I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Bury me standing under your window with this cinder block in hand
Yeah 'cause no one will ever feel like this again
And if I could move, I'm sure it would only be to crawl back to you
I must have dragged my guts a block
They were gone by the time we
Whoa, I want to hate you half as much as I hate myself
You know that I could crush you with my voice
Woah, I want to hate you half as much as I hate myself
You know that I could crush you with my voice
Stood on my roof and tried to see you
Forgetting about me
Hide the details
I don't want to know a thing
I hate the way you say my name like it's something secret
My pen is the barrel of the gun
Remind me which side you should be on
Whoa, I want to hate you half as much as I hate myself
You know that I could crush you with my voice
Whoa, I want to hate you half as much as I hate myself
You know that I could crush you with my voice
Stood on my roof and tried to see you
Forgetting about me
Hide the details
I don't want to know a thing
Wish that I was as invisible as you make me feel
Wish that I was as invisible as you make me feel
Whoa, I want to hate you half as much as I hate my
Whoa, I want to hate you half as much as I hate my (1, 2, 3, 4)
Whoa, I want to hate you half as much as I hate myself
You know that I could crush you with my voice
Whoa, I want to hate you half as much as I hate myself
You know that I could crush you with my voice
Yeah 'cause no one will ever feel like this again
And if I could move, I'm sure it would only be to crawl back to you
I must have dragged my guts a block
They were gone by the time we
Whoa, I want to hate you half as much as I hate myself
You know that I could crush you with my voice
Woah, I want to hate you half as much as I hate myself
You know that I could crush you with my voice
Stood on my roof and tried to see you
Forgetting about me
Hide the details
I don't want to know a thing
I hate the way you say my name like it's something secret
My pen is the barrel of the gun
Remind me which side you should be on
Whoa, I want to hate you half as much as I hate myself
You know that I could crush you with my voice
Whoa, I want to hate you half as much as I hate myself
You know that I could crush you with my voice
Stood on my roof and tried to see you
Forgetting about me
Hide the details
I don't want to know a thing
Wish that I was as invisible as you make me feel
Wish that I was as invisible as you make me feel
Whoa, I want to hate you half as much as I hate my
Whoa, I want to hate you half as much as I hate my (1, 2, 3, 4)
Whoa, I want to hate you half as much as I hate myself
You know that I could crush you with my voice
Whoa, I want to hate you half as much as I hate myself
You know that I could crush you with my voice
Lyrics submitted by ruben, edited by Mellow_Harsher
The Pros and Cons of Breathing Lyrics as written by Joseph Mark Trohman Andrew John Hurley
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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This song is actually my favourites from Fall Out Boy, but whats really sad about it is how all those little teeny boppers have heard "I wish that I was as invisible as you make me feel" and have somehow managed to turn it cheap. Kinda like what happened to Radiohead's Creep "I want you to notice when I'm not around."
Bury me standing under your window with the cinder block in hand - he wanted to hurt her but couldnt as he loves her Yeah cause no one will ever feel like this again - sme as above And if I could move I'm sure it would only be to crawl back to you - stating he would go back to her no matter what I must have dragged my guts a block... they were gone by the time we (talked)...- his feelings were on the surface, but when he seen her he had no guts to tell her how he feels ?
I want to hate you half as much as I hate myself - hes disapointed in himself But you know that I could crush you with my voice - the songs will get her back/ he could tell people what shes done
Stood on my roof and tried to see you forgetting about me - looked into her window as shes cheating ? Hide the details I don't want to know a thing - shes admitted it to him
I hate the way you say my name like it's something secret - ashamed of him My pen is the barrel of the gun. Remind me which side you should be on - she should be with him and not being wrote about like the rest of girlies
I wish that I was as invisible as you make me feel. - she doesnt relise hes even their, like most of us have felt :)
@shaungibson I think you are pretty spot on with most of your interpretations of the lyrics. However, under MY PEN IS THE BARREL OF THE GUN... I really think they are referring to HOW words can be used.. you can "kill" /hurt someone with words... (.. the pen is mightier than the sword written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton) or you could protect with words (gun) as well.
"I want.... my voice" That's my favorite part of the song. woo hoo fob!
this song is so true, sometimes i do wish i could hate some people half as much as i hate myself...fob has great lyrics, simple yet so meaningful
i wouldn't say that fall out boy's lyrics are simple at all. i think they come up with some of the best metaphors that i've ever heard.
"I want to hate you half as much as I hate myself" That line is the best in the song...I don't know, it just seems like it describes most of my really pitiful relationships.
Wow...that sounded really emo...
this is one of my favorite fob songs...especially the line "I hate the way you say my name like it's something secret "...totally relatable, when youre with someone and they act like theyre ashamed of it...it sucks
I was falling for this guy and then he went to Cali on spring break and never came back.........he came back last week looking for me but we didn't get to talk.............the line "if I could move I'm sure it would only be to crawl back to you" says just what I feel, if I could, I'd run back to him even though he fucked up bad......and it sucks 'cause I wish I could hate him but I can't.
"Time we (talked)..." i cant hear the word "talked" in that part but oh well ... my fave line is : "I wish that I was as invisible as you make me feel."
I hate the way you say my name like it's something secret My pen is the barrel of the gun. Remind me which side you should be on
i love it. i love it a lot.