err. has anyone heard of the Russian Psychologist Pavlov? Well, he's the one who pioneered conditioned responses in behavioral psychology. I just can't help but relate this song to that.
well, anyway. this is how I see things...
-the person in the song is a very lonely man. and he uses everything in his surroundings to make himself used to the loneliness. but he just ended up doing self destructive acts. (alcoholism, as stated on the second verse, "It's three drinks too late to talk to anyone but myself" and promiscuity, as stated on the pre-chorus, "she's back to the bedroom for one more")
-he apparently is addicted to his state ("...I'm just such a happy mess"), but he might be ill due to the vain attempts he had done to feel less pain from depression, and he may be dying.
-as for the invisible man part, he can't see the person he was before all the shit started hitting the fan. He may be seeing something different from what he thinks he is. he may have seen that his reflection looks and feels better than he does. and now tells his own reflection that he's going to make it feel as bad as he was.
I don't really see this song as something written for relationships. I see it as something written to describe how a person copes with the harsh reality he faces, and then ends up losing himself to the world.
Now that I'm actually reading what people are saying about the song, I finally realize what this is about. Pete was probably the one who wrote the lyrics to this song, around this time he was abusing prescription pills.
Fall Out Boy tend to write their songs about themselves, putting themselves out there in a very confusing yet poetic way so people could relate to what they are saying.
Now that I'm actually reading what people are saying about the song, I finally realize what this is about. Pete was probably the one who wrote the lyrics to this song, around this time he was abusing prescription pills.
Fall Out Boy tend to write their songs about themselves, putting themselves out there in a very confusing yet poetic way so people could relate to what they are saying.
err. has anyone heard of the Russian Psychologist Pavlov? Well, he's the one who pioneered conditioned responses in behavioral psychology. I just can't help but relate this song to that.
well, anyway. this is how I see things...
-the person in the song is a very lonely man. and he uses everything in his surroundings to make himself used to the loneliness. but he just ended up doing self destructive acts. (alcoholism, as stated on the second verse, "It's three drinks too late to talk to anyone but myself" and promiscuity, as stated on the pre-chorus, "she's back to the bedroom for one more")
-he apparently is addicted to his state ("...I'm just such a happy mess"), but he might be ill due to the vain attempts he had done to feel less pain from depression, and he may be dying.
-as for the invisible man part, he can't see the person he was before all the shit started hitting the fan. He may be seeing something different from what he thinks he is. he may have seen that his reflection looks and feels better than he does. and now tells his own reflection that he's going to make it feel as bad as he was.
I don't really see this song as something written for relationships. I see it as something written to describe how a person copes with the harsh reality he faces, and then ends up losing himself to the world.
Now that I'm actually reading what people are saying about the song, I finally realize what this is about. Pete was probably the one who wrote the lyrics to this song, around this time he was abusing prescription pills. Fall Out Boy tend to write their songs about themselves, putting themselves out there in a very confusing yet poetic way so people could relate to what they are saying.
Now that I'm actually reading what people are saying about the song, I finally realize what this is about. Pete was probably the one who wrote the lyrics to this song, around this time he was abusing prescription pills. Fall Out Boy tend to write their songs about themselves, putting themselves out there in a very confusing yet poetic way so people could relate to what they are saying.