XO; loose lips sink ships
I don't know why, but for one reason or another, this is one of my favourite Fall Out Boy songs ever.
It reminds me of parties at high school, being drunk, saying things I shouldn't have, doing things I shouldn't have. But also having some of the best times of my life. Sometimes I miss those days. Or is it the people? Maybe this song embodies more than the memories for me. Maybe it also embodies the people, the way they were way back then. I find it hard to believe that some of those kids I knew then are still the same person. They're not really. They're a pale imitation of the kids I once knew, the kids I once loved.
I suppose I miss those times before we were burdened by things people of our age shouldn't be burdened by. But then I don't. Maybe I don't know.
Or maybe it's just that this song reminds me of being at a party with your typical dance music playing monotonously throughout the night, and then this came on. Everyone stood there going "what is this shit?" "Is this Fall Out Boy? God, they're crap" and I stood amongst this lovely mess on my own, watching those around me, singing every word, feeling like I knew something they didn't.
My mind is a muddle.
Let's leave you with the lyrics...
I comb the crowd and pick you out
My mouth moves too fast for you to figure it out
It starts eyes closed to fingers crossed
To I swear, I say
To I swear, I say
To hands between legs, to "whatever it takes"
To drinks at the club, to the bar
To the keys to your car
To hotel stairs, to the emergency exit door
To the love, I left my conscience pressed
Between the pages of the Bible in the drawer
"What did it ever do for me?" I say
It never calls me when I'm down
Love never wanted me
But I took it anyway
Put your ear to the speaker
And choose love or sympathy
But never both
Love never wanted me
Last time "I hoped you choked
And crashed your car"
Hey "tear catcher", that's all that you are
And ever were
From the start
I swear, I say
I swear, I say
To hands between legs, to whatever it takes
To drinks at the club, to the bar
To the keys to your car
To hotel stairs, to the emergency exit door
To the love, I left my conscience pressed
Between the pages of the Bible in the drawer
"What did it ever do for me?" I say
It never calls me when I'm down
Love never wanted me
But I took it anyway
Put your ear to the speaker
And choose love or sympathy
But never both, no
To the "love" I left my conscience pressed
Through the keyhole I watched you dress
Kiss and tell
(Loose lips sink ships)
XO-FALL OUT BOY
It reminds me of parties at high school, being drunk, saying things I shouldn't have, doing things I shouldn't have. But also having some of the best times of my life. Sometimes I miss those days. Or is it the people? Maybe this song embodies more than the memories for me. Maybe it also embodies the people, the way they were way back then. I find it hard to believe that some of those kids I knew then are still the same person. They're not really. They're a pale imitation of the kids I once knew, the kids I once loved.
I suppose I miss those times before we were burdened by things people of our age shouldn't be burdened by. But then I don't. Maybe I don't know.
Or maybe it's just that this song reminds me of being at a party with your typical dance music playing monotonously throughout the night, and then this came on. Everyone stood there going "what is this shit?" "Is this Fall Out Boy? God, they're crap" and I stood amongst this lovely mess on my own, watching those around me, singing every word, feeling like I knew something they didn't.
My mind is a muddle.
Let's leave you with the lyrics...
I comb the crowd and pick you out
My mouth moves too fast for you to figure it out
It starts eyes closed to fingers crossed
To I swear, I say
To I swear, I say
To hands between legs, to "whatever it takes"
To drinks at the club, to the bar
To the keys to your car
To hotel stairs, to the emergency exit door
To the love, I left my conscience pressed
Between the pages of the Bible in the drawer
"What did it ever do for me?" I say
It never calls me when I'm down
Love never wanted me
But I took it anyway
Put your ear to the speaker
And choose love or sympathy
But never both
Love never wanted me
Last time "I hoped you choked
And crashed your car"
Hey "tear catcher", that's all that you are
And ever were
From the start
I swear, I say
I swear, I say
To hands between legs, to whatever it takes
To drinks at the club, to the bar
To the keys to your car
To hotel stairs, to the emergency exit door
To the love, I left my conscience pressed
Between the pages of the Bible in the drawer
"What did it ever do for me?" I say
It never calls me when I'm down
Love never wanted me
But I took it anyway
Put your ear to the speaker
And choose love or sympathy
But never both, no
To the "love" I left my conscience pressed
Through the keyhole I watched you dress
Kiss and tell
(Loose lips sink ships)
XO-FALL OUT BOY