anonymous November 7th, 2005 12:49AM  
"What does being straight edge have to do with who he sleeps with? Straight edge means they don't do drugs/drink alcohol. He can sleep with whomever he wants..."

Another part of straightedge is no promiscuous sex. He can sleep with whomever he wants, but doing it just to ease the pain is breaking edge.

It's about how he almost ODed anyway

anonymous November 12th, 2005 02:33PM  
"'It's about how he almost ODed anyway'
Uhh, no, that's "I've got a dark alley and a bad idea that says you should shut your mouth" about the OD get the facts straight"

You're right, I misspoke. I meant to say that's what the "atavan" part of the title was referring to. I'm aware of what "I've got a dark alley..." is about.

anonymous December 19th, 2005 05:08PM  
About the straight-edge thing, not everyone includes the sex part.

I don't know about Pete's personal beliefs, but I think it's debating with himself whether he wants to dwell on his relationship gone awry or whether he wants to get over it. What he knows is that he doesn't want to be alone anymore and he's trying to figure out what he wants to do about it.

And I think "I'm having another episode, I just need a stronger dose" as well as the title are references to Pete's depression and reference to the incident in "Summer Song."

anonymous April 29th, 2006 07:55PM  
Wow. This has gotta be the most civilized argument about the meaning of a song I've ever seen. Cheers to you all.

Personally I have no idea. I just know that the song's totally awsome. :)

anonymous May 24th, 2006 01:34PM  
OK, first...
Yes, Ataven-Pete-OD-depression...accurate.
but that's just like a blanket to describe his overall feeling.
Fall Out Boy has mostly songs about relationships...i mean they are borderline emo...dont get me wrong,theyre awesome, but emo nonetheless.
the song is about relationships and how people use sex and relationships as a means of relief and simultaneous self destruction. Sex and atavan are both tools he uses for relief, this song just makes that connection

anonymous July 15th, 2006 10:03PM  
Come on now... The drug is called atavan... pay attention, now, as a friend from high school of the band (wilmette, IL) pete od'd on atavan... nearly killed him (or did for what felt like 7 minutes... Song title?)

anonymous February 3rd, 2007 11:50PM  
Atavan Halen - I think its like the wheel of fortune before and after category; for example - super bowl of soup combining super bowl and bowl of soup. ata-van halen, combining the drug and the band

anonymous March 26th, 2007 02:30PM  
"Uhh, no, that's "I've got a dark alley and a bad idea that says you should shut your mouth" about the OD get the facts straight"

I'm sorry to say, but the song, 7 Minutes In Heaven is about his almost-OD-ing. If you read numerous articles, he wrote this song about almost overdosing. Dont forget the "Atavan Halen" part..Ativan (or lorazepam) was the drug.

go_cry_ur_heart_out April 5th, 2007 03:09PM  
i think that this song is most prob about pete ODing cos it has the lines "I keep telling myself I keep telling myself
I'm not the desperate type" that suggest that although he does try to kill himself he doesn't want to be thought of, as desperate and needy.

i dunno whether this is true but this is what I got from the song. go_cry_ur_heart_out_til_it_bleeds x

astrosaki April 7th, 2007 09:18PM  
if pete is straight edge that means he doesn't do drugs, but he almost overdosed on atavan, so that ideology doesnt hold up, so it could mean that he is willing to sleep with anyone. ANYONE. I think that they are homosexual, there are many instances where lyrics suggest homoerotic innuendo, pictures, and commentaries from the band that support my opinion.

anonymous May 24th, 2007 07:31PM  
The part that says "I'm going home alone because I don't do too well on my own" is about when he moved back into his parents' house after nearly killing himself

anonymous June 5th, 2007 09:50PM  
I think this song is about how he's sad that the other chick ditched him and he is so in love that he is confusd and he will fuck any girl that wants to climb in bed and bag him.

anonymous June 6th, 2007 04:35PM  
Pete wrote this song after his "suicide attempt."
He means to say that he's poppin pills because he wants someone and can't be with them.

((I love him btw))

peteinmypants June 11th, 2007 03:41PM  
About 90% of you are RETARDED! Pete isn't desperate for a girl, he's desperate for drugs! (If you didn't know, he tried to commit suicide a few years ago.) I love how deep his songs go. He's saying he doesn't want to have to use drugs but everything is becoming so useless and pointless etc. etc. That he has no choice but to use them. Like that one girl said, atavan halen is a play on the drug ativan and van halen... do your research for crying out loud. So yeah, stop assuming everything is about girls and sex!

anonymous June 18th, 2007 01:34PM  
Note to you all, it's about girls AND drugs. A song doesn't have to be about only one thing.
Anyway, it's mainly about drugs, with the side-thought of girls on his mind.
Atavan Halen. Yeah. It's in the song name. But, he's mainly saying, or more-so, this is what I think he's (Peter Wentz) saying.:
I need more pills, or anything to get my mind off her.
To get my mind off pressure. The band. Everyone realying (sp?) on me. [Or more so, he feels like that, even though, he has just the right amount of people hanging onto him].
He feels...more like...everything around his is too much.
Everything. This song is like, realying (sp?) on drugs about everything that's happening to him.
Maybe it was because fame came to quickly, and all those fans were too much (again) for him. Always near him. Everywhere he goes, he hears, "OhmyGod! It's Pete Wentz!"
You would get annoyed. Maybe not try a suicide attempt, but none-the-less, annoyed.
Peter himself tries things, to us, or me?, a little dirastic. (sp?)
Note: "I'm sleeping myself out of this one." [With anyone who will lie down]
No, that doesn't mean he's sleeping with a girl. Or many girls.
It means, he needs someone to be there for him, but no one's willing. [Not that kind of Ready And Willingness.]
"I'm having another episode,
I need a stronger dose."
^ Doesn't that just scream 'Yeah, No one's there for me, but I'm there for me, and I'm losing control, so let me pile up on pills."?
Now, to me, this is where the thought of girl(s) is.:
"I keep telling myself,
I keep telling myself,
I'm not the desprate type.
But you've got me looking through the blinds."
He wants her so badly, but he doesn't want to admit it to himself. So he secretly keeps an eye on her. [But it's all to stressful with her not liking him back, and he wants out.]
"Sitting out dances on the wall,
Trying to forget everything that isn't you."
Anyother girl part. But it has a hint of drugs.
Does anyone catch my drift?

anonymous June 19th, 2007 04:59AM  
Once again it's about Pete's suicide

marie72093 June 20th, 2007 08:26PM  
I did research on this song the other night. This song is really written about pete's over dose, Ativan. He was in the hospital for a week. He said, "I was isolating myself further and further, and the more I isolated myself, the more isolated I'd feel. I wasn't sleeping. I just wanted my head to shut off, like, I just wanted to completely stop thinking about anything at all." The suicide attempt was soon put into song form.

"I'm having another episode
I just need a stronger dose"

rbylittle June 21st, 2007 01:50PM  
"I think that FOB is just so desperate that he will sleep with anyone to temporarily ease the pain of his other loss (the girl)."

"They are straight edge. That won't work."

Actually only Andy is straightedge.

anonymous June 30th, 2007 03:39PM  
Ok well this song is about how Pete Wentz (one of the band members) nearly died. He ODed himself. and he was really depressed this song has absolutetly nothing to do with who he wants to sleep with or sex or love. It is about drugs. Patrick Stump (singer) saved him because Pete was showing up late for rehersals and leaving early without telling anyone, and he was sounding really wierd. Patrick knew that he was druging himself. So when Pete called him saying that he loved him very much, Patrick knew that he was about to kill himself so he saved him. He was in a comma for 7 minutes. He took drugs of ani-stressents. Pete now lives with his parents. He nearly died outside of a best buy. Pete's favourite store.

peteinmypants July 11th, 2007 08:16PM  
The last person: thank you, now I understand the 7 part.