Wake Up

When we are young we tend to believe that growing up means that we become more free and confident. However, this is not necessarily the case. The song Stressed Out by Twenty One Pilots is about a young adult who is realizing/ experiencing what growing up actually means. The singer takes on the personality of "Blurryface" (a part/ personality of the singer himself).  Blurryface reminisces about how much easier it was when he was young.

"Wish we could turn back time to the good old days"

Stressed Out is about how we think that growing up is a good thing when we are young. But, after we become adults we realize we have to take on new responsibilities and act differently compared to when we are young.

"Used to dream of outer space, but now they're laughing at our face/ singing 'wake up, you need to make money' "

Blurryface is commiserating with other young adults who, like himself, are just realizing that being an adult is not the great thing they had dreamed about. The song uses very similar contrasting statements to show the difference from being young and old.

"We use to play pretend, used to play pretend, money/ We used to play pretend, wake up you need the money"

Blurryface seems to have the job he dreamed off when he was a kid.  He is a musician.  But, that dream turned into the burden of a job that had pressures.

"I wish I found some better sounds no one's ever heard/ I wish I had a better voice that sang some better words/ I wish I found some chords in an order that is new/ I wish I didn't have to rhyme every time I sang."

Link to Lyrics: http://www.directlyrics.com/twenty-one-pilots-stressed-out-lyrics.html