Don't You Know Who I Think I Am?

this songs actualy about hitler and the jews. for example "Penny for your thoughts but a dollar for your insides. Or a fortune for your disaster" and then if you didnt know hitler was a painter going with the line "Im just a painter and im drawing a blank" and then hitler went through a depression when he wasnt excepted into art colledge and he blamed the jews for it, going with the line "I could learn to pity fools as Im the worst of all .And I cant stop feeling sorry for myself" and also the line "We walked the plank on a sinking ship" is about how the jews were doomed when they got to the death camps.

i think the last two lines are actually "broken down on memory lane, alone together, we're alone."

i love this song. it reminds me of "sophomore slump.." with "we're well read and poised, we're the best boys" vs. this song and "we only want to sing you to sleep in your bedroom speakers". the two songs almost walk hand in hand.

Right ok so i'm new so if i repeat or get this wrong i'm sorry. so when they say: "They say quitters never win We walk(ed?) the plank on a sinking ship" surely they are saying they say quitters never win but if we don't walk the plank and quit then we will die because this ship is sinking.

so its a metaphor saying they should quit because it's going to end up bad anyway.

as far as I know the title is taken from the movie The Breakfast Club(1985) where the kids in detention have to write an essay on "Who I think I am"

i think its a dollar for your insights

and 'but we walk the plank on a sinking ship i love that line

In the first bridge, I think that "give me get me right" is actually "give me a spine".

'All together we're alone" I love that phrase.

This song makes me think about people who never pity anyone but always pity themselves just because they don't notice that they say a lot of things that are smart and true and have great advice but they never use it themselves.They say a bunch of things like(forgive and forget ext...) But they never forgive and forget themselves but that's just what it reminds me of.But i love the opening peice and the tune.

Yes, I think that's probably what it's about. Having all the advice for people and never taking it yourself:

"I could learn to pity fools as I’m the worst of all And I can’t stop feeling sorry for myself"

The band can feel like they're helping people ("The therepists pumping through your speakers" anyone?) but they can't stop feeling the way they are.

"There's a world outside my front door that gets off on being down" backs this up too, they feel like they owe the fans a service by writing the music. Similar in ways to Carpal Tunnel ("We're so miserable and stunning") and others on the album, it seems to be an underlying theme to most of the songs.

Yeah, I think alot of the songs on the album seem to say like, "hey, w'ere doing this for you guys. love it or leave it." This song doesn't really stand out to me that much. i like the words and the meaning alot, but it just kind of sounds like something off of FUCT but a littler pop-ier with The Matches thrown in. But don't get me wrong, its still great.

It think it's "We only want to sing you to sleep with your bedroom speakers" And "we walk the plank on a sinking ship"

I love the line "I'm just a painter and i'm drawing a blank" and "walking down on memory lane, alone together we're alone" er, whatever that line is.