The Mighty Fall

I feel like this is about a relationship where he knows it's unhealthy and she's a Hollywood type of girl (Bel Air, pout pout). Always drinking and never staying sober for long (falling down the 12 steps), but he can't stay away even when he knows it's not good for either of them, so the mighty fall (in love).

He refers to her crooked love being like a pyramid scheme, which are usually to get rich quickly, but it could mean to get famous quickly for her. He admits that she'll never come clean and he just continues to fall for her.

I honestly think that this song is about a high ranking business man (a CEO for example) falling in love with a prostitute. Hence "Your love is a crooked pyramid scheme" because he is in love with her, but she is just using him for money. This also explains the line "We should have left our love in the gutter where we found it", suggesting that it was never real love. Also, the lines "Your only crime is that you got caught" and "Lock you up inside" suggest that she was caught and sent to jail. This also validates Big Sean's rap about a girl and that he is "addicted to her".

The song is about 2 people in a love relationship. One of the 2 has commited illegal crimes and was sent off to jail. Lyrics to prove this theory: Your crooked love is just a pyramid scheme And I'm dizzy on dreams (and I'm dizzy on dreams) But if you ask me two's a whole lot lonelier than one Baby we should have left our love in the gutter where we found it (Gutter where we found it) 'Cause your only crime is that you got caught ... It's getting clear You're never coming clean Lock you up inside, and swallow, swallow the key ... The other person wishes the relationship would have never started in the first place. Lyrics: Baby we should have left our love in the gutter where we found it (Gutter where we found it)

I don't think the song is about love at all. If you listen to the song you can hear that the word 'love' is never said in the chorus. It's always left to fade out, only ever making the 'L' sound. I think they're saying "How the mighty fall in line", meaning how they have fallen into what is considered good music these days and left behind their old sound. There are a couple of lines up for interpretation but I think the following two represent this idea the best.

"Your crooked love is just a pyramid scheme And I'm dizzy on dreams (and I'm dizzy on dreams)" They've changed their sound to appease people, making their career a scheme all because they loved the fame and spotlight. Hence dizzy on dreams.

"It's getting clear You're never coming clean Lock you up inside, and swallow, swallow the key" They won't admit to others and perhaps themselves that their music has changed for this reason. Instead they put on a masquerade and hid through truth. Swallowing the key.

This theory would mean ignoring Big Sean's part as he's pretty clearly singing about a girl. Fall Out Boy's parts never say 'she' though.

I take this song as being about two famous, larger than life people who've fallen for each other. This is suggested in the first verse. It's is also suggested that their love is very strong, unstoppable and chemical. The second verse is about the girl; she sleeps her way to the top. "Your crooked love is just a pyramid sceme". "And I'm dizzy on dreams" I think means that he's found out and can't stop thinking about it. "you think, think your only crime is that you got caught" means that she sees no problem using her sexuality to get ahead. This isn't wrong to her because the sex is meaningless. In her mind the only thing she did wrong was letting him find out about it and causing him pain. He disagrees, and thinks the cheating was the crime wether it meant anything to her or not. "It's getting clear you're never coming clean so lock you up inside and swallow, swallow the key" means that she won't stop going behind his back and he feels it's best if he just locks up his love for her on the inside and ends it for good.

The rap is a desperate phone call to her about how he still loves her madly, but they've already fought and broken up. It leaves the song pretty open ended, not telling us wether or not he had the sense to stay away, or if his addiction to her was too strong.

Im pretty mighty and ive fallen many times i have to bruise to show u

I feel like this song is what would have happened if Scheherazade's plan went awry. I find that especially true with the line 'you're love is just a crooked a pyramid scheme and I'm dizzy on dreams,' since Scheherazade tells a different story every night to Scheheryar. 'How the mighty fall in love' refers to Scheheryar, who is considered to be mighty because he is a king, having fallen in love with Scheherazade.

I think this song is about how Patrick Stump was pooping once. He dropped a massive log and the burger he was eating also fell, but in slow motion. Then he realized that Big Sean existed, as Big Sean burst in and saved his burger. Then Big Sean saw his watermelone sized poop and said that the FALL must have been MIGHTY, because there was toilet water everywhere. Then Patrick and Pete wrote a song about it, and they called it The Mighty Fall.