Today I'm reacting to Twenty One Pilots' new album, Scaled and Icy. It was quite the journey. Feel free to subscribe if that's something you want to do! And yeah, all my theories about the lyrics were wrong.
- Theory - Considering "Good Day" opened the twenty one pilots livestream experience and "Bounce Man" ended it, and the livestream was essentially a DEMA broadcast, then that means that "Good Day" is the opening credits song for the broadcast and "Bounce Man" is the end credits song for the broadcast meaning "Good Day" to "Bounce Man" in the album is a broadcast from DEMA. I don't think that it's a coincidence that these are also the first nine songs, which is the same number of bishops that control DEMA, so either each of the first nine songs is about a particular bishop or is a song performed by a bishop. Regardless, after the first nine tracks is "No Chances", a message that plays after the broadcast to remind the citizens of DEMA that they have no escape. The final track "Redecorate" is a track that wasn't authorized by the bishops but is instead Tyler beginning to rebel against DEMA as he sings about the hardships of the citizens in DEMA, as one is 'taking directives from the corner where the shadow (bishop) lives' and another is 'afraid of what they may see (a bishop) behind their reflection in a mirror'.
I’ve got this whole head canon that Bounce Man is about Ned. He says “if you need a piece, I’ll break it down.” In Chlorine, the house was made from pieces. Also, he says about heading down to Mexico. Chlorine had a sessions in Mexico City. Bounce Man = Ned.
No Chances takes it back to the trench era. Bishops chanting and Tyler warning you about DEMA and telling you that he wants you to go back home in one piece and we find dead bodies everyday in DEMA then the Bishops chants "We Come For You, No Chances" saying that there is no chance of you escaping also Redecorate was written because he visited his friend's house a few months ago and his friend's son committed suicide few years before and his room has been untouched and hasn't changed since then which shows how much they cared about him that they never touched anything from there and he decided to make a song about it
During the livestream there was a shop on the street called Bounce Man bail bonds. So that song is literally about him helping someone escape jail and cross country lines lol which is kinda odd
I am so proud of them too! What an amazing and down-to-earth couple of guys. I love their friendship and the personal nature of the music. thanks for your reaction video! So fun