Maybe, all of these "coincidences" are happening because emo bands all sing about the same things. I like all those bands (Boys Night Out, Taking Back Sunday, Fall Out Boy, and Underoath) but they aren't always that creative and after so many bands singing about the same thing they kind of start to run out of things to say and end up, unintentionally, regurgitating things that other bands have already said. Just a consideration for the group.
... good song though.
Pete Wentz writes some really good lyrics.
And the record won't stop skipping
And the lies just won't stop slipping
And besides my reputation's on the line
We can fake it for the airwaves
Force our smiles, baby, half dead
From comparing myself to everyone else around me
That seems to me to be in reference to making it in the music industry. They have made it big, and so many kids are listening to there record (The record won't stop skipping) and the person in the song is realizing that he is fabricating this personality in his songs in order to be played on the radio (the lies just keep on slipping), but he needs to keep lying because his (reputations on the line). Then it goes on to say exactly what I have been saying about faking it for the radio. He is comparing himself to everyone else around him in the music industry and it his killing him inside because that is not what he wanted from his music career, so he forces a smile and acts like he loves being famous.
Maybe, all of these "coincidences" are happening because emo bands all sing about the same things. I like all those bands (Boys Night Out, Taking Back Sunday, Fall Out Boy, and Underoath) but they aren't always that creative and after so many bands singing about the same thing they kind of start to run out of things to say and end up, unintentionally, regurgitating things that other bands have already said. Just a consideration for the group.
... good song though. Pete Wentz writes some really good lyrics.
And the record won't stop skipping And the lies just won't stop slipping And besides my reputation's on the line We can fake it for the airwaves Force our smiles, baby, half dead From comparing myself to everyone else around me
That seems to me to be in reference to making it in the music industry. They have made it big, and so many kids are listening to there record (The record won't stop skipping) and the person in the song is realizing that he is fabricating this personality in his songs in order to be played on the radio (the lies just keep on slipping), but he needs to keep lying because his (reputations on the line). Then it goes on to say exactly what I have been saying about faking it for the radio. He is comparing himself to everyone else around him in the music industry and it his killing him inside because that is not what he wanted from his music career, so he forces a smile and acts like he loves being famous.