twenty one pilots
Hollow Veins

[Verse 1]
They say I'm doing well
But the needle didn’t tell the tale
Vitals say I’m fine—
But they never check the mental kind
I built a smile like a barricade
Taped it up so no one’s afraid
But I can't fake the pulse that fades
When silence fills my hollow veins

[Pre-Chorus]
It's building up, I feel the spin—
The silence crawling under skin

[Chorus]
I got hollow veins, they echo when I move
No color in my blood, just shades I can’t remove
I scream in grayscale drеams
While they paint me in routinе
You can't revive what’s drained—
These are hollow veins

[Verse 2]
I tried to bleed my truth in sound
But they just turned the volume down
My rhythm’s gone, the beat’s pretend
I'm the start of a song that never ends
[Bridge]
I called the Judge but he let it ring
Guess he's tired of my questioning
No IV fix for this vacancy
Just echoes of who I used to be

[Pre-Chorus]
It's building up, I feel the spin—
The silence crawling under skin

[Chorus]
I got hollow veins, they echo when I move
No color in my blood, just shades I can’t remove
I scream in grayscale dreams
While they paint me in routine
You can't revive what’s drained—
These are hollow veins

[Outro]
Wires untwist, pulse stutters in air
Flicker, break, nothing feels still
Skin’s a cage but it’s open
The breath feels like teeth but it’s hollow

Whispers on the tongue, but they don’t land
Fingers in my mouth, but it’s all empty
I float in this place, it isn’t a room
I reach for the wall, it’s water
Eyes wide but I’m blind
Movement's a smear, a question unasked
There’s no shape, just edges
Where is the end? It’s nowhere