| Fall Out Boy – The Phoenix Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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Stand back people. I'm a FOB expert, and I'm about to blow you away with the meaning to these lyrics... This song is actually about their change of style. And how they fought against it in a "war" of sorts.... I'll only have time to interpret a few lyrics, but you'll get the idea when I'm done. "We are the jack-o-lanterns in July setting fire to the sky Here, here comes this rising tide". Jack-o-lanterns of course don't belong in July. Here, they describe themselves as standing out and earning fame. (yes, the fire represents fame. I'll get to that later) "So we can take the world back from a heart attack. One maniac at a time we will take it back. You know time crawls on when you're waiting for the song to start So dance alone to the beat of your heart" These lines are referring to their hiatus. They expected to 'take back the world' with their original style, however 'time crawls on when you're waiting for the song to start'... implying everyone no longer cared about their original style since new styles were the pop songs. Most of the chorus is from another voice, promising them if they change their style 'like a remix', they'll become even more famous than before. Hence, the phoenix. As I said, fire represents fame. A phoenix creates much more fire than a jack-o-lantern. "scrap metal the tanks" Of course tanks are used by armies to fight wars. By scraping them, it means surrender. The next line "the world is just a teller and we are wearing black masks"; this is another clever metaphor. Sell-outs are said to steal money from the world rather than earn it, since they write music completely based on what will sell rather than what they really feel. "You broke our spirit" is once again stating their surrender. Now that you know these lyric meanings, the rest should come obvious. To support this theory, let me remind you all of the music videos that followed this album. They were tortured, had all their own albums burned, and literally died at the end, which was left with the song titled "Save Rock and Roll". These music videos symbolize the death of the old Fall Out Boy. |
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