Judges 2:17 (NIV of these say prostitute instead of whore)
4.) Goner “In the original version of Goner, the accordion is making a creaking noise, but if you’ve ever seen a horror movie, you know that it sounds exactly like the noise of a creaking noose. I really get the feeling that at one point he may have considered/tried to kill himself, and that maybe it happened at a kitchen sink. So to me, Goner seems like one man’s prayer, a plea to God to save his life. He wants to be known by God. Though he is weak and beaten down, the “ghost of You”, the Holy Spirit is close to him. So he is safe.” (Taken from reddit)
5.) Hometown
“I know, I know, You can bring the fire, I can bring the bones, I know, I know, You’ll make the fire, my bones will make it grow,” may reference Jeremiah 20:9 and beyond (Amazing read) when it says “But if I say, “I will not mention his word or speak anymore in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot.”
“Put away, put away, All the gods your father served today, Put away, put away, Your traditions, believe me when I say, We don’t know, we don’t know, How to put back the power in our soul, We don’t know, we don’t know, Where to find what was once in our bones.” may reference Joshua 24:14 “Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.“
And the list goes on. Please, pretty please, if you find more references, whether straight from the Bible or hinting at God and Faith, I’d love to hear them, so please add them.
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