In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Sometimes when I'm in heaven
I get forgetful of the Earth, woah
Until I hear you bickering like boys and birds
The heat is off, gate's open, the shade is down
I got a pocket full of deadliness
Opium den mother forget my head
At the dead-end called Unsteadiness
Boxed blondes have less fun
Boomerang my head
Back to the city I grew up in
Again and again
Forever a Lake Effect kid
Oh, I got the skyline in my veins
Forget your nighttime
Summer love on a gurney with a squeaky wheel
And joke us, choke us
'Til Lakeshore Drive comes back into focus
I just wanna come back to life
Spark my crazy head to keep you warm at night
I got a pocket full of deadliness
Opium den mother forget my head
At the dead-end called Unsteadiness
Boxed blondes have less fun, fun
Boomerang my head
Into the city I grew up in
Again and again
Forever a Lake Effect kid
Boomerang my head
To the city I grew up in (into the city I grew up in)
Again and again and again and again
Forever a Lake Effect kid
Boomerang my head
Into the city I grew up in
Again and again
Forever a Lake Effect kid
Boomerang my head
To the city I grew up in (into the city I grew up in)
Again and again and again and again
Forever a Lake Effect kid
Again and again and again and again and again
I get forgetful of the Earth, woah
Until I hear you bickering like boys and birds
The heat is off, gate's open, the shade is down
I got a pocket full of deadliness
Opium den mother forget my head
At the dead-end called Unsteadiness
Boxed blondes have less fun
Boomerang my head
Back to the city I grew up in
Again and again
Forever a Lake Effect kid
Oh, I got the skyline in my veins
Forget your nighttime
Summer love on a gurney with a squeaky wheel
And joke us, choke us
'Til Lakeshore Drive comes back into focus
I just wanna come back to life
Spark my crazy head to keep you warm at night
I got a pocket full of deadliness
Opium den mother forget my head
At the dead-end called Unsteadiness
Boxed blondes have less fun, fun
Boomerang my head
Into the city I grew up in
Again and again
Forever a Lake Effect kid
Boomerang my head
To the city I grew up in (into the city I grew up in)
Again and again and again and again
Forever a Lake Effect kid
Boomerang my head
Into the city I grew up in
Again and again
Forever a Lake Effect kid
Boomerang my head
To the city I grew up in (into the city I grew up in)
Again and again and again and again
Forever a Lake Effect kid
Again and again and again and again and again
Lyrics submitted by Molz017, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Lake Effect Kid Lyrics as written by Peter Wentz Patrick Stump
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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I dont think all these lyrics are correct, but there pretty close. but its "Opium den mother forget my head, at the dead end OF unsteadiness"
I think this is another song about drugs. "Pocketful of deadliness"--Narrator has drugs in his pocket/with him.
"Opium den mother forget my head"--Den Mother=Supervisor. And I guess this supervisor didnt care about the narrator taking opium.
"Dead-end called unsteadiness"--Ridiculously Unsteady, pretty self explanatory
and I really dunno, boxed blonds, Im guessing that might mean a blond that dyed their hair?
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If you don't come from Chicago, you can't appreciate this song to the fullest. It's entirely about going back to Chicago. pocketofdeadliness got it right. "Lake effect" is how they describe weather coming off Lake Michigan, and no, there's no other possible way to interpret the term (ie, PrettyColeFury is very off the target). Molz017, it's not quite about Wilmette. Fall Out Boy is from Glenview, but you're very close. So, when he says I'm forever a Lake Effect Kid, he's saying he's forever a Chicagoan, no matter where he goes.