| Fall Out Boy – West Coast Smoker Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I've always loved the way the line "Oh, Hell yes" was followed by (after, of course, "I'm a nervous wreck, the drugs just make me reset") "Knock once for the Father, twice for the Son, three times for the Holy Ghost." I don't know if it means anything, but it strikes me as a funny thing to put after "Oh, Hell yes" (and all that other stuff). |
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| Fall Out Boy – 27 Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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This entire album [which is my (yes, I know how sinful this is) favourite Fall Out Boy album], is infused with a depressing air. Most people know that this was the last full length "new" album they dropped before their four year hiatus (I do know that Believers Never Die was released after, but that was a Greatest Hits thing, so it doesn't truly count), and I think, looking back and listening to this album over and over again since the hiatus was announced, that it was a goodbye. Whether or not they knew it was a goodbye, it was a goodbye. From songs like "What a Catch, Donnie" to "Coffee's For Closers", the songs dripped with sorrow. Patrick and Pete and Joe and Andy have constantly said the reason they decided to take a break from the band was because they were losing their spark. They weren't "feeling" it anymore. Writing songs and then performing them on stage wasn't as fun as it used to be. It didn't help that the reviews from a large clump of fans was negative towards Foile a Deux. Whenever I listen to this song, "27", I get chills. Everyone knew how the system was inside the band; Pete would write the songs and Patrick would make them into musical masterpieces. So Pete was venting to the world through Patrick, who also did a wonderful job of portraying his emotions through the heavy music (in "27", "West Coast Smoker", and blah blah blah) and through the softer side ("What A Catch, Donnie" will forever make me cry when I hear it). The first time I heard "27", Fall Out Boy were already on hiatus. I was a late bloomer, having never truly followed the band until they were "no more." But I got this feeling whenever I would hear it, and still get the feeling today, that Pete was telling us how utterly frustrated he was with the way things were going. "If home is where the heart is then we're all just fucked" What I get from that? Home, which was and always will be MUSIC for these boys, was missing. The thrill was missing. What they lived for, what they woke up for, was gone. Music was gone. "And I want it so bad I'd shoot the sunshine into my veins I can't remember the good old days." They've forgotten what it feels like to love music. To get up on stage and perform and walk away feeling good about what they do. "Are all the good times getting gone? They come and go and go and come and go" Are their glory days over? Will they forever be this band known for their debut album and "Sugar We're Goin' Down"? But the killer for me, the one line that makes me want to hug each member of this fantastic foursome, is "Doing lines of dust and sweat off last nights stage/just to feel like you." People often interpret the meaning behind this song to be about a persons struggle with drug addiction. While I do definitely see the similarities between battling an addiction in the lyrics, I have always had the belief that Fall Out Boy's songs are layered. This is what makes me love them so much. Their lyrics have a surface (like "Hum Hallelujah". It sounds like it's about a teenage love affair lasting for only one night, but if you take a second look to the lyric sheet, you'll see the subtle and not so subtle hints towards the song also being about Pete Wentz's suicide attempt), and then their songs have a deeper meaning. "27", with this line in particular, makes me think that this song is about their struggle to connect to music. They'd forgotten the joys of performing for people. They felt that they were singing and dancing for the record label and the God-forbidden "scene" more than they were doing those things for themselves. "27" is the song for me that really hits it. Hits the idea that maybe they really weren't happy. It was a prophetic word from the band; they were saying goodbye. The band was never about performing. They lived for the music, not the fans and not the "scene". That's not saying they don't care about us (hello, "Thriller" anyone?". They care about us a lot. But think about it, they care more about music than they do us. We're pretty high up there, but their joy of music beats us out by just that much. So when it became more about putting on a show than telling a story, they couldn't take it anymore. This was their goodbye. Just my thoughts. Sorry, that got long! |
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| Fall Out Boy – XO Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Ahem, I may just be blowing smoke here, because lyrical interpretation is difficult and it also wavers completely depending on who you speak to. But I'll try my best to make sense of something that has been plaguing me for some time. The first song on Take This To Your Grave is "Tell That Mick He Just Made My List of Things To Do Today". A few lines from that: "I hope you choke on those words" and "Stop burning bridges and drive off of them so I can forget about you." The minute I heard the line "I hoped you choked and crashed your car" from "XO", I immediately thought of those two lines from "Tell That Mick..." If you listen to Patrick when he sings "I hope you choke" from "Tell That Mick..." and then listen to the way he sings "I hoped you choked..." from "XO", you'll hear the similarities. I am unaware of the symbolism behind it, or if it's even an actual thing, but it always did strike me as a sort of shout out to their debut. The first song on their debut album and then the last song on their sophomore album. Again, all my interpretation. No one has to agree. Just thought it was interesting. Maybe someone else has already said this anyway. Thanks for taking the time to read and maybe you'll understand what I mean as well. |
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