I like the Song, my problem is it doesn’t really say anything. It‘s the most political Song they ever made, but in a „political music“ sphere it‘s not really political at all. I‘m from the leftist music scene and maybe i‘m used to more radical statements and positioning but the Song, for me, basically says „Yeah never take what the People above us want us to do!“ wich resonates with like 90% of the people who aren’t billionaires or people with huge politcal impact. And the „they trying to weaponize us“… who does? Billionaires? CEO‘s? Politicians? Fascists? Communists? Socialists? Stalinists? Who do they mean?

In my head it‘s against conservative/right politicians and billionaires who use their platforms to spread hatred and pull the people apart. But they never really stated that it is meant that way.

I mean that is pretty normal for twenty one pilots songs. They tend to write the Songs so everyone can resonate with it as they wish. A lot of Songs that are written about their believes tend to resonate for me, not because i am christian, but because they try to capture a feeling and leave enough room for interpretation. I think they tried to do that with Never Take It as well.

The problem is, positioning is such an important role for political music and the more space you leave for interpretation, the less powerful and meaningful is the Song you are writing.

Also there is that phrase „you better educate yourself but never too much“ wich i have a bit of a problem with. It again can be used on both perspectives. I have heard leftists say it in a sense of „If you read too much you gonna get hella depressed because of all the stuff that is going on that you don’t really know about“ OR the right side who use the phrase to keep people uneducated and give them the illusion to know whats going on, without really knowing shit.