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.
I give you my word, I fill you with promises,
I give you anything you want, I told you we could be more than friends.
You and me baby, live for the day and the dark of the night,
Anxious for tomorrow, everything gonna be alright.
Baby it doesn't matter what they say,
When they say, she's Bobby's girl, Jonny, you're playin' with dynamite.
She's Bobby's girl, close the door baby, it'll be alright
When I hear you on the telephone,
My body trembles and my blood runs hot.
You're so much more than a girl, you bring me up when I'm not.
You and me baby, on a magic carpet ride,
We live for tomorrow, everything gonna be alright.
It don't matter what they say,
when they say, she's Bobby's girl, Jonny, you're playin' with dynamite.
She's Bobby's girl, close the door baby, it'll be alright.
Come on, let's go.
When they say, she's Bobby's girl, Jonny, you're playin with dynamite.
She's Bobby's girl, come with me beby, it'll be alright.
She's Bobby's girl,
She's Bobby's girl,
She's Bobby's girl,
She's Bobby's girl.
I give you anything you want, I told you we could be more than friends.
You and me baby, live for the day and the dark of the night,
Anxious for tomorrow, everything gonna be alright.
Baby it doesn't matter what they say,
When they say, she's Bobby's girl, Jonny, you're playin' with dynamite.
She's Bobby's girl, close the door baby, it'll be alright
When I hear you on the telephone,
My body trembles and my blood runs hot.
You're so much more than a girl, you bring me up when I'm not.
You and me baby, on a magic carpet ride,
We live for tomorrow, everything gonna be alright.
It don't matter what they say,
when they say, she's Bobby's girl, Jonny, you're playin' with dynamite.
She's Bobby's girl, close the door baby, it'll be alright.
Come on, let's go.
When they say, she's Bobby's girl, Jonny, you're playin with dynamite.
She's Bobby's girl, come with me beby, it'll be alright.
She's Bobby's girl,
She's Bobby's girl,
She's Bobby's girl,
She's Bobby's girl.
Lyrics submitted by Demau Senae
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