anonymous 2006-01-19 20:18:21    

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F**K you all just leave the interpretation to FOB and just stop talking about it cause I have been sitting here for two and a half hours arguing with my girlfriend about it and I say JUST DROP IT.

AND for everyone's INFO I have a GOD Complex and I'm Outie


~Ben May

anonymous 2006-01-21 17:39:15    

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This song is gay. You all deserve to have your toes chopped off and fall under a train transporting pudding to the homeless; with the exception of Ben May. I will grow a tree for every one of you....then destroy it. I hope you all know that all of your brain capacity (all added up) is less than zero....you sons of bitches. Have a nice day and don't live anymore, that is all.

Jesse Gonzalez

L0VECANTSAVEY0U 2006-01-21 22:51:25    

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Pete described it as "the best sex he ever had...with his right hand"

peteisprettyinpink 2006-01-28 22:09:04    

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The song is about living up to expectations by the media their fans friends etc....and how they're trying to make it.

anonymous 2006-01-29 12:30:40    

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I think this song is about a beautiful magical unicorn pony who falls in love with a terrible evil china doll. And Patrick is jealous, because Pete (break a name) is really going out with the evil china doll. But then Britney Spears comes along (drop a heart) and Patrick falls in love and has a child (In an earlier round) It all makes sense now...

YourFan 2006-01-30 21:14:15    

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Artists like to leave tings open to us. So basically there's no real interpretation to any song. I mean of course, to the lyricist the song has it's own meaning and interpretation. It could mean anything to us, but seeing as Pete wrote the song, it's his meaning that actually counts, uh... I guess. I have read some of the most fucking retarted interpertations, and some excelent ones too.

And for those who hate FOB please shut the fuck up and grow up, you babies. If you hate FOB just post your opinions somewhere else!!!

I think that it's either the girl/guy thing, the pop chart situation, or whatever this song means to Pete.

I LOVE FALL OUT BOY!!!!

anonymous 2006-02-02 17:44:06    

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Ok, having heard also during a concert that it's about masturbation I'd have to say it probably is.

Just before he played it he said something to the effect of "This song's about the best sex you'll ever have, that's the sex you'll have with yourself"

HushSheSpeaks 2006-02-02 20:29:34    

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I believe that songs are whatever you decide them to mean to you. I disagree with many of the answers that people have come up with, but then again it is human nature to strive for the simple answer to things, when in reality the answer is many things.

anonymous 2006-02-04 07:02:51    

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No, it only depends what the question is. See if it's 1+1, it has two possible answers. Either 2, or window.

bkbluedevil 2006-02-21 06:06:41    

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I interpret this song about a boy who is falling for a girl who to put it euphamistically 'gets around' as can be inferred from the notch in the bedpost lyrics as well sleeping for the wrong team. The boy I think he realizes she is like this and tries to tell him self that she is just a line in the song, when in reality she is/was more to him. He refuses to go down without a fight. His game plan invovles feeding feeding her large ego as evidenced by the whole God complex gun analogy as well as his commenting he's dying to tell her anything she wants to hear. He realizes this is a longshot and expects to "go down in an early round" in his fight to win her. The fact that he is fighting a losing battle can also be seen by her being with another guy as he is evidently spying though I don't think he is literally watching from the closet.

anonymous 2006-02-22 13:23:10    

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Hello! I would like to take a moment to tell you what this song really means. Five gay guys get together in a dirty garage and make songs about their sexual experiences; although, these are not just everyday sexual experiences. These guys, before their "fame", were unable to get a date with a real girl. The answer to their problem...homosexuality. This problem solver comes through there music very clearly. Pete tries to hide his new way of life by dating 15 year old girls. You may be lucky, just think, one of these girls could be you. Wouldn't you like to be the one that helps a homo out! Peace out brother, stay emo.

anonymous 2006-02-22 22:41:32    

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Ummmmm a god complex is belief that one is god-like right?

bestkeptsecret_x 2006-02-25 23:24:34    

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I think "I'll be your number one with a bullet" just means that he would die for... whoever they are singing about. Since half the people here think its a guy and the other half thinks its a girl, I'm not sure what to put. But the person who said something about the deer-queer thing in the video had a good point. A really good point.

anonymous 2006-02-28 04:38:50    

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I'm surprised no one else has said anything about this, but I thought the line about "going down, down in an earlier round" sounded like it might be about not lasting very long during sex. His erection is going down. But he's "going down swinging."

I'm not saying that is it, but I think about that almost every time I hear the song. Just a thought.

-Angela

sandra361 2006-03-01 12:32:36    

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Here's what the song means, straight from Pete's mouth.

For Wentz, "Sugar, We're Goin Down" sums up the album. Musically, the song surges and slams while resounding with sky-high melodies. Lyrically, it addresses the band's approach to Cork Tree with lines like "We're going down in the early rounds, but we're going down swinging."

"To us, we're throwing the fight, but we didn't write a record that's throwing a fight," Wentz explained. "We wrote a record that means a lot to us but maybe isn't going to mean a lot to the people who are hyping us as the next big thing. And that's fine. We don't want to be the saviors of anything — we just want to be ourselves."

anonymous 2006-03-04 11:54:02    

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OK AWESOMEANDY2. You must be retarded or sick in the head or some mess like that! If you think it's a loaded gun complex, you're stupid because if you were smart enough to go look at the lyrics at the top of the page you would see that you were WRONG!!!!

always_jk 2006-03-06 01:50:53    

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I think it is about a guy who likes a girl so much that when he finds out she's with another guy he'd rather kill himself than her not to love him

anonymous 2006-03-09 19:05:20    

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A few points I want to cover:

It really is a god complex, not an Oedipus complex, not a gun complex, a god complex. Here's a definition (taken from Wikipedia):

A god complex is a colloquial term used to portray a perceived character flaw as if it were a 'psychological complex'. The person who is said to have a 'god complex' does not believe he is God, but is said to act so arrogantly that he might as well believe he is a god or appointed to act by a god. Some people also call it a Messianic complex.

Some believe that 'god complexes' are "particularly common in arrogant, highly educated, worldly, or powerful people."

"A loaded god complex, cock it and pull it."
His ego was high, but after she cheated, he doesn't feel like he's adequate, so his ego has been shot down.

"I'll be your number one with a bullet."
A reference to the movie High Fidelity. Peter Wentz is known for his movie references, for sure.

"We're going down, down in an earlier round
And Sugar, we're going down swinging"
A reference to Sugar Ray Leonard, the boxer, hence the "earlier round" and the "Sugar". Also, don't quote me, Peter said something like, "they never call anyone "Sugar" in songs anymore, so I figured I'd write a song with it."

"Is this more than you bargained for yet"
Do you think you can handle what you've gotten yourself into?
"Oh don't mind me I'm watching you two from the closet"
She hasn't told anyone about him since she's ashamed of him, she's metaphorically keeping him in her closet, and he knows about the cheating but he can't do anything about it.
"Wishing to be the friction in your jeans
Isn't it messed up how I'm just dying to be him"
He wants to be the one that's having sex with her, he wants to be the other guy because she likes him more than the narrator.
"I'm just a notch in your bedpost"
All it was was a physical relationship to her.

anonymous 2006-03-17 20:31:07    

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I think it could have two interpretations. It sounds like in the beginning the, song is talking about the band and the relationship with their fans. " Am I more than you bargained for yet? I've been dying to tell you anything you want to hear cause that's just who I am this week." That's the first one.
The second one I think is talking about a relationship. "Am I more than you bargained for yet?" He's asking if this relationship was a mistake and if she wants out. " I've been dying to tell you anything you want to hear." He's saying he's trying to say things to make her stay or to please her. "cause that's just who I am this week" he changes himself to her liking.

"Lie in the grass next to the masoleum" He's saying that he wants to be with her so bad it's "killing" him.
"I'm just a notch in your bedpost but your just a line in a song" Thay are both using each other. He's using her for sex and she's doing the same to him.

"Drop a heart and break a name." means a heart was broken because someone eles' name was "dropped"
"we're always sleeping in and we're sleeping for the wrong team" I guess this is saying that everyone diapproves of their relationship and they're trying to prove everyone wrong. It obviously isn't working.

"Wer're going down, down in an earlier round
And sugar we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded god complex cock it and pull it"

This means that the relationship is foing down. He wants to to be her best boyfriend- number one with a bullet. A god complex is I thnk he means she think she's better or to good for him ( a loaded god complex means you think you're better than god) cock it and pull it means she's just shooting him down with insults.

"Is this more than you bargained for yet?" again referring to the relationship being maybe a mistake. Yet thay aren't really in a relationship they're just having sex and he's falling for her even thuogh they both are in relationships with other people he wants her and wants there to be more between them than just sex.

" Oh! don't mind me" He realizes that they aren't really a couple." I'm watching you two from the closet" alomst like he's having his heart broken and watching her move on and be with someone eles is to hurtful. " wishing to be the friction in your jeans" he means he wants her to stop giving it up to the other guy and ants her to start giving it up to him if she's gonna give it up at all. " Isn't it messed up how I'm just dying to be him" how badly he wants to be the guy she wants to be with.

basically this is about a boy and a girl both seeing each other while in relationships with other people. The boy fall for the gir but he girl wants out. He's sad to see her move on and wants to be the guy she's with while she's shooting himdown for a relationship she cheats on the boyfriend with the boy for sex and that's it she just wants him for sex while he wants her for more than that. They are both hurting each other and it "kills" him to break up with her because he tries so hard to be everything she wants him to be "a loaded god complex cock it and pull it."

anonymous 2006-03-22 05:01:26    

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Here's a straightfoward interpretation of the story in the song, which is undeniably a relationship. Certain other parts can be metaphors for other things, but a good part of the song is about a girl so I'll continue from there.

"Am I more than you bargained for yet
I've been dying to tell you anything you want to hear
Cause that's just who I am this week"
He is in a relationship where he is the guy the girl is cheating on her boyfriend with, wanting to know if the cheating is all that she hoped for and will say whatever she wants to hear to keep the relationship going because he isn't the best person.

"Lie in the grass, next to the mausoleum
I'm just a notch in your bedpost
But you're just a line in a song
(A notch in your bedpost, but you're just a line in a song)"
The grass bit is just a place where they go so that they don't get caught, who's going to check a cemetery for that sort of thing? They next two lines are just them saying there is still no feelings other than sexual ones between the two, its mutual.

"Drop a heart, break a name
We're always sleeping in, and sleeping for the wrong team"
The reversing of drop a name break a heart means they're very close to getting caught. The sleeping in is them getting careless, and the sleeping for the wrong team is sleeping with the wrong person, ie not her boyfriend.

"We're going down, down in an earlier round
And Sugar, we're going down swinging"
We were doomed from the start, but we're not going to let that stop us.

"I'll be your number one with a bullet"
A music metaphor that is showing his belief that he'll be the one she wants increasingly.

"A loaded God complex, cock it and pull it"
God complex meaning he feels invincible, the cock it and pull it is him asking them to test his feeling of invincibility. The line just means he doesn't think he can get caught and dares someone to try and disprove him.

"Is this more than you bargained for yet"
Has she gotten in over her head with the cheating yet?

"Oh don't mind me I'm watching you two from the closet
Wishing to be the friction in your jeans
Isn't it messed up how I'm just dying to be him
I'm just a notch in your bedpost
But you're just a line in a song
(Notch in your bedpost, but you're just a line in a song)"
He had to hide in the closet when the boyfriend showed up while he was busy with the girl. He's wishing he was the one hugging the girl and grinding against her, not jealous of the relationship, jealous that he isn't the one being intimate with her. Then reaffirming how the relationship is just sexual. The part about "Isn't it messed up" is not desire for a real relationship he's saying his lust is irrationally strong.

The last part where he's saying "Take aim at myself" and "Take back what you said" are about being caught finally. Taking aim at myself is he expects what's coming to him. Take back what you said is his last hope that the girl will keep lying to cover up the relationship.