anonymous September 12th, 2007 07:45PM  
About the beginning of the song, I'd like to note that it starts with light bulb flashes and on the first track on take this to your grave it started with a dial tone. on tttyg the dial tone represented how they weren't really popular yet and they were being ignored by the mainstream music world. On the FUNCT it starts with light bulb flashes representing stardom--that they were no longer ignored.

sazzyness October 11th, 2007 06:19AM  
Well I think that they couldnt use the orignal title..
i loved you before you were a myspace.so
they had to change the name of the song so they owuldnt get sued :P

anonymous April 13th, 2008 09:57PM  
I know this is wrong, but I always thought at these lines

we're only liars, but we're the best (we're the best)
we're only good for the latest trend
we're only good cause you can have almost famous friends
besides, we've got such good fashion sense

They were talking about lawyers. like in the first line some people just call lawyers liars. and basically your getting a liar, but they are the best.

Then the second line, the person who hired the lawyer, could have gotten sued or whatever for the latest trend [whatever that may be]

The third line, some lawyers could be considered almost famous, if they had worked a high-profile case and the person with this lawyer considers them a friend

And the last line, because they have great fashion sense in their nice little suits and stuff.

That's what I always think of, even though it's wrong lol

anonymous July 8th, 2008 02:22PM  
Fall Out Boy songs are not for the shallow of mind. I showed my friend a lyrics slide show of this song on YouTube and when it came to the verse "The ribbon on my wrist says, 'Do not open before Christmas'", she turned to me and said,
"What?! Why is he a present?!"

Honestly...

I agree with anyone who said the ribbon refers to materialism and also anyone who thinks it refers to slitting your wrists. Hey, tons of songs (especially by FOB) have double, triple, or even quadruple meanings.

anonymous July 16th, 2009 02:19PM  
i always smile when i hear this song cuz me and my friend sang it at the fourth grade talent show... and to those who say this song's original name was "i liked you better when you were a myspace whore", you're wrong. that iz a completly different song. this was originally i'm david ruffin and theese are the temtations. okay? we all cleared up now?

anonymous July 16th, 2009 02:23PM  
okay, this may be totally wrong, but i want to go ahead and get it out there. when he says "it's just past eight and im feelling young and reckless"... isn't that a soap opera that comes on around eight?... i dont know what that has to do with the song.... i'm just saying

Kaylz August 29th, 2009 01:32AM  
'Twas originally going to be called 'I Loved You Before You Were A Myspace Whore' but they obviously changed it because they had to avoid a lawsuit.

JasperSAYSrelax128 September 6th, 2009 07:04PM  
I think there is a huge hidden message in this song. The song's name gives off a huge hint "Our Lawyer made us change the name of this song so we wouldn't get SUED!" that tells us something right there. I think that the name of the song would have been reffering to a specific band, or Music industry.

Brothers and sisters put this record down
Take my advice ('cause we are bad news)
We will leave you high and dry
It's not worth the hearing you'll lose

I hink that they are talking about as if they were the band, and are not reffering to themselves, FOB.

It's just past 8 and I'm feeling young and reckless
The ribbon on my wrist says, "Do not open before Christmas."

This makes me think that the band is singing of God. 8 in the morning is around time of church, and "Do not open before christmas" is like saying they sell their music at Christmas.

We're only liars, but we're the best (we're the best)
We're only good for the latest trend
We're only good cause you can have almost famous friends
Besides, we've got such good fashion sense

This also makes me think that they are reffering to a band singing about religon, because they could be liars, and not really believe in that religon. They could only be singing because it's the latest trend.

Brothers and sisters, yeah, put these words down
Into your notebook (spit lines like these)
We're friends when you're on your knees
Make them dance like we were shooting their feet

They could be preaching religous things to make people believe them, take note of them. "We're only friends when you're on your knees" is like, they will only like you if you bow down to them. and as for the dancing....maybe they influence the music industry/population of people greatly. So, if this is correct, who are these mystery people?

Americansuiteheart January 12th, 2010 04:09PM  
This isn't really an interpretation I just wanted to say the title if this song is true. The first title was"My name is David Ruffin and these are the temptations". They were just about to use that name when their lawyer strongly urged them to change it because it could have caused legal problems.