this song is DEFINITELY about his (pete's) overdose. he has said it in interviews, and it's also the reason why the band will never play the song live. pete said that he might breakdown if they ever play it.
here's a little bit of backround information for you guys:
sometime around early 2005, pete fell into a deep depression. it hadn't gotten better. in May or June of 2005, he drove to a best buy parking lot and overdosed on pills (i think it was Ativan, but i'm not entirely sure). while he was sitting there, he was listening to Jeff Buckley's cover of the song "Hallelujah". he called his manager or something like that and said that fall out boy couldn't do the Europe tour. halfway through the conversation his speech became extremely slurred because of the pills, and so he either passed out while on the phone or he hung up. when he passed out, he was clutching a copy of Take This To Your Grave.
manager guy freaked out, called pete's mom, and she either drove/ran to the best buy. they had to pump pete's stomach, and he was replaced for the european tour.
pretty much, that whole story fits in with the song.
this song is DEFINITELY about his (pete's) overdose. he has said it in interviews, and it's also the reason why the band will never play the song live. pete said that he might breakdown if they ever play it.
here's a little bit of backround information for you guys: sometime around early 2005, pete fell into a deep depression. it hadn't gotten better. in May or June of 2005, he drove to a best buy parking lot and overdosed on pills (i think it was Ativan, but i'm not entirely sure). while he was sitting there, he was listening to Jeff Buckley's cover of the song "Hallelujah". he called his manager or something like that and said that fall out boy couldn't do the Europe tour. halfway through the conversation his speech became extremely slurred because of the pills, and so he either passed out while on the phone or he hung up. when he passed out, he was clutching a copy of Take This To Your Grave. manager guy freaked out, called pete's mom, and she either drove/ran to the best buy. they had to pump pete's stomach, and he was replaced for the european tour.
pretty much, that whole story fits in with the song.