For me it’s the way routine in the night makes me feel like I’m trapped in my mind again at a time where I felt like it was impossible to survive another night.
I love it very much but it also makes me feel like I can’t breathe.
So that's what it is 😞 it gets me, right down to each door that remains closed but sometimes I'm forced in and I'm pulling all nighters in the same spot in bed
In the middle of college rn and it definitely rings true about the idea of wanting a fresh start, even if the cycle will just repeat itself. However, you do come out of it being able to handle things better with each passing cycle. Think that message really is potent
Oldies Station 1000%
I always kick myself when I fall off something like a solid routine. Hearing Tyler say to start something you know won't last forever was both incredibly heartbreaking in view of my past mess ups, but also so fucking encouraging for future attempts knowing that it's not only okay to stumble and fail, but also that that's what's going to happen so you might as well embrace and learn from it.
Backslide, Vignette, and Snap Back. I never expect those songs to make me tear up until I’m in my car listening to Clancy by myself. After dealing with so much abuse from my parents and fighting depression and sh by myself, I’m constantly afraid that something is going to trigger that all back after years and years of being away from it all
Vignette is such an emotionally powerful song. I've always loved that twenty one pilots songs are somehow so specific, yet you can easily place your own situation into them. Keep on pushin' through, friend 
Oldies Station, followed by At The Risk (both perspectives.)
I never really understood how big and painful emotions could be until recently, never understood it's part of getting older I guess.
"Found your capacity for love and tragedy" sums it all up pretty well for me.
Navigating. I’ve been dealing with derealization disorder since I was a child and severe loss trauma for the last couple of years. I’ve cried to that song more than a few times now, and I think it played a huge role in getting over my recent episode of derealization because it helped me identify the root issue and my feelings. It really feels like the song was written for me sometimes.
Thank you for giving this song new meaning for me. I struggle with DPDR, can't believe I didn't realize how much Navigating speaks to that. I wish you the best of luck, derealization is a feeling I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. From one real person to another. :)
Navigating speaks to me the loudest
"I can't seem to turn the page
This haze around my face
Makes me feel all alone"
and then of course the chorus feels like they are in my brain...because dang it if it doesn't feel like wasted time to constantly be in my head. I love the song, it feels like a gift.
The Craving.
Every time I would get lost in my head with depression or anxiety and stopped talking, reaching out, trying. Feeling hopeless and overwhelmed.
I don’t know if any of the people I loved who saw me withdraw like that really understood that the entire time I did want it to stop, and I did want them to hold me, and I did want to get up and smile under blue skies again. With them.
That what I craved was a connection with them that I couldn’t feel anymore, drowning in an ocean of pain and fear. Scared of making mistakes, losing my place, having all my efforts go to waste if I had already lost them along the way.. let my efforts not be in vain.
And when I did finally reach out my hand, come out of it, shake it off, take meds, whatever it was… no one was left there to grab it.
Why the hell couldn’t I throw everything away to be with them? Would that have been right either? I couldn’t find a balance. I couldn’t find my balance, and I lost too much sight of who was important to me.
It was always about them. And I made it about me.
So many of the songs on there, but as a 35 year old with 3 kids just like Tyler, Oldies Station perfectly describes how you learn to adapt yourself to ‘push on through’ even if your problems are still there
‘You’re in the crowd at her first dance recital, push on through’ hit hard (despite me having 3 boys!) because in those moments you *should* be happy and feel guilty for not being happy so you just have to push on through
Definitely snap back, even tho ATROFD is a very close second.
Struggling with CPTSD that also causes depression, ocd and anxiety and I'm also in that cycle of backsliding every time.
Been really close to it recently but that song helped me stay on track and keep going.
the whole album, really. but specifically Routines In The Night, Navigating, Vignette, and Oldies Station. as someone who deals with CPTSD and has been trying to process trauma from my past and figure out how to heal and move forward, these songs in particular *really* speak to me and my experiences, especially in the past couple of years. i’ve always really connected with the Trench/DEMA storyline, but since actively trying to focus on my mental health it’s really become something that means a lot to me. and while i love the narrative and the lore side of it, i’m so glad that this album kind of focuses more on what it’s supposed to represent rather than the storyline itself.
I know there’s a lot of want for this album to be super lore heavy, but taking a step back and appreciating how each song can speak to a listener in some way really shows the band has delivered on something that will last and endear with everyone who listens to it
Snap back, ATROFD, vignette and backslide. All four songs make me feel seen in a way that doesn’t happen for me usually. Vignette and snap back are the most meaningful for my personal situation, backslide speaks to my grief for my son, ATROFD has me wishing someone felt like that about me (they would drop their plans to help me) but I know there isn’t.
I love how easily we can insert our own situations into their songs, giving them so many meanings. I am sorry about your son, I know grief, it comes in waves. Backslide works well with that imagery, reach your hand above the tide, I'm throwing you a line. You're not alone, but it can be hard to find good company. I wish you the best, friend.
Oldies Station. Im grateful to have in many ways made peace (for lack of a better word) with my mental health struggles, and I think Oldies Station speaks to that in a really nice retrospective way.
Bad days will come, but with every day, good or bad, I feel a little wiser and a little more well-equipped to tackle them.
Pain from my past still haunts me and plays a role in my life, but it feels different now.
3 songs from Clancy
1. At The Risk- As a person who has two best friends that are depressed and engage into sh, that song is just too close to home. And I do exactly what he says in the song. They're not always in the mood to talk or share their problems, but I still keep checking in to let them know that I'm willing to listen whenever they're ready.
2. Next Semester- I myself struggle with my mental health btw, and one of the major reasons for that is my college. I have never actually made an "attempt" but I still feel like I relate to that song a lot.
3. Paladin Strait- Not really sure why but this song just makes me cry. I just break down when I hear the line "Even though I'm past the point of no return". It just hits different.
Bipolar here and backslide felt the most relatable on Clancy. The metaphors of feeling underwater is similar to the feeling of being overwhelmed and being scared of not having meds or a psychotic break.
So many of these songs really hit with me on that level, but being one of the earlier singles, Backslide *really* stuck with me and where I'm at in this moment. Both the song, and the themes further illustrated in the video.
I have been there *so* many times feeling like I screwed up and let people down when I fail to do the simplest task (like picking up bread) and/or show up late because I just couldn't get out of my own way and out of my own head. And I'm so much better now than I used to be, but I know my depression is still inside of me and always will be. It took so much effort over so many years to reach the point of feeling as stable as I do now, that when I feel it slip and things get a little darker, I do sometimes genuinely worry that I just don't have it in me anymore to go through that journey again. Getting better was hard work that took a lot out of me, a lot that I never got back. If I get thrown back in there I'm gonna be fighting short handed, and considering it took everything I had the first time, I just gotta hope I can keep on top of it.
Mine was actually Midwest indigo, I see the concept of Midwest indigo as my anxiety. It’s probably not what he meant when he wrote it but that’s what I think of
Snap back or backslide. I’ve been doing so well and I’m so scared of slipping back into my old habits. These songs hit just so hard. But every song on Clancy hits me hard lmao
Something I love about that line is that it’s easy to relate to, in comparison to the rest of the song maybe. Thinking of family and friends - “I swear that I will give more to them than I take away from them.” That’s something that really resonates with me.
Navigating for me 100% especially right now….
*if you really want to know what I’m thinking, kinda feels like everybody leaves, feelin the reality that everybody leaves*
Snapback and Routines are really speaking to me lately. I'm an overthinker and get lost in my head and then I let myself "backslide" to old, bad habits of self depreciation and depression. The album came out at a moment of struggle I'm dealing with rn so it's helping me work out my feelings
For me snap back really speaks to me bc of the FNS I have and not having the elasticity like I used to…
But also at the risk of feeling dumb bc I dont want anybody knowing me or not see me at my lowest
You get there in your own time. Remember to look for the yellow flowers along the path, the good moments, brief moments of relief, that keep us pushing on through. Best of luck, friend ❤️
Snap back and oldies station for me. The panic of feeling like I’m slipping(snapping) back into old patterns and then the relief and reminder from oldies that I actually know how to deal with shit(anxiety and depression )better now.
all of them 🥴but on top is backslide and routines in the night. i deal with super horrible insomnia and PTSD. and have been doing Very not great recently, so backslide has been a huge comfort for that. but in general this album came out when i really needed it
Next Semester. I’m still young but I had an attempt. Every time the song plays I am thrown back to that moment where I stopped and stepped back. If anyone is considering anything akin to suicide. Please take a step back and call someone, this isn’t the way there is more to life
As someone with autism who can become extremely overwhelmed with stimulus, Vignette means a lot to me. “Fighting off the vignette” I such a beautiful metaphor. I know for some it’s about addiction, but for me it’s about fighting off the false narratives that cloud my thinking and keep me up at night
At The Risk Of Feeling Dumb hits hard if you've lost people to suicide. The wording is also perfect. Sometimes you don't check in on people, because you don't want to feel dumb for 'inttruding' or whatever. Only when it's too late, do you realize that you should've checked in regardless.
Oldies station and at the risk of feeling dumb definitely hits me hard due my depression + my self-isolation tendencies. Clancy couldn’t have come out at a better time in my life <3
Oldies station. I’m 14 rn and TØP has changed my life for the better. I relate to that song quite a lot. “You don’t mind how long red lights are taken” I relate to this line bc I feel like that for the last 6 years, my entire life has been put on hold and changed due to some issues. And all I can hope for is to Push on through. Thank you Tyler, you saved my life.
Routines In The Night I relate to so strongly. I don't sleep easily because of anxiety and my mind tends to bring up bad memories.
Navigating is a beast. Right after the album released I was fresh with grief over my cat's death. For some reason this song activated my emotions. I was feeling somewhat numb, and I ended up crying my eyes out for a couple of hours. The "because everybody leaves" part I think broke me.
next semester.
i’ve struggled with anxiety my whole life. “a taste test of what i hate less,” “pressure in my chest,” “can you die of anxiousness,” are all things i felt in my core.
it feels fitting that the song starts with that, because anxiety is so oppressive. it suffocates you until you feel like there’s nowhere left to go. the most panic inducing paralysis imaginable. and the tempo of the song, the style, the words, especially before the chorus, are so exact…. it’s like tyler and josh grabbed them from inside of my brain.
more than that, i tried to commit suicide when i was a senior in high school and failed. to me, it feels like the chorus of the song is describing someone reflecting on a moment like that one. i too don’t remember much, but i remember what i was wearing. the song gets more aggressive and desperate, because recalling a moment like that can feel scary and hopeless.
it feels nostalgic to listen to. a little terrifying. relatable. like a window into my old life. but listening to it makes me so grateful that i did fail to actually commit suicide that day. life is a very precious gift, and although the struggles don’t stop, i am grateful to have the opportunity to push through and come out on the other side.
much love <3
ATROFD and Next Semester. Sometimes I was just hoping someone close would check on me. For some reason it felt as if I couldn't reach out to anyone, as if I was isolated. And then we went in spring break. I was truly alone. Nobody around me at school to distract me from my mind. I started writing poems and music. When I went back to school it just wasn't the same. I'm glad I'm not where I was at that time. I'm good now ✌️.
Next Semester is an insane song lyrically and metaphorically when you find out what it’s about, and it’s just… a perfect song. Perfect for me, it’s just a masterpiece and it alsways makes me just reflect whenever I hear it.
guys, i'll share something. i hope it doesn't come across as insensitive. but i've always had anxiety and depression here and there and i've been taking magnesium and vitamin d for 6 months. i don't get anxious or sad anymore, and if i do it's quite occasional. hope it helps.
Routines for sure. I’ve done the walking the routine both in my head and just around my room at night. I remember hearing the lyrics and watching the video w my girlfriend at the time since we were watching the mv stream together, and I was just in love w the song. Still my favorite off the whole album
Especially for where I’m at at this point of life, where I’m far recovered from the worst of it (being suicidal and an awful person and all that), and having been living on that high for a while, only for it to wear off and you realize that you have so much more deep seated issues that aren’t as urgent, but will drastically impact my life. I’ve put it to my therapist as that I could not do any work on my mental health from this day on and live a relatively normal life. A functioning life where everything is healthy enough. But I’m nowhere near being at a place where I can guarantee that I am going to live a happy life.
And it might be major projection, but I do think that is what Clancy is about. Not being in this super dark place, thinking you finally made it, only to look up and realize you’re only half way. Multiple songs quite explicitly talk about the fear of relapsing. Whether it’s depression in general or a specific destructive behavior, I think it can apply to both. I think Oldie’s Station is about his kids being a motivation to get better. Next Semester is about suicidal ideation. Backslide is literally backsliding in progress. Routines in the night, navigating, snap back, ATROFD, they all rotate around the theme of 1) fear of falling back into old patterns 2) realizing that though you’ve gotten through the worst, you still have more to go (just cause Tyler escaped from Dema, doesn’t mean he’s out).
I have been so busy since it came out that I haven’t really listened closely to every single song, but there’s like six songs with a theme of what I’ve been talking about that I all really like. If I had to pick, Backslide is just a sliver of a win, with Navigating and Next Semester super close behind, and Routines in the Night, snap back, and ATROFD all being tied at third also very close. Like I really adore them all and connect so deeply that’s it’s hard wow I’m ranting and need to go to bed
There is so much that goes into our happiness. The more we dwell on the small positives, the easier it is to move forward from the negatives. That’s just something I’ve learned in therapy, it works sometimes. I don’t know your situation, but remember to show yourself some compassion and take note of small moments of happiness.
I’m in the same boat, I feel like I’m out of the thickest and darkest part of the woods, Mirkwood if you will. And now I’m just trying to avoid being chased back in. I wish you the best, friend. Stay alive, we can’t know the future. Just know that, despite how it may feel, we’re never truly back at square one when we backslide. You know the path to recovery now, you’ve hiked the whole trail. ❤️
I use pretty much the whole album to communicate with my dissociated parts. But the ones I’ve had most back and forth communication with are Backslide and Next Semester!
Oldies Station. It's hard to see anything ahead of me right now, and the future scares me. Something about the song gives me hope that, if I make it to the other side, I'll see it's all been worth it.
Navigating. But specifically that one verse where it talks about how “everybody leaves”. I’ve lost a lot of people in one way or another, the most recent being my best friend to a car accident. He was only 17. It really summed up my deepest fear in that verse. The reality that everybody leaves. It’s the biggest source of my anxiety, and has been since I was little. I’ve tried to turn it around, to take it as an opportunity to have the best experiences I can with the people I love while they are here. But some days it’s just overwhelming knowing that it’s not always going to be this way. That not everyone will always be here
It’s true, tomorrow is not guaranteed to us. The best we can do is savor the moments we have with those who we love, but in the process of doing so, things can get bittersweet. We know those moments will end. My very best advice: take pictures, take videos, voice record conversations, gather letters from loved ones, save birthday cards, tell people you love them at every opportunity, you get the point. No matter what you believe, I’d like to think we’ll be reunited in some form with those we’ve lost. Wish you the best, friend ❤️
Thanks :) and I agree. I started journaling after my friends passing. I want to make sure that I not only love the experiences as they are happening, but that I’ll always be able to look back on them. And I’ve been making sure to say “I love you” to all my friends whenever I can. I think that that was one thing I am happy about in terms of my friend passing- I don’t have any regrets. I told him I loved him all the time, and there are plenty of voice recordings haha. I have a recording of him saying “I love you, goodnight!” I ended up going to build a bear and had that put into a little frog lol. I wish the best to you too :)
Next Semester is a weird song for me because I did the same thing back in March. I had a mental and emotional breakdown that caused me to go run in the middle of the road at 2 am. I didn’t actively want to die but every time a car would pass, a part of my mind wished it would hit me. Eventually a cop came by and talked to me for a bit and then I was in the psych ward for a week, and the day that I got out was the day that the song came out and it’s been a hard song for me to listen to but it’s one I love and have a deep personal connection with.
It’s amazing how music will come into our lives just when we need it the most. I hope you’re doing better, the world needs you, and you need to be here to discover new music. Wishing you the best ❤️
I saw a comment like this yesterday, I also struggle with DPDR and didn’t realize how much Navigating speaks to that until someone said something. Now it has new meaning for me. There’s nothing quite like a song that makes you feel heard, usually like nothing else can. I wish you the best, friend ❤️
ATROFD. Communication is so big for me. Being around friends is so big for me. When any of my friends are going through something and they push away or mask I always find it important to hit them up often because I would want someone to do the same for me when I'm low.
oldies station 'start a streak you're bound to break' for me speaks to the fact it's always worth trying to get better even if you don't believe you will at the time. in the same vein 'you don't quite mind how long red lights are taking' gives me hope for my own quiet improvement and peace.
Paladin Strait is pretty huge for me at the moment.
Theres a sea between me and a lot of my long term friends, and I can see their landmass from where I live. I plan to move there in the next couple of years to be with them so it hits very close for me.
(For the same reasons, Leave The City and Bandito speak to me just as much)
When Next Semester came out it was very relatable, due to my really harsh exit from my college. Indeed I do remember what I was wearing when I was on that exam that I failed for the last time..
And now with the whole album out, ATROBD hits very hard, and also Oldies Station hits
a LOT of them and i wish i can yap about it but the most that made me cry would be paladin strait. Ive been in a constant battle with my mental health and got better last year, only to fall back into depression. It’s a weird state though bc this time i KNOW what it’s like to NOT have depression, so im just fighting my way back.
So the lyrics “I would swim the paladin strait without any flotation, just a glimpse of visual aid” is what it feels like to fall back but this time its different, this time you know what its like to be okay.
It’s like, hope but you’re also back in depression. Theres hope because you experienced happiness, but you’re also back where you started so the relief is covered in some form of anxiety, what if i don’t swim it all the way? what if i don’t make it?
this band means the world to me.
Backslide. I've struggled with the feeling of losing myself several times and that song reminds me of it. Like I should have loved myself better and I don't want to backslide to that strange version of me that I can't even recognice anymore.
Also ATROFD. I have a lot of issues what it comes to opening up to people. First I tend to overshare and then regret it and give silent treatment for my loved ones for weeks. Is this too much information lmao? Anyways the part "I don't want anyone, know me or not, see me at my lowest" hits home.
Edit: Forgot to mention Navigating. For many years I've felt like I'm "behind in life". I still don't know what I want to study or do really, and right now I'm not doing anything cause I burned out due to anxiety and depression. Just focusing on getting better. I feel like Clancy really came out at the best time possible for me... Right when I'm tryna get my sht together.
I'm doing fine these days, but Routines In The Night speaks to my 14-16 year old self. It has this Vessel-y theme of the day-night dichotomy, where night is a time for introspection where you're left alone with your negative thoughts, and I \*really\* struggled with them back then. The verse "I'll probably jump on the next one" is eerily accurate of that time. Luckily I can enjoy the song these days and celebrate how far I've come!
Oldies Station came at the perfect time in my life, while I feel like I'm waiting at a "red light" after graduating from college and finding myself unemployed, I've lost so many relatives in the past 3 years, and I don't know how I'm going to make it in the world as an independent adult. Whenever I have to find my own purpose, and there's nothing distracting me from my anxiety, I feel like I have nothing worthwhile to do for the world. At the end of the song where he mentions being in the crowd at her first dance recital, I hope I can get there one day, because right now I don't see any way that I'd be able to support children
ATROFD for sure. I literally am in the exact situation of feeling like my friends aren't reaching out to me while I rot away and say "I'm fine" whenever I'm asked how I'm doing. But that's more of a recent thing. I'd say Backslide and Next Semester are my more long-term nerve-strikers lol
For me it's At the Risk of Feeling Dumb. I wish people checked on their friends more. There were times where I wished someone would just ask "hey whatcha doing rn" and just hung out. Even if we just sat and watched a movie or played video games. It would have been better than sitting with my thoughts.
Navigating. When I was younger, I used to disassociate from reality a lot (i was never diagnosed with anything though because i never saw a doctor or anything) but the song seems really relatable to me
Next semester, was in college and my mental health was at an all time low at this point in my life. Song really speaks to me. Off topic(ish) car radio will always hold a special place in my heart. That song means so much to me
Routines in the night, depressive episodes have always been their worst for me at night and that song perfectly captures that cyclic feeling that comes over me. Especially when dealing with emotions and thoughts that defy logic but you can’t stop feeling them.
RITN, ATROFD, and Oldies Station speak to me for my mental health. I also believe Oldies Station would have helped a few years ago when I was dealing with some issues for my physical health.
Every single one takes me down a different mental detour. I'm not that young anymore, and I've been thru a lot. The insane amount of thoughts this album has poked at in my brain is beyond wild.
Snap Back is in my ears as I type, sitting in the dark on my front porch, enjoying a perfect 80* Colorado night. But then my mind wanders over my whole life, and it makes me cry. After the cry, I tend to feel a little better. 🙏🏻💜
I really identify with Oldies Station. The bitersweetness of knowing the familiar pattern of battling depression and anxiety. When I experience it now, I know have trod those paths in the past and there is an expectation that this too will pass as long as I keep the faith and relish the small victories. It may be days, weeks or years but even in the depth of depression, there can be hope and it is a familiar fight.
Navigating is a close second. When I am in a bad place I feel that disconnectedness between my brain and reactions. I am filtering everything through my mind and it does feel like, in a sense, I am navigating my head. My instincts want to take me down a darker path but I need to weigh and measure each situation before I respond as I cant trust my initial reactions and I don't feel connected to the reality of the situation.
So many other songs that resonate, but these two are the strongest for me.
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Navigating for OCD, 100%. “Pardon my delay, I’m navigating my head” is the realest fucking lyric I’ve ever heard to relate to ocd . I’ve definitely had many many hours spent overanalyzing and going in circles in my head cause of it so that whole song is a huge mood. Thankfully it’s a lot better with meds but ofc it’s always a struggle.
Also snap back for content addiction is pretty relatable too
Next Semester for me. I tried to self unalive first semester in high school, I remember exactly how my room was when I did it and what I was wearing (still miss that sweater), and ultimately the switch to an alternative high school was the biggest help for my anxiety and it just so happened to be literally, the next semester. So yeah that one hurts a lot lol. I was crying at the listening party to it and I can't imagine how painful that one's gonna be live
I’m gonna be a little out there. Paladin strait for me. I see myself swimming through this sea of depression and anxiety which only I can *navigate* by myself and no one else. I see my husband and dog and family waiting on the other side for me, as I pull myself out of this. For me it’s winning my battle of mental health if not for me then for the sake of my family. I’m past the point of no return, is me not going to bitch out or quit while I fight this.
I guess this correlates to my MDD diagnosis, but Snap Back makes me feel the constant manipulation nice people have to face (shoutout to y’all for holding on, ily, and I fight with you). You’re wanting to stand up to stop what’s causing your mental health to go down, but you can’t for various reasons.
Next Semester made me think back about my school days where I went from being a popular kiddo in elementary school up to being an invisible nobody up till high school makes me regret so many things I did and didn’t do.
Oldies Station is my anxiety of having to growing up. It’s a wake up call that there’s not a manual for life, but reassurance that all these crazy things are bound to happen, but that’s okay because that’s how it was meant to be in the first place.
Lastly, Paladin Strait. Outside of the story TØP are trying to tell, for me, as someone who was diagnosed with GAD and mixed emotion and thoughts, this song speaks to me in the level of not having anyone really to open up. You’re wanting to open up, but you have these obstacles you’re constantly thinking about. Who it is, what it’s about, and just doom thinking they’ll abandon you if you open up completely about your ongoing mental battle.
ATROFD, Next Semester, Vignette, but probably most Backslide because I had really bad mental health, got better, then was scared to backslide, and now feel like I am backsliding. And all the lyrics are just really good.
For me it’s the way routine in the night makes me feel like I’m trapped in my mind again at a time where I felt like it was impossible to survive another night. I love it very much but it also makes me feel like I can’t breathe.
I feel like the song combined with the music video is a great representation of what it feels like to have depression
So that's what it is 😞 it gets me, right down to each door that remains closed but sometimes I'm forced in and I'm pulling all nighters in the same spot in bed
"Next Semester" is like a journal entry from when I was in college. He tapped into a nerve right there.
Just about to graduate and I wish it had come out sooner! It would have been my anthem.
In the middle of college rn and it definitely rings true about the idea of wanting a fresh start, even if the cycle will just repeat itself. However, you do come out of it being able to handle things better with each passing cycle. Think that message really is potent
Oldies Station
Me too 💖
Oldies Station 1000% I always kick myself when I fall off something like a solid routine. Hearing Tyler say to start something you know won't last forever was both incredibly heartbreaking in view of my past mess ups, but also so fucking encouraging for future attempts knowing that it's not only okay to stumble and fail, but also that that's what's going to happen so you might as well embrace and learn from it.
Oldies Station for me. I have struggled with depression for the past 10 years and I'm only 22, so yeah, it speaks to me the most
Same here...I love that song so much. It gives me the power to break the struggle in everyday life tasks and the challenge to still grow as a person.
ATROFD. I’ve struggled with severe depression for about a year, and it just hits hard cuz I try so hard to be normal even though I prob shouldn’t
ATROFD is one of my favorites. Feel your feelings, remember to reach out for help, remember you are important.
I hope you get better and I if it helps try talking to people like family or friends. It can help hope you have a good day.
Backslide, Vignette, and Snap Back. I never expect those songs to make me tear up until I’m in my car listening to Clancy by myself. After dealing with so much abuse from my parents and fighting depression and sh by myself, I’m constantly afraid that something is going to trigger that all back after years and years of being away from it all
Vignette is such an emotionally powerful song. I've always loved that twenty one pilots songs are somehow so specific, yet you can easily place your own situation into them. Keep on pushin' through, friend 
Those are my exact 3!
Snap back 100% no question.
Snapback is PERFECT
Came here to say this!
Oldies Station, followed by At The Risk (both perspectives.) I never really understood how big and painful emotions could be until recently, never understood it's part of getting older I guess. "Found your capacity for love and tragedy" sums it all up pretty well for me.
Navigating. I’ve been dealing with derealization disorder since I was a child and severe loss trauma for the last couple of years. I’ve cried to that song more than a few times now, and I think it played a huge role in getting over my recent episode of derealization because it helped me identify the root issue and my feelings. It really feels like the song was written for me sometimes.
Thank you for giving this song new meaning for me. I struggle with DPDR, can't believe I didn't realize how much Navigating speaks to that. I wish you the best of luck, derealization is a feeling I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. From one real person to another. :)
I’m glad I could do that for you! I hope it helps you to heal from your DPDR ❤️ It’s such a hard condition to live with every day.
Navigating speaks to me the loudest "I can't seem to turn the page This haze around my face Makes me feel all alone" and then of course the chorus feels like they are in my brain...because dang it if it doesn't feel like wasted time to constantly be in my head. I love the song, it feels like a gift.
The Craving. Every time I would get lost in my head with depression or anxiety and stopped talking, reaching out, trying. Feeling hopeless and overwhelmed. I don’t know if any of the people I loved who saw me withdraw like that really understood that the entire time I did want it to stop, and I did want them to hold me, and I did want to get up and smile under blue skies again. With them. That what I craved was a connection with them that I couldn’t feel anymore, drowning in an ocean of pain and fear. Scared of making mistakes, losing my place, having all my efforts go to waste if I had already lost them along the way.. let my efforts not be in vain. And when I did finally reach out my hand, come out of it, shake it off, take meds, whatever it was… no one was left there to grab it. Why the hell couldn’t I throw everything away to be with them? Would that have been right either? I couldn’t find a balance. I couldn’t find my balance, and I lost too much sight of who was important to me. It was always about them. And I made it about me.
So many of the songs on there, but as a 35 year old with 3 kids just like Tyler, Oldies Station perfectly describes how you learn to adapt yourself to ‘push on through’ even if your problems are still there ‘You’re in the crowd at her first dance recital, push on through’ hit hard (despite me having 3 boys!) because in those moments you *should* be happy and feel guilty for not being happy so you just have to push on through
“I have seemed to run out of excuses of why I am this way.” Yeah, definitely Snap Back for me too.
That line hits so hard, feel you there.
Definitely snap back, even tho ATROFD is a very close second. Struggling with CPTSD that also causes depression, ocd and anxiety and I'm also in that cycle of backsliding every time. Been really close to it recently but that song helped me stay on track and keep going.
Routines in the night. As someone with delayed sleep phase syndrome and an anxiety disorder routines is just my life
The second half of oldies station really captured the feeling of growing accustomed to battling depression over the years for me.
the whole album, really. but specifically Routines In The Night, Navigating, Vignette, and Oldies Station. as someone who deals with CPTSD and has been trying to process trauma from my past and figure out how to heal and move forward, these songs in particular *really* speak to me and my experiences, especially in the past couple of years. i’ve always really connected with the Trench/DEMA storyline, but since actively trying to focus on my mental health it’s really become something that means a lot to me. and while i love the narrative and the lore side of it, i’m so glad that this album kind of focuses more on what it’s supposed to represent rather than the storyline itself.
I know there’s a lot of want for this album to be super lore heavy, but taking a step back and appreciating how each song can speak to a listener in some way really shows the band has delivered on something that will last and endear with everyone who listens to it
Snap back, ATROFD, vignette and backslide. All four songs make me feel seen in a way that doesn’t happen for me usually. Vignette and snap back are the most meaningful for my personal situation, backslide speaks to my grief for my son, ATROFD has me wishing someone felt like that about me (they would drop their plans to help me) but I know there isn’t.
I love how easily we can insert our own situations into their songs, giving them so many meanings. I am sorry about your son, I know grief, it comes in waves. Backslide works well with that imagery, reach your hand above the tide, I'm throwing you a line. You're not alone, but it can be hard to find good company. I wish you the best, friend.
Oldies Station. Im grateful to have in many ways made peace (for lack of a better word) with my mental health struggles, and I think Oldies Station speaks to that in a really nice retrospective way. Bad days will come, but with every day, good or bad, I feel a little wiser and a little more well-equipped to tackle them. Pain from my past still haunts me and plays a role in my life, but it feels different now.
Snap Back and Next Semester hit hard
definitely snap back
3 songs from Clancy 1. At The Risk- As a person who has two best friends that are depressed and engage into sh, that song is just too close to home. And I do exactly what he says in the song. They're not always in the mood to talk or share their problems, but I still keep checking in to let them know that I'm willing to listen whenever they're ready. 2. Next Semester- I myself struggle with my mental health btw, and one of the major reasons for that is my college. I have never actually made an "attempt" but I still feel like I relate to that song a lot. 3. Paladin Strait- Not really sure why but this song just makes me cry. I just break down when I hear the line "Even though I'm past the point of no return". It just hits different.
snap back, ATROFD, navigating, next semester, vignette, RITN, so majority of the album lol
A lot of them tbh. Mostly Snapback right now, Backslide is another one I can really relate to for that as well.
Snap Back and Navigating
Oldies Station....all of the lyrics in this one hit me hard
Paladin Strait. I’ve swum it before and I’ll do it again. Just need an image of you on the other side.
oldies station
Bipolar here and backslide felt the most relatable on Clancy. The metaphors of feeling underwater is similar to the feeling of being overwhelmed and being scared of not having meds or a psychotic break.
Backslide AND Snapback. In that order, it’s soo good. Chefs kiss
Snap back or routines in the night or ATROFD
So many of these songs really hit with me on that level, but being one of the earlier singles, Backslide *really* stuck with me and where I'm at in this moment. Both the song, and the themes further illustrated in the video. I have been there *so* many times feeling like I screwed up and let people down when I fail to do the simplest task (like picking up bread) and/or show up late because I just couldn't get out of my own way and out of my own head. And I'm so much better now than I used to be, but I know my depression is still inside of me and always will be. It took so much effort over so many years to reach the point of feeling as stable as I do now, that when I feel it slip and things get a little darker, I do sometimes genuinely worry that I just don't have it in me anymore to go through that journey again. Getting better was hard work that took a lot out of me, a lot that I never got back. If I get thrown back in there I'm gonna be fighting short handed, and considering it took everything I had the first time, I just gotta hope I can keep on top of it.
Feeling dumb and SnapBack.
Not necessarily mental health but addiction, snap back is too real
Mine was actually Midwest indigo, I see the concept of Midwest indigo as my anxiety. It’s probably not what he meant when he wrote it but that’s what I think of
That’s the great thing about Tyler’s writing! His songs can be so specific, yet easy to place our own situations into. It’s a skill!
Snap back or backslide. I’ve been doing so well and I’m so scared of slipping back into my old habits. These songs hit just so hard. But every song on Clancy hits me hard lmao
The craving, hearing his voice crack on the line I swear that I will give more than I take away gets me every time
Something I love about that line is that it’s easy to relate to, in comparison to the rest of the song maybe. Thinking of family and friends - “I swear that I will give more to them than I take away from them.” That’s something that really resonates with me.
Navigating for me 100% especially right now…. *if you really want to know what I’m thinking, kinda feels like everybody leaves, feelin the reality that everybody leaves*
Snap Back as well, "I have seemed to run out of excuses of why I am this way" through therapy I've realized this myself recently.
Snapback and Routines are really speaking to me lately. I'm an overthinker and get lost in my head and then I let myself "backslide" to old, bad habits of self depreciation and depression. The album came out at a moment of struggle I'm dealing with rn so it's helping me work out my feelings
For me snap back really speaks to me bc of the FNS I have and not having the elasticity like I used to… But also at the risk of feeling dumb bc I dont want anybody knowing me or not see me at my lowest
snap back for sure, and i get that same vibe from oldie's station - just not necessarily at that "life is good" part of my mental health journey yet
You get there in your own time. Remember to look for the yellow flowers along the path, the good moments, brief moments of relief, that keep us pushing on through. Best of luck, friend ❤️
thank you :,) i really appreciate that. put a smile on my face this bright saturday morning <3
snap back easily.
snap back and backslide. i’m good now, but i’m scared that something can go wrong so my depressive episode will start again
Snap back and oldies station for me. The panic of feeling like I’m slipping(snapping) back into old patterns and then the relief and reminder from oldies that I actually know how to deal with shit(anxiety and depression )better now.
Snap back
Next Semester easily. Outside of the singles I'd say Vignette.
At the risk of feeling dumb / Midwest Indigo
Tbh I could make a list, but the only one I haven't shared is my relation to Backslide. It's just me yelling at my best friend. Well ex bsf..
all of them 🥴but on top is backslide and routines in the night. i deal with super horrible insomnia and PTSD. and have been doing Very not great recently, so backslide has been a huge comfort for that. but in general this album came out when i really needed it
Next Semester. I’m still young but I had an attempt. Every time the song plays I am thrown back to that moment where I stopped and stepped back. If anyone is considering anything akin to suicide. Please take a step back and call someone, this isn’t the way there is more to life
Backslide
As someone with autism who can become extremely overwhelmed with stimulus, Vignette means a lot to me. “Fighting off the vignette” I such a beautiful metaphor. I know for some it’s about addiction, but for me it’s about fighting off the false narratives that cloud my thinking and keep me up at night
Ooh really most of them do, but the two that really stood out to me the first time I heard them were snap back and backslide
Oldies Station and Next Semester for sure.
All of them except for Lavish, but I have a special place in my heart for Backslide after listening to it on repeat for 4 hours the day it came out.
Next semester, backslide, Midwest indigo, snap back and oldies station
At The Risk Of Feeling Dumb hits hard if you've lost people to suicide. The wording is also perfect. Sometimes you don't check in on people, because you don't want to feel dumb for 'inttruding' or whatever. Only when it's too late, do you realize that you should've checked in regardless.
Vignette and navigating so hard
Oldies station 🥲
Depression, PTSD, and Anxiety here - Routines in the Night is mine.
At the risk of feeling dumb - I often just want to be left alone when I’m at my lowest. I just retreat into myself, don’t make plans
Oldies station and at the risk of feeling dumb definitely hits me hard due my depression + my self-isolation tendencies. Clancy couldn’t have come out at a better time in my life <3
Paladin Strait
Oldies and ATROFD
Oldies station. I’m 14 rn and TØP has changed my life for the better. I relate to that song quite a lot. “You don’t mind how long red lights are taken” I relate to this line bc I feel like that for the last 6 years, my entire life has been put on hold and changed due to some issues. And all I can hope for is to Push on through. Thank you Tyler, you saved my life.
Routines In The Night I relate to so strongly. I don't sleep easily because of anxiety and my mind tends to bring up bad memories. Navigating is a beast. Right after the album released I was fresh with grief over my cat's death. For some reason this song activated my emotions. I was feeling somewhat numb, and I ended up crying my eyes out for a couple of hours. The "because everybody leaves" part I think broke me.
next semester. i’ve struggled with anxiety my whole life. “a taste test of what i hate less,” “pressure in my chest,” “can you die of anxiousness,” are all things i felt in my core. it feels fitting that the song starts with that, because anxiety is so oppressive. it suffocates you until you feel like there’s nowhere left to go. the most panic inducing paralysis imaginable. and the tempo of the song, the style, the words, especially before the chorus, are so exact…. it’s like tyler and josh grabbed them from inside of my brain. more than that, i tried to commit suicide when i was a senior in high school and failed. to me, it feels like the chorus of the song is describing someone reflecting on a moment like that one. i too don’t remember much, but i remember what i was wearing. the song gets more aggressive and desperate, because recalling a moment like that can feel scary and hopeless. it feels nostalgic to listen to. a little terrifying. relatable. like a window into my old life. but listening to it makes me so grateful that i did fail to actually commit suicide that day. life is a very precious gift, and although the struggles don’t stop, i am grateful to have the opportunity to push through and come out on the other side. much love <3
ATROFD and Next Semester. Sometimes I was just hoping someone close would check on me. For some reason it felt as if I couldn't reach out to anyone, as if I was isolated. And then we went in spring break. I was truly alone. Nobody around me at school to distract me from my mind. I started writing poems and music. When I went back to school it just wasn't the same. I'm glad I'm not where I was at that time. I'm good now ✌️.
routines in the night / oldies station
Next Semester, as someone who's currently going through College and a rough patch in their life it really really speaks to me
Next Semester is an insane song lyrically and metaphorically when you find out what it’s about, and it’s just… a perfect song. Perfect for me, it’s just a masterpiece and it alsways makes me just reflect whenever I hear it.
guys, i'll share something. i hope it doesn't come across as insensitive. but i've always had anxiety and depression here and there and i've been taking magnesium and vitamin d for 6 months. i don't get anxious or sad anymore, and if i do it's quite occasional. hope it helps.
Oldies Station. Listening to it makes me reflect on all the other times I’ve been in a dark place and how I’ve always pushed through.
Routines for sure. I’ve done the walking the routine both in my head and just around my room at night. I remember hearing the lyrics and watching the video w my girlfriend at the time since we were watching the mv stream together, and I was just in love w the song. Still my favorite off the whole album
Especially for where I’m at at this point of life, where I’m far recovered from the worst of it (being suicidal and an awful person and all that), and having been living on that high for a while, only for it to wear off and you realize that you have so much more deep seated issues that aren’t as urgent, but will drastically impact my life. I’ve put it to my therapist as that I could not do any work on my mental health from this day on and live a relatively normal life. A functioning life where everything is healthy enough. But I’m nowhere near being at a place where I can guarantee that I am going to live a happy life. And it might be major projection, but I do think that is what Clancy is about. Not being in this super dark place, thinking you finally made it, only to look up and realize you’re only half way. Multiple songs quite explicitly talk about the fear of relapsing. Whether it’s depression in general or a specific destructive behavior, I think it can apply to both. I think Oldie’s Station is about his kids being a motivation to get better. Next Semester is about suicidal ideation. Backslide is literally backsliding in progress. Routines in the night, navigating, snap back, ATROFD, they all rotate around the theme of 1) fear of falling back into old patterns 2) realizing that though you’ve gotten through the worst, you still have more to go (just cause Tyler escaped from Dema, doesn’t mean he’s out). I have been so busy since it came out that I haven’t really listened closely to every single song, but there’s like six songs with a theme of what I’ve been talking about that I all really like. If I had to pick, Backslide is just a sliver of a win, with Navigating and Next Semester super close behind, and Routines in the Night, snap back, and ATROFD all being tied at third also very close. Like I really adore them all and connect so deeply that’s it’s hard wow I’m ranting and need to go to bed
There is so much that goes into our happiness. The more we dwell on the small positives, the easier it is to move forward from the negatives. That’s just something I’ve learned in therapy, it works sometimes. I don’t know your situation, but remember to show yourself some compassion and take note of small moments of happiness. I’m in the same boat, I feel like I’m out of the thickest and darkest part of the woods, Mirkwood if you will. And now I’m just trying to avoid being chased back in. I wish you the best, friend. Stay alive, we can’t know the future. Just know that, despite how it may feel, we’re never truly back at square one when we backslide. You know the path to recovery now, you’ve hiked the whole trail. ❤️
Oldies station
…All of them….
Ding ding ding! So true haha
oldies station so much
I use pretty much the whole album to communicate with my dissociated parts. But the ones I’ve had most back and forth communication with are Backslide and Next Semester!
Oldies Station. It's hard to see anything ahead of me right now, and the future scares me. Something about the song gives me hope that, if I make it to the other side, I'll see it's all been worth it.
routines in the night, at the risk, and navigating are really helping me out <3
Navigating. But specifically that one verse where it talks about how “everybody leaves”. I’ve lost a lot of people in one way or another, the most recent being my best friend to a car accident. He was only 17. It really summed up my deepest fear in that verse. The reality that everybody leaves. It’s the biggest source of my anxiety, and has been since I was little. I’ve tried to turn it around, to take it as an opportunity to have the best experiences I can with the people I love while they are here. But some days it’s just overwhelming knowing that it’s not always going to be this way. That not everyone will always be here
It’s true, tomorrow is not guaranteed to us. The best we can do is savor the moments we have with those who we love, but in the process of doing so, things can get bittersweet. We know those moments will end. My very best advice: take pictures, take videos, voice record conversations, gather letters from loved ones, save birthday cards, tell people you love them at every opportunity, you get the point. No matter what you believe, I’d like to think we’ll be reunited in some form with those we’ve lost. Wish you the best, friend ❤️
Thanks :) and I agree. I started journaling after my friends passing. I want to make sure that I not only love the experiences as they are happening, but that I’ll always be able to look back on them. And I’ve been making sure to say “I love you” to all my friends whenever I can. I think that that was one thing I am happy about in terms of my friend passing- I don’t have any regrets. I told him I loved him all the time, and there are plenty of voice recordings haha. I have a recording of him saying “I love you, goodnight!” I ended up going to build a bear and had that put into a little frog lol. I wish the best to you too :)
Next Semester is a weird song for me because I did the same thing back in March. I had a mental and emotional breakdown that caused me to go run in the middle of the road at 2 am. I didn’t actively want to die but every time a car would pass, a part of my mind wished it would hit me. Eventually a cop came by and talked to me for a bit and then I was in the psych ward for a week, and the day that I got out was the day that the song came out and it’s been a hard song for me to listen to but it’s one I love and have a deep personal connection with.
It’s amazing how music will come into our lives just when we need it the most. I hope you’re doing better, the world needs you, and you need to be here to discover new music. Wishing you the best ❤️
at the risk of feeling dumb, snapback and next semester
I feel like Routines in the night or backslide really reasonable with how I feel idk why
Oldies Station for sure.
Navigating and Oldies Station hit the hardest
I really struggle with depersonalization and derealization. Navigating is like a play by play of how I feel during these episodes
I saw a comment like this yesterday, I also struggle with DPDR and didn’t realize how much Navigating speaks to that until someone said something. Now it has new meaning for me. There’s nothing quite like a song that makes you feel heard, usually like nothing else can. I wish you the best, friend ❤️
Backslide, next semester, navigating, snap back, ritn, atrofd and oldies station
Is it wrong for me to say Lavish?
Backslide, Routines & Navigating
I think that, apart from Overcompensate, each songs speak to me about something
Start a streak you're bound to break .
ATROFD. Communication is so big for me. Being around friends is so big for me. When any of my friends are going through something and they push away or mask I always find it important to hit them up often because I would want someone to do the same for me when I'm low.
oldies station 'start a streak you're bound to break' for me speaks to the fact it's always worth trying to get better even if you don't believe you will at the time. in the same vein 'you don't quite mind how long red lights are taking' gives me hope for my own quiet improvement and peace.
Snap Back, Vignette, ATROFD defenitely
Paladin Strait is pretty huge for me at the moment. Theres a sea between me and a lot of my long term friends, and I can see their landmass from where I live. I plan to move there in the next couple of years to be with them so it hits very close for me. (For the same reasons, Leave The City and Bandito speak to me just as much)
When Next Semester came out it was very relatable, due to my really harsh exit from my college. Indeed I do remember what I was wearing when I was on that exam that I failed for the last time.. And now with the whole album out, ATROBD hits very hard, and also Oldies Station hits
a LOT of them and i wish i can yap about it but the most that made me cry would be paladin strait. Ive been in a constant battle with my mental health and got better last year, only to fall back into depression. It’s a weird state though bc this time i KNOW what it’s like to NOT have depression, so im just fighting my way back. So the lyrics “I would swim the paladin strait without any flotation, just a glimpse of visual aid” is what it feels like to fall back but this time its different, this time you know what its like to be okay. It’s like, hope but you’re also back in depression. Theres hope because you experienced happiness, but you’re also back where you started so the relief is covered in some form of anxiety, what if i don’t swim it all the way? what if i don’t make it? this band means the world to me.
Backslide. I've struggled with the feeling of losing myself several times and that song reminds me of it. Like I should have loved myself better and I don't want to backslide to that strange version of me that I can't even recognice anymore. Also ATROFD. I have a lot of issues what it comes to opening up to people. First I tend to overshare and then regret it and give silent treatment for my loved ones for weeks. Is this too much information lmao? Anyways the part "I don't want anyone, know me or not, see me at my lowest" hits home. Edit: Forgot to mention Navigating. For many years I've felt like I'm "behind in life". I still don't know what I want to study or do really, and right now I'm not doing anything cause I burned out due to anxiety and depression. Just focusing on getting better. I feel like Clancy really came out at the best time possible for me... Right when I'm tryna get my sht together.
I'm doing fine these days, but Routines In The Night speaks to my 14-16 year old self. It has this Vessel-y theme of the day-night dichotomy, where night is a time for introspection where you're left alone with your negative thoughts, and I \*really\* struggled with them back then. The verse "I'll probably jump on the next one" is eerily accurate of that time. Luckily I can enjoy the song these days and celebrate how far I've come!
Routine in the night! Defiantly speaks to my soul
Oldies station and routines in the night... 5 years ago it would've been vignette but... 🙌
At the risk of feeling dumb
Next semester. Too relatable and the energy of the song is a vibe
Oldies station really gets to me
Navigating definitely, because I literally deal with extreme dissociation
Snap back and paladin strait i think felt what I felt, while ATTOFD felt like it was speaking to me
Oldies Station came at the perfect time in my life, while I feel like I'm waiting at a "red light" after graduating from college and finding myself unemployed, I've lost so many relatives in the past 3 years, and I don't know how I'm going to make it in the world as an independent adult. Whenever I have to find my own purpose, and there's nothing distracting me from my anxiety, I feel like I have nothing worthwhile to do for the world. At the end of the song where he mentions being in the crowd at her first dance recital, I hope I can get there one day, because right now I don't see any way that I'd be able to support children
At the risk of feeling dumb hits home for me.
Routines in the Night
ATROFD for sure. I literally am in the exact situation of feeling like my friends aren't reaching out to me while I rot away and say "I'm fine" whenever I'm asked how I'm doing. But that's more of a recent thing. I'd say Backslide and Next Semester are my more long-term nerve-strikers lol
Snap back
For me it's At the Risk of Feeling Dumb. I wish people checked on their friends more. There were times where I wished someone would just ask "hey whatcha doing rn" and just hung out. Even if we just sat and watched a movie or played video games. It would have been better than sitting with my thoughts.
Navigating, routines in the night, oldies station, at the risk of feeling dumb, backslide…. Kind of all of them tbh 😂
> Pardon my delay, I'm navigating my head as a suspected (not diagnosed yet) ADHD patient I can totally relate
Navigating. When I was younger, I used to disassociate from reality a lot (i was never diagnosed with anything though because i never saw a doctor or anything) but the song seems really relatable to me
Next semester, was in college and my mental health was at an all time low at this point in my life. Song really speaks to me. Off topic(ish) car radio will always hold a special place in my heart. That song means so much to me
Backside 😭
Routines in the night, depressive episodes have always been their worst for me at night and that song perfectly captures that cyclic feeling that comes over me. Especially when dealing with emotions and thoughts that defy logic but you can’t stop feeling them.
RITN, ATROFD, and Oldies Station speak to me for my mental health. I also believe Oldies Station would have helped a few years ago when I was dealing with some issues for my physical health.
Every single one takes me down a different mental detour. I'm not that young anymore, and I've been thru a lot. The insane amount of thoughts this album has poked at in my brain is beyond wild. Snap Back is in my ears as I type, sitting in the dark on my front porch, enjoying a perfect 80* Colorado night. But then my mind wanders over my whole life, and it makes me cry. After the cry, I tend to feel a little better. 🙏🏻💜
I really identify with Oldies Station. The bitersweetness of knowing the familiar pattern of battling depression and anxiety. When I experience it now, I know have trod those paths in the past and there is an expectation that this too will pass as long as I keep the faith and relish the small victories. It may be days, weeks or years but even in the depth of depression, there can be hope and it is a familiar fight. Navigating is a close second. When I am in a bad place I feel that disconnectedness between my brain and reactions. I am filtering everything through my mind and it does feel like, in a sense, I am navigating my head. My instincts want to take me down a darker path but I need to weigh and measure each situation before I respond as I cant trust my initial reactions and I don't feel connected to the reality of the situation. So many other songs that resonate, but these two are the strongest for me. Edited for autocorrect errors
rouuuutines. massive insomniac
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Navigating for OCD, 100%. “Pardon my delay, I’m navigating my head” is the realest fucking lyric I’ve ever heard to relate to ocd . I’ve definitely had many many hours spent overanalyzing and going in circles in my head cause of it so that whole song is a huge mood. Thankfully it’s a lot better with meds but ofc it’s always a struggle. Also snap back for content addiction is pretty relatable too
Next Semester for me. I tried to self unalive first semester in high school, I remember exactly how my room was when I did it and what I was wearing (still miss that sweater), and ultimately the switch to an alternative high school was the biggest help for my anxiety and it just so happened to be literally, the next semester. So yeah that one hurts a lot lol. I was crying at the listening party to it and I can't imagine how painful that one's gonna be live
oldies station.
I’m gonna be a little out there. Paladin strait for me. I see myself swimming through this sea of depression and anxiety which only I can *navigate* by myself and no one else. I see my husband and dog and family waiting on the other side for me, as I pull myself out of this. For me it’s winning my battle of mental health if not for me then for the sake of my family. I’m past the point of no return, is me not going to bitch out or quit while I fight this.
Navigating, routines in the night, oldies station, at the risk of feeling dumb, backslide…. Kind of all of them tbh 😂
I guess this correlates to my MDD diagnosis, but Snap Back makes me feel the constant manipulation nice people have to face (shoutout to y’all for holding on, ily, and I fight with you). You’re wanting to stand up to stop what’s causing your mental health to go down, but you can’t for various reasons. Next Semester made me think back about my school days where I went from being a popular kiddo in elementary school up to being an invisible nobody up till high school makes me regret so many things I did and didn’t do. Oldies Station is my anxiety of having to growing up. It’s a wake up call that there’s not a manual for life, but reassurance that all these crazy things are bound to happen, but that’s okay because that’s how it was meant to be in the first place. Lastly, Paladin Strait. Outside of the story TØP are trying to tell, for me, as someone who was diagnosed with GAD and mixed emotion and thoughts, this song speaks to me in the level of not having anyone really to open up. You’re wanting to open up, but you have these obstacles you’re constantly thinking about. Who it is, what it’s about, and just doom thinking they’ll abandon you if you open up completely about your ongoing mental battle.
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ATROFD, Next Semester, Vignette, but probably most Backslide because I had really bad mental health, got better, then was scared to backslide, and now feel like I am backsliding. And all the lyrics are just really good.