Overcompensate

Overcompensate
Song by Twenty One Pilots from the album Clancy
Released	February 29, 2024
Format	Digital
Length	3:56
Single	February 29, 2024
Live count	0
Writer	Tyler Joseph
Producer	Tyler Joseph
Label	Fueled by Ramen
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Clancy track listing Overcompensate Next Semester Backslide Midwest Indigo Routines in the Night Vignette The Craving (Jenna's Version) Lavish Navigatting Snap back Oldies Station At the Risk of Feeling Dumb Paladin Strait

Overcompensate is the first song on the album Clancy by Twenty One Pilots.

Background

After growing anticipation and teases for their fifth studio album, twenty one pilots released a video entitled “I Am Clancy” on February 22, 2024 to both recap the Dema story up until this point and tease its final chapter. Underneath the narration from frontman Tyler Joseph was a song with a German phrase that roughly translates to: “The secret island has weaponized me,” which is a reference to one of the Clancy letters.

“Overcompensate” released at noon CST on February 29, alongside a radio debut on BBC Radio 1. “Shy Away” also received a mid-day release, and a Radio 1 interview, when it kicked off the Scaled and Icy era.

Lyrics

Album version

[Intro] (Diese kleine unheimliche Insel hat mich zu einer Waffe gemacht) (Wir glauben beide—) (Cette petite île étrange a fait de moi une arme) (Nous croyons tous les deux que nous pouvons l'utiliser pour changer l'élan de cette guerre) (Esta pequeña isla misteriosa me ha convertido en un arma) (Todos creemos que podemos usarla para cambiar el impulso de esta guerra) [Bridge] Welcome back to Trench Welcome back to Trench I created this world to feel some control Destroy it if I want So I sing, "sahlo folina" "Sahlo folina" (Wait, what? Wait, what?) (Wait, what? Wait, what?) [Verse 1] Earned my stripes, three hundred tracks in my Adidas track jacket Bless your ear holes while you react, acting Gobsmacked, don't hesitate to maybe overcompensate I feel like I was just here, same twitchin' in my eyes Don't sleep on a boy who can fall asleep twice in the same night And won't hesitate to maybe overcompensate [Chorus] I said I fly by the dangerous bend symbol (Wait, what? Wait, what?) Mm, don't hesitate To maybe overcompensate And then by the time I catch in my peripheral (Wait, what? Wait, what?) Mm, don't hesitate to maybe overcompensate [Verse 2] Where am I from? I was born right here, just now Originated right in front of your eyes If you can't see, I am Clancy, prodigal son Done running, come up with Josh Dun Wanted dead or alive So now you pick who you serve, you bow to the masses Get kicked to the curb for passin' the classes Half empty, half full, save half of your taxes Then overtake your former self [Chorus] I fly by the dangerous bend symbol (Wait, what? Wait, what?) Mm, don't hesitate to maybe overcompensate And then by the time I catch in my peripheral (Wait, what? Wait, what?) Mm, don't hesitate to maybe overcompensate [Bridge] Days feel like a perfect length I don't need them any longer, but for goodness sake Do the years seem way too short for my soul, corazón Way too short for my soul, corazón The days feel like a perfect length I don't need them any longer, but for goodness sake Do the years seem way too short for my soul, corazón Way too short for my soul, corazón [Refrain] Earned my stripes, three hundred tracks in my Adidas track jacket Bless your ear holes while you react, acting Gobsmacked, don't hesitate to maybe overcompensate [Chorus] I said I fly by the dangerous bend symbol (Wait, what? Wait, what?) Mm, don't hesitate to maybe overcompensate And then by the time I catch in my peripheral (Wait, what? Wait, what?) Mm, don't hesitate to maybe overcompensate