"Car Radio" lyrics

"Car Radio"

I ponder of something great
My lungs will fill and then deflate
They fill with fire
Exhale desire
I know it's dire
My time today

I have these thoughts
So often I ought
To replace that slot
With what I once bought
'Cause somebody stole
My car radio
And now I just sit in silence

Sometimes quiet is violent
I find it hard to hide it
My pride is no longer inside
It's on my sleeve
My skin will scream
Reminding me of
Who I killed inside my dream
I hate this car that I'm driving
There's no hiding for me
I'm forced to deal with what I feel
There is no distraction to mask what is real
I could pull the steering wheel

I have these thoughts
So often I ought
To replace that slot
With what I once bought
'Cause somebody stole
My car radio
And now I just sit in silence

I ponder of something terrifying
'Cause this time there's no sound to hide behind
I find over the course of our human existence
One thing consists of consistence
And it's that we're all battling fear
Oh dear, I don't know if we know why we're here
Oh my,
Too deep
Please stop thinking
I liked it better when my car had sound

There are things we can do
But from the things that work there are only two
And from the two that we choose to do
Peace will win
And fear will lose
There's faith and there's sleep
We need to pick one please because
Faith is to be awake
And to be awake is for us to think
And for us to think is to be alive
And I will try with every rhyme
To come across like I am dying
To let you know you need to try to think

I have these thoughts
So often I ought
To replace that slot
With what I once bought
'Cause somebody stole
My car radio
And now I just sit in silence

(Oooh) [x4]

(Oooh) [x6 & repeats in background]
And now I just sit in silence [x2]
And now I just sit

And now I just sit in silence [x3]
And now I just sit

I ponder of something great
My lungs will fill and then deflate
They fill with fire
Exhale desire
I know it's dire
My time today

I have these thoughts
So often I ought
To replace that slot
With what I once bought
'Cause somebody stole
My car radio
And now I just sit in silence


Thanks to Ivy for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Tyler Joseph
This song was inspired by a real-life story, when vocalist Tyler Joseph was rushing for a college class and forgot to lock his car, which led to his GPS, radio and CDs being stolen by thieves.
"Car Radio" was originally written and recorded in 2011 for their second studio album, "Regional at Best". It was re-released as the fifth single from their third studio album, "Vessel", in March 2014.
Tyler Joseph noted about this song, "I would say it's one of my favorites, but honestly my favorite song is always the one I'm working on… but what I like about it is that there's really no structure to it that is similar to any other song I've heard before, in the sense that there's no chorus. But it makes sense to me."
The music video shows Tyler Joseph performing this song on a concert while wearing a ski mask.
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