Fall Out Boy: Saturday Meaning

Song Released: 2003

Saturday Lyrics

I'm good to go
And I'm going nowhere fast
It could be worse
I could be taking you there with me
I'm good to go
But it looks like I'm still on my own

I'm good to go
For something golden
Though the motions I've been going through have...

1. anonymous

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   Jan 10th 2009 !⃝

   Well, Pete usually writes the lyrics for the songs and Patrick writes the music, but in this case, Patrick wrote the lyrics. He says he worked really hard on the song and he's proud of it. It's obviously not about suicide.
2. anonymous

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   Jul 22nd 2008 !⃝

   I really have no idea what this song means but I wish someone could explain it better than what I've heard. I'm pretty sure its not about Pete's suicide attempt no one ever gives him 4 any thing any more. So what about the attempt he probably feels realay bad about it he was just depressed. I've been there, it doesn't feel good so I no how he's feeling. Just leave him alone!
3. anonymous

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   Jul 22nd 2008 !⃝

   This is not about suicide at all. Patrick wrote the song. Patrick's not suicidal.
   
   I think Saturday is about how Patrick's life was pretty boring and ordinary before he met Pete ("read about the after-life, but I never really lived") and now that he's in fall out boy everything is "golden".
   
   Either way, I think it's pretty obvious this song is like "the" fall out boy song for them. It represents who they are perfectly.
   
   -hanna.
4. kido

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   Jul 20th 2008 !⃝

   I think it's great and that it's about getting started the people that think it's about suicide are nuts I think you are just looking for something that's not there your reading to much into it
5. anonymous

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   Mar 4th 2008 !⃝

   THE SONG IS NOT ABOUT SUICIDE!
   
   On the take this to your grave directors cut DVD, Patrick clearly states that it's about graduating from high school and feeling like a failure.
6. anonymous

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   Feb 7th 2008 !⃝

   I was watching a youtube video with Patrick and Pete explaining the meaning of Saturday. According to them...or better yet to Patrick..."he" not Pete wrote the song talking about his graduation. He was talking about how he and all of his classmates were going to be going on different roads. Patrick went on to say that the song as referred to Fall Out Boy's music in general and how as the band they are elevating and going on to new levels in their career and also how they were improving.
7. Wildwest814

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   Jan 28th 2008 !⃝

   Ok the videos about this:
   Patrick is a cop tracking Pete, a murderer
   Pete leaves a calling card at the scene of the crime, and Patrick's trying to interpret what they mean
   But he can never catch Pete, at the end, he finally does meet up with Pete, but Pete kills him. However, suddenly Pete's wearing Patrick's jacket with the cards in it, and Pete falls dead. Pete and Patrick were the same person with split personality disorder, that's why Patrick can't find Pete, and that's why Pete dies in the end. This is also hinted at during the video when Patrick and Pete are driving, its the same car in different colors. Also, when Patrick bangs his hand, Pete is hurt. It's kind of like "Fight Club", if you've ever seen it.
   
   As for the song itself, I think that it's about someone who's bored and anxious about something coming up on Saturday, but right now it seems like nothings happening. Could also be about hitting it big as a band and having fun, and disliking being bored in between shows.
8. anonymous

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   Nov 24th 2007 !⃝

   I agree. These songs are awesome, but the videos do go off on a little biit of a tangent. I'm sure there is some point, but who knows what it is. And for all of you who keep posting stuff about "ugh he wrote the song NO! HE wrote the song!"I thought Pete was the lyricist, but I do think Patrick co-writes sone of the songs. But does it really matter its still fantastic music. Who cares who wrote it? They're a BAND. They should ALL be given some credit.
9. randomperson

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   Nov 9th 2007 !⃝

   I didn't get the video either - I love the band and think it's great that they have all of this deep confusing stuff, but what's with the cards?
10. anonymous

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    Sep 13th 2007 !⃝

    Ummmmmm people Patrick wrote the song, not Pete. At least that's what I heard....ummmm yea
11. anonymous

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    Aug 14th 2007 !⃝

    THIS SONG IS NOT ABOUT SUICIDE!!!! I think this song is about wanting to make a change." I'm good to go and I'm going nowhere fast"means he is ready to make a change, but whatever he tried before didn't work. He decides to do something drastic two weeks from then on a saturday (2 more weeks, my foot is in the door,yeah, I can't sleep in the wake of saturday) and also having to mature yourself to make said change(promise and precision, no messed up youthful indescision.)
    
    And also I want to say Patrick sounds awesome when he sings those high notes.
12. anonymous

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    Aug 10th 2007 !⃝

    The song was written by Patrick. It was a last minute addition to Take this to your grave
    "two more weeks" was when he graduated
    "astoria" is the town where The Goonies takes place
    The song is more about Patrick's apprehension about fall out boy, "coasting all potential twords a wall, at 100 miles an hour"
    It's simply about a confused little 18 year old boy being thrown into the spotlight.
13. anonymous

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    Jul 1st 2007 !⃝

    This song is about suicide. A boy wants to kill himself on a Saturday.
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    Sorry, I just find how you said that sentence. But yeah, I think that the song is about their shows and that they really haven't felt like they have done anything with there lives until this. Um I know nothing about the Austria thing but it says that they go against the laws of Austria so possibly that in their careers that they have done something illegal in Austria not illegal here. Just guessing.But most of the lyrics in their songs are like puns and idioms... So...yeah that's it.
14. anonymous

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    Jun 21st 2007 !⃝

    The line "Pete and I" was actually "Pat and I" but Patrick doesn't like being called Pat and Pete hoped no one would notice if he put himself in his own song.
    
    Also, it had to be changed to Pete, 'cause Patrick sings the song so it would sound weird if he was singing "Pat and I"
15. anonymous

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    May 16th 2007 !⃝

    I am confumbled, "So Long, Astoria" I now came out in 2003 around the same time fall out boy released "take this to your grave" I know that would not have giving them a lot of time to right the song... when I listened to the song the first time I knew that the Ataris had a song called "So Long, Astoria" but I don't think that they wrote it about the Ataris song.. There wouldn't have been enough time... So.... yeah I don't know, that is my opinion. If you can help me please!

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