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Fall Out Boy - Sophomore Slump or Comeback of the Year Song MeaningsLyrics:
Are we going up or just going down?
It's just a matter of time until we're all found out
Take our tears and put them on ice
Cause I swear ...
(See the rest of these lyrics)
Submitted by: t9im2m3y
Added: 2005-12-26 14:08:04 Rating:  At a recent concert, Pete was talking about this song before playing it...and he attributed the meaning to his hometown of Wilamette, I...a Chicago Suburb
He quoted "this one's about our old town, a Chicago suburb, that is probably one of the most boring places ever, and how I wanted to burn that motherf***er to the ground"...this is clearly shown as in "i'd swear i'd burn this city down to show you the lights"
flaminglizard@optonline.net...let me know what you think
Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2006-02-15 21:14:39 Rating: I kinda thought it meant that he'd do something drastic just to do her a small favor or show her something small, like a metaphor?
Submitted by: monroej05
Added: 2006-04-07 23:40:18 Rating:  I thought that he was trying to tell this girl that he liked him and he was ignoring him so he did something big to show how much he cared
Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2006-04-21 20:52:47 Rating: I think that this song is about growing up. I think that it is about two best friends getting through life. It is just a song about how beople change during their lifes, starting out as a kid coming back as someone else.
Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2006-04-27 19:57:02 Rating: I think this song is about growing up and friends, too. "Are we growing up or just going down". It's almost like they are saying things that they wanted to be when they were younger or what they might become. "We're the therapists, pumping through your speakers" and "We're traveled like gypses". The friendship part is that, even though these friends are growing up and doing different things, they still would do anything for each other. "I would burn this city down to show you the light".
Submitted by: Driver69eryaz
Added: 2006-06-16 06:27:33 Rating: This song is about fallout boy as a band...its not about a girl...
The title refers to their record....the second record that a band puts out is called a sophmore record. So he is asking is this album gonna suck or is it gonna be the biggest album of the year??
"Are we growing up, or just going down?"
-he's asking if the band is getting better are they just making the same music.
"It's just a matter of time until we're all found out
Take our tears, put 'em on ice.
'Cause I swear I'd burn the city down to show you the light"
-he is thinking that their fans won't like and that they will get old. He wants to freeze the moments and remember them. The last line is about where their from..all these songs are written from petes life in chicago and how all these songs were written about events that all happened during his life in this city.
"We're the therapists pumping through your speakers,
Delivering just what you need.
We're well-read and poised,
We're the best boys.
We're the chemists who've found the formula,
To make your heart swell and burst.
No matter what they say, don't believe a word."
-this part is about their songs and how their band has gotten bigger and ppl read their lyrics and it helps them with their life. They've found the formula for writing good music.
"'Cause I'll keep singing this lie if you'll keep believing it.
I'll keep singing this lie, I'll keep singing this lie."
-its about their songs...
"We traveled like gypsie,
Only with worse luck and far less gold."
-before they were big they toured and didn't have much and were poor.
"We're the kids you used to love,
But then we grew old."
-this isn't about age. It's about their music..they could be big one day but they could also get old.
"We're the lifers here 'til the bitter end,
Condemned from the start.
Ashamed of the way,
The songs and the words own the beating of our hearts."
-they don't have a choice but to keep making music...
"There’s a drug in the thermostat to warm the room up.
And there's another around to help us bend your trust.
I’ve got a sunset in my veins.
And I need to take a pill to make this town feel okay."
-this is about the pills(atavin) that petes takes for his anxiety
"The best part of "believe" is the "lie".
I hope you sing along and steal a line.
I need to keep you like this in my mind.
So give in or just give up."
-he's saying just listen to the music...he's hoping you'll get something from the music.
Submitted by: emvob123
Added: 2006-06-24 17:51:37 Rating: First, here's what the title is about:
Sophmore Slump Or Comeback Of The Year
A sophmore is a cd, so basically they're saying asking people "Does our cd suck or is it an awesome comeback?"
As for the song, it's all about Fall Out Boy's impact on it's fans and them asking for the fans' opinions. "Are we going up? Or just going down?" "We're the therapists pumping through your speakers..."
They're saying that they're trying to do better than ever and are ecpressing their love to the dedicated fans who have been there for them since the beginning. "But then we grew old..."
Fall Out Boy is also saying that they will always be and will keep making more cd's.
"We're the lifers here till the bitter end
Condemned from the start
Ashamed of the way
The songs and the words own the beating of our hearts"
Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2006-12-05 19:30:58 Rating: personally, I like the song very much.
I didn't know what it had meant at first listen, but then I looked at the lyrics.
I think that it tells a story of being young, and growing up in your hometown. That it tells a story of how most people hate their own town for lies spread, and people, but love it at the same time.
Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2006-12-29 17:59:25 Rating: Wow you guys I've looked at so many song meanings for every other songs, and this is the only song that ppl actually gave a good meaning for. I swear ya'll did a good job. Thanks for clearing things up.
Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2007-02-09 22:44:45 Rating:  my opinion of this song would have to be that in any persons life they go through a period that's not so good better known as a slump , and like in high school during your sophomore year you start to worry about growing up and how life will turn out , so you kind of get depressed because your not shure what life has in store for you .
the lyrics clearly state are we growing up or just going down , [ are we becoming anything or not ]
which ties into the whole thing about if there album will be good or will it just suck
Submitted by: DiSeNcHaNtEd_DrEaMeR
Added: 2007-06-10 13:50:32 Rating: I think the 6th interpretation is very good because it's so detailed. I love the line "we're the therapists pumping through your speakers, delivering just what you need" because to me, their music is a therapy and a way of chilling out if I'm feeling down. whatever, it rocks!
Submitted by: peteinmypants
Added: 2007-07-02 20:57:31 Rating: I think the song kind of goes with the title. I finally figured the title out though. See, From Under The Cork Tree was their second real album they hoped would be big. But they feared they wouldn't do so well, also know as a sophomore slump. They are saying they are either going to hit it big, or not at all.
Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2007-08-07 02:42:37 Rating: This song has a lot of sarcastic undertones that I think a lot of people just don't get. For instance, when Patrick is singing about them being "well read and poised... The best boys", its a sarcastic line. They go on to say "I'll keep singing this lie if you keep believing it" I think this song goes way over most peoples heads.
Submitted by: anonymous
Added: 2007-08-10 13:26:37 Rating: Agree with t9im2m3y, but also, when I was at a concert, he said this before they played this song: "You know, when we were all kids in high school, people made fun of us. They called us losers, faggots, homos, and emos. But now, they're coming to our f*king shows, buying our f*cking CDs, and singing our F*cking music. This song goes out to you." so maybe, it's about how they were underdogs in their high school but now its a comeback.
Submitted by: Wildwest814
Added: 2008-01-28 19:24:33 Rating: Yeah I think it's about growing up, being a teenager and wishing you could be youth again, but they also reassure you by saying that their music can help you through it all
sophomore slump = sophomore year of high school
well...thats what I think anyway
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