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Fall Out Boy - Thriller Song Meanings

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I think this song is basically about them as a music group. "Last summer we took threes across the park. But by fall we were a cover story, now in stores"
this shows how quickly they came into the light. "Make us poster boys for the scene" this is pretty self explanatory.

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2007-02-08 19:35:59     Rating:

This is just my interpretation, if you have anything you think should be different, let me know.

From the very beginng we know this song is aimed towards the devoted fans that never tunred their backs on Fall Out Boy, becuase of the words Jay-Z is saying at the beginning of the song.

"Last summer we took threes across the board"
Last year Fall Out Boy had three major hits on the bill board charts, those being A Little Less Sixteen Candles, Sugar We're Going Down, and Dance Dance, though all of the songs on FUCT were amazing. The board, is referring to the bill board charts."But by fall, we were a cover story now in stores" That fall, they made a name for themselves like never before, and everyone knew the name of their album."Make us poster boys for your scene, but we are not making an acceptance speech."Fall Out Boy has basically been the poster band for Emo/Punk Rock music, and they are saying that yes, you can make them the poster band, but that there not doing this for the fame. They are doing this for the music.

The chorus goes "So long live the car crash hearts, cry on the couch all the poets come alive, fix me in 45" This is basically saying "long live the broken hearts, who cry all night and put in this cd, to fix you." "Fix me in 45" does not just seem to be a random number. All three of the major Fall Out Boy albums have been approximately 45 minutes long."I can take your problems away with a nod and a wave of my hand, 'cause that's just the kind of boy that I am" This is referring to all the fans who idolize them, and think of it as an escape from all of their problems. "Crowds are won and lost and won again but our hearts beat for the diehards" Here they are saying that some people love them, some people hate them, but they play for the music, and what it does for the fans.

This is all I have so far.

These are all just my opinions and I hope they were of some use.

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2007-02-10 17:25:45     Rating:

The person above me has some really good ideas on what this song is saying. But "Fix Me In 45" is referring to a therapy session. Pete Says in a rolling stone interview that the average session is 45 mins. So knowing that the whole chours is clear. "Long-Live The Car Crash Hearts,Cry On The Couch Untill The Poets Come to Live" Usually people that go to therapy and have those kind of problems are that best writers. "Fix Me In 45".

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2007-02-10 20:44:19     Rating:

I completely agree with the second person. That totally explains the whole song. I would also add that he says "we are not making our accepting speech" this means that they are not getting conceited or cocky. and "I have found the safest place to keep all of our mistakes. every dot com's refreshing for a journal update" this refers to their online journals

Submitted by: psPatrick2707
Added: 2007-02-17 17:55:05     Rating:

The second and third posts are amazing interpretations, but when I heard the song I thought that when they say "last summer we took threes across the board, but by fall we were a cover story" meant something else. I totally agree about their 3 big songs on the charts, but when they say by fall, I took it as by their mistakes and mess ups they became famous. I mean, they had 3 songs that blew up but from them messing up (like maybe Pete's naked pics on the web) they got tons of publicity but it wasn't from their music. I don't know, tell me if you disagree it was the first thing I thought though.

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2007-02-20 05:28:20     Rating:

Everything sounds good. I do have to say though that when they say that they took "threes across the board" I feel like they mean they took ratings of 3 out of 10 across the board. As if there were a panel of judges judging them. At first I also thought it was talking about their 3 hits, but when I thought about it more I realized it says "threes". Then, sequentially in the song, they were "the cover story" meaning they got better recognition. Also, about the 45, I think that maybe it takes on both meanings. I tend to lean towards the idea that the cd's 45 minutes is a therapy session.

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2007-02-23 02:02:00     Rating:

"Cry on the couch, all the poets come to life. Fix me in 45" Totally excellent point with the therapy session. This ia probably the initial idea when this was written, however, the beauty of poetry is it's vast aspects. On that note, I believe it applies to a typical artist ending. A stereotypical artist never really comes to life until they have died. 45 to me refers to a gun ending a life, beginning of a poet. I don't know, perhaps too much thought for a fall out boy song.

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2007-03-02 22:12:54     Rating:

Thriller is truly a story of what happened to Fall Out Boy. As Jay-Z states in the start of the album version "We dedicate this album to everybody that people said they couldn't make it", it's about FOB's unlikely rise to stardom. In the beginning verse of the song it says "Make us poster boys for your scene, but we aren't making an acceptance speech." It basically is a fancy way of saying that they are the kings of the Chicago Emo Scene (Which they are), and that they don't like how the scene is (they aren't making an acceptance speech). In the chorus, "Cry on the couch where the poets come to life, Fix me in 45". It's describing a therapist session, as a psychaitrist session lasts usually around 45 minutes. "Crowds are won and lost and won again but our hearts beat for the diehards". FOB is trying to say that they know they lose fans with some of the albums and singles they publish, but they don't care and they only care for their diehard fans that have followed them since their start.

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2007-03-12 18:48:57     Rating:

okay I agree with the 3 songs and the therapy

but the we are not making an acceptance speech part is a lie. Those boys are getting full of themselves and it kills me to see that happen. bands always say they won't be different when they're big but it happened.

the but our hearts beat for the die hards is about the fans that have been with them through thick and thin no matter what happened to them, and liked them for them, not for just peter.

Submitted by: rokker
Added: 2007-03-19 22:03:09     Rating:

This song begins their cd "Infinity On High". With the heavy music, you expect them to scream but they don't. It is saying to expect things that you would not normally expect. It is also about not giving up on your dreams.

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2007-03-26 00:23:42     Rating:

Okay, so I totally agree with the whole 45 min therapy session thing, BUT I also kinda agree with the cd length thing. I kinda think of the cd as a therapy session, you kno, just a time to relax and tune out my crazy life. So those both fit right? & this is one of my fave songs on the IOH album. one of my others is don't you know who I think I am. I think I'm gonna start a thread on that now.......

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2007-04-14 23:09:08     Rating:

I totally agree with the interpretations here. The one line "We took threes across the board" it could mean that all 3 of their albums had three major songs... or maybe it could be that the third song on each of their albums became a single... Take This to Your Grave- Grand Theft Autumn, FUCT- Dance, Dance, or Infinity on High- This Ain't A Scene, It's an Arms Race.... I don't know... just a random thought of a rambling teenager...

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2007-04-15 14:47:12     Rating:

All off the stuff so far could be (in my opinion) correct. But I wanted to bring two things to light that I had noticed. "Car crash hearts" could possibly be a reference to the car (van) crash the boys had in thier early days they often talk about it when asked about significant moments for the band. It was a big obstacle for them at the time when it happened. "Cry on the couch till....fix me in 45" to me is about getting upset crying on a couch (possibly in front of a therapist) and then, after you're done crying, being stimulated by how upset or angry you are and writing (poets coming to life). The fix me in 45 thing was a tough one until I saw this half of us interview with Pete about depression and he said that playing a show is like his therapy because after getting upset (crying on the couch) and then writing about it (poets coming to life) when he eventually comes to tour every time he plays the songs live he gets to vent and relieve himself of those emotions. Therefore "fixing" him and these days aren't thier sets about fourty five minuets including the talking and dirty coming on and then the encore? Thats just the way I see it the other interpretations are really good though and made me think alot.

Submitted by: xxxthedreamer
Added: 2007-05-01 10:51:35     Rating:

That summer we took threes across the board
But by fall we were a cover story
"Now in stores"
^^ before they really hit it big they "took threes across the board" meaning like ratings. but by that fall after they really hit it they were cover stories everywhere hence.."now in stores'

Make us poster boys for your scene
But we are not making our acceptance speech
^^ you can interpret them however you want to. That's what they want you to do. Inspiration. and that's what they did til everyone fell in love with them. and they beceame "posterboys" and they're saying you can make us that but we're not accepting it

I have found the safest place to keep all our old mistakes
Every dot-com's refreshing for a journal update
^^ www.fallotuboyrock.com their site. petes updated the journal activly and always has been. If you read their old journal entries...you'll find lyrics from their new songs. They talk about everything on there. and the active supporters check for new entries.


So long live the car-crash hearts
Cry on the couch all the poets come to life
Fix me in 45
^^ hearts broken by "accident". Sitting at home and crying on your couch and listening to the music that helps you, and having that music come to life in your eyes, the music being the poets. an estimated running time for the average cd is 45 minutes...so listening to that one cd that helps you, and having it "fix you in 45"


I can take your problems away
With a nod and a wave
of my hand because that's just the kind of boy
That I am
^^ tahts the boys they've been made into. They've helped so many kids out there and just a nod and a wave would do so much for one kid. Then there's the little "lyykee ommhzz p3t3 is so HAWT" kids. who think that all their problems will be fixed from a nod and a wave..

Only thing I haven't done yet is die
And it's me and my plus one at the after life
^^ pretty self explainatory. They feel all they haven't done is die. They've done everything esle

Crowds are won and lost and won again
But all our heats beat
For the diehards
^^ they can't win them every time. the fans that are only with them because its the popular thing are won and lost and won again. but the die hards are always there. and that's what keeps them going

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2007-05-17 15:29:32     Rating:

Personally, I think it's about them as a band..but also sending a message to all their fans to just be yourself.

"Make us poster boys for your scene"
In this line, I think they're saying is that people say, "To be successful in this scene you must act, talk, sing, play and dress like this guys"
"But we are not making an acceptence speach"
They're saying that's not right, but they can't stop it.

I think the 3's across the board is either way.
I think that's what makes their lyrics so great is that they can have so many meanings and their all somewhat correct...and the used of catchy phrases!

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2007-05-17 16:12:39     Rating:

Basically this song is about how famous FOB became in a short period of time, "Last summer we took threes across the board but by fall we were a cover story" and how everyone is trying to change them but they won't let them, "make us poster boys for your scene but we are not making an acceptance speech" and how people flip-flop liking them, "the afterlife crowds are won and lost and won again"

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2007-05-30 11:25:56     Rating:

I think the line
Last, summer we took threes across the board- is a pun on words
meaning last summer we released the third best thing/ album,, an evening with your girlfriend, from under the cork trew and take this to your grave, to the rest of the world.
But by fall we were a cover story
"Now in stores"- meaning that their new album - story, will be big in stores
make us poster boys for your scene- I think is saying make us popular

But we are not making an acceptance speech
I have found the safest place to keep all our old mistakes
Every dot com's refreshing for a journal update-they don't need to make an acception speech because they believe that they are already accepted by the fans and all the old bad stuff will be shown off on the internet.

so long live the car crash heart- I think , I may be wrong but this is what I think, it is trying to say that all the people who don't like them anymore to bad

Cry on the couch all the poets come to life- I don't think this was fall out boys intention but do you remember I've got
dark alley and bad ideas , well the line poet are kidz who did not make is, I think this line is a comparison saying that people who could become famous as them , enjoy.

Fix me in forty-five- is a tricky line but this is my opiniion again , I think it means , take my place when he gets to old

dont know the rest but you get the point

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2007-05-31 00:55:26     Rating:

45 might refer to vinyl records... am I really that old that no one else saw the connection? maybe, maybe not, I'm not the one that wrote it.

Submitted by: marie72093
Added: 2007-06-15 13:34:08     Rating:

This song is about how hard they worked until they got what they wanted. Also about how much people work to get what they want, but some people don't make it.

"Yeah, what you critics said would never happen.
We dedicate this album to anybody, people said couldn't make it.
To the fans that held us down till everybody came around.
Welcome. It's here."


Last summer we took threes across the board
But by fall we were a cover story "now in stores"
Make us poster boys for your scene
But we are not making an acceptance speech
I found the safest place to keep all our old mistakes
Every dot com's refreshing for a journal update
^^
when they are talking about how hard and such. They still want to remember all the fun they had. Awards and such don't really matter to them. They are doing what they love.

Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2007-09-29 21:01:34     Rating:

NO NO NO this song is about the internet. Pete said this in a show that it is about all the BS about that he reads about himself or Patrick..
"its like you find a lot of shit abut yourself in the internet that you sometimes want to go like Blog This MotherFucker *sticks Middlefinger*" -Pete Wentz

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