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How did you become a Pilot? What is it that hooked you? What has their music taught you? Anything! This site is meant to be a place for Pilots to gather and encourage others through their creations... through their stories - Let other know that they're not alone in their struggles. You can share lyrics that touch you, that make you think, that break you down. You can send in pictures or creations of the guys that you've done or taken during a concert. Anything!
I remember when I listened to twenty one pilots the first time, I was in the car with my cousin driving home from Atlanta which was around January. We had picked up a couple of records that we wanted to listen to on the ride home, one of them being Vessel. The song that instantly stood out to me was Car Radio. His voice sounded so unique and beautiful, I probably replayed it more than ten times throughout the whole night. I think when I discovered them, I was shown that good things can happen and that the darkness won’t last forever. You just have to find what makes you truly happy; your silver lining. Tyler is truly an amazing human being. I've never met someone who has felt the same way about so many deep things as I do, but there he is. And he is able to put it into words that are so beautiful, so awe-inspiring and thought-provoking. I adore both of them so much, and I'm so glad I was lucky enough to discover them the way I did. Stay street. |-/
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My sister introduced me to Twenty One Pilots. The first song I heard was Car Radio. As a girl who severely struggles with overthinking, that song totally got me hooked. the line that said "Peace will win, fear will lose." sunk into my heart and I wrote it on my wall on a notecard. Fear is my biggest struggle and I have to fight it daily. but the more I listened to Twenty One Pilots, the more encouragement I heard. The next song I heard was Migraine. My wars have always been in my head. So I could relate. I was definitely not as fine as I seemed. That week my sister won tickets to a private concert + a meet and greet. I died when I met them and Tyler told me he liked my shirt. Since then there music has helped me through everything. I fell in love. they're music is just so...blunt. there's nothing secretive or cliché. its just pure honesty. Kitchen Sink is my song. The lyrics just heal me. all their lyrics do. On bad days when I begin to lose the war waging in my head, I turn on their music and it gives me strength. I'm a firm Christian and they're music reminds me of Christ and His hope. Tyler and Josh are basically my heroes. I clicked on their House of Gold video one night and I was sold right then and there. Spending the night watching their videos before deciding that they are my new obsession. I don't really have personal story to tell but reading some of the stories that have been submitted, I noticed a similarity; their songs save people's lives. I don't have the kind of problems that most of their listeners do but I can see why people can relate very well to most of their songs. Their songs have meanings and purposes. Through words they connect people who don't even know each other. Through limited space of words and melody they touch people up to the point that they feel there's someone out there who totally understands them and most importantly, I think their songs speak the words of those people who may have not been able to speak up. Stay alive and stay lovely..! hi I'm Kathleen. I'm 14 and live in a tiny town in southern New Jersey. I've moved around a lot due to my parents always being separated and I've been in this town for about a year now and everything was okay up until some time last year when I first encountered my demons. I have the worst self esteem of anyone I know and I was always made fun of for weighing more as a kid and even now as a freshman in high school I still get anxiety that people talk about me. I thought not eating and over working my body was the way to go since that's how my pencil thin mother did it. I wouldn't eat and run until I couldn't breath and collapse on the side of the road at crew practice. I didn't feel any better. I started self harming out of pure hatred for myself. I wanted to get out of my life and jump right off that jersey bridge. I planned for weeks and stood at the edge of the bridge for hours in the morning and would get back on my bike and ride to school like nothing was wrong. I never told anyone how I felt and to this day only one or two people really know. I had always loved music and bands but they were always purely for fun but no ones music ever touched me the way yours did. the first song I ever heard was car radio. I broke down into tears and couldn't stop. nothing had ever understood me the way your songs did. you helped me realize that I wasn't alone in this that I wasn't crazy for feeling like I was sitting in silence all the time. I thought I was alone. no one ever suspects that there's something wrong with the girl on varsity crew, honor role, and who has "a ton of friends" and is always busy as hell but my demons are the worst thing that's ever happened to me and I can't loose them but since I heard your music I completely changed my life around and I've been trying to stay clean for you guys. if you could overcome so can I. I love you to the moon and back and I owe you my life a million times over. you kept me from jumping. thank you so much and see you in philly|-/ I already shared a lot of my personal struggles but I thought I should take time to really thank Tyler and Josh.I was going through a really rough patch and needed some inspiration to stay alive, that's when my best friend showed me Twenty One Pilots. She saw them at the IHeart radio music fest and she said they changed her life. I checked them out and the first song I heard was Car Radio. I was lost for words almost confused that after all these bands and singers that I vowed described my life and saved it, I finally found one that completely understood exactly how it felt to suffer and be contemplating suicide every night and hiding it all away from your friends and family. Many bands don't like to sing too much about the darker side of life and to me, to sing about the real struggles of life takes a lot of courage. They have put into words how I have been too afraid to say to others. My family life hasn't always been the best and when my mom isn't home I always have TOP blasting to drown out the silence. I feel like I relate to Tyler so much in the sense that behind closed doors we are a lot alike. We feel the same about life and it helps so much to hear his music and know that I'm not alone. Josh is the best friend I always wished I could have. Together, they are the most incredible duo. Even at my lowest points, my TOP friends are always a message away and to be a part of a clique that understands all the things I'm going through and is willing to always offer support is the best thing I could have received at this point in my life. Although many of the lyrics are meaningful to me in their own ways I love the lines from Kitchen Sink "No one else is dealing with your demons meaning maybe defeating them could be the beginning of your meaning, friend" I've always lacked purpose in my life and just starting high school with these words in mind encourage me like nothing else ever has. So Tyler and Josh, thank you. Thank you for the memories and the friends I have gained, thank you for the incredible music and lyrics that have mended my broken heart, thank you for the songs that give me hope and courage to stay alive, thank you for being yourselves every day, thank you for saving me and my friends, thank you for caring when no one else did. I love you guys more than I could put into words I hope one day I can tell you this to your faces. |-/ Last year, I was scrolling through my YouTube feed when I saw that an interesting band was featured in Warner Sound's "Live Room." So I clicked on them. These guys were cool and entertaining. Their music was different and nothing I had heard before. I quickly downloaded "Car Radio." It overwhelmed me and made me feel somewhat stressed upon listening. Then I listened to it again, and again, soon their entire album. Tyler and Josh's music combines my own thoughts and ideas in a way never seen before. I will finally be seeing them in concert on Nov. 5th. Words cannot describe how excited I am. Thank you Twenty One Pilots. You deserve it all. -Allison |-/ The first time I saw Twenty | One | Pilots was at a Neon Trees concert. I had no idea who was opening for them until I showed up at the concert and saw a plain piece of computer paper on the door that said twentyonepilots was the opening band. I had no clue who they were. Once they came out on stage to their usual Ode To Sleep, and their skeleton hoodies. I was definitely caught off guard. I looked to my girlfriend and was like what's going on, but then the transition from the unknown skeleton rap turned into this really light happy sound that I never heard before and completely changed my idea of what was going on. That moment was what hooked me. After that, my mind was pretty much blown away. Their set was awesome. The energy they had on stage was incredible. Right away after the show I downloaded their Regional At Best album which was their most current album at the time and just couldn't stop listening to them. The Lyrics were so deep and real. I went and saw them again the next time they were in Michigan for a headline show which was also awesome. That show was so awesome that I drove a hour and a half to go see them play at Adrian college the next week. Where they were opening for Neon Trees again except this time I wasn't going to the show to see Neon Trees. Tyler and Josh stole the show. I totally held up Tyler during Holding on to you which was probably one of the coolest moments of my life. Then I was able to meet the guys after their set, and got their autographs and a picture. I really wanted to say thanks to them because they really have had a strong influence on my life, but I didn't get the chance to. I had some rough times where I thought I couldn't pursue life, and Tyler's lyrics really helped me get through those tough times. Honestly, their music has really in a sense saved me. I can't thank them enough for what they do. It is truly an amazing movement that I am so proud to be a part and to have been able watch grow. Now I will be seeing them again for the 5th time next Thursday in Grand Rapids which I am so stoked for. Being at their live shows are like a vacation for my mind. Being in that environment is a feeling that is amazing to say the least. It truly feels like you are part of the band during their shows. The energy they have on stage seems to radiate out into the crowd. Being in a room full of a bunch of people screaming that they are happy that they are alive is something incredible to be a part of. Thank you, Twenty | One | Pilots |-/ Stay Alive Joe I've been staring at this computer screen for about 10 minutes because I have no idea how to put into words what Twenty One Pilots has done for me. And having to take breaks to wipe the tears from my eyes. My co-worker (now one of my best friends) told me about Twenty One Pilots and when I looked them up on youtube Holding on To You hooked me and then Car Radio broke me. Every wall I had built up to hide the side of me I was afraid to deal with fell down and I realized that what I felt and the things I thought were okay and I was not the only person who felt those things. I felt an immediate connection to six words that Tyler sang: "I could pull the steering wheel" He knew me without knowing me. I have never felt such a strong connection to not only a band but the members as well. They will forever be the band who saved me. It was like I had been hiding my soul under the ice of a frozen lake and Tyler and Josh broke the ice and pulled me to the surface. EVERY single song speaks to me in a new and different way. I am still on the high of seeing them live, Oct 18 in St. Louis, and I still cry when I think about the moments that are tattooed on my heart. Addict With a Pen took me to place I didnt know I could go and Trees, one of the songs I couldnt wait to see live, isnt even a memory because I completely lost myself. I wanted to wait to write my story until I got the full Twenty One Pilots experience. And they did not fail me. Watching them on that stage is the best thing I've ever seen. I didnt know a drummer could play with such raw emotion. He throws everything he has at those drums. Josh is a mystery and I love that, but when he plays you can feel it. You know that he knows what your going through and he's been there too. What I loved most about that concert was seeing the pure joy on Josh and Tyler's face when the crowd would just scream or when HE got to sing with US. It was like he couldnt believe his eyes/ears and he was just filled with JOY. I wanted so bad to meet them and tell them both what they mean to me and what they did for but as you can see, Im not good with the "short story". I hope you two read this and just know that I am so grateful for you guys. What you do is incredible and as I stare at this screen with tear-filled eyes I say THANK YOU, for hitting the drums as hard as you can and bearing your soul in a song in the hopes of saving just one life. Please never stop. |-/ Courtney It was the end of last year when my bestfriend introduced me to Twenty One Pilots. The first song I heard was Guns for Hands and I instantly fell in love. It was so different than what I usually listened to. I loved it. I started looking up more songs and couldn't get enough. I listen to them over and over, the lyrics are deep and that's what makes them great. Listening to Twenty One Pilots has made me look at the little things in life more closely. It has made me open up more and more. To me this was important because I was always a shy person.. My first time seeing them in concert it was in Houston and they were opening for Fall Out Boy. One of my first concerts ever! Me and my two friends were so excited when we had pit tickets but when we got there our ticket order was screwed up so we had to sit in a section further back. It wasn't so bad because I was just too excited to see them perform. After their performance we headed to the merch table to buy shirts. One of the Twenty One Pilots crew memebers saw me and my friends buy their shirt first and handed us a signed drum head from the band. When I saw it I couldn't believe what was happening! I was speechless and my bestfriend was in tears. We felt so blessed. It was one of our best days ever. I wanted cry on my way home from the concert, it still gets me to this day. I have been loyal to Twenty One Pilot since day one. I listen to them everyday as if it were my first time hearing them. I want to thank them for the music they make and the lives they have touched. It means a lot. |-/ Dear Friends, It feels like Twenty One Pilots has transcended the title of My Favorite Band. It's become more than this intense connection I feel to their music; it's how they've somehow strengthened my connections with everything else. With my best friend. With a group of the greatest people I've ever met who I somehow am now able to call my friends. With my significant other. With a loving community. With God. And with a kind of purposely introspection I never before understood. Twenty One Pilots, in 5 months, has taught me how to not be afraid of not yet knowing myself, how to go about listening to my own thoughts every once in a while and adjusting my perspective, how to find meaning in creation, and how to find meaning as a Creation. Thanks for helping me understand. About a year ago, I was one word away from taking my own life after years of my depression swelling up inside me. I didn't have anyone to turn to. All my life I've felt unwanted and alone. I distanced myself, and immersed myself into my art and my music. Thoughts that rose within my head were ones of a lesser me. There were moments when I'd sit in my car and cry because I was so tired of putting a mask of happiness on everyday. Around January of 2013, one of my closest friends introduced me to Twenty One Pilots. I fell in love with their sound almost instantly. It was so unique, one of a kind. The song Car Radio really hit home, and when I first heard it, I could feel a pain in my chest and it was like I was meant to hear it. There were so many moments in my life that I've sat in silence and couldn't bare it. Most of my nights then were spent with me covering my mouth and just crying my heart out to whatever ache and pain I had. I made sure that no one could hear me. The same friend that introduced them to me, bought me their cd for my 18th birthday. It has been in my cd player in my car ever since. During the summer, I found out that they'd be opening for Fall Out Boy in Houston on Sept. 25. My relationship with my mom hasn't been the best, but I took the chance in asking if I could go. It'd be my first concert. EVER. Surprisingly, she said yes. We originally thought we got Pit Passes, but Ticketmaster had a computer error on our tickets. We ended up in the very back section. That didn't bother me, I was blessed enough just going. After their set, my friends and I rushed to the merch table. After my purchase, we rounded the corner and were approached by a guy. He told me that since we were the first he saw buying their shirt, we got an autographed drum head courtesy of the band. I broke down in tears in front of hundreds of people. They were all starring, usually I'd shy away, but I just cried. It was the first time in about 10 years that I've cried with happy tears. We couldn't believe what just happened to us. I cried that night. I haven't been that happy for a long while. It seems kinda funny saying that their music saved me, but, in a way, it did. Even now, I have moments when thoughts and memories come flooding back into my mind, making me want to opt out. I never realized how many people have been dealing with what I have been dealing with. I know now, that I'm not alone, and never really was. Tyler and Josh will never know just how thankful I am. I hope to one day, thank the two men that helped in saving my life in person. I aspire to be as influential as them one day, and possibly save lives just like them. |
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