covering you ⊬ @poisonedprogress - Tumblr Blog

intro!

ryan || 22 || they/them || audhd

i listened to twenty one pilots once in middle school and decided to make them my entire personality forever.

ERS - 2.10.2017 Bandito - 11.11.2018 / 11.3.2019 Icy - 9.18.2022 Clancy - 8.21.2024 Breach - 10.26.2025

twitter || ao3

thelightbulbman

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH TO THEM!

iwasinthebath

hi i’m tyler joseph and i play in a band with my best friend who’s really hot and cool and sexy and i get to travel the world with him and im going to play a show with my favorite band in the world that also means something really special to me and my best friend in a 100,000 capacity venue in my hometown during football season which has never been allowed before and i get to tenderly pick stray hairs off his face while we attend award shows together that celebrates us and our accomplishments and perform a song with him that’s about our relationship and how much we both mean to each other while we stare into each others eyes and are reminded of every moment we’ve spent together since the day we met girl fuck you

pantaloonwarrior

#i wish i looked like him #however #i fucking despise the gym #SIGHHHH #josh dun

rablers

(2011 / 2026)

you found me:,)

okay hear me out.

twenty one pilots have always used tempo changes methodically. ode to sleep, rawfear, guns for hands, overcompensate, next semester, they ALL slow down or speed up (or both) for a reason: to convey the fluctuation of energy. whether physical or emotional energy, it doesn't matter.

that's just a fact in music. a song at 80bpm will probably have a different feel than a song at 150bpm.

but what about when a song's tempo stays the same, and the time within the song changes? like drag path?

the original drag path from the breach digital remains has seventeen time signature changes (that i've identified without looking it up). SEVENTEEN.

the song begins in 4/4. almost every sixth measure from the start of the first verse until the first chorus, it switches from 4/4 to 2/4 for one measure and then back. 4/4 to 2/4 to 4/4 is two changes. that switch happens six times, so the count is already at twelve.

after the first chorus, it jumps into 6/8 (i'm pretty sure) for five measures before switching to 3/4 for "would you please hurry" with the word "would" as a pickup. it stays 3/4 for thirteen measures, then switches back to 4/4 for five measures, and THEN changes to 2/4 for one measure again. the rest of the song is in 4/4.

if you didn't understand, that's okay. the band kid in me is just geeking out. all you really need to know is there's seventeen fucking time signature changes in og drag path. the way you count the rhythm in the song changes seventeen times while the energy stays consistent.

but speaking of being a band kid, the first thing i was taught in band (besides how to play my instrument lol) is to always watch the conductor. ESPECIALLY when there are tempo or time signature changes because it's so SO incredibly easy to get lost if you're not paying attention.

so thinking about the song in terms of lore, would it be so far off to say that all the time signature changes in drag path is clancy "testing" torchbearer? seeing if he really WILL find him?

if those changes are metaphor'd into all the times clancy has been lost, or diverged from "the plan", or intentionally gone down an unexpected route just to see if torch follows, then josh's drums keeping up with every seamless change in the song proves that yes, torch WILL always follow. no matter how many times clancy "switches it up".

torch searches for clancy with the same steady determination no matter how many times he's thrown off. he will find him. because he always does.

tldr clancybearer is real and the complexity of how og drag path is played proves it. thank you for coming to my ted talk.

#twenty one pilots #josh dun #tyler joseph #tøp #drag path #clancybearer #torchbearer #clancy

purpleleafsyt

When I'm in a "I wish we were childhood friends" competition and my opponents are twenty one pilots. Stressed out music video where they dress up as kids to reflect simpler times and go play at each others houses. Christmas saves the year cover where they bashed their childhood photos together to make it look like they've always known each other and were at one point opening presents together. Childhood videos playing at the 2026 AMAs while singing a song about how history and actions are traceable and the desire to be seen and known so thoroughly that a call for help will always be met with being found against all odds. I'm losing. Everyone is losing. They're doing it like no one else. These guys met in their early 20s btw.

#we all gotta die

holdingontoyoubandito

The pilots performed Drag Path at the 2026 AMAs tonight.

After an emotional whirlwind of looking through many a livestream, I finally got to watch this gorgeous rendition of Drag Path. Tearing up remembering how far we've come from Regional At Best to Breach, they continue to leave a path laden with stars for us to follow in the moonlit sand. Congratulations boys, you earned those awards (I'm in denial for now over the second) and I hope y'all get some much earned rest after tonight.