A Car, A Torch, A Death

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A Car, A Torch, A Death
Song by Twenty One Pilots from the album Twenty One Pilots
RecordedJune — November 2009
ReleasedDecember 29, 2009
FormatDigital
Length4:45
Time signature4/4
Tempo140
KeyF major
Live debut12 October 2012 first known time
Last played12 October 2012
Live count1
WriterTyler Joseph
ProducerTyler Joseph, Chris Salih
LabelSelf-released
Stream / Buy
Twenty One Pilots track listing
  1. Implicit Demand For Proof
  2. Fall Away
  3. The Pantaloon
  4. Addict With A Pen
  5. Friend, Please
  6. March To The Sea
  7. Johnny Boy
  8. Oh, Ms. Believer
  9. Air Catcher
  10. Trapdoor
  11. A Car, A Torch, A Death
  12. Taxi Cab
  13. Before You Start Your Day
  14. Isle Of Flightless Birds

A Car, A Torch, A Death is the 11th song on the album Twenty One Pilots by Twenty One Pilots.

Versions

Title Releas Length Recorded Released Notes
A Car, A Torch, A Death Twenty One Pilots 4:33 June - November 2009 29 Dec 2009

Background

Lyrics

Album version
[Verse 1]

The air begins to feel a little thin

As I start the car and then I begin

To add the miles piled up behind me

I barely feel a smile deep inside me


[Verse 2]

And I begin to envy the headlights driving south

I wanna crack the door so I can just fall out

But then I remember when you packed my car

You reached in the back and buckled up your heart

For me to drive away with

I began to understand why God died


[Verse 3]

The demon sat there waiting on her porch

It was a little dark, so he held a makeshift torch

And when my car was far out of sight

He crept in her room and stayed there for the night


[Bridge]

And then I felt chills in my bones

The breath I saw was not my own

I knew my skin that wrapped my frame

Wasn't made to play this game

And then I saw him, torch in hand

He laid it out, what he had planned

And then I said, "I'll take the grave

Please, just send them all my way"

Then I felt chills in my bones

The breath I saw was not my own

I knew my skin that wrapped my frame

Wasn't made to play this game

And then I saw him, torch in hand

He laid it out, what he had planned

And then I said, "I'll take the grave

Please, just send them all my way"


[Refrain]

I began to understand why God died


[Verse 4]

The air begins to feel a little thin

As we're waiting for the morning to begin

But for now, you told me to hold this jar

And when I looked inside, I saw it held your heart


[Refrain]

For me to walk away with

I began to understand why God died

Media

Sources

Twenty One Pilots
Members Tyler Joseph • Josh Dun
Former Members Chris Salih • Nick Thomas
Albums Twenty One Pilots • Regional at Best • Vessel • Blurryface • Trench • Scaled and Icy • Clancy
EPs Johnny Boy (EP) • Live At UG Studios • Three Songs • Spotify Sessions • Holding on to You (EP) • Quiet Is Viølent •

The LC LP • Double-Sided • TOPxMM • Trench 10" Triplet • Location Sessions

Live releases Blurryface Live • Scaled and Icy (Livestream Version)
Singles Holding on to You • Guns For Hands • Lovely • House Of Gold • Fake You Out • Car Radio •

Fairly Local • Tear In My Heart • Stressed Out • Lane Boy • Ride • Heathens • Heavydirtysoul • Cancer • Jumpsuit • Nico And The Niners • Levitate • My Blood • Chlorine • The Hype • Level Of Concern • Christmas Saves The Year • Shy Away • Choker • Saturday • The Outside • Overcompensate • Next Semester • Backslide • The Craving (single version)

Tours Local Shows • Twenty One Pilots Tour • Regional at Best Tour • Mostly November Tour • Blurryface World Tour •

Emotional Roadshow World Tour • Tour De Columbus • The Bandito Tour • Takeover Tour • The Icy Tour • Clancy World Tour

List of Twenty One Pilots songs • List Twenty One Pilots music videos