I've Got a Dark Alley and a Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (Summer Song)

I think song is about Pete's depression that he went through during the writing of From Under The Cork Tree. Seven Minutes In Heaven [Atavan Halen] was.

/Joke me something awful just like kisses on the necks of "just friends"/ - A friendship wanting to be a relationship. /We're the kids who feel like dead ends/ - Feeling useless, and in your darkest hour, like you can't make anything of yourself. /And I want to be known for my hits, not just my misses/ - With all the rumors the band's had to go through, and how people pay more attention to that and their personal lives more than the music. /I took a shot and didn't even come close At trust and love and hope/ - Trying to make it through life and feeling like you've failed at everything. /And the poets are just kids who didn't make it Who never had it at all/ - The kids who basically, as said, had nothing, or wanted to take anything from life. Also maybe about Pete/others writing about how he/they feel.

/And the record won't stop skipping And the lies just won't stop slipping And besides my reputation's on the line/ - The whole fame thing. Partially self-explanatory. /We can fake it for the airwaves Force our smiles, baby, half dead/ - Pretending you're happy when you're not, and having some kind of secret you don't want to come out, or something about yourself because that'll cause more rumours. /From comparing myself to everyone else around me/ - When you're really self-conscious, you compare how you are to absolutely everyone and everything. I believe the line "Half-dead, from comparing myself to everyone else around me." is a whole line, so if it is, then that's saying how, from comparing yourself to everyone else, you've gotten yourself really down about it.

/Please put the doctor on the phone because I'm not making any sense/ - Self-explanatory?/Feeling as if you're crazy. /Blame everyone but me for this mess And my back has been breaking from this heavy heart/ - Being hurt because you care about someone too much. /We never seemed so far/ - Being at your all time low. /I'm hopelessly hopeful, that you're just hopeless enough/ - Feeling, well, helpless. /But we never had it at all./ - Speaks for itself.

That's what I got from the song, though to me, it relates on a much more personal level, as it can for anybody, I guess.

~Mew