While the obvious connections with suicide or alcoholism could be drawn easily, more subtly this song could be about someone who views the world through a negative lens constantly and how as much as the writer tries to show the beauty in the world, this person refuses to see it. It's one or another between the rope and the bottle. There is no good option for this person. They can't see it. Skiba sings it in a kind of exasperated way like He's tired of hearing this negative view constantly and just allowing that person to continue feeling the way they feel knowing he can't do anything about it. You can hear it when he says maybe you're a vampire.
Liar, liar, got your pants on fire
I know you want it, you know you want it too
Hey diddle diddle, when the cat wants to fiddle
The kitten's gotta give him the moon
And they say "you gotta look before you leap"
And "we're gonna judge you by the friends you keep"
But you're looking nasty and I'm in too deep
You'll be real happy to be losing sleep
When your walls come down, when your walls come down
When your walls come down, you get so crazy when there's no one around
You got your script from a Cosmo guide, "Fifteen Ways to Find a Lover"
Don't you make me chase you, cause the author lied
You'll get your answers, babe, under the covers
You say "I want to wait until I'm really sure"
And "I want a love to last forever more"
And "I've got my pride, I've got my dignity"
Well you'll swallow everything when you're with me
When your walls come down, when your walls come down
When your walls come down, you get so crazy when there's no one around
(Come here baby and ah)
And they say "you gotta look before you leap"
And "we're gonna judge you by the friends you keep"
Listen, you're looking nasty and I'm in too deep
You'll be real happy to be losing
When your walls come down, when your walls come down
When your walls come down, you get so crazy when there's no one around
I know you want it, you know you want it too
Hey diddle diddle, when the cat wants to fiddle
The kitten's gotta give him the moon
And they say "you gotta look before you leap"
And "we're gonna judge you by the friends you keep"
But you're looking nasty and I'm in too deep
You'll be real happy to be losing sleep
When your walls come down, when your walls come down
When your walls come down, you get so crazy when there's no one around
You got your script from a Cosmo guide, "Fifteen Ways to Find a Lover"
Don't you make me chase you, cause the author lied
You'll get your answers, babe, under the covers
You say "I want to wait until I'm really sure"
And "I want a love to last forever more"
And "I've got my pride, I've got my dignity"
Well you'll swallow everything when you're with me
When your walls come down, when your walls come down
When your walls come down, you get so crazy when there's no one around
(Come here baby and ah)
And they say "you gotta look before you leap"
And "we're gonna judge you by the friends you keep"
Listen, you're looking nasty and I'm in too deep
You'll be real happy to be losing
When your walls come down, when your walls come down
When your walls come down, you get so crazy when there's no one around
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae
When Your Walls Come Down Lyrics as written by Paul Stanley Adam Mitchell
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Downtown Music Publishing
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