| Pink – Sober Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I think this song is about someone who was broken up with because the other person only wanted to be friends, and the person who was dumped is comparing being in a relationship to drinking. "How do I feel this good sober?" is referring to her wondering why she doesn't feel more empty and upset about being broken up with. However, she still has feelings for the guy, and the second verse and prechorus speak to this: "I don't want to be the girl that has to fill the silence; quiet scares me, 'cause it screams the truth." She doesn't want to admit to the guy she still has feelings for him because she doesn't want to screw things up. "The night is calling, and it whispers to me softly, 'Come and play.' I am falling, and if I let myself go I'm the only one to blame." These lines show her frustration and temptation to make a move, but at the same time she acknowledges that if she screws up, it will be on her. "When it's good, then it's good, it's so good till it goes bad, till you try to find the you that you once had" refers to the fact that it's rough to go back to just being friends after dating someone. "Please don't tell me that we had that conversation, I won't remember, save your breath, 'cause what's the use?" refers to the fact that no matter how much they try to talk things out her feelings for the guy remain. "I'm coming down...spinning 'round, looking for myself, sober" refers to her ultimate decision that she is better off single and coming to terms with what has happened. | |
| Fall Out Boy – Sugar, We're Goin Down Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Wow I'm replying to myself xD. I have to make a correction: This song would only work if it was a girl falling in love with a gay guy. "Isn't it messed up, how I'm just dying to be HIM" - a lesbian wouldn't be with a guy. | |
| Adam Lambert – For Your Entertainment Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| If you think this is bad, you should see what I've written about Fall Out Boy's "Sugar, We're Goin Down." I said that was about a girl falling in love with her gay bestie :) | |
| Adam Lambert – Pop Goes The Camera Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| This is pretty self-explanatory; basically Fall Out Boy's "America's Suitehearts" with different lyrics and a techno beat. I LOVE his older stuff. It reminds me of 3OH!3's "Don't Trust Me" and The White Tie Affair. | |
| Fall Out Boy – Sugar, We're Goin Down Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I've seen people take this song to be about homosexuality before but not quite like this: I think it could be about someone struggling with falling in love with their gay/lesbian friend of the opposite sex even though they know it can't be; for the sake of this interpretation, I'm going to say it's a girl falling in love with her gay bestie (that seems more common anyway). "Am I more than you bargained for yet?" refers to how she's afraid her new feelings will be too much for the friendship to bear, as though she's asking hesitantly if it's wrong. "I've been dying to tell you anything you want to hear" refers to how she tells him she only loves him as a friend because she doesn't want to scare him off. "'Cause that's just who I am this week" refers to how the deep friendship she always feels for him occasionally develops lust alongside it, which always goes away and comes back yet isn't constant (friendship one week, lust the next). "Lie in the grass, next to the mausoleum" - To "lie" with somebody is often used as a euphemism for sex, and a mausoleum is used for burial. That said, she is acknowledging that to make any more than a friendship of the situation could very well kill the friendship or come close to it; the "mausoleum" could also represent regret, bitterness, or guilt she would feel if anything came of her feelings and went wrong. "I'm just a notch in your bedpost, but you're just a line in a song" refers to what might happen outside their friendship if they did have an encounter - while she'd probably just be an experimental incident to him (a "notch in [his] bedpost"), he'd mean much more to her ("a line in [her] song"). "Drop a heart, break a name" represents her current lose-lose situation; her heart is being "dropped" knowing they can't be together, but at the same time, one of the reasons they're such good friends is that she trusts him in part because he's gay and if he wasn't, he'd be losing part of his identity that endeared him to her in the first place ("break[ing]" his "name"). "We're always sleeping in and sleeping for the wrong team" is an obvious allusion to his orientation (while not morally wrong, he is on "the wrong team" if she wants to be with him) and more significantly her misplaced feelings for him. "We're going down, down in an earlier round / And sugar, we're going down swinging" - She had no idea she'd fall in love with him, let alone this fast; to "go down swinging" means to keep fighting for a cause despite obvious futility (perhaps she continues to flirt and make her feelings known?). "I'll be your number one with a bullet" alludes to her extremely close friendship with him - he really is her "number one with a bullet," the best friend she always goes to for advice etc. - something she doesn't want to lose. "A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it" seems to symbolize she knows she is wrong in believing they could ever be together or that she could change him - she knows she isn't God - so she wants to be rid of the feelings ("cock it and pull it" as though shooting them down; this line could also mean the feelings are hurting her). "Is this more than you bargained for yet?" refers to the fact that, although he's okay with her flirting, she doesn't want to cross a line and tries to be cautious about it. "Oh, don't mind me, I'm watching you two from the closet, wishing to be the friction in your jeans" - This is a reference to the way she jokes around with the guy ("don't mind me" is meant to sound sarcastic and silly) about her feelings under the guise of only loving him as a friend. This could also be a metaphor for how wrong/dirty she thinks her feelings are (as if she's somehow betraying him by falling for him despite his orientation), because watching someone from a closet has a very creepy, stalkerlike aura about it. "Isn't it messed up, how I'm just dying to be him?" is a continuation of the sarcastic/joking motif -- as in, "Isn't it funny?" Finally, the echoing of "Take aim at myself, take back what you said" over the final choruses seems to symbolize her, and perhaps his, reconciliation with her feelings. | |
| Blood On The Dance Floor – Looking Hot, Dangerous! Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| This is different than the one on their album "Epic." The newer one has a verse that lists all these people, and it says to "Be proud of being different, speak loud and admit it, look hot and dangerous." So it basically means to be proud of whatever you are. | |
| Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It for You Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| This song reminds me of how painful it was at senior Homecoming to see the guy I liked kiss his girlfriend, whom had broken his heart before and he'd gotten back with her after he'd known I liked him and he'd told my friend he was "considering" dating me...then I asked the other guy I liked I used to be friends with to dance with me and he said no. They played this minutes later and I felt so sad, until I remembered the Family Guy version of it and was a bit better. | |
| The All-American Rejects – Dance Inside Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| To me, this song is about two really close friends who realize they have feelings for each other on a deeper level, but one is leaving or lives far away and they won't see each other again for a very long time. So they decide to act on their feelings, realizing in the process just HOW much love there is between them. It could also be about a girl losing her virginity to a friend or two friends losing it together, strengthening their friendship. | |
| The All-American Rejects – Dance Inside Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| This song is about two people who've had feelings for each other for awhile and are just finding out, and they go all the way the first time they're together. It seems possible they were afraid to tell each other how they felt for some reason (rejection?) but once they realize it's mutual, they say "Why not?" and take advantage of their chance. | |
| The All-American Rejects – Move Along Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| The song is about not committing suicide...It's ironic, but their keyboardist killed himself soon after this was written. The music video was dedicated to him. | |
| Fall Out Boy – Thnks fr th Mmrs Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| After Fall Out Boy broke up, the KIIS-FM station where I live started playing this again. None of their other ones, as far as I know; just this one. Like, "Thanks for the memories," because they broke up. | |
| Fall Out Boy – 7 Minutes in Heaven (Atavan Halen) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| This song was written about Pete Wentz's battle with depression and trying to kill himself by ODing on Atavan. | |
| Fall Out Boy – America's Suitehearts Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I agree this song is about celebrities. However, rather than general idolization, I think it focuses on people who let themselves develop an obsessive fandom for one celebrity (or band, etc.) even though deep down they know it's unhealthy. "Build my dreams, trees grow all over the streets" - The person's dream is to meet the celebrity; the "trees" are things preventing them from doing so. "I'm in love with my own sins" - The person realizes it's unhealthy to harbor such an obsession (thus calling it it a "sin"). "You can bow and pretend that you don't, don't know you're a legend" - Holding a higher opinion of the celebrity than is warranted or exaggerating their positive traits. "Time, time time hasn't told anyone else yet / Let my love loose again" - refers to how such an obsessive fandom usually goes away after after several months. | |
| Adam Lambert – For Your Entertainment Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Aside from its obvious sexual content, this song seems to have strong undertones of self-mutilation. "Push the limit, are you with it, baby don't be afraid" - Refers to what persuades somebody to start cutting as a means of coping; e.g. "The cool kids do it, don't be scared, you won't die," etc. "I'm'a hurt you real good," "Take the pain, take the pleasure" - Definitely could refer to the adrenaline "high" reported by kids who cut. "No escaping when I start, once I'm in I own your heart" - Cutting is an addiction. "There's no way to riing the alarm, so hold on until it's over" - Fear of being stigmatized prevents the cutter from telling, so they have to try to stop on their own. "Do you know what you got into? Can you handle what I'm 'bout to do? 'Cuz it's about to get rough for you" - The cutter is wondering if they got more than they bargained for by starting and whether they should continue. "I'm here for your entertainment" - Cutting is a way for the person to cope with something. "Bet you thought I was soft and sweet, thought an angel swept you off your feet, But I'm about to turn up the heat" - The person thinks self-mutilation will be easy but they realize how addictive and painful it is. "It's all right, you'll be fine, baby I'm in control"- Refers to someone reassuring themselves that it is not unhealthy, but acknowledging that the behavior is starting to control them. "Close your eyes, not your mind / Let me into your soul" - Telling the cutter to ignore when people judge them for doing it, and to continue. "I'm'a work you till you're totally blown" -The person refusesto stop until they go too far and need to see a doctor. I'm a huge fan of Adam Lambert (he has a voice that could make your heart skip), and I know this isn't what the song is about. This is just another way to see it. Also, I have never cut myself. I have known people who did and read about how addictive it can be. |
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| Fall Out Boy – Sugar, We're Goin Down Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| To me, this song is written from the point of view of a boy who is in a platonic friendship with a girl but wants to be her boyfriend, but she's seeing someone else. Here's my analysis supporting this theory: "Am I more than you bargained for yet?" - Asking her if she is overwhelmed by his feelings. "I've been dying to tell you anything you want to hear, 'Cuz that's just who I am this week" - Indicates he is willing to pretend he is not romantically interested in her to keep the friendship going - at least for now. "Lie in the grass, next to the mausoleum" - Probably referring to the random silly things they've done together as friends. "I'm just a notch in your bedpost, but you're just a line in a song" - This is a prediction of what might happen if they start dating and things go wrong (i.e., their friendship will disappear, and all that will be left will be bitter memories). "Drop a heart, break a name" - Refers to his feelings about her slowly destroying him by seeing another man. "We're always sleeping in, and we're sleeping for the wrong team" - He is "sleeping in" by waiting too long to tell her his feelings; she is "sleeping for the wrong team" by seeing another man. "We're going down, down in an earlier round" - He is failing faster than he thought he would. "And sugar, we're going down swinging" - To "go down swinging" means to keep fighting for something even though you know failure is imminent; therefore, he will keep trying to win her over even though he knows she doesn't feel the same way for him as he does for her. "I'll be your number one with a bullet" - An example of an extravagant promise he makes to her in an attempt to get her to love him. "A loaded God complex"- Here he seems to be doing a "sour grapes" type thing, telling himself she is stuck up (has a "God complex") and he wouldn't want her anyway. "Cock it and pull it" - Referring again to his feelings of death without her. "Is this more than you bargained for yet?" - Asking again if his feelings are more than she can bear. "Oh, don't mind me, I'm watching you two from the closet, wishing to be the friction in your jeans" - Asking her to not treat him any differently because of his newly revealed feelings, since he will only "watch" and think about her (wish to "be the friction in" her "jeans") not act on his feelings; another interpretation could be that the word "closet" indicates he has not yet opened up about his feelings to her. "Isn't it messed up, how I'm just dying to be him?" - Sounds as though he's lighteheartedly joking with her about his feelings, as if she knows and accepts them. "Take aim at myself, take back what you said" - Asking her to take back her frustration towards him if he admits it was weird to feel that way about her. | |
| Fall Out Boy – Sugar, We're Goin Down Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| To me, this song is written from the point of view of a boy who is in a platonic friendship with a girl but wants to be her boyfriend, but she's seeing someone else. Here's my analysis supporting this theory: "Am I more than you bargained for yet?" - Asking her if she is overwhelmed by his feelings. "I've been dying to tell you anything you want to hear, 'Cuz that's just who I am this week" - Indicates he is willing to pretend he is not romantically interested in her to keep the friendship going - at least for now. "Lie in the grass, next to the mausoleum" - Probably referring to the random silly things they've done together as friends. "I'm just a notch in your bedpost, but you're just a line in a song" - This is a prediction of what might happen if they start dating and things go wrong (i.e., their friendship will disappear, and all that will be left will be bitter memories). "Drop a heart, break a name" - Refers to his feelings about her slowly destroying him by seeing another man. "We're always sleeping in, and we're sleeping for the wrong team" - He is "sleeping in" by waiting too long to tell her his feelings; she is "sleeping for the wrong team" by seeing another man. "We're going down, down in an earlier round" - He is failing faster than he thought he would. "And sugar, we're going down swinging" - To "go down swinging" means to keep fighting for something even though you know failure is imminent; therefore, he will keep trying to win her over even though he knows she doesn't feel the same way for him as he does for her. "I'll be your number one with a bullet" - An example of an extravagant promise he makes to her in an attempt to get her to love him. "A loaded God complex"- Here he seems to be doing a "sour grapes" type thing, telling himself she is stuck up (has a "God complex") and he wouldn't want her anyway. "Cock it and pull it" - Referring again to his feelings of death without her. "Is this more than you bargained for yet?" - Asking again if his feelings are more than she can bear. "Oh, don't mind me, I'm watching you two from the closet, wishing to be the friction in your jeans" - Asking her to not treat him any differently because of his newly revealed feelings, since he will only "watch" and think about her (wish to "be the friction in" her "jeans") not act on his feelings; another interpretation could be that the word "closet" indicates he has not yet opened up about his feelings to her. "Isn't it messed up, how I'm just dying to be him?" - Sounds as though he's lighteheartedly joking with her about his feelings, as if she knows and accepts them. "Take aim at myself, take back what you said" - Asking her to take back her frustration towards him if he admits it was weird to feel that way about her. | |
| Fall Out Boy – Thnks fr th Mmrs Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I think this song is an allegory about a man struggling with drug addiction and whether or not to quit. Here's my analysis of the parts of the song that relate to this theory: "I'm gonna make you bend and break" - Drugs made him bend and break; "Say a prayer, but let the good times roll, In case God doesn't show" - Pray you don't OD but have fun if you don't (if God doesn't take you); "And I want these words to make things right, but it's the wrongs that make the words come to life" - He's telling people he'll quit doing drugs, but the fact he's doing them is what gives the words meaning. "Who does he think he is" - Perhaps about a father figure or someone else who is telling him not to do drugs. As for the chorus, "One night and one more time" - He's telling himself this will be the LAST night he'll do drugs (e.g. "I can quit whenever I want."); "Thanks for the memories, even though they weren't so great" - He's telling the drug goodbye, but reminding himself the effects were dangerous; "He tastes like you, only sweeter" - Freedom tastes like drugs only sweeter. The second part of the chorus is identical to the first, but he repeats "Thanks for the memories," possibly to firmly tell himself the drugs are gone. "Looking forward to the future, But my eyesight is going bad" - He's thinking of what he wants to do with his life but is losing sight of his goals because of the drugs; "And this crystal ball, Is always cloudy except for when you look into the past" - You never know the drug's true consequences until after the fact. "One-night stand...One-night stand off" - His addiction leads him into a one-night stand, after which he battles himself about quitting drugs. "I only think in the form of crunching numbers" - Refers to either a.) Losing money to support his habit or b.) Actually weighing drugs and dealing with the money; "In hotel rooms" - Doing drugs in hotel rooms to sort of cover his tracks; "Collecting Page Six lovers" - Reference to using rolled-up magazine pages to snort cocaine through. The drug references go away in the end of the breakdown, but come back in the repeated choruses, which are sung with a feeling of force and anguish, and the final power chord, which sounds like he's giving up. | |
| Fall Out Boy – Thnks fr th Mmrs Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I personally think this is an allegory about a man struggling with drug addiction, and whether or not to quit. Here's my analysis of the parts of the song that relate to this theory: "I'm gonna make you bend and break" - Drugs made him bend and break; "Say a prayer, but let the good times roll, In case God doesn't show" - Pray you don't OD but have fun if you don't (if God doesn't take you); "And I want these words to make things right, but it's the wrongs that make the words come to life" - He's telling people he'll quit doing drugs, but the fact he's doing them is what gives the words meaning. "Who does he think he is" - Perhaps about a father figure or someone else who is telling him not to do drugs. As for the chorus, "One night and one more time" - He's telling himself this will be the LAST night he'll do drugs (e.g. "I can quit whenever I want."); "Thanks for the memories, even though they weren't so great" - He's telling the drug goodbye, but reminding himself the effects were dangerous; "He tastes like you, only sweeter" - Freedom tastes like drugs only sweeter. The second part of the chorus is identical to the first, but he repeats "Thanks for the memories," possibly to firmly tell himself the drugs are gone. "Looking forward to the future, But my eyesight is going bad" - He's thinking of what he wants to do with his life but is losing sight of his goals because of the drugs; "And this crystal ball, Is always cloudy except for when you look into the past" - You never know the drug's true consequences until after the fact. "One-night stand...One-night stand off" - His addiction leads him into a one-night stand, after which he battles himself about quitting drugs. "I only think in the form of crunching numbers" - Refers to either a.) Losing money to support his habit or b.) Actually weighing drugs and dealing with the money; "In hotel rooms" - Doing drugs in hotel rooms to sort of cover his tracks; "Collecting Page Six lovers" - Reference to using rolled-up magazine pages to snort cocaine through. The drug references go away in the end of the breakdown, but come back in the repeated choruses, which are sung with a feeling of force and anguish, and the final power chord, which sounds like he's giving up. | |
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