Oh My God

I think this song is about IBS. Anyone who has IBS would understand.

I might not have realized it if it wasn't for the fact that it's on the trailer for It's Kind of a Funny Story, but I think this song is about bi-polar disorder. Definitely not drugs or promiscuity, but I can see how the lyrics apply to that. The part that stood out to me the most was the line "pin a smile on my face" which is just so perfect when you think about the pills doctors and psychiatrists prescribe for things like bi-polar disorder and ADHD.

The reason I love this song is because when I was a kid I had anxiety and eventually depression, but I wasn't diagnosed for years. So when I would have an anxiety attack my parents would think I was just being dramatic or trying to get my way ("oh you think it's all for fun") and yell at me to stop it when I obviously didn't know how to ("oh you think I'm in control") or even laugh at me and get out the camera. Even when I finally figured out what was happening to me, I didn't like the choices ("cures") offered to me as ways of dealing with it. I was told that all I could do was take a variety of pills to manipulate my emotions and make me feel like a different person ("pin a smile on my face...build a fortress round my heart"). I'm sure medication might work for some people, but it wasn't right for me. Even after I was diagnosed, my family still didn't take me seriously. So the best thing about this song is the indignant tone it's sung in. It sums up my entire childhood and all of its frustrations.

And even if I've completely misinterpreted this song, I still love it. And if I haven't misinterpreted it, then it's good to know I'm not the only one who has felt that way.

OH MY GOD!

She doesn't have a disease or sickness (definitely not IBS), it's not about drugs, and it's not about sex.

She clearly puts up a front and keeps her true feelings inside of her. She acts like she is in control by putting a smile on. She gives her friends and family the idea that she is ok and she knows what she's doing with her life (control) and has no worries, but this is all false.

i am a red blooded male that understands this song...or at least he thinks he does..... I dunno. I just cant help thinking there is a 'nevermind' slant. Even if it is totally unintentional! whatever it is....it sounds good.

typeical answer but its about SEX...think about it. Also, listen to the moaning at the very end of the song

I think this song is clearly about having a mental disorder. oh you think im in control and u think its all for fun. is people not understanding what shes going through i have bipolar disorder and this is how i feel.

and find a cure for my life i think means find a cure for her insanity.

idk thats what i got out of it. i dont think its being slutty or a heavy partier.

the way her voice comes across in the song sounds painfull and sad. frustrated almost. idk i may be wrong.

i thought it was 'put a smile' not 'pin a smile' but whatever.. this such a great song!!

It's about being neurotic. Clearly.

I think this song is about being a heavy partier, or like.. slutty :P 'oh my god, you think im in control, oh my god you think its all for fun' could be like, people looking in think shes just having a good time, but really she has a problem, alchoholism umm..being a slut haha. yah, jst what i get from it.

I have bipolar disorder and I can honestly say that I totally identify with this song. Even my mom thought I was faking things after a while.