All of the songs sung at the end link into the theme of "being the other man" that's featured throughout "What A Catch, Donnie"
Grand Theft Autumn:
"When I wake up, I'm willing to take my chances on the hope I forget that you hate HIM more than you notice I wrote this for you"
This song goes back to the very start, when the girl(Let's call her Miss Flack) didn't even know the guy(Donnie) existed; and he's basically hoping someday she'll realise how much of a dickhead her boyfriend is and leave him.
Sugar, We're Going Down:
"Oh, don't mind me I'm watching you two from the closet, wishing to be the friction in your jeans. Isn't it messed up, how I'm just dying to be HIM"
In this song we get the impression that he has been with her briefly - "Just a notch in your bedpost" but that she is still going out with the other man.
Dance, Dance:
"Why don't you show me the little bit of spine, you've been saving for HIS mattress"
This song is about the moment when she tells him that she's going back to the other man, but she's "no good with words" (maybe she used this as a reason why she didn't tell him sooner?) and he asks her to show some spine; basically to accept the consequences of her actions.
This Ain't A Scene:
To be honest this song doesn't fit in as well as the others, but the fact that the words of the course are
"I'm the leading man, and the lies I weave are oh-so intricate"
makes it seem like he is finally the only man in her life...
Thanks For The Memories:
The words for this song are pretty self-explanatory if you read them. The fact that the title is written "Thnks fr th mmrs" gives us the impression that it was a text that she sent him; ending thing between them. She adds insult to injury by saying
"he tastes like you only sweeter"
Growing Up:
This song is pretty self-explanatory too:
"She begged me "Don't hate me", she spun me a story .... She never meant a thing to me"
This song is when he realises he is better off without her and that the whole bad relationship was just part of 'growing up'.
Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet:
This whole song is about being the other man, however in an older sort of way - "Does your husband know the way that the sunshune gleams from your wedding band?" It feels like a more mature version of Grand Theft Autumn.
This medley of songs brings us through their whole relationship; and helps us to understand "What A Catch, Donnie" because we can then see that after all this time, since Grand Theft Autumn, he "still wants [her] back".
All of the songs sung at the end link into the theme of "being the other man" that's featured throughout "What A Catch, Donnie"
Grand Theft Autumn: "When I wake up, I'm willing to take my chances on the hope I forget that you hate HIM more than you notice I wrote this for you" This song goes back to the very start, when the girl(Let's call her Miss Flack) didn't even know the guy(Donnie) existed; and he's basically hoping someday she'll realise how much of a dickhead her boyfriend is and leave him.
Sugar, We're Going Down: "Oh, don't mind me I'm watching you two from the closet, wishing to be the friction in your jeans. Isn't it messed up, how I'm just dying to be HIM" In this song we get the impression that he has been with her briefly - "Just a notch in your bedpost" but that she is still going out with the other man.
Dance, Dance: "Why don't you show me the little bit of spine, you've been saving for HIS mattress" This song is about the moment when she tells him that she's going back to the other man, but she's "no good with words" (maybe she used this as a reason why she didn't tell him sooner?) and he asks her to show some spine; basically to accept the consequences of her actions.
This Ain't A Scene: To be honest this song doesn't fit in as well as the others, but the fact that the words of the course are "I'm the leading man, and the lies I weave are oh-so intricate" makes it seem like he is finally the only man in her life...
Thanks For The Memories: The words for this song are pretty self-explanatory if you read them. The fact that the title is written "Thnks fr th mmrs" gives us the impression that it was a text that she sent him; ending thing between them. She adds insult to injury by saying "he tastes like you only sweeter"
Growing Up: This song is pretty self-explanatory too: "She begged me "Don't hate me", she spun me a story .... She never meant a thing to me" This song is when he realises he is better off without her and that the whole bad relationship was just part of 'growing up'.
Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet: This whole song is about being the other man, however in an older sort of way - "Does your husband know the way that the sunshune gleams from your wedding band?" It feels like a more mature version of Grand Theft Autumn.
This medley of songs brings us through their whole relationship; and helps us to understand "What A Catch, Donnie" because we can then see that after all this time, since Grand Theft Autumn, he "still wants [her] back".
Just my thoughts on it anyway :]