The real ending/epic epilogue of the 21 Pilots Lore/Saga/Storyline?

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The 21 Pilots ten-year, five-album (though I Could say twelve year, six  album) conceptual series /song cycle/concept album(s)/story/storyline ...often called "The Lore" (see this)....of Blurryface, Clancey, the  evil bishops  of Dema and company is apparently over..,.

                    ...or is it?

So much to say about this ten-year trip. Do check out a summary or two online if this is new territory,

Like many concept albums (or movie trilogies!), the last song didn't seem to end quite up to snuff or expectations. Satisfactory? Yes, but something seemed missing. 

 The task of finishing triumphantly, or shockingly, may be impossible, especially with long, dramatic, sometimes convoluted storylines

. The Who's "Tommy"  (by most accounts, the first rock opera/truly concept album) ended strong with the finale song.

 Genesis' "Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" ended fairly well with "It", but it was  anticlimactic and generic ; as  Tony Banks recently  ) expressed (Who could top Supper's Ready's" return of Christ ?) 

  Though I have lamented abut U2 endings; I will not complain about the ending of U2's quasi-concept album, "No Line." It didn't end with a bang, but a whisper;  but what a holy hush!

And  I once wrote about Pink Floyd:

Even though the double "Wall" album, and concert, ended with a short piece, "Tear Down the Wall," and that seemed like a good thing; it is not so good. In the record’s scenario, once we tear down the walls that keep us from others and reality, instead of freedom, we find our worst nightmare: there’s nothing behind it! We are hopeless, and now to make matters worse, naked, and in front of an enemy. A careful listener will hear, after the sounds of the wall crumbling, the "real last song" of the Floyd record, which numbly  submits to circumstances , and coldy bends the arc full circle (literally in this case..I’ll explain) from fear to… fear. The last voice one hears at the end of side 4 (remember records? This was a double album; so four sides) is someone quietly saying something that gets cut off mid-sentence: "Isn’t this where…", and the sentence (as one discovered later) was "continued" at the beginning of side 1: "…we came in." "Isn’t "Isn’t this where we came in?" Clever tactic, depressing thesis: The record (literally) comes full circle (literally); life (spiritually) is endless circle; spiraling  through the grooves of the record, and life, into nothingnumbness. Even if we do tear down a wall, we’ll build another and another...link

And thought more at this link:  Gregory of Nyssa and Green Day: death/birth of the concept of the concept album)

Don't get me started on "well-ended songs that end well by not ending well"...
But I started that conversation here in honor of Ray Bradbury).

I love the "Clancy" series, no matter how it ends.

Note that several thought the storyline was over, though hanging, with the fourth installment
But everyone eventually agreed, and band seemed to confirm, it closes with the closer of the fifth, "Breach."

Or does it?

In typically  subtle, sneaky and  subversive  Pilots fashion, a few weeks after the final final album was released, out of nowhere, an epilogue, (coda? alternative ending?)  was dropped as a download on the deluxe album version, called the Digital Remains edition, and it's officially behind a paywall for now,,

Or is it?

This is the real, and really satisfying. ending.

Happier, even.

The devil loses. God wins, Christus Victor.

This amazing loaded video by a fan who started tracking and tracing the story when he was 14, and is now 24, should be watched and full, but today, watch from 1:35:52 to learn about the two closing songs.
Then test drive the two candidates for closing hymn below.

I like them both, but I think #2 wins.

Or does it?

Cast your vote. But know that my name is Blurryface ...and I care what you think. (:

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Intentions lyrics:

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I am starting it all over once again
Did I learn a thing?



Intentions are everything


Intentions will set you free


You will fail most every day and every way
Did you learn a thing?



Intentions lack memory


Intentions will set you free


Just try to be

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Here is one review: of the other ending::

‘Drag Path’: The Meaning of Twenty One Pilots’ Epic Finale

14/09/2025 by Songs Discussion

“Drag Path” by Twenty One Pilots is a cinematic and deeply allegorical track that serves as a powerful narrative of capture, faith, and ultimate rescue. The song’s core meaning centers on a protagonist who, while being dragged away by a demonic, devil-like force, makes the conscious and courageous choice to deliberately leave a trail of clues—a “drag path”—as an act of profound faith that a loved one or a community will follow this evidence and save him. It is a triumphant story about finding salvation through unwavering trust in others, even in the absolute darkest of nights.

Introduction to the Song

Released on September 12, 2025, “Drag Path” is the fourteenth and final track on Twenty One Pilots’ fictional new album, Breach. As the album’s closer, the song provides an epic and emotionally satisfying conclusion to the tumultuous journey of the entire project. Musically, “Drag Path” is likely a dynamic and cinematic alternative rock anthem, building from tense, narrative-driven verses to a powerful, pleading chorus, and finally resolving into a continued here

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and this:

 

For now (it may well get removed), here is "Drag Path (Devil's Eyes)"

Drag Path lyrics:

When I see the devil's eyes
A current travels down my spine
He found me
Seems as though I've lost again
A story told ad nauseam
He found me
Maybe once or twice or three
He's tried his hand at drowning me
But I'm still on fire
At least, I'm pretty sure

When I see the devil's eyes
I'll look away and smile wide
You found me
'Cause then I'll know you're also there
'Cause proof is in the adversere
You found me

A drag path etched in the surface
As evidence I left there on purpose
A sad sack, laying on the surface 
Can you find me?
I dug my heels into the gravel
As evidence for you to unravel
A drag path, etched in the surface 
Can you find me?

Would you 
Please, please hurry
Would you
Please, please hurry

Can you, can you, can you, can you?

A drag path, etched in the surface
As evidence I left there on purpose
A sad sack, laying on the surface
Can you find me? (Can you, can you find me?)
I dug my heels into the gravel
As evidence for you to unravel
A drag path, etched in the surface
Can you find me?

Can you find me? (Can you find me?)
Can you find me? (Can you find me?)
Can you find me? (Can you find me?)
Can you find me? (Can you find me?)

Then the sun begins to rise
We made it through the darkest night
You found me