Pierce the Veil - Tangled in the Great Escape Meaning

Tangled in the Great Escape Lyrics

Well don't you say that I had a part of it
Guess we'll never know
Or would you say that I had a part of it?
Well I guess we'll never know
Constant recovery
I see you choke and it takes my breath away
But all is good, we close our eyes
They...

1. anonymous

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   Apr 3rd 2024 !⃝

   I think this song is about two friends and one is suicidal, and the other knows this (whether he told him or not) and doesn’t know what to do. I think it’s about the two point of views in these types of situations. The suicidal friend is constantly suffering and doesn’t see a way out. He’s on the edge of whether or not to actually commit (aka “the great escape”), which is why they say “tangled in the great escape”. And his friend knows that he’s suffering. And he’s trying everything he can to try and help because he knows it’s not getting any better. He’s scared for his friend and doesn’t want him to leave. The suicidal friend though, is even more torn about his decision when he realizes that it would hurt his friend. He just doesn’t know what to do because he wants the suffering to stop, but he would never want to hurt his friend like that. They were basically brothers. (Brother please don’t leave me; or many they ARE brothers ya never know). So it’s two sides of a story. A friend tangled in that great escape, and the other trying to get them out.
2. anonymous

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   Jan 5th 2018 !⃝

   I believe it is about Jonny Craig
3. anonymous

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   Aug 30th 2017 !⃝

   I wrote this about one of my best friends who got hooked on some pretty serious drugs. It got to the point where I was so scared that if he didn’t get cleaned up soon, I knew he was going to die. I felt so powerless because I am always on tour and there’s no real way for me to help someone like this from so far away. I flew out to Detroit to do some co-writing with my friend B-South (Brian Southall). We had done a lot of work together on our side project Isles & Glaciers, so I hit him up to see if he’d be down to make some more songs. By the time I got back to San Diego we had written 5 songs in 5 days, but this was the one that fit the album the best. I asked our friend Jason Butler from the band letlive. to sing on this song for two reasons. One being that I have a lot of respect and admiration towards him as a singer and as a person. Two being that he is straight edge, and I thought maybe he could relate to the lyrics and topic in some way. Special thanks to Jason for bringing this song to life.
   
   -Vic Fuentes
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   Jul 9th 2017 !⃝

   I heard this song was about Mike Fuentes (Vic's brother) he was addicted to drugs and Vic does his POV while Jason does Mike's POV.
5. anonymous

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   May 19th 2016 !⃝

   this song is about Vic's friend i believe. the guy did drugs and basically messed himself up and ended up in the hospital and died i think. Also it could be a song about self harm.
6. anonymous

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   Mar 1st 2015 !⃝

   I believe this song is about person who self harmed and told everyone he was fine but he wasn't and everyone believes it ("they all accept the lie") except one person he knows the person isn't fine and tries to help but the person pushes the friend away one day the person tries to commit suicide but the friend stops them and cries and confronts the person that it hurts them too and the guy realizes he isn't just hurting himself he is hurting the people who loves him "I never met to hurt nobody i only ment to do this to myself."
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   Aug 31st 2014 !⃝

   I feel like the song is about someone attempting suicide (the great escape) and they are stopped in the middle of it by a friend or someone close to them (you're tangled in the great escape.) It's about someone having to lie to people about possibly cuts/burns/scratches/etc (self harm basically.) Everyone believed the lies. No one helped the person, much less noticed.
8. anonymous

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   Aug 25th 2014 !⃝

   I think that 'the great escape'is self harm (so, the great escape from mental pain.) I've selfharmed too and you actually get addicted to it. If you've done it once, you wanna do it another time, because it turns the mental pain into physical pain and that's easier to deal with. So that's why "Tangled" is added. -so you're tangled in the addiction to selfharm-
   
   don't worry I'm 5 months clean now :)