"brothers and sisters put this record down,
take my advice cause we are bad news,
cause we will leave you high and dry,
it's not worth the hearing you'll lose,
it's just past eight and im feelin' young and reckless,
the ribbon on my wrist says do not open before christmas...
we're only liars but we're the best,
we're only good for the latest trends,
only good cause you can have almost famous friends,
besides weve got such good fashion sense..."
Source: "Our Lawyer Made Us Change The Name Of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued" - Fall Out Boy
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You know what's crazy?
When Patrick sings the part "we've got such good fashion sense."
Yes.
That's the moment.
When you just know, that this song is so biting.
This seemingly happy-go-lucky song, suddenly could be taken for metal with the harsh downstrokes on a distorted guitar. It's malicious. It's evil.
It's so peculiar, that I keep listening to it. Over and over again.
That in itself, is not peculiar, because I usually listen to songs I've just heard, on repeat, because I come somewhat obsessed for a few days, but what's peculiar is what this simple 4 bar riff does to me. What it does to the rest of the song. In my opinion, it makes the song. It makes the song make sense.
It's not tearing down the fans. No. But it is an attack nonetheless.
Why is Fall Out Boy attacking?
Or more likely, why is Pete, attacking?
Only moments ago I was watching him help him mom with the groceries and show Fuse around his home, where he is still a momma's boy indeed. And he was smiling. And he was saying 'like' way too much.
But that's it. Right there.
Everything can change.
The kid smiling at you could've yelled at his sister two minutes ago.
The guy saying hello might feel so ashamed deep down.
Everyone's got this nastiness.
There's awful in all of us.
We're all hurting, we're all in pain sometimes.
Not all the time. But still, we can't pretend that everything's always fine.
This probably means nothing to nobody, but I've decided I don't care anymore.
I'm sick of vying for attention.
I'm sick of trying to be your friend.
I don't want to be cool to you, because cool to you fades.
And one day you're going to be left with just me.
Just me.
Does anyone know what that means?
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3 comments:
Dude, i think we had the same brainwave this weekend.
Last night was the first night in a while that things weren't fine. and you know what? part of me was fine with it. the rest of me didn't want it to not be fine. (when it's not fine i get really depressed)
and i get what you mean. and i'm fine with just you. :) you're fine
The way you write about songs has such a warm feeling, and the understanding I find in your words makes me feel so close to your view, and you.
You've inspired me to go listen to this song. I've never heard it before. I think I will go look for it at a later date though. I don't trust my downloading program at the moment.
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