twenty one pilots - Stressed Out (Audio)

Written By : Tyler Joseph
Artwork : Brandon Rike
Video Directed By : Tyler Joseph, Mark C. Eshleman & Reel Bear Media
Mix Engineer Assistant : Scott Skrzynski
Upright Bass : Mike Elizondo
Drums By : Josh Dun
Keyboards By : Mike Elizondo & Tyler Joseph
Vocals By : Tyler Joseph
Programming By : Mike Elizondo & Tyler Joseph
Engineering Assistant : Brent Arrowood
Engineered By : Adam Hawkins
A&R : Pete Ganbarg
Mixed By : Neal Avron
Mastered By : Chris Gehringer
Executive Producer : Chris Woltman, Ricky Reed & Tyler Joseph
Recorded At - Can Am (Tarzana, CA)
Release Date, April 28, 2015
Sampled In / Stressed Out (J-Wright Remix) by J.Wright
2016 POP MEDLEY/Epic Mannequin Challenge!! (Sam Tsui & KHS) By Sam Tsui (Ft. Kurt Hugo Schneider)
Cover By : Stressed Out by Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox (Ft. Puddles Pity Party)
Remixed By : Stressed Out (mellowmatics Remix) by ​twenty one pilots
United State of Pop 2016 by DJ Earworm
Performed Live As / Stressed Out (Reading + Leeds Festival Version) by ​twenty one pilots
Stressed Out (Emotional Roadshow Version) by ​twenty one pilots.

LYRICS

I wish I found some better sounds no one's ever heard
I wish I had a better voice that sang some better words
I wish I found some chords in an order that is new
I wish I didn't have to rhyme every time I sang
I was told when I get older, all my fears would shrink
But now I'm insecure, and I care what people think

[Pre-Chorus]
My name's BLURRYFΛCE and I care what you think
My name's BLURRYFΛCE and I care what you think

[Chorus]
Wish we could turn back time
To the good old days
When our momma sang us to sleep but
Now we're stressed out
Wish we could turn back time
To the good old days
When our momma sang us to sleep but
Now we're stressed out
We're stressed out

[Verse 2]
Sometimes a certain smell will take me back to when I was young
How come I'm never able to identify where it's coming from?
I'd make a candle out of it, if I ever found it
Try to sell it, never sell out of it, I'd probably only sell one
It'd be to my brother, cause we have the same nose
Same clothes, home grown, the stone's throw from a creek we used to roam
But it would remind us of when nothing really mattered
Out of student loans and tree house homes, we all would take the latter

[Pre-Chorus]
My name's BLURRYFΛCE and I care what you think
My name's BLURRYFΛCE and I care what you think

[Chorus]
Wish we could turn back time
To the good old days
When our momma sang us to sleep but
Now we're stressed out
Wish we could turn back time
To the good old days
When our momma sang us to sleep but
Now we're stressed out

[Bridge]
Used to play pretend, give each other different names
We would build a rocket ship and then we'd fly it far away
Used to dream of outer space, but now they're laughing at our face
Singing "wake up, you need to make money", yeah
Used to play pretend, give each other different names
We would build a rocket ship and then we'd fly it far away
Used to dream of outer space, but now they're laughing at our face
Singing "wake up, you need to make money", yeah

[Chorus]
Wish we could turn back time
To the good old days
When our momma sang us to sleep but
Now we're stressed out
Wish we could turn back time
To the good old days
When our momma sang us to sleep but
Now we're stressed out

[Outro: BLURRYFΛCE]
We used to play pretend, used to play pretend, bunny
We used to play pretend, wake up you need the money
Used to play pretend, used to play pretend, bunny
We used to play pretend, wake up you need the money
Used to play pretend, give each other different names
We would build a rocket ship and then we'd fly it far away
Used to dream of outer space, but now they're laughing at our face
Saying "wake up, you need to make money", yeah.

[danny]

2015: like this song
2024: feel this song

[thomasjohnson]

This song reminds me of a feeling that I took for granted as a young kid that I now miss greatly: The young kid feeling of not caring about appearance, how perfect you and your clothes were, about whether or not people found you attractive.

[bezy]

This song says it all, like I really wanna go back to the old days :(

[massiex]

This makes me nostalgic over a childhood I never had for some reason

[Donehere]

I never understood this song when I was younger. Back then, I just liked the song a lot because of the music. I never listened to the lyrics or tried to understand the meaning. But now that I’m older and began understanding this song more, I actually feel this song having a huge connection to me mentally.

[fullmoonsociety]

That verse about the candle is insanely accurate...

Me and my brother always stopped in the middle of the streets when we got this scent of night flowers that for some reason reminded us of childhood and our home, but we never actually found which flowers the smell came from.

Now my brother left to study in Europe, and I'm happy for him, but can't help missing the old times like 15 years ago when it was all fun and games until we had to grow up really quickly.

[froggolatte]

This song is the definition of “when you little you liked the music, when you got older you understood the lyrics”

[oprahsgran]

Now as a 19 year old starting to face the facts of the real world. This song hits a lot harder than just being a bop 7 years ago

[skoda]

this is literally me in 2020, stressed out, wishing to be in the good ol' days and have some good times honestly.

[bethanyboarder]

"I was told when i get older all my fears would shrink. but now I'm insecure and i care what people think" those lines just hit really hard and cut me deep

[Toxamine]

I remember this song when I was in my elementary years. Hearing this song again makes things hit different now, it was so simple back in old days...

[luviam]

I haven't listened to this in a while and decided to listen again.
And man does this song give me chills now, I do miss the last decade, I feel the world has gotten worse.

[JustAutistic]

Man, this song was preparing kids and teens alike that childhood wouldn’t last forever- that life as an adult wouldn’t be as easy as before.

[ThatGuy-tewh]

holy shit a song that I've never heard but can actually understand what they're saying.

[traceyleeherrera]

As a mother you never outgrow worrying about your kids even when they are adults & doing fine. You just always want the best for them.
This song always tears me up.

[amaranti_]

♫ Wish we could turn back time, to the good ol' days ♫


...

[Aracelerii]

this is everyone in 2020 in a nutshell

[tkatgaming]

2015: Enjoys the song

2020: Feels and understands the song

[fredthegnome]

This song is probably one of the best songs in the mid-2010s.

[CaptainWN]

We never knew what we had, until we lost it.