| Fall Out Boy – Just One Yesterday Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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My favorite song in the entire album because it gives us a rare glimpse into a destructive relationship. It's a song about two people who are very much in love with each other, but they are too similar for their own good. (I thought of angels Choking on their halos Get them drunk on rose water) - The guy admits that he likes corrupting innocent girls. He's probably done it with every girl he's ever dated. ( See how dirty I can get them Pulling out their fragile teeth And clip their tiny wings) - His goal is to damage them as much as he can, he sounds like a sadist. (Anything you say can and will be held against you So only say my name It will be held against you) - He's letting her know that her love for him is going to be held against her. He is going to make her regret ever meeting him. (If heaven’s grief brings hell’s rain Then I’d trade all my tomorrows for just one yesterday) - I honestly think their relationship was spent with both of them always attempting to get the upper hand. They both really did love each other, but when one of them did something wrong, the other always needed to get even. "Heaven's grief" - getting the other to cry brought "hell's rain", meaning that the tears of the other helped soothe the their anger. They both hate each other, but would still give up their entire futures for just one last taste of their past together. [(I know I’m bad news) For just one yesterday (I saved it all for you) I want to teach you a lesson in the worst kind of way Still I’d trade all my tomorrows for just one yesterday] - She's just like him, Bad news. They fell in love and are each punishing the other because they can't really help it. He wants to get her back for hurting him, but he'd still give up everything for her. (Letting people down is my thing baby Find yourself a new gig This town ain’t big enough for two of us I don’t have the right name Or the right looks But I have twice the heart) - See, they are both playing the same game. They are both bad people. An unstoppable force and an immovable object, neither can win. Even though he thinks that he's better at this game than she is. (If I spilled my guts The world would never look at you the same way And I’m here to give you all of my love So I can watch your face as I take it all away) - She's making it clear that he's playing the victim but he's just as guilty as she is. She wants to see him in pain, she wants to crush him. This is the perfect expression of a dysfunctional relationship between two bad people who fell for the one person who can give them a taste of their own medicine. They are mutually destructive, muder-suicide type stuff going on here. I love the twisted passion behind all of it. Sigh- what a great, great song :) |
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