Esparanza June 10th, 2007 07:41PM  

This is about Chris and Pete again. In "Thnks Fr th Mmmrs" there's a line in quotations "who does he think he is?" what Chris said as he told Pete off on livejournal. This is the follow up to "Thnks Fr th Mmmrs", Pete's response in a way.

marie72093 June 25th, 2007 05:01PM  

Most of you are on the right track yet soo off.

its like this.
great ideas don't come to mind that fast.

THEY LOVE WHAT THEY DO.
We only want to sing you to sleep
In your bedroom speakers, whoa
We need umbrellas on the inside
Get me just right


THERE IS MORE TO LIFE AND NEVER GIVE UP
They say quitters never win
But we walk the plank on a sinking ship
There's a world outside of my front door
That gets off on being down


DON'T FEEL BAD FOR YOURSELF AND OTHER PEOPLE.
I could learn to pity fools as I'm the worst of all
And I can't stop feeling sorry for myself
Whoa


NEVER FORGET THE MEMORIES THAT YOU HAVE.
Broken down on memory lane
Alone together, we're alone (Woah)
We're broken down on memory lane
Alone together, we're alone

Alternative_Mind December 18th, 2007 12:15AM  

This is a song about what society wants from celebrities and the dark nature of the media.

"Penny for your thoughts but a dollar for your insides
Or a fortune for your disaster" (one of my favourite lines)
This is saying on the road to fame you can write and create what you think and be fairly popular/successful, but if you can write and create what you feel and your deep passions and become stars, but if you breakdown and collapse you will be the most famous of all three"
this is evidently shown with kirk cobain, he was a genius and artistically beautiful mind, but he will reach beyond his generation and is renowned because of his untimely suicide while he was in the limelight.

"We only want to sing you to sleep"
This talks about how they really only want to be in the music business for the art.

"They say quitters never win
We walk the plank on a sinking ship"
This refers to the sad state that most of the music business is in and how it is very superficial and more about marketing. Yet they are known as the emo-rock leaders and are trying to get away from that type of false lifestyle.

"There's a world outside of my front door
That gets off on being down"
Reinforces on how the media craves and wants you to fail

anonymous January 30th, 2008 08:10AM  

All this stuff is so right.

The one part I like to look at is the "a fortune for your disaster"

Along the lines about fame and getting more money for certain things-- well, today, people LOVE to here about the bad, disasters. They find it more interesting to here the bad side of things instead of the good. So what get's you the most would be all those upsetting things.

anonymous June 8th, 2008 06:52PM  

This song (written by Pete Wentz) is simple once you break it down

First Verse:

The song's lyrics start with "A penny for you thoughts but a dollar for you insights or a fortune for you disasters" this is the agreement for an interview, like lets say Pete's manager is planning an interview for People magazine. They are offering a "penny" for his "thoughts" and only a "dollar" for his "insights" but a "fortune" for his "disasters". basically they don't care what he thinks they just want embarrasing moments because that's what the media want to see. He then says "I'm just a painter and I'm drawing a blank" This is the interviewer trying to get pete to tell them his story because without it there's no interview "drawing a blank"

Bridge:

In the chorus he states we/the band "only want to sing you to sleep through your bedroom speakers" relating to the first verse it means pete didn't get into the music industry to become famous and he doesn't want to share his "disaters" all he wants to do is make music people love so much its there nightime melody. The Line "we need umbrellas on the inside," Umbrellas give cover, they are saying they need protection from the media even inside, because they trying to get one of his misfortunes "get me just right".

Chorus:

Theres a lot of different interpretations to the line
"They say quitters never win but we walk the plank of a sinking ship" I think this means the band didn't quit but even though there famous life not easy (likely because of the media). Imagine a sinking ship with quitters on and winners walking planks. They are both in trouble,so really they lose together(even though they won). He then says "There's a world outside of my front door,that gets off on being down" meaning the world thrives on others misfortunes, and his only safe behind his front door.

Second verse:

"I could learn to pity you fools as I'm the worst of all" showing he has only a little self confidence. I think this is relating to other celebs that have had there misfotunes on magazines front covers,he thinks there fools and he is one of them. "I can't stop feeling sorry for myself" << pretty obvious he feels sorry for himself.


second bridge:

is the same only last line is different
"give us light" = give us a break (because rain comes from clouds and when there's light there's no rain because no clouds)

last verse:

"walking down memory lane We're alone together, we're alone" his finally thinking of his disasters with the band because they're alone together.

anonymous July 13th, 2008 05:03PM  

"Penny for your thoughts but a dollar for your insides
Or a fortune for your disaster" - I think this means they'd pay more for real feelings than formed thoughts, and a whole lot more for bad experiances... Inspiration? to make themselves feel better?

"And I'm just a painter and I'm drawing a blank" - they're artists lacking inspiration.. also AWESOME LYRICS.

"We only want to sing you to sleep in your bedroom speakers, whoa
We need umbrellas on the inside
Get me just right" - they love what they do, and want to write songs for people that really enjoy them. 'get me just right' is probably written about people like us guessing inspiration, meaning etc of song lyrics and getting it so wrong/people reading too much into things they say in interviews etc.

"They say quitters never win
We walk the plank on a sinking ship
There's a world outside of my front door
That gets off on being down" - people say you should never quit on things, but walking the plank on a sinking ship is like quitting on something that's already failed, and it probably not helping much. 'there's a world...' digging at people suddenly labelling them emo?

"I could learn to pity fools as I'm the worst of all
And I can't stop feeling sorry for myself" - realising that he feels sorry for himself, whilst not having the same pity for other people he veiws as 'foolish'.

"broken down on memory lane
We're alone together, we're alone (Woah)
broken down on memory lane
We're alone together, we're alone" - rememering things without meaning to or having any choice in the matter 'broken down'.

anonymous June 2nd, 2009 06:06PM  

i think the line "we walk the plank on a sinking ship" is about saving the pain. i think it's saying this person is going to drown when the ship sinks but they walk the plank so that they're not waiting for death, they're not suffering at th prospect of death.

falloutboyfreak June 21st, 2009 09:00PM  

"Penny for your thoughts but a dollar for your insight
Or a fortune for your disaster
And I'm just a painter and I'm drawing a blank"

He's saying that he cares more about her disasters cause he can learn from them in ways he couldnt by hearing her thoughts and opinions. You learn from your mistakes and he's trying to learn from hers. He's "drawing a blank" meaning he needs her help so he's going to gain wisdom from her mistakes.

"We only want to sing you to sleep in your bedroom speakers, whoa
We need umbrellas on the inside
Give me a sign"

This means that he's using her and he's "singing her to sleep" but he mentions speakers meaning he's being indirect and only doing it to get what he wants.

"They say quitters never win
We walk the plank on a sinking ship
There's a world outside of my front door
That gets off on being down"

He saying he knows quitters never win but that he's getting forced to quit because the people get off on him being down. By people he means the fans get off on his depression because depression causes him to write songs.

"I could learn to pity fools as I'm the worst of all
And I can't stop feeling sorry for myself"

He's saying the he realized he was being a fool because maybe he fell for her while using her and he feels sorry for himself when he was using her. He's whole system of using her has a hint of arrogance hence the name of the song "Do you know who I think I am?"

Broken down on memory lane
We're alone together, we're alone (Woah)
Broken down on memory lane
We're alone together, we're alone

This means that he can't help but to think about her all the time
and that the only person he wants to remember is her.

This is all my opinion I have no proof that this is correct its just what I think.

falloutboyfreak June 21st, 2009 09:00PM  

"Penny for your thoughts but a dollar for your insight
Or a fortune for your disaster
And I'm just a painter and I'm drawing a blank"

He's saying that he cares more about her disasters cause he can learn from them in ways he couldnt by hearing her thoughts and opinions. You learn from your mistakes and he's trying to learn from hers. He's "drawing a blank" meaning he needs her help so he's going to gain wisdom from her mistakes.

"We only want to sing you to sleep in your bedroom speakers, whoa
We need umbrellas on the inside
Give me a sign"

This means that he's using her and he's "singing her to sleep" but he mentions speakers meaning he's being indirect and only doing it to get what he wants.

"They say quitters never win
We walk the plank on a sinking ship
There's a world outside of my front door
That gets off on being down"

He saying he knows quitters never win but that he's getting forced to quit because the people get off on him being down. By people he means the fans get off on his depression because depression causes him to write songs.

"I could learn to pity fools as I'm the worst of all
And I can't stop feeling sorry for myself"

He's saying the he realized he was being a fool because maybe he fell for her while using her and he feels sorry for himself when he was using her. He's whole system of using her has a hint of arrogance hence the name of the song "Do you know who I think I am?"

Broken down on memory lane
We're alone together, we're alone (Woah)
Broken down on memory lane
We're alone together, we're alone

This means that he can't help but to think about her all the time
and that the only person he wants to remember is her.

This is all my opinion I have no proof that this is correct its just what I think.