Kitchen Sink

Kitchen Sink
twenty one pilots
Writer(s)	Tyler Joseph
Producer(s)	Tyler Joseph, Josh Dun
Length	5:34
Album	Vessel
Original Album	Regional at Best
Vessel Tracklisting
Glowing Eyes
Lovely
Regional at Best Tracklisting
Glowing Eyes
Anathema

Kitchen Sink is the fourteenth track and second bonus track on the bonus edition of Twenty One Pilots’ third studio album, Vessel. It was recorded for the album Regional at Best and is produced by Twenty One Pilots. Its only US inclusion is on this discontinued album.

Background

Kitchen Sink was originally on the Twenty One Pilots' self published album, Regional at Best where it featured as track 8. Tyler Joseph's brother, Zack, performs the second verse on this track. He is also referenced on the song “Lane Boy”, on the band's second label album, Blurryface.

In an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on the website reddit, Tyler Joseph explains more about the song and its significance to him.

One of the reasons why I started writing music in the first place was to address some of these big questions I had. One of them being "what's the point?" I know it sounds dramatic, but it's something that was haunting me - what's the point of everything that we do? Really looking for purpose is a huge reason to exist. So I found that creating something that only you understand can be the beginning of purpose for you. So for me, something important in my life happened to me at a kitchen sink. And in my darkest hour, when deciding whether or not to continue or not, I realized that if I don't continue, no one will be around to explain what that lyric means. So it... helps me. So creating something whether it's a journal, or a piece of artwork, something that you don't reveal the meaning of, can help you know that if you leave, no one will be around to explain this. So in short, I'm not going to tell you what that kitchen sink means to me because I need it to be only known by me.

Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1: Tyler Joseph] Nobody thinks what I think Nobody dreams when they blink Think things on the brink of blasphemy I'm my own shrink Think things are after me, I'm my catastrophe At my kitchen sink You don't know what that means Because a kitchen sink to you is not a kitchen sink to me Okay, friend? Are you searching for purpose? Then write something, yeah, it might be worthless Then paint something, and it might be wordless Pointless curses, nonsense verses You'll see purpose start to surface No one else is dealing with your demons Meaning maybe defeating them could be the beginning Of your meaning, friend [Chorus: Tyler Joseph] Go away, go away Go away, go away Leave me alone, leave me alone Leave me alone, leave me alone Leave me alone Leave me alone Leave me alone [Verse 2: Tyler Joseph] Nobody thinks what you think, no one Empathy might be on the brink of extinction They will play a game And say they know what you're going through And I tried to come up with an artistic way to say They don't know you and neither do I So here's a prime example of a stand-up guy who Hates what he believes and loves it at the same time Here's my brother And his head's screwed up, but that's all right [Bridge: Zack Joseph] Time gains momentum the moment when I'm living in 'em I'm winning a momentary, sinning a moment passing after A re-beginning moment's mending memories Pretending enemies are friends of me Sending me straight to bending me My bad behavior but I bet I could have been a better man Copy and paste caught me and copy, better rhymes bother me The better the rhythm, the badder I am But I bet I'll battle with 'em battle Better I am, gamblin' man, better bet I am a gambling man, I am? [Chorus: Tyler Joseph] Go away, go away Go away, go away Leave me alone, leave me alone Leave me alone, leave me alone [Outro: Tyler Joseph] Leave me alone! Don't leave me alone! Oh, oh Oh, oh Oh

Credits

Writers, performers and producers	Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun
Additional vocal performance by	Zack Joseph
Published by	Tyler Joseph Music, LLC / Twenty One Pilots, LLC All Rights Reserved

References

Era  · Discography  · Vessel (album)  · Videography  · Performances  · Trip for Concerts  · Quiet Is Violent World Tour Ode to Sleep Holding on to You Migraine House of Gold Car Radio Semi-Automatic Screen The Run and Go Fake You Out Guns for Hands Trees Truce Glowing Eyes (Bonus track) Kitchen Sink (Bonus track) Lovely (Bonus track) Forest (Bonus track)