| Fall Out Boy – A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me" Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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To sum it up, I think this is the story of a breakup, perhaps for a relationship that never got a good start. They've had a lot of fights, and Pete's saying with the porn reference that it's crazy to think that any real relationship is perfect (that's just in porn), but she's insisting on perfection. It's obvious that Pete loves her ("I don't blame you for being you" being just one reference to that), but he just got tired of the fights, and in winning the fight, lost the war. Had it clicked for him earlier that he should've just showed some love ("So say, 'What are you waiting for? Kiss her, kiss her."), they wouldn't have broken up, but now that he knows what the relationship needed, it's too late. I like it. It's a very realistic take on a breakup -- "I'm pissed off at you, but at the same time, I didn't want to lose you." |
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| Fall Out Boy – A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More "Touch Me" Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Well, here's what it means to me... I confess, I messed up, dropping "I'm sorry"s like you're still around. (Pretty straightforward, IMO. He's apologizing, but she doesn't care) And I know you dressed up "Hey, kid, you'll never live this down." (She tried to let him down easy, making up an excuse, but he knows that he screwed up badly.) 'Cause you're just the girl all the boys wanna dance with, and I'm just the boy who's had too many chances. (She has so many other options that she's done trying to make it happen with him.) I'm sleeping on your folk's porch again, dreaming she said, she said, she said "Why don't you just drop dead?" (This seems to allude to him being at her place and then getting kicked out when stuff hits the fan, and he's mentally replaying her "dressed up" letdown as her just telling him to drop dead.) I don't blame you for being you, but you can't blame me for hating it. So say, "What are you waiting for? Kiss her, kiss her" I set my clocks early 'cause I know I'm always late (These lines are a look into Pete's mind as he's fighting with the girl. It's probably a petty argument, but probably also one of many, and because of it, she's questioning if he really loves her, and he knows that he should just end the fight by going in for the kiss [and effectively apologizing], but by the time it's actually clicked, she's kicked him out of her room.) Write me off, give up on me, 'cause, darling, what do you expect? I'm just off, a lost cause, a long shot. Don't even take this bet. (This is him sarcastically responding to her protests about their relationship: "No, you're right, I'm a terrible person. Don't bother with me." I think his use of "darling" underscores the sarcasm.) You can make all the moves, you can aim all the spotlights. Get all the sighs and the moans just right. (He's talking about how you can stage a perfect relationship, but in the end, it's just a porno.) I'm sleeping on your folk's porch again, dreaming she said, she said, she said "Why don't you just drop dead?" I don't blame you for being you, but you can't blame me for hating it So say, "What are you waiting for? Kiss her, kiss her" I set my clocks early 'cause I know I'm always late. (Always on, always on) You said you'd keep me honest (Always on, always on) But I won't call you on it (Always on, always on) (I think this is saying that she had been talking about their relationship in a long-term sense. Now that they're apparently breaking up, he's not gonna call her out for it.) I don't blame you for being you But you can't blame me for hating it So say, "What are you waiting for? Kiss her, kiss her" I set my clocks early 'Cause I know I'm always late I set my clocks early 'Cause I know I'm always late |
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