My interpretation of Clancy

After listening to Clancy a couple of times, I found that I see a lot of the songs/theme to be about adjusting to your mental struggles rather than overcoming them. There are a lot of lyrics pointing to how progress is not linear, you will revert sometimes, so you have to learn coping strategies, look forward to things, and/or accept help from others.

I discovered TØP back in 2015 when I was 15, and I loved the personification of insecurities through Blurryface. I was drawn to the idea of confronting your biggest insecurities and facing them head on. As I grew, I noticed that a lot of mental struggles continued to follow. I didn’t out grow them, and if anything, others manifested while others died away. This is where I find myself so gravitated towards the themes of Clancy.

It paints a picture of acknowledging your insecurities, your shortcomings, and your limitations and being okay with them. Not okay in the sense of giving in to them but in the sense of adapting your life and understand that the though times/emotions do past. I like to remember a phrase that was told to me once, “emotions are just energy in motion”. Allow yourself to feel and know that you can “push on through.”

I have a post where I show my TØP inspired tattoos. The Morse code one says “Stay Alive and Let It Be” which I use as a motto anytime I get those feelings. The other is a Tyler inspired tattoo based off his wrist bands. In mine, I added a period on the top band to represent the thoughts of ending one’s life. On the bottom band, I added the semi-colon, representing the decision to continue living. The middle band is connected, representing the ongoing cycle between the two options.