“Guns For Hands” was originally released on twenty one pilots 2011 independent album Regional At Best. It was then rerecorded for the band’s 2013 release Vessel.

Frontman Tyler Joseph has stated the following regarding this track:

I know you have the ability to hurt yourself, I recognize that, but let’s take that energy and let’s point it at something else, let’s divert that, let’s kind of shift momentum and look at something like art, or something like this music specifically or even point it at me, just point it anywhere. But don’t point it at yourself … that song will always be important to me."