anonymous June 13th, 2007 06:54PM  
The "two quarters and a heart down" is an obvious reference to The Legend of Zelda video game series, you know, like 1 heart down, and 2 quarter hearts down?

machs June 15th, 2007 10:08PM  
I agree with the zelda guy/girl. In fact, the whole song is about zelda. Geez can't you people think outside the box! Me and the zelda guy/girl are here to rattle cages and expand minds. open your eyes people. Life is a game! It's all a game! It's all a dream! you're dreaming, you're dreaming, you're dreaming, you're dreaming, you're dreaming..................

anonymous August 7th, 2007 05:27PM  
First, I think it's about a guy and a girl who are about to enter on a destructive relationship. They warn each other, incoherently, (she says she no good/with words but I'm worse). He tells her he's very romantic, but he has problems expressing his feelings for her, so instead he uses melodramatic cliches (Tonight it's it can't get much worse/Vs No one should ever feel like)

The relationship they have, on the boy's side at least, is tight. He feels that she has his heart, but is taking his money. However, he doesn't want to leave her. (I'm two quarters and a heart down, and I don't want to forget how your voice sounds)
He feels like he is is losing grip, and the only thing keeping him sane are the things he writes (these words are all I have so I'll write them/so you need them just to get by)

The chorus is him attending a party, and seeing everyone getting wasted. He sees kids who have lost their dreams, and he thinks they're happy because they know he's not. (this is the way they'd love if they knew how misery loved me)

In the second verse, he suspects that the girl is cheating on him, and he knows her quite well, or well enough to know that she will dump one of the boys just before the find out she's cheating (you always fold just before you're found out)
They go out to have a drink, and he tries to get her drunk to make her confess that she's cheating. (drink up, it's last call, last resort)
But he makes a mistake, a slip of the tongue, ans she finds out his plan (but only the first mistake and I...)

They argue, and she denies it all. He gets angry and asks her why doesn't she ever stand up for herself, saying she probably uses it all with the guy she's cheating with (why don't you show me/ the little bit of spine you've been saving for his mattress?)

It ends with them going to a party and him seeing all the people dance, and wondering how they can be so happy, concluding that they must know all about him and his girlfriends problems.

anonymous August 11th, 2007 03:22PM  
I think it interprets to high school. "two quarters and a heart down, and I don't wanna forget how your voice sounds" I think, means that he's gambling for someone's affections as in putting chips down. It's classic that it's like a nerdy guy crushing on the most popular girl in school, but she feels bad for him, hence" I only want sympathy in form of you crawling into bed with me".

anonymous August 27th, 2007 09:12PM  
"Oh and P.S. To all of you out there who keep saying Pete Wentz is the one singing this, you're a little off... It's Patrick Stump (Who wrote the music)...GET IT RIGHT!"
Umm, I believe what was said was that Pete wrote the lyrics, so why don't YOU get it right?? And he does back-up vocals, FYI.

anonymous October 25th, 2007 12:34AM  
I think they were stoned beyond the PNR...

anonymous October 30th, 2007 02:38PM  
LOL.....I liked the Led Zepplen coment! Everyone has their own opinion. He's obviously upset because she is having sex with someone, not him. Song seems kind of simple!
DUH!!

Chrissy December 5th, 2007 08:24PM  
This song is about the conversation over the phone of a guy and his girl friend who is cheating on him. She is lying to him, which is y she's "no good with words" he's trying to accuse her of cheating("a joke of a romantic stuck to my tongue")by making a joke about her cheating and hopeing she will just tell him the truth. He's two quarters and a heart down because he is devastated his girl friend is cheating, and two quarters down means he's calling from a pay phone. He doesn't want to just break up with her ("and I don't want to forget how your voice sounds")" Dance,Dance is just him being frustrated and angry, lying and saying her he doesn't care about her or what she does anymore. "were falling apart at half time" means their relationship is quickly falling apart. "this is the way they'd love. If they knew how misery loved me" he is talking about the guys she cheats with, and how they would feel if they knew how miserable he was. "Drink up its last call Last resort" means the girl is dating him as a last resort, she would rather be with someone better. Pete says this because he feels like she thinks the girl is cheating because she thinks she's too good for him. " why don't you show me a little of that spine you've been saving for this mattress" This is him telling her to stop being a coward and to admit she's cheating. "love" is him bitterly calling her a pet name. Like "aren't you my love?"

anonymous January 30th, 2008 04:18PM  
This song is all about manipulation. He's "dancing" for a girl and he can't do anything about it because he cares so much. Then the girl keeps asking for more and he can't keep up. She doesn't like him but she keeps screwing with his head. He also wants to have sex with her but she won't "I only want sympathy in the form of you crawling into bed with me"

anonymous March 11th, 2008 05:37PM  
Heck, this is just a song about some guys having a heck of a time.

anonymous March 27th, 2008 11:57PM  
Oh, I thought it was "weighed down with word stew" ahh, I c. That changes a lot.

anonymous April 7th, 2008 12:25PM  
I think this song is a bout a nerdy guy who like s a girl. It could be a popular girl or they could just be friends. And whenever he tries to talk to her he can't think of anything to say which leads him to a bad/awkward situation. (She says she's no good with words but I'm worse
Barely stuttered out
"A joke of a romantic" or {just} stuck to my tongue
Tonight it's "it can't get much worse")

But listening to the song and looking at the other lyrics, I think SHE'S no good with words, either, so she just has sex with all the guys she meets.

I think my interpretations are both right, I just can't put them together.

anonymous December 3rd, 2008 11:31PM  
This song is about a girl breaking up with him over the phone because she was sleeping with someone else.

"She says she's no good with words but I'm worse,
Barely stuttered out"

While on the phone, she told him she didn't know how to say that she wanted to dump him.

"'A joke of a romantic' or {just} stuck to my tongue
Weighed down with words too over-dramatic
Tonight it's "it can't get much worse"
Vs. "no one should ever feel like.."

He's saying she was being dramatic while breaking up with him and he doesn't think anything could be worse then how he feels because no one should feel that way.

"I'm two quarters and a heart down
And I don't want to forget how your voice sounds
These words are all I have so I'll write them
So you need them just to get by "

He called her via a pay phone and now he's lost 50 cents and his heart is broken. All he has is these words since he doesn't have her anymore.

"Dance, Dance
We're falling apart to half time"

Their relationship is ending before he thought it would. Half time is a reference to football. It's like, they just got started and their relationship is ending.

"Dance, Dance
And these are the lives you'd love to lead
Dance, this is the way they'd love
If they knew how misery loved me"

Because he's famous everyone thinks his life is so great and would love to trade places with him but he's saying no one even knows how miserable he is.

"You always fold just before you're found out
Drink up its last call
Last resort
But only the first mistake and I..."

He called her out on the phone saying he knew she was breaking up with him for someone else and she clammed up.

"Why don't you show me the little bit of spine
You've been saving for his mattress, love"

He's taunting her and saying don't clam up now.

"I only want sympathy in the form of you crawling into bed with me"

He doesn't want her feeling sorry for him unless he's going to get a pity lay out of it.

He goes on singing the chorus, reiterating the fact that everyone thinks his life is great when it's really not.

Mad_dad February 18th, 2009 01:27PM  
This is about a guy who isn't very good at dancing, but he has a curse on him that means he has to try. He fails time and time again so he goes to a girl and asks her to teach him how to dance and then dies. Tis True!! Woof woof woof

anonymous May 12th, 2009 08:42PM  
The song "dance,dance" is about a relationship, obviously, but listen here:
in the game Dance, Dance Revolution, when you play it at an arcade, you put a quarter or two on the screen to indicate it's your turn, the term "two quarters and a heart down" indicates he's putting his all on the line and it's his turn

anonymous November 19th, 2009 01:27AM  
I think this song is about a guy who likes a girl who has been showing signs she likes him too but hasnt said as much. The guy doesn't like to talk about stuff like that with her as he feels that she might not like him as much as he likes her. "Weighed down with words too over-dramatic
Tonight it's "it can't get much worse"
Vs. "no one should ever feel like.."
The girl is a really cool girl but seems to be attracted to guys who arent right for her, she seems to avoid the guys that would treat her right, she likes the 'right guy' but doesn't want people to see she does - "You always fold just before you're found out"
"Why don't you show me the little bit of spine you've been saving for his mattress" is alluding to him asking her to at least tell him she isn't interested or at least say how she feels instead of avoiding the subject.
Overall I think it's about a guy liking a girl he feels likes him back but he hasnt made a move and she is getting with other guys and still leading him on. He wants to be her only one but doesn't want to say anything in case it makes her think he's needy or 'over-dramatic'.
She carries on and he just wants to know where he stands.

I may be far off but that's just how I see it :)