In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
I'm a young one
Stuck in the box
Of an old ones head
When all the others were just stirring awake
I'm trying to trick myself to fall asleep again
Whoa
My head's in heaven
My soles are in hell
Let's meet in the purgatory of my hips and get well
Hurry, hurry
You put my head in such a flurry, flurry
What makes you so special?
What makes you so special?
I'm gonna leave you
I'm gonna teach you
How we're all alone
(How we're all alone, how we're all alone)
Give me, build me
It's your club, so let me in (let me in) oh
Knowing how heartwarming
It is inside your skin
My head's in heaven
My soles are in hell
Let's meet in the purgatory of my hips and get well
Hurry, hurry
You put my head in such a flurry, flurry
What makes you so special?
What makes you so special?
I'm gonna leave you
I'm gonna teach you
How we're all alone
(How we're all alone, how we're all alone)
Oh, oh
(Oh, oh)
(Oh, oh)
(Oh, oh)
(Oh, oh)
(Oh, oh)
(Oh, oh)
Hurry, hurry
You put my head in such a flurry, flurry
What makes you so special?
What makes you so special?
I'm gonna leave you
I'm gonna teach you
How we're all alone
(How we're all alone, how we're all alone)
Oh, oh
Hmm, hmm,
Baby, if you don't take your medication
We won't sleep for days
We won't sleep for days
And Mama, when we pray to the Lord
Doesn't sit or stay
Doesn't sit or stay
We waste it all in the back of a long dark car
And I'm sunshine machine
Uh, I want to get stuck, uh
I want to get stuck
And be
In your memories.
Hmm, oh
Stuck in the box
Of an old ones head
When all the others were just stirring awake
I'm trying to trick myself to fall asleep again
Whoa
My head's in heaven
My soles are in hell
Let's meet in the purgatory of my hips and get well
Hurry, hurry
You put my head in such a flurry, flurry
What makes you so special?
What makes you so special?
I'm gonna leave you
I'm gonna teach you
How we're all alone
(How we're all alone, how we're all alone)
Give me, build me
It's your club, so let me in (let me in) oh
Knowing how heartwarming
It is inside your skin
My head's in heaven
My soles are in hell
Let's meet in the purgatory of my hips and get well
Hurry, hurry
You put my head in such a flurry, flurry
What makes you so special?
What makes you so special?
I'm gonna leave you
I'm gonna teach you
How we're all alone
(How we're all alone, how we're all alone)
Oh, oh
(Oh, oh)
(Oh, oh)
(Oh, oh)
(Oh, oh)
(Oh, oh)
(Oh, oh)
Hurry, hurry
You put my head in such a flurry, flurry
What makes you so special?
What makes you so special?
I'm gonna leave you
I'm gonna teach you
How we're all alone
(How we're all alone, how we're all alone)
Oh, oh
Hmm, hmm,
Baby, if you don't take your medication
We won't sleep for days
We won't sleep for days
And Mama, when we pray to the Lord
Doesn't sit or stay
Doesn't sit or stay
We waste it all in the back of a long dark car
And I'm sunshine machine
Uh, I want to get stuck, uh
I want to get stuck
And be
In your memories.
Hmm, oh
Lyrics submitted by blinxbcr, edited by Patricktree, anneonthefloor
W.A.M.S. Lyrics as written by Patrick Stump Peter Wentz
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I think I'm wrong in my interpretation but it just reminds me of falling for someone when your not usually into something so serious.
"I'm a young one stuck in the thoughts of an old ones head" All of a sudden has gotten so serious and boring and cant enjoy himself while his friends are out partying etc because he cant forget about this person. "when all the other ones were just stirring awake I'm trying to trick myself to fall asleep again" He cant get this person out of his mind and just wishes he could sleep and forget about them maybe.
And the chorus, "You put my head in such a flurry, what makes you so special?" As if this persons doing his head in and he cant understand why this person is so different to everyone else to make him feel this way.
"You don't take me places We won't sleep for days... We waste it all in the back of a long dark car ...I want to get stuck In your memories. " He's so wrapped up in this person that it doesnt matter what theyre doing together, even if its just a lot of sex.