TRENCH ENDS | LEAVE THE CITY | TWENTY ONE PILOTS

[@travismattingly1414]

I always took "these faces facing me" to be us the fans. We're in trench with him, and we know what he means. It really touches me every time

[@sagemoonlight9094]

That's how I took it too

[@ethanp1348]

Particularly in a concert setting. Seeing it live, there's really no other interpretation to me. We're all facing at him. In Trench, none of us are alone. It's a little more ambiguous in the studio version, but I still take it as the Banditos, aka the fans.

[@GarnetJ]

Agreed. He’s facing people who understand the journey he’s been on and many have faced the same struggles. He’s with his people … the Clique / Banditos ||-// I think part of the journey in and through Trench was to show that you don’t have to fight or walk alone.

[@caseys8888]

Same

[@angelalancaster]

Yep

[@amandabailey2253]

When they performed this live in Columbus he changed the lyrics from "these faces facing me" to "Your faces facing me, you know what I mean."

[@dejahwilson268]

At the Columbus shows the fans sang the bridge "in time I will leave the city, for now I will stay alive" during the nature sounds of Paladin Strait. It was so heart warming to witness. I'm really hoping they leave it in on the live album they were recording ❤

[@GarnetJ]

Yes!!! I was at Columbus night 3 and we all sang it during the Paladin Strait interlude. It was incredible. I agree, I really hope they leave it in to the live album recording!! ✨

[@lisaperkie7551]

Beautiful!! I am sure they were backstage loving this.

[@rjad28]

I was there! |-/

[@camicromwell9895]

I was there the same night! It was beautiful. Loved it!

[@23dayz]

I was there for all 3 shows

[@annamariemullan432]

The part towards the end when Tyler talks about last year not being able to take the pace of change etc, he's talking about the year long hiatus they took. They blew up internationally with the Blurryface album and it got that he couldn't be himself because of fame. Trech was dropped at the end of the hiatus. It's mentioned in a few of the tracks. Like in Chlorine he says "when I leave don't save my seat, I'll be back when it's all complete, the moment is medical". He stepped away to look after his head. Also, these faces facing me, know what I mean" He's referring to his fans. Your reaction to this was great. Tyler's voice is so beautiful in this track and Joshs drums are pared back to an almost military sound. Amazing. Now......move your asses and get stuck into Blurryface, as you seem to be doing this backwards 😂

[@xwinter__riderx9155]

9:40 "Where is Clancy in Trench." In a neon gravestone.

[@deinodinosuchus]

?

[@xwinter__riderx9155]

@deinodinosuchus clancy is dead, Tyler just took that identity

[@deinodinosuchus]

@@xwinter__riderx9155 ohhh yes okay! i love that theory, it fits very well

[@xwinter__riderx9155]

@deinodinosuchus it's not theory, it's true in the storyline

[@Gnomageddon]

​@deinodinosuchus if you follow the story, Tyler took Clancys name he saw his name on one of the Gravestones, Clancy, i think was the protag of this album, but with Leave the City, he became a glorious gone, Tyler knew him, but the fight that they both had, Tyler took and used to fight in "Clancy"

[@gab_script]

(leave the city = embrace change) I love how this song interconnects its message in lore and real life. The interrelationship of “leaving the city” (Dema) and having the uncertainty of whether things will get better when we decide to take that first step to heal ourselves.

[@kaehoshi]

its very common when they preform this song that the fans sing the chorus to him as he just sits and listens, its a beautiful thing to witness.

[@Hopefulundertone90]

I think he’s talking about his fans in “these faces facing me” and “in trench I’m not alone” But yeah for sure this song is about pushing through.

[@ashleyc.3176]

the resolve to G at the end is not only a really nice resolution, but a callback to vessel's album closer "truce" which has a very similar theme to leave the city, which is in the same key.

[@LisaJ.FitnessFan]

It’s ridiculous how many time a day I check your channel to see if you’ve done a new TØP reaction vid. When I watch you listen for the first time, the songs feel brand new to me again. Thank you guys!!! ❤

[@reganrobison4493]

I was totally gonna say the same thing. It's like listening to the song for the first time when watching reactors listen to their stuff and just falling in love with the music all over again but even more!!❤

[@TriciaStewart84]

It’s so refreshing knowing/seeing that other people are just as completely captivated by tøp as I am. Most ppl I know irl don’t get it. It’s not just a band for us.

[@Watthexe0815]

Now to the self titled album ❤

[@Maple837]

I agree 👍 💯

[@charagoldette4624]

OH THEIR REACTION TO IMPLICIT DEMAND FOR PROOF WILL BE LEGENDARY

[@matta344]

Self Titled is a hell of a feels trip. These guys will have an absolute field day with it.

[@Watthexe0815]

@@charagoldette4624 Yes, a “no-reaction”-reaction like Fil tried - and failed 🤣

[@Maple837]

@@matta344 absolutely 💯

[@lisadelci]

"These faces facing me" is us.....the fans. When he is singing his soul out we are there staring back at him understanding every word cause he is us we are him.

[@tallieoverred7]

This song always gives me chills. His voice, so hauntingly beautiful

[@Dagmantis]

I get chills every time this song comes on. Burning the candle from both ends, giving absolutely everything you have until you've sacrificed yourself to it. Leaving the city, leaving the burnout, finding more where you belong with not only yourself but those around you...and then those haunting vocals? Yep, yep yep yep.

[@Selinrocks]

Faces facing me I've always taken as the faces at a concert (his fans) looking back at him.

[@Hydro_454]

“These face’s facing me” he is talking about the banditos which is basically us and family and friends

[@dejahwilson268]

2 comments from me. For me, this song is about the struggles of mental illness (like all of his songs) basically saying "eventually the struggle may win, but for now I'm gonna stay alive and fight" These faces facing me is a nod to the fans. The banditos. We've been through it, we understand and we've got his back.

[@The1nvisibleJeevas]

Well, all his songs except the ones about his wife c:

[@juanncarrizo9508]

I think it's more about leave your safe space (Dema) and embracing change no matter how scary it could be (trench)

[@bndunax4]

I have heard this song probably 10000x and still cry every time.

[@Frostything]

The image this song puts in my mind is one of Clancy back in Dema after an album's worth of failed escapes. He's exhausted himself trying to flee the Bishops only to be drug back over and over. Now he's back where he was with no more fight left in him, but it's enough to have survived-to continue to survive. There will be other battles, and one day he may regain his strength and finally break free from the Bishops once and for all. Until then, knowing the Banditos-his people-are out there and share in his struggle against Dema acts as a source of hope and camaraderie.

[@juanncarrizo9508]

This may be the best representation of the song ever, amazing

[@BROKENBOY9254]

The crowd for the concerts sang this during the intermission for paladin strait

[@acegamer5082]

These faces facing me is the the fans and how when he is stuck in the trenches his fans keep him moving forward.

[@vinizada8836]

Leave the city, Isle of flightless birds and truce are my favorite album ends, they just so simple so emotional so raw

[@74angelwing]

this is beautiful live, these faces facing me... people were sobbing in the pit lol tyler means for his music to be performed live and so a lot of songs don't meet their full meaning until you see it live

[@gFamWeb]

The resolve at the end! I'm so glad you caught that. They chord progression was never hitting the home chord until the end. So good.

[@hyagooliveira823]

YESSSSSSS.... can wait for the next 4:51 goossebumps Kyle: Duuuude / Eric: no-no-no-no...

[@NastyCrabcakes]

This song always makes me cry. I take it as I'm not okay, but I'm still alive. In time I'll be okay, I'll get out of this depression. But it's a cycle. He's left many times, but always ends up back in Dema.

[@Danielle-DNA82]

I have a tattoo on my arm that says “Stay Alive” because of this song. It freaking sucks being here at times, but I’ll still do it. Because the faces facing me (my children) need me. So I’ll stay for them. Twenty One Pilots are so needed. 🖤👌🏽

[@cyberwolf5787]

i love this one because it has a double meaning, it works for both putting off the end of your life, and it works in the lore. obviously with the "in trench im not alone" but also, "why no one ever comes back with details from beyond" pointing to Tyler/Clancy being trapped in the city (dema) and how futile escape seems, since nobody ever comes back with details about trench. keep up the reactions yall! MTV unplugged next please!!

[@jcBentleyB3]

I feel this track get me worked up all the time.. no matter what I can do. It's so beautiful. 😢

[@jo_what]

Faces are the fans. Tyler writes with the fans in mind and puts in our parts for the live show. Their live shows are not just them singing for or at us but all of us signing and creating together with Tyler as the conductor. This past tour was a perfect example. He left a lot of verses for the audience to sign alone. It's an incredible experience and you feel like you're part of a secret society. Amazing!

[@xwinter__riderx9155]

Everytime I listen to this, it makes me tear up for no reason 😂😮 React to The Line when it's out I also dont think you guys needed to use the copyright screen for visualizers, unless you do?!

[@empty_akuma6577]

I'm just reading this comment with tears in my eyes lol Somehow this song does this, it makes you so emotional :D

[@gabyn5715]

This song soothes my soul, I love it so much

[@reigrayson]

i would love for you guys to react to interviews of tyler either talking about the lore or just their message in general, he really is such a master of words and his capacity for understanding his mental health and how he works through it is really incredible and inspiring. i am forever in awe of his brain

[@hitherebecky]

i cry right from the first note of this song always but “in trench i’m not alone” sends me over the edge every time 🤣 my favourite tøp song of all time

[@DarkGenHero]

I heard this in March 2019 at their concert in London, I liked it but it didn't relate to it then...... Been through a lot the last few years and when I saw them at their small show here in May, This song now has a different meaning and I was in a flood of tears, inconsolable.... Truly, what a wonderful band this is, and wait to get my Twenty-one pilots tattoos and see them Twice in London next year l-/ Push on through everyone

[@Watthexe0815]

The faces facing me - the Banditos😊

[@Parallelepiped2]

I was also thinking it is the Banditos, glad I’m not alone!

[@Watthexe0815]

@@Parallelepiped2 I think it goes two ways: Tyler - fans Clancy - Banditos

[@wowenbhoen]

ohhh were so back yesss

[@ItsSnagret]

Trench was the first time I could see them live. The climax of Leave of the City was absolutely surreal - the sound, the visuals, the vibe. One of those moments you don’t ever forget 🙏🏼

[@chrystalbaker-savage7059]

HELL YEAH!!!!

[@rebeccagarcia89]

These faces facing me to me is everyone who feels the way he does with the same struggles even some fans included...we all know what he means

[@twntyonepeaches]

I get so excited whenever you guys post twenty one pilots reactions, I always have to stop what I'm doing and watch the video immediately! this song always makes me cry and I'm so glad we got to see your reaction of this. given the pause between album reactions, I'd love for you to listen to either the MTV Unplugged songs or two of the location sessions during Trench (cut my lip and the hype). either way, whatever you decide to react to next I will be there!!!

[@MalzaSpeziale]

This was always a spiritual experience live 😭

[@cigsadness]

this song live hurts in the best way possible. he changes the lyrics "these faces facing me" to "your faces facing me"

[@K1NGD0M]

Relating to this song right now. Been working on revising stuff I'm writing and I keep going back and forth, top to bottom. I want to be done with it before the year ends. Also, "They know that it's almost over", sounds like a Shout to you two with the Journey and wrapping up Trench.

[@TheJennick13]

Omg this is what mental health struggles ARE. thank you again & again for going through their music & taking us all along with youse! Thanks thanks & ever more thanks!!!❤

[@epfrazier]

This album released one month to the day before my mom died after a two year battle with leukemia. I heard this song from her perspective of staying alive for a bit but ultimately leaving the city. She fought so hard even with embers barely glowing and I’ve wrestled with “glorious gone” since the night it happened.

[@carlos7mh]

Love y’all’s interpretation and your awareness that these lyrics can be seen from so many different, sometimes personal, angles

[@victoriasantana8441]

And the Trench journey has ended! Can't wait for the other stuff!

[@wyldstealer]

the city is dema. dema is depression. that’s kinda all the context you rly need

[@eapsok]

So excited y'all got to this one....no matter how many times i listen i get chills....and this one definitely hits hard if your driving late at night just contemplating the universe.

[@jhemarca2596]

We're back!!!! Omg im gonna cry 😭❤

[@jadendeans8585]

so excited for self titled eventually! love the videos guys keep em up :)

[@fairfarren23]

I can't believe you guys are almost halfway through their discography now! It's been such a joy to share the TOP journey with you! I definitely think this song works on multiple levels: In the lore, Clancy is trapped in Dema, having been kidnapped by the Bishops in the Levitate video, and he's trying to hold on to hope that he'll be free one day. In real Life, Tyler wrote the Trench album during a year-long radio silence from social media. He's said that it was rough on him not to be able to share what he was doing with us, the Clique. From that perspective, this song could also be about Tyler's anxiety about how the album will be recieved, and his hope that the Clique will still be there to hear it when it's finally finished...

[@Camilamath1]

This song ALWAYS makes me cry

[@lacyluthi9733]

I've never thought about the mirror thing. That makes sense, at a personal level. Lore wise, I always thought it was him looking out and seeing the banditos. For fans it's him seeing us staring back at him during concerts.

[@teresahunt5521]

All will be made clear when the Clancy world tour ends. It's gonna be beautiful. As for Vessel/Sleep Token, his character and themes could be interpreted as a different iteration of the Blurryface concept. Vessell and TOP are branches from the same vine. Both are real artists trapped inside a character they hide behind. TOP is getting ready to shake things up in the music industry. Hopefully, it will give Vessell the courage he needs. Money, fame and a few other things are powerful drugs.

[@GingerRACING21]

Yesss I've been waiting for weeks ❤❤❤❤❤

[@jvasil3854]

When you watch it live you understand the "these faces facing me" and the "in trench I'm not alone". Even if you don't react to the live version is so good to watch.

[@dearbhlahayes1627]

These faces facing me is the fans in the crowd. Great reaction!!

[@Hopefulundertone90]

Here for this!

[@reactioninc.2046]

I always took the lines "need a change of pace, couldn't take the pace of change" to reflect how Tyler felt about the band blowing up from Blurryface and all that went along with that sudden shift into the mainstream spotlight. He also addresses the sudden shift into fame in Heathens.

[@chadh8777]

The glorious gones ❤

[@birdy312]

Always get so excited when I see you guys react to them! This is one of those songs you just feel in your soul some days. Love it so much.

[@yamibakura619]

Finally my Twenty One Pilots song reaction❤

[@Andjelka99]

Man the layering and harmonies in Trench were something else. This album production vise especially is just perfection. Clancy is so so close but Trench still edges out a bit

[@dalversanchez6421]

I cried with this reaction

[@tarshnottrash1483]

For now I’ll stay alive …🌻

[@Watthexe0815]

What a good day today !!!!

[@polloloco170]

This song live in concert was everything ❤

[@davidmiller2947]

I think the faces facing him is the crowd. The tight knit group created by their music. They know what he’s going through in mental health

[@estefanniarias5608]

I love this song. It speaks to me in so many levels...

[@OaklandGreen-o3g]

I can’t wait for yall to get into there self titled album. It very wells capitulates the essence of what the band was and continue to grow from. As always stay safe stay strong stay alive||-//

[@aububub1726]

all you've got left is self titled! it'd be really great to hear your reactions to that album as well!

[@Rykerroad]

We have more than that left.

[@DogDocKat]

My favourite TOP song. 💜💜💜

[@AngelMontesYT]

HOMETOWN!!!!

[@LawsonBrown]

When it goes out it’s a glorious gone They know that it’s almost over… the album, the lore, the story. RIP Trench

[@FastestLeo]

Wow never thought of it that way! I always thought it was obvious that leave the city meant leaving dema but you've made me realize that Dema has always been a metaphor for depression anyway. Thank you guys! Really hope you guys enjoy albums like Self titled and are able to get to them soon! Self titled is definitely more lyric based than music quality based 100%

[@carenecitter2435]

🔥💛🙌 loving this journey!

[@carebear4446]

WE UP

[@The1nvisibleJeevas]

“It’s a Glorious Gone” is referencing the Glorious Gone, the citizens of Dema who ended their lives and became vessels for the bishops to control. You see them crawling out of the graves in the Paladin Strait music video. Tyler/Clancy knows that the bishops are watching him, waiting for him to fall. “They know that it’s almost over.” Like circling vultures.

[@jirachipl8193]

Finally Trench is over. Actually with strong end because this is awesome song.

[@jeremywilson7294]

Feels good to be early to one of these!!! 🎉😂❤

[@wardjunior1450]

the truce not at the end always gets me

[@jendoggydogg6475]

The faces facing him is US, we know what it means because we are all tired of tending to our fire but we choose to stay alive!! "Stay alive, its worth it!" -Tyler Joseph

[@smolbeanjesss]

SOOOO MUCH LORE - I definitely recommend watching lore videos for some of the smaller (but bigger) details you may have missed!

[@mathmatics8034]

here is closing thank you lines in the trench album. if open and read them . . And finally, we want to thank God for sending his Son and for guiding this band's story from the start.

[@little_pixie_nerd]

❤

[@keepyourbliss]

Every album ending song is so special and so well made. I truly cant decide which one is best. Leave the city to me means 2 things, eventually the pain will end but for now i will stay alive, or eventually i will overcome my mental struggles but for now im living 1 day at a time. These faces facing me refers to us, even during the bandito tour, he changed the lyrics to "your faces facing me". We know what he means❤

[@im_so_Dun]

last notes of piano in trench album is the same last notes to the ending of the vessel album

[@arianaacosta4732]

omg i cant believe you're already on the last trench songgg

[@spanbobsquarepants]

A stunning track

[@DarianMikul]

🖤🖤

[@oldsoul1588]

Now y'all should listen to their self titled album ❤ Y'all's reactions are so amazing and genuine

[@masonherriott1684]

You guys have the perfect radio voices. You need to have a show or podcast

[@Rykerroad]

We have a podcast. www.youtube.com/@TheCaveCast

[@reallygraycards7139]

I, you, and all fans are the faces. It is a symbiotic relationship. That, to me, is the meaning of this song. Sure, TONS of lore, but in its simplest meaning we stay alive and his music helps (helped?) Tyler stay alive too. Symbiotic.

[@littleblueangel1545]

PLEASE REACT TO SELF TITLED!!!

[@xwinter__riderx9155]

They will, they said they would. It's such a good album

[@ClosestStar]

PLEASE DO SELF TITLED NEXT

[@fledragunov5310]

FR

[@buzzakina]

This song is so important to me❤

[@charlxttel-lly]

Can’t wait to see which album you continue with, whether blurryface or self titled I’m here🤗

[@Odd1006]

Tyler said in an interview that this song is basically about his struggle with his faith. I don't know much of the details but that's the gist of it.