Fall Out Boy: Our Lawyer Made Us Change The Name Of This Song So We Wouldn Meaning
Our Lawyer Made Us Change The Name Of This Song So We Wouldn Lyrics
Take my advice ('cause we are bad news)
We will leave you high and dry
It's not worth the hearing you'll lose
It's just past 8 and I'm feeling young and reckless
The ribbon on my wrist says, "Do...
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Ok, this one is easy the lyrics are saying that everyone just assumes too much. That everyone is putting them in with the typical pop-punk stereotype. They are being sarcastic and bringing up all exaggerations of other bands in their genre:
The ribbon on my wrist says, "Do not open before Christmas."
This is saying that they are being viewed as an object, and not as people, that its just like people can give them away and stuff.
It's just past 8 and I'm feeling young and reckless
This saying how all the bands pretend not to fit in with the stereotypes saying that they are unique rebels, in effect becoming part of the stereotype since everyone is doing it -
To answer a previous poster, the bit about "the ribbon on my wrist" is very likely NOT a reference to LiveStrong bands; though, it is a fad reference as I can tell. There is a big fad these days, that it's cool to self-mutilate, and MySpace (to continue the thread everyone else has been trailing, though I see little reason to think that's the right one) is full of people who would attempt suicide to be cooler.
Also, DarthJesus is right. They're just darkly comedic. Look at 'Nobody Puts Baby In The Corner' for a great example. -
This song is about people who use myspace, because most of them are fakes and posers and some are even depressed, 'the ribbon on my wrist' refers to slitting your wrists.
The camera's clicking at the begining is refering to them all taking loads of photo's of themselves.
The song also used to be called 'I loved you before you where a myspace whore!'
No offense to people who use myspace! -
One song title that wasn't just a goof was "Our Lawyer Made Us Change the Name of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued," because that's what really happened. The band was planning to call the track "My Name Is David Ruffin and These Are the Temptations," but higher forces intervened.
"It was kind of supposed to be our nod at a bio piece on the Temptations and David Ruffin and where the separation lies between being a superstar and a megalomaniac," Wentz said. "But our label said, 'You're going to get sued for doing that,' and our lawyer said, 'You're definitely going to get sued for doing that,' which totally sucked. So we said, 'OK, why don't we immortalize you in a song?' " -
Pete Wentz said in the AIM interview that the original title for this song was "My Name Is David Ruffin.... And These Are The Temptations "
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This song is about myspace. nuff said. listen to each lyrics hahahah. It describes the average person who uses myspace.
"Brothers and sisters put this record down
Take my advice ('cause we are bad news)
We will leave you high and dry
It's not worth the hearing you'll lose"
Pete is talking about how you don't have to bother listening to us because it will go in one ear and out the other. He is simply implying rebelious teenagers who don't listen to authority that tell them other wise
It's just past 8 and I'm feeling young and reckless
The ribbon on my wrist says, "Do not open before Christmas."
Again he is targeting teenagers who all into the fad thing and what not by saying the ribbon on my wrist. Simply, he takes it to that persons perspective and describe the average bopper who has them wristbands that have lines or sayings. Plus the time, "just past 8," majority of teenagers uses the computer at that time.im a teen so I know these things lol
"We're only liars, but we're the best (we're the best)
We're only good for the latest trend
We're only good cause you can have almost famous friends
Besides, we've got such good fashion sense"
Now this is obvious, well to me it is. were only liars but were the best. uhmmm if you used myspace before you know that that the truth is mostly pushed might just be full of lies on your myspace. don't lie cus I do it too, in some cases. were only good cause you can have almost famous friends, this is simple. people add that person even though not knowing the who the person is. This makes people feel wanted and liked because they accpted your thingy ...-_-, example: popular kids and celebrities.
I love this song because it tells the truth about the average myspace "whore." Also this songs original title was "I loved you before you were a myspace whore" lol I love myspace ....... myspace.com/sbdunkless plz don't spam me -
Hmmm....well, I heard somewhere, I think it was on the Fall Out Boy website or something, that this was just making fun of all those people who are like phonie rebels. You know, we're only good so you can have all those famous friends. Stuff like that.
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The name of the song had something to do with The Temptations. He (Pete) said it in his AIM/AOL interview, dummies.
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The "were only friends when you're on your knees" part is like were only friends when I'm getting what I want... pleasure.
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Brothers and sisters put this record down
Take my advice ('cause we are bad news)
We will leave you high and dry
It's not worth the hearing you'll lose
I think this part is FOB telling the listener that they are not like other bands. 'Put this record down/the hearing you will loose' is that your friends are going to argue with you cause fob is not like other bands (they are awesome live).
We're only liars, but we're the best (we're the best)
We're only good for the latest trend
We're only good cause you can have almost famous friends
Besides, we've got such good fashion sense
I think here they are talking for other bands...saying that they are liars because they are fake but people think they are the best...they go out of style guickly (latest trend)...We're only good cause you can have almost famous friends is their friends use them becuase they are famous.
Brothers and sisters, yeah, put these words down
Into your notebook (spit lines like these)
We're friends when you're on your knees
Make them dance like we were shooting their feet
We're friends when you're on your knees is that when you need help from me you are my friend but when you can survive on your own you take advantage of me. -
I think there insulting another band who sold out or somthing to that effect. If my interpertation is right, I would really like to know who the band they're insulting is.
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I think it's just about having fun as a teen. "It's just past eight and I'm feeling young and reckless." Right there it says it! So, yeah.
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