Artist: Twenty One Pilots

    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

    My name’s Blurryface and I care what you think

    My name’s Blurryface and I care what you think

    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

    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 homegrown a 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

    ...

    We 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

    ...

    Background

    “Stressed Out” is a song written and recorded by American alternative hip hop band Twenty One Pilots for their fourth studio album, “Blurryface.” The song focuses on nostalgia for childhood, the pressure of adulthood, and family relationships, and speaks from the point of view of “Blurryface,” the album’s titular character.