This is by far my favorite song by FOB (like my username?), and it's probably their most well-composed.
"I just want to be better than your head's only medicine"
He wants to outweigh (be better than) the drugs/alcohol they're taking (head's medicine)
"A downward spiral just a pirouette, getting worse till there's nothing left"
They're not only going down, but they're getting there fast (pirouetting downwards), and they won't stop until they hit rock bottom (nothing left)
"What good comes of something when I'm just the ghost of nothing?"
A double negative of sorts. Ghosts aren't really there, and so the ghost of nothing must really be practically invisible. In short, 'what good is trying to help if it's not going to do anything at all?'
"I'm just the man on the balcony, singing 'nobody will ever remember me', rejoice and fall to your knees"
The man on the balcony is a reference to Romeo and Juliet, i think. 'Nobody will ever remember me' is when the two don't think they're very important, and won't be missed. When Romeo and Juliet die (fall to your knees), they are finally happy (Rejoice).
"For a lunatic of a god, or a god of a lunatic, oh, their faces are dancing till they can't stand it"
I think this is a little more intricate. It's either a crazy dictator-type person with power or someone who can control someone with power. The people under their dictatorship have to feign happiness (their faces are dancing) under any and all circumstances (till they can't stand it).
"Composer but never composed, singing the symphonies of the overdosed"
Not necessarily a music composer, rather someone who creates something (not particularly anything), who has no idea how to create that something (never composed). Also, it's not necessarily drug overdosage either, and could be just the overuse of something. And the 'composer' is the spokesperson for these overusers.
"Singing, 'I only want what I can't have'"
In their case, composure, poise, and rationality (P!ATD reference, anyone?)
"Heralded as a king before I had a birthday with double digits"
I think, as far as the 'storyline' goes, the head of house (i.e. possibly the father) died when they were young, and they have to take over in the father's place. Not techinically a 'king', but the leader.
"Fit the crown to my head but I was only a kid"
They weren't ready to be the leader yet, and if they could, they would want the 'father' to be the king.
This is by far my favorite song by FOB (like my username?), and it's probably their most well-composed.
"I just want to be better than your head's only medicine" He wants to outweigh (be better than) the drugs/alcohol they're taking (head's medicine)
"A downward spiral just a pirouette, getting worse till there's nothing left" They're not only going down, but they're getting there fast (pirouetting downwards), and they won't stop until they hit rock bottom (nothing left)
"What good comes of something when I'm just the ghost of nothing?" A double negative of sorts. Ghosts aren't really there, and so the ghost of nothing must really be practically invisible. In short, 'what good is trying to help if it's not going to do anything at all?'
"I'm just the man on the balcony, singing 'nobody will ever remember me', rejoice and fall to your knees" The man on the balcony is a reference to Romeo and Juliet, i think. 'Nobody will ever remember me' is when the two don't think they're very important, and won't be missed. When Romeo and Juliet die (fall to your knees), they are finally happy (Rejoice).
"For a lunatic of a god, or a god of a lunatic, oh, their faces are dancing till they can't stand it" I think this is a little more intricate. It's either a crazy dictator-type person with power or someone who can control someone with power. The people under their dictatorship have to feign happiness (their faces are dancing) under any and all circumstances (till they can't stand it).
"Composer but never composed, singing the symphonies of the overdosed" Not necessarily a music composer, rather someone who creates something (not particularly anything), who has no idea how to create that something (never composed). Also, it's not necessarily drug overdosage either, and could be just the overuse of something. And the 'composer' is the spokesperson for these overusers.
"Singing, 'I only want what I can't have'" In their case, composure, poise, and rationality (P!ATD reference, anyone?)
"Heralded as a king before I had a birthday with double digits" I think, as far as the 'storyline' goes, the head of house (i.e. possibly the father) died when they were young, and they have to take over in the father's place. Not techinically a 'king', but the leader.
"Fit the crown to my head but I was only a kid" They weren't ready to be the leader yet, and if they could, they would want the 'father' to be the king.