i've been thinking too much...

... help me: my inner teen has been overthinking the heavydirtysoul music video meanings, and this morning, surfing through twitter i came across to what "TØP Tour Media" (@TOPTourMedia) thoughts were about it and i felt the need to share it:

"Okay, here's my theory on what the video for Heavydirtysoul represents, and how it fits in with the message the Blurryface album give us-

I think it's clear after watching the video, that it represents the vision that Tyler has of wanting to get rid of Blurryface with Blurryface representing his inner demons and problems he faces. And Tyler tries really hard to get rid of them every day but is never 100% successful at it, like the rest of us, you can never quite get rid of them all.

But in the video, he has this grand vision where he is able to defeat Blurryface, and successfully get rid of his problems until the very end, where the video almost starts over again, with him still in the back seat, and Blurryface being the driver which shows that he could not do it, and he is still stuck with a part of him. Like all of us are.

And this ties in with the Blurryface album as a whole, but particularly between Heavydirtysoul and Goner. Here's how-

When you listen to Goner, it ends with the same noise as Heavydirtysoul begins with, representing the cycle of the album and, the Goner vid from five years ago, ends (with the same noise) @ night, whereas Heavydirtysoul starts in the early morning. This gives us the visual explanation that the album has already been telling us for years now- that you can't get rid of him and I think that's something super powerful and relatable to all of us, something that most people won't understand.

THAT is why I love this band. They've never necessarily been one for these 'Hollywood happy endings', but what they do give us are these thoughts, these messages, these feelings that we can bring with us into the real world, and use to defeat our demons, our own insecurities, our own Blurryface. We all have one, and we can never get rid of him entirely, but we can always to our best to keep him down and not let him show. Amen to that |-/"

i think this is just brilliant. my only addition to this theory would be that to me, it's not Blurryface who's driving but Tyler, and Blurryface is constantly tagging along in the backseat (mostly because the guy in the backseat has the make-up that represents Blurryface). and Tyler tries to get rid of him, goes as far as to destroying the car only to find out that Blurryface is still there, because -like "TØP Tour Media" said- we can never get rid of him entirely.

digging too much into the car metaphore, i'd say that the car could represent Tyler as a human being, the driver would be Tyler's mind, and in the backseat there's Blurryface representing his insecurities: as if Tyler had regain control of his life, kicking Blurryface to the back of his mind but  never really getting rid of him completely. that's why at the end of the video it all begins again.

altough i can' quite put my firnger around why Tyler's wearing Blurryface make-up, yet white socks instead of red. it wouldn't be that much of a big deal if it wasn't for the fact that everything Tyler does is never random and it always represents something. it's driving me nuts!

it could mean that Tyler did tame Blurryface -sort of speak- at a point where he's not his full version but a lighter one. like he did defeat his insecurities, he did face the fears Blurryface represented, but that doesn't necessarily mean they've gone away; like, even though he woked them through, they're still a part of him.

i don't know, now i'm just getting creative, trying to understand how Tyler's mind works is very complicated.

but maybe, the fact that when the car falls apart there's no driver and "Blurryface" is able to escape means that Tyler is now ok with his insecurities and they've become a part of him in a way that they do not control him anymore but he's very aware they exist: hence only the black paint is there to represent Blurryface. perhaps that's what joining Josh on the road and the change of outfit in Blurryface means: that the guy singing is not Blurryface, but Tyler embracing his insecurities.

*mind-blown*

moving on: can we talk about Josh's face at the begining? it's like he sees Tyler come and he looks terrified. but i believe he looks terrified because he's scared he won't be able to help Tyler face his fears and beat his insecurities. i like to think that the fact that Tyler drives by Josh again once his drums are on fire represents their friendship. like in a 'through thick and thin' kinda way. as if, even though Josh doesn't really know how to (or can) help Tyler get rid of Blurryface, he's there for him.


all theories aside: i love how Josh looks back at the car exploding, but i think that has no deep meaning, he was just curious of watching a car blow up, or maybe the explotion scared him a little <3

also: i really love how Tyler moves when he's singing. and i like that that's how he moves in the live shows too. man, i wanna see them live so bad! (side-note: i would've given him a mic)

P.S.: (i don't know if it was deliberately or not but) i like that the video starts almost the same way  the video for "Famous Last Words" ends. i miss MCR so much </3

stay alive, frens |-/

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