I love the sound of this song and honestly it would be my favorite ever, but it has been killing me since i heard it the lyric "Let’s get you wasted and alone". That is obviously an allusion to 'date rape' and its really gross for fall out boy. It does play off the lyric "this town is wasted and alone" but they could have just repeated the lyric instead of being rape-y in the first place.
@lesbifobfans I definitely see how you could get that interpretation of that line, but what it struck me as - especially given the context of the rest of the song - was a situation where they're flirting and drinking together and then they have drunk sex.
Consider that that line follows just a few lines on from "Oh there you go, undress to impress", making it clear that she's actively trying to make this happen as well.
There's nothing to suggest a lack of consent or any sort of drink-spiking, and the "undress to impress" line makes it seem fairly clear that...
@lesbifobfans I definitely see how you could get that interpretation of that line, but what it struck me as - especially given the context of the rest of the song - was a situation where they're flirting and drinking together and then they have drunk sex.
Consider that that line follows just a few lines on from "Oh there you go, undress to impress", making it clear that she's actively trying to make this happen as well.
There's nothing to suggest a lack of consent or any sort of drink-spiking, and the "undress to impress" line makes it seem fairly clear that the situation being portrayed is a consensual one.
I love the sound of this song and honestly it would be my favorite ever, but it has been killing me since i heard it the lyric "Let’s get you wasted and alone". That is obviously an allusion to 'date rape' and its really gross for fall out boy. It does play off the lyric "this town is wasted and alone" but they could have just repeated the lyric instead of being rape-y in the first place.
@lesbifobfans I definitely see how you could get that interpretation of that line, but what it struck me as - especially given the context of the rest of the song - was a situation where they're flirting and drinking together and then they have drunk sex. Consider that that line follows just a few lines on from "Oh there you go, undress to impress", making it clear that she's actively trying to make this happen as well. There's nothing to suggest a lack of consent or any sort of drink-spiking, and the "undress to impress" line makes it seem fairly clear that...
@lesbifobfans I definitely see how you could get that interpretation of that line, but what it struck me as - especially given the context of the rest of the song - was a situation where they're flirting and drinking together and then they have drunk sex. Consider that that line follows just a few lines on from "Oh there you go, undress to impress", making it clear that she's actively trying to make this happen as well. There's nothing to suggest a lack of consent or any sort of drink-spiking, and the "undress to impress" line makes it seem fairly clear that the situation being portrayed is a consensual one.