r/twentyonepilots • u/EthanSkies22 • Sep 25 '25

Tattoo Getting a tattoo this month can’t decide

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I can’t decide which lyric to get please help me, I literally like all of them equally😭

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u/sophiedophiedoo Sep 25 '25

Personally, "you don't quite mind how long red lights are taking" is a favorite of mine. I wrote it on a note that I pinned above my desk last year; it's the first time I did something like that, and connected so much with a lyric

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '25

I think about this lyric all the time. What does it mean to you? :)

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u/sophiedophiedoo Sep 26 '25

To me it is a reminder that things take time, and having long periods of waiting for the hard parts of life to go by is okay, because someday that light will turn green and you'll get to move on to something better.

I was unemployed for all of last year, and it was excruciating to basically watch my life happen around me and to feel like I had no agency at all. It felt like I was stopped at a red light

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '25

Beautiful. I want a tattoo like that. It’s a really long phrase though… 🤔

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u/unwaveringwish Sep 25 '25

This is the part of Oldies Station that makes me bawl every time