Joseph's solo project released an EP entitled No Phun Intended. The EP was recorded in Joseph's senior year of high school, from 2007–2008, in his basement. The song "Save", off the release, was redone and released as a free download for a time on Twenty One Pilots' official website before it was then pulled.
In 2010, Joseph was featured in the song "Live" by the Christian rapper Jocef, with two other rappers (Juda and Alon). The song is the opening track to Jocef's debut album, In Search Of: L.O.V.E. The track was co-written by Tyler Joseph and Joseph Langston (who is Jocef). Jocef eventually returned the favor a year later by being featured on the song "Be Concerned" off Twenty One Pilots' 2011 Regional at Best.
In 2011, Joseph was also the lead star in Five14 Church's three episode mockumentary entitled "The (moderately inspiring tale of the) Longboard Rodeo Tango". According to the mockumentary, Joseph was an intern at the church at the time.
In 2012, Joseph was featured in an internet-use awareness video entitled "Where are you?" by Mark C. Eshleman (producer of many of Twenty One Pilots' music videos) for an annual contest put on by Trend Micro called What's Your Story? The room used in the video is the same room in which the original music video for "House of Gold" was filmed.
On December 24, 2013, Christmas Eve, Tyler Joseph participated and sang "O come, O come, Emmanuel" at Five14 Church's Christmas With the Stars in New Albany, Ohio. The official video of the performance was uploaded to YouTube on February 14, 2014. He also performed a magic segment with the church's host & emcee David McCreary for the show. Joseph has also contributed to a few tracks for Five14 Church's worship albums.
Between the years of No Phun Intended and Twenty One Pilots' rise to fame with their third studio album "Blurryface" the clique expanded the search for Tyler's 'lost' songs from his first production. In mid-2018 (day 361 of the Twenty One Pilots hiatus) 2 new tracks surfaced, one titled "Going Down" from No Phun Intended, and the other untitled but known as "Track 07", suspected to be a demo from 2011-2012 era. WAKE UP
Hole in the Ground
Tyler Joseph Lyrics
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But I don't remember
Where you are and who you know
But come this September
You will fly on your own
Cause you got a letter
You must find, find your home
And it won't get much better
I try so hard
To fly but my heart
Won't go very far
No, no
And my own two hands
Will start bleeding again
And floor will turn to
To a hole in the ground
The plans that I make
Roads that I take break
To holes that will go
Where I don't know
They are solid grounds illusions
That write themselves off
As perfectly normal solutions
Pollutions in my eyes
My disguise will take me
Break me
Won't save me this time
There's a vision
But you won't save me this time
My decision for living
Isn't mine to decide and
You just seem oh-so-far
Past the stars and past my heart
I can almost feel you and I start
To close my eyes and sing a song
I will keep singing cause I'm wrong
But you were singing with me all along
I try so hard
To fly
But my heart
Won't go very far
No, no
And my own two hands
Will start bleeding again
And floor will turn to
To a hole in the ground
Do not be alarmed
If I fall into the sun
If I fall
And my own two hands will start bleeding
And then they will lower me
In to, to a hole in the ground
The song "Hole in the Ground" by Tyler Joseph is a poignant reflection on the challenges of finding a sense of belonging and purpose in life. The opening lines of the song suggest that the singer has lost touch with someone who was once close to them but is no longer a part of their life. The mention of a letter and the need to find one's home implies that this person has moved away in search of something different or better.
The chorus of the song represents the singer's own struggle to find their place in the world. They try to "fly" and succeed in some ways, but ultimately they always end up back where they started, bleeding and alone. The line "And floor will turn to/To a hole in the ground" suggests a sense of defeat and hopelessness, as if no matter how hard the singer tries, they always end up in the same sad place.
The second half of the song introduces the idea of "solid grounds illusions," or things that seem like stable choices or paths but actually lead to disappointment or failure. The mention of "pollutions in my eyes" and a "disguise" that will "break me" suggests that the singer is struggling with some kind of inner turmoil or emotional pain. The final verses of the song offer a glimmer of hope, as the singer imagines singing with the person they've lost touch with and finding solace in their shared experience of uncertainty and struggle.
Overall, "Hole in the Ground" is a deeply introspective song that captures the universal struggle to find meaning and belonging in a world that can seem endlessly confusing and disjointed.
Line by Line Meaning
You once were oh-so-close
You had been close to something or someone in the past
But I don't remember
But the singer cannot remember what it was or who it was
Where you are and who you know
The singer is unsure of your current location and acquaintances
But come this September
However, by the time September comes around
You will fly on your own
You will embark on your own journey
Cause you got a letter
Because you received a letter, prompting you to do so
You must find, find your home
You need to search for where you truly belong
And it won't get much better
The journey ahead will not be easy
I try so hard
The artist tries their best
To fly but my heart
To achieve something they desire, with their heart as the driving force
Won't go very far
But it isn't taking them as far as they had hoped
No, no
Just reiterating the previous line
And my own two hands
Refers to their own actions and efforts
Will start bleeding again
Which will cause pain and suffering again
And floor will turn to
The ground beneath them will change, indicative of their situation
To a hole in the ground
Metaphor for falling deeper into their problems
The plans that I make
The artist's goals or aspirations
Roads that I take break
But no matter which path they take, they end up failing
To holes that will go
Those failures often lead to more problems
Where I don't know
That the artist cannot predict or control
They are solid grounds illusions
The things the artist believed in or hoped for, were not actually real or achievable
That write themselves off
Those illusions end up being dismissed or invalidated
As perfectly normal solutions
Something that might seem reasonable or logical, but in reality won't work out
Pollutions in my eyes
The 'pollutions' are unclear thoughts or distractions from the artist's goal
My disguise will take me
Their disguise or facade will guide them
Break me
But ultimately, it ends up hurting them
Won't save me this time
Their attempt to save themselves won't work this time
There's a vision
However, they do have an idea of what they're working towards
But you won't save me this time
But they know that they won't be able to rely on anyone else to help them
My decision for living
Ultimately, they are responsible for their own life and choices
Isn't mine to decide and
Even though they feel like they have little control over their life
You just seem oh-so-far
The artist feels like the person they're addressing is distant or unreachable
Past the stars and past my heart
Metaphor that their distance is greater than they can imagine
I can almost feel you and I start
Despite that, the artist still feels a connection with them
To close my eyes and sing a song
They can still find solace in music or their own thoughts
I will keep singing cause I'm wrong
Even though they may be mistaken or misguided
But you were singing with me all along
They know that the person they're addressing was with them in spirit
Do not be alarmed
The singer is assuring listeners not to be afraid
If I fall into the sun
If they fail spectacularly
If I fall
Reiterating the above line
And my own two hands will start bleeding
And that failure might hurt them physically or emotionally
And then they will lower me
Upon their eventual demise
In to, to a hole in the ground
They will be buried and forgotten
Contributed by Sophie I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@joanabatista8374
You once were oh-so-close
But I don't remember
Where you are and who you know
But come this September
You will fly on your own
Cause you got a letter
You must find, find your home
And it won't get much better
[Chorus]
I try so hard
To fly but my heart
Won't go very far
No, no
And my own two hands
Will start bleeding again
And floor will turn to
To a hole in the ground
[Verse 2]
The plans that I make, roads that I take
Break to holes that will go where I don't know, they
Are solid grounds illusions that write themselves off
As perfectly normal solutions
Pollution's in my eyes
My disguise will take me, break me
Won't save me this time
There's a vision, but you won't save me this time
My decision for living isn't mine to decide and
You just seem oh-so-far
Past the stars and past my heart
I can almost feel you and I start
To close my eyes and sing a song
I will keep singing cause I'm wrong
But you were singing with me all along
[Chorus]
I try so hard
To fly
But my heart
Won't go very far
No, no
And my own two hands
Will start bleeding again
And floor will turn to
To a hole in the ground
[Outro]
Do not be alarmed
If I fall into the sun
If I fall
And my own two hands will start bleeding
And then they will lower me
In to, to a hole in the ground
@lavendermoose7587
It’s interesting how they use flying and falling in their lyrics so much. It’s probably a metaphor, but if anyone knows specifically what the metaphor is, PLEASE comment it. I also noticed that they talk about fire and water A LOT in their lyrics. And lions.
Wow this thought really got away from me. It was only gonna be like 2 sentences long.😂
In the LOC scavenger hunt, the 4 keywords that you had to use in order to get to the never ending stream of binary code were *water*, *after*, *brain*, and *fire*. Some friends and I were thinking about what songs those words could relate to. Here’s what we came up with:
Water - Addict With A Pen
After - Morph
Brain - Migraine
Fire - Heavydirtysoul
But there are just SO many more songs that talk about fire and water. What do you guys think?
Also, I know that No Phun Intended isn’t tøp, please don’t attack me.
Thank you so much for reading this whole thing, even though it’s probably nonsense! Remember that you’re valued and that people care about you and we’d be BEYOND devastated if you weren’t here❤️❤️❤️
|-/
Edit: It didn’t to the bold text for some words, so that’s why there are those random “*”s
@ChuckLennon
I love Twenty One Pilots more than any other group, more than I ever did, and I relate to their song badly.
The one that made me discover them was the girl I love since a decade, now. She isn't in my life anymore, and she was named Julie.
Today, I'm feeling down and done, as it sometimes happens, some bad crises. Today, I wanted to go back in time, when we still shared our favorites parts of their songs, and I decided to just put them on over and over.
Back then, I listened to all of their songs on loop, 24/24h. I didn't know "Coconut Sharks In The Water" and she made me discover it when I told her "I think I know most of their songs, if not all, by heart". We bet on it and I lost.
Today, I feel down and done, and I put some random songs of them. Today, I discovered "Hole In The Ground", "Drown" and much more. And I discovered them on a channel named Julie.
I don't really know why I talk about it, but the Clique is family for me and I feel like I need to talk about it. So I wrote as soon as I felt I needed it, and I really did need it.
I miss her, and no one probably knows how much I hate the path my life has taken without her by my side, without her smile, the secret moments we shared musics and secrets.
I miss her, I hope she's fine, and I hope she's happy
Je t'aime
@ontpoftheworld3806
I was ready to die
ready to fly
but my heart was too heavy
so I stayed on the ground
The weight
came from all those demons
shouting inside my head
I forgot all my bonds
I can't be saved
do you still think I can wait ?
I'm fine
so stop pretending you wanna help me
Maybe you're not blind
So you'll probably see this ending
And I'm screaming through the night
but silently so nobody can hear
I guess it's time to stop the fight
@emmax865
'it won't get much better'
this line hits me so hard. Just looking at him back then at 17, he had no one. He sat alone just writing these songs not knowing people will ever relate or listen to them.
look at him now, he has a beautiful wife and an amazing best friend who both have made him a happier person as you can tell with the new album blurryfave has a more positive twist than vessel or the self titled album. I'm so happy for him. He's now writing songs to show that we aren't alone in whatever we're going through, no one can say he isn't talented or inspirational. If it wasn't for him and Josh I wouldn't be here right now.
STAY ALIVE MY FRENS |-/
@emmax865
BLURRYFACE* spell check sorry oops
@izzyg.1933
Exactly. Like its very interesting and also sad. No phun intended sounds so sad and hopeless, and then gradually the albums gain more hope. And then the last song of Blurryface, goner, Blurryface is defeated. And that song is so hopeful to me. And we can see Tyler's growth and change and victory just by listening to different albums and it tells us that we can have that too.
@alicia-nu2su
it's also a lot for happy than RAB
@namjoonsjams3197
;(
@OleoBlog
you're not you when you're hungry, eat a snickers
@unkennedi1427
I love the fact that he isn't perfect. His voice isn't crystal clear, he doesn't have the greatest voice but you don't hear it, you feel how true his lyrics are and how much they mean to you. Emo over, and now your regularly scheduled program.
@kgirl160
i love this even the last sentence like wow true
@katiedavis7601
so true amen right there
@jillmont3342
This was the best comment I've ever seen