lots of bickering on the lyrics in this song but no real discussion on what the song means. Here's my take, It's about being imperfect, but that imperfection gives rise to success. I think the line "there's a hole where something was" refers to the conscience. This goes with previous assertion in other FOB songs that they don't have a conscience. Without a conscience he is a "loose bolt (which implies unpredictability) of a complete machine". But this makes him undeniable, certifiable etc, but he can call things as he sees them without worrying about whether its right or wrong. Also makes sense with the "disloyal" part in the title. The perfect boys line just means that people cant sing about tragedy if they haven't experienced it, and he isn't perfect if he has this hole. People think he's crazy, but it makes him successful. It's kinda of a mission statement about what fob does: be shameless and clever. Boycott love and detox just to retox are ways of saying "don't be perfect". Boycotting love leads to a lack of real relationships and more one night stand type things aka fodder for typical fob lyrics. Detox to retox is just getting clean to fuck yourself up all over again aka more things to sing about. It's a pretty post modern nihilistic song sang with sass
lots of bickering on the lyrics in this song but no real discussion on what the song means. Here's my take, It's about being imperfect, but that imperfection gives rise to success. I think the line "there's a hole where something was" refers to the conscience. This goes with previous assertion in other FOB songs that they don't have a conscience. Without a conscience he is a "loose bolt (which implies unpredictability) of a complete machine". But this makes him undeniable, certifiable etc, but he can call things as he sees them without worrying about whether its right or wrong. Also makes sense with the "disloyal" part in the title. The perfect boys line just means that people cant sing about tragedy if they haven't experienced it, and he isn't perfect if he has this hole. People think he's crazy, but it makes him successful. It's kinda of a mission statement about what fob does: be shameless and clever. Boycott love and detox just to retox are ways of saying "don't be perfect". Boycotting love leads to a lack of real relationships and more one night stand type things aka fodder for typical fob lyrics. Detox to retox is just getting clean to fuck yourself up all over again aka more things to sing about. It's a pretty post modern nihilistic song sang with sass