we carry on

Taxi Cab by Twenty One Pilots

I wanna fall inside your ghost And fill up every hole inside my mind And I want everyone to know That I am half a soul divided Sometimes we will die, and sometimes we will fly away Either way, you're by my side until my dying days And if I'm not there and I'm far away I said don't be afraid I said don't be afraid We're going home I wanna strip myself of breath A breathless piece of death I've made for you A mortal rotting piece of song Will help me carry on, but at least you heard Sometimes we will die, and sometimes we will fly away Either way, you're by my side until my dying days And if I'm not there and I'm far away I said don't be afraid I said don't be afraid We're going home So, the hearse ran out of gas A passenger person grabbed a map And the driver inside it contrived a new route to save the past And checked his watch and grabbed a cab, a beautifully plain taxi cab A cab, had a cleared-out back, and two men started to unpack Driving once again, but now this time there were three men And then I heard one of them say, "I know the night will turn to gray I know the stars will start to fade when all the darkness fades away We had to steal him from his fate so he could see another day" Then I cracked open my box Someone must have picked the lock A little light revealed the spot where my fingernails had fought Then I pushed it open more, pushing up against the door Then I sat up off the floor and found the breath I was searching for Then there were three men up front, all I saw were backs of heads And then I asked, "Am I alive and well, or am I dreaming dead?" And then one turned around to say, "We're driving toward the morning sun Where all your blood is washed away, and all you did will be undone" I said don't be afraid I said don't be afraid

(sidenote, there's a lot of variations online for some of the lines but I listened to a live version and I'm quite confident the words are "at least you heard," and I'm like 85% confident it's "rotting" not "writing" as some put it)

like ??? the first two verses (their bond... being the same soul... Yugi giving all of himself for Yami) + the chorus are almost perfect for them, the whole metaphor of the cab and casket (something carrying Yami/Atem to the afterlife... Puzzle and Yugi)

even the "three men" feels relevant, either with Yugi + Yami + Atem, or Yugi + Yami/Atem + Yami Bakura perhaps??? or I guess in this the guy in the casket is Yami/Atem so perhaps it's Yugi + Yami Bakura + Malik ??? or perhaps the guy in the casket is Atem and up front is Yugi + Yami + Yami Bakura. or maybe Mana and Mahad are there too (I think the ending of "hopes dreams fears" is influencing that idea for me) or maybe even the guy in the casket is Yugi/Yami/Atem and the three up front are Anzu, Jounouchi and Honda SO MANY POSSIBILITIES. or maybe we lean a little more into what's already here and make them some of the Egyptian gods. or even the god cards lmfao

"contrived a new route to save the past" + "we had to steal him from his fate so he could see another day" → Atem had to be sealed away so he could return one day and finally defeat Zorc

cracked open the box → the Puzzle being solved