Girls and Boys in School Lyrics

Lyric discussion by lindseyroses 

Cover art for Girls and Boys in School lyrics by Neon Trees

i think the song is about a guy who's in love with his best friend (another guy)but no one knows for sure that he's gay "Play me down my lover, Like we're undercover"

But everyone is suspicious and everyone is "asking questions" "Like we're in our freshman year Like all the girls and boys in school"

Questions for questions, I've got a question Would you ever dance with me like that? Questions for questions, I've got a question Would you ever dance with me like that?

I don't want your lover Like my younger brother He's patronized another But I think it's serious this time I don't want you fading Acting like you hate me It's just like all your paper cuts They cut you in the coldest spots

Fuck all the rest and forget the rules Like all the girls and boys in my school Questions for questions, I've got a question Would you ever dance with me like that?

I said to this end Don't hurt your best friend Keep playing along again

I keep playing along again

Would you ever Keep playing along again

i accidentally hit post, and i don't know how to edit. so to finish-

so he's baisically debating whether he should take the chance he finally decides to in the lines "Fuck all the rest and forget the rules Like all the girls and boys in my school Questions for questions, I've got a question Would you ever dance with me like that?"

But at the he decides it not worth it and keeps playing along

"I said to this end Don't hurt your best friend Keep playing along again"

@lindseyroses This is basically exactly what I thought of. Glad I'm not the only one. It was my favorite song of theirs before I noticed that was a very fitting possibility, so this is just a cherry on top (I'm gay). I don't know if it's the band's intent, but it certainly fits really well.

@lindseyroses As an addendum to my other comment, I just realized that Tyler Gleen came out as gay in 2014, and he talked about dating girls but being in love with his straight friend, which was "the worst feeling in the world." This is probably exactly what he was singing about.