"I don't believe a word you say,
But I can't stop listening"
I think this is referring to drugs. Think about if someone telling a scary story, you don't want to listen to it, because it scares you, but you're so intrigued by the story you can't stop listening. It's the same with if someone was offering you drugs. He doesn't want them, but he's intrigued.
"This is the story of how they met,
Her picture was on the back of a pack of cigarettes"
On the back of cigarettes, they have what could happen to your lungs if you smoke. So a trashed lung from a dead body.
He fell in love with a person wrecked by drugs, the drugs were going to kill her, so he referred to her as dead already.
"My old aches become new again,
My old friends become ex's again"
I think this means that he's either lost all of his friends because they don't want to be friends with someone ruined by drugs, or that all of his friends have been wrecked by drugs.The happiness wears off and everything that bothered him comes back. ("My old aches become new again")
"Where, where did the party go?"
This isn't just a fun thing they did at parties, no one else wants to party, the drugs have ruined them all.
"I know I expect too much
And not enough all at once
You know I only wanted fun
And you got me all fucked up
Oh no"
He didn't really know what he was expecting, whether it was better than what it was, or worse. The rest speaks for itself.
"All the kids who screamed (we weren't the same)
In sweaty rooms
Now we're doomed to organizing walk-in closets like tombs"
All the happy parting people changed, they're all gonna die or walk around like zombies.
"Silent film stars stuck in talking cinema light
So let's fade away together one dream at a time"
Silent film stars used to be popular, but it got replaced with talking ones. "Talking cinema light makes me think of people talking over the film because they were bored, so they faded away.
Marilyn Monroe was a movie star too, and she killed herself with drugs. So fading away one dream at a time..they're ambitions weren't what they wanted, let go.
Oh, where did the party go?
"I don't believe a word you say, But I can't stop listening" I think this is referring to drugs. Think about if someone telling a scary story, you don't want to listen to it, because it scares you, but you're so intrigued by the story you can't stop listening. It's the same with if someone was offering you drugs. He doesn't want them, but he's intrigued.
"This is the story of how they met, Her picture was on the back of a pack of cigarettes" On the back of cigarettes, they have what could happen to your lungs if you smoke. So a trashed lung from a dead body. He fell in love with a person wrecked by drugs, the drugs were going to kill her, so he referred to her as dead already.
"My old aches become new again, My old friends become ex's again" I think this means that he's either lost all of his friends because they don't want to be friends with someone ruined by drugs, or that all of his friends have been wrecked by drugs.The happiness wears off and everything that bothered him comes back. ("My old aches become new again")
"Where, where did the party go?" This isn't just a fun thing they did at parties, no one else wants to party, the drugs have ruined them all.
"I know I expect too much And not enough all at once You know I only wanted fun And you got me all fucked up Oh no" He didn't really know what he was expecting, whether it was better than what it was, or worse. The rest speaks for itself.
"All the kids who screamed (we weren't the same) In sweaty rooms Now we're doomed to organizing walk-in closets like tombs" All the happy parting people changed, they're all gonna die or walk around like zombies.
"Silent film stars stuck in talking cinema light So let's fade away together one dream at a time" Silent film stars used to be popular, but it got replaced with talking ones. "Talking cinema light makes me think of people talking over the film because they were bored, so they faded away. Marilyn Monroe was a movie star too, and she killed herself with drugs. So fading away one dream at a time..they're ambitions weren't what they wanted, let go. Oh, where did the party go?