![]() ![]() "Been looking forward to the future"(they've been waiting their whole life to kill you) The chorus is also a taunt, thanking the victim for fuelling their plans. "Who does he think he is?Is that the worst you got?"(they are taunting their victim) "And I want these words to make things right, but its the wrongs that bring the words to life"(they know what they are doing is wrong but they refuse to turn to the good side) "Say a prayer and let the good times roll, in case God doesn't show"(the bad guy is saying that this is your last moment, so enjoy it) "I'm gonna make you bend and break"(he or she is going to kill you) Sounds like something a villain would say, not just the lyrics but the tune too. It puts a happier spin on the dark mood, and it makes this song and artist a one of a kind for pulling it off. To further explain, I love the juxtaposition of the depressing, non-stable loving relationship idea crossed with a rock and upbeat tune. I personally love the paradox that this song is composed of. ![]() I'm a liner away from getting you into the mood." In hotel rooms, collecting page six lovers. "They say I only think in the form of crunching numbers. Is always cloudy except for when you look into the past. The repetition, for me, symbolizes how a similar conversation occurred over and over again.] And the girl tries to impress them again, or brag to them, "oh well! I have someone better." ![]() The girl asks for a second chance, Fall Out Boy responds sarcastically, "thanks for the memories, but they weren't so great, good try though". [Again, this seems to me like a conversation. The girl is obviously trying to brag, "I have someone better than you now." Fall Out Boy's response, "If you think a petty comment like that hurts me, you'll have to try better than that."] They have a sassy attitude about it though, because it doesn't matter to them. Next, they go on to talk about a guy, who has replaced one of the members of the band as a love interest, because they had drug issues. [The lyricist of this song is regretting something that he has done or said (probably about or relating to drugs, considering that was in one of the previous lines) but regardless, he can't take back his mistakes. If that's the worst you've got, better put your fingers back to the keys." "And I want these words to make things right,īut it's the wrongs that make the words come to life. The next part is about feeling happier and more lighthearted, and focused on having 'good times', regardless of a miracle. [They're saying that they're getting off of a drug addiction, drugs possibly had an effect on one of the writers the related to these lyrics ('bend and break'). ![]() Say a prayer, but let the good times roll, Find it out on your own maybe it means something to you. This song makes everyone think, and its good when you try to figure it out but the only ones who really know the true meaning are the ones who wrote it, you can write something and sing it and you will have your meaning and the listeners might have another, it might be close or it might not, but everyone perceives differently. And the title being short, yeah I think it was done to shorten things up but then after they realized it looks like a text and heck let people think that its interesting. Like tell her what she is missing out on.Īnd "He tastes like you only sweeter" Is from the girls perspective, maybe retaliating from the point that the guy says he is better for her then the other guy, also its a line from the movie "Closer" Which another one of their songs refers too, maybe they really like that movie or something. It's about A guy angry at the girl cause she moved on yet he still feels for her, desire, he tells her his is a better F**k then the other guy. From what I read and what I heard in the song. ![]()
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