Lyrics for Nobody Puts Baby In The Corner as interpreted by BrandNew1208

Nobody Puts Baby In The Corner Lyrics
Drink down that gin and kerosene,
and come spit on bridges with me.
Just to keep us warm.

Then light a match to leave me be.
Light a match to leave, me be.
And I keep my jealousy close,
'cause it's all mine.
And if you say this makes you happy,
then I'm not the only lying.

Keep quiet,
nothing comes as easy as you.
Can I lay in your bed all day?
I'll be your best kept secret
and your biggest mistake.
The hand behind this pen relives a failure everyday.

Keep quiet,
nothing comes as easy as you.
Can I lay in your bed all day?
I'll be your best kept secret
and your biggest mistake.
The hand behind this pen relives a failure everyday.

And I keep my jealousy close,
'cause it's all mine.
And if you say this makes you happy,
then I'm not the only one who is lying.

Drink down that gin and kerosene,
and come spit on bridges with me.
Just to keep us warm.

Then light a match to leave me be.
Light a match to leave, me be.

Keep quiet,
nothing comes as easy as you.
Can I lay in your bed all day?
I'll be your best kept secret
and your biggest mistake.
The hand behind this pen relives a failure everyday.

Keep quiet,
nothing comes as easy as you.
Can I lay in your bed all day?
I'll be your best kept secret
and your biggest mistake.
The hand behind this pen relives a failure everyday.

So wear me like a locket around your throat.
I'll weigh you down; I'll watch you choke.
You look so good in blue.
You look so good in blue.

So wear me like a locket around your throat.
I'll weigh you down; I'll watch you choke.
You look so good in blue.
You look so good in blue.

So wear me like a locket around your throat. (Keep quiet, nothing comes as easy as you)
I'll weigh you down; I'll watch you choke. (Can I lay in your bed all day?)
You look so good in blue.
You look so good in blue.

Keep quiet,
nothing comes as easy as you.
Can I lay in your bed all day?
I'll be your best kept secret
and your biggest mistake.
The hand behind this pen relives a failure everyday.

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SaturdaysPassAway
03-02-2006

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I believe the whole gin and kerosene and burning bridges was about burning mental bridges. Her secret relationship was tearing her apart. Her being torn was tearing him, so he wanted to burn down the bridge connecting them.

Just a thought.

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Freedomis40oz
03-14-2006

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So wear me like a locket around your throat. (Keep quiet, nothing comes as easy as you)
I'll weigh you down; I'll watch you choke. (Can I lay in your bed all day?)
You look so good in blue.
You look so good in blue.

this part roks when there singingg 2getha like that

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StewieGriffin
03-20-2006

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This song got me all confused! I barely be understanding what Patrick says! I thought he said in the beginning, "Sometimes it's inaccuracy...." Then I read gin and kerosene. WTF?

I still love how emotional it is, and the acoustics are amazing.

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Nightlark
03-27-2006

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This is just a thought on a few of the lines--

Drink down that gin and kerosene...
...then light a match to leave me be

Although these should be taken figuratively, it always seemed they could be connected to me- as if this girl was a disaster waiting to happen, hence her "drinking down gin and kerosene"- that's asking for trouble, for example, betraying someone's secrets- and then "light a match" meaning that what she has done suddenly comes out, lighting the match- after all, gin and kerosene....flammable...eh, yeah. Metaphorical obviously, but that's just what I've always pictured.

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Freak x Out 41
04-16-2006

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i HATE the beginning of the song until the chorus.

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falloutgirl1313
04-18-2006

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this first time i heard this song, when he says "ill weigh you down, ill watch you choke. you look so good in blue..." i initially thought of her being "blue" because she was choking (you know, how people turn blue when they're suffocating...) just a thought. lemme know what u guys think

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*FireAtWill*
04-27-2006

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okaaay my interpretation, kinda different 2 other peoples take on the song but heres wt it means 2 me -
Drink down that gin and kerosene,
and come spit off bridges with me.
Just to keep us warm.
Light a match to leave me be
Light a match to leave me be
(first part resembles all the good times they had
the light a match to leave me be - if ur gonna end it just let me "burn" it all away in other words let me try and 4get about it)
I keep my jealousy close
'Cause,it's all mine.
And if you say this makes you happy,
Then i'm not the only one lying.
(jelous of the past we had together wish it could go bk to that
both pretending 2 be ok about it all, but r really not)
Keep quiet,
Nothing comes as easy as you.
Can I lay in your bed all day?
I'll be your best kept secret
And your biggest mistake.
The hand behind this pen relives a failure every day.
(lets forget about all the past and just start over, keep the past a secret and not bring it up again)
So wear me like a locket around your throat,
I'll weigh you down,
I'll watch you choke.
(the pain u have caused me will "choke" u and weigh u down with guilt and u will never forget it)
You look so good in blue.
You look so good in blue.
(blue as in suffocating in guilt - n the person deserves it)
i no u probably wont think of it like that but thats just how i think of it in my situation at the moment but i suppose people relate songs almost 2 how they feel and twist it slightly, anyway tell me what u think???

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skullgirl99
05-12-2006

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i love diss song! god guys it rawks. i luv paul renshaw

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ld305
05-24-2006

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I can obviously see that several people have taken a crack at digging into the meaning of this song. But, seeing as this song kind of holds a special meanin in my heart, I'm gonna let the world know what certain parts of it says to me. :)


First of all, I think the entire song is pretty much describing a relationship where they're "Just Friends" but one of them could have stronger feelings for the other that haven't been talked about.

And I keep my jealousy close,
'cause it's all mine.
(being jealous of her dating other people but not being able to talk about it because she doesn't know how he really feels)

And if you say this makes you happy,
then I'm not the only who lied (hes suggesting she feels the same way, and saying shes happy with their relationship status how it is, being just friends, is a lie just like him saying he doesn't have feelings for her like that all this time)

Keep quiet, nothing comes as easy as you.
Can I lay in your bed all day? (this part seems obvious towards the story, he wants to spend time with her, as he usually does seeing as they're such good friends.. )

I'll be your best kept secret
and your biggest mistake. (saying that if she doesn't realize that she feels the same way, it will forever be her secret, and a mistake)

The hand behind this pen relives a failure everyday (obviously hes writing about how he fails to tell her how he really feels all the time)

So wear me like a locket around your throat.
I'll weigh you down; I'll watch you choke.
You look so good in blue. (suggesting that if she moves further into a relationship with other people then he could just be excess baggage, weighing her down. i think the watch you choke is just figurative, as is the you look so good in blue [ie when you choke you turn blue] )

i think of course the writer of any song has the meaning that they wrote the song for, but i think that by publicizing a song they're putting it out there for our own interpretation, to be decided by yourself, in different forms, in different opinions.

:) so this was just one of many

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FOB! At the disco
05-30-2006

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ummm...this is just my opinion, but seeing as how FOB absolutely lurves and has mastered the art of the double entendre, i both agree with the relationship meaning, but if you dig deeper and read between the lines, i think you might be presently surprised that you can see an underlying message to all those people (you know who i'm talking about) that write off this kind of music or genre like they know everything..."oh that mainstream garbage" or "fuck that emo shit"....

yeah, let's burn the bridges because you don't want to be associated with me, even though secretly they know they probably enjoy it more than they're willing to admit...

FOB will be they're best kept secret, and their biggest mistake.

he's telling them to shut up (keep quiet), they're easier to please then they let on (nothing comes as easy as you) so can't you just admit that we're good and that you like us (can i lay in your bed all day?)

and the hand behind the pen relives the failure of not reaching those closed minded people everyday.

interesting no?

i can go deeper, but that should give you a start...

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FOB! At the disco
05-30-2006

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oh...and in the beginning he's saying down that gin and kerosene and spit it out on the bridge tso it will burn faster with the match that he's asking to be lit.

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bobbybear
06-09-2006

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classic song! 'you look so good in blue...' fabulous! its such a true line! love fall out boy!

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sighing_softly
06-13-2006

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I was going to say this is the worst song on the album, but it just came on my iPod and after listening to it, I'm wrong (Get busy living is the worst).

I love how fast paced "Keep quiet" section is.

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x_the_spiky_x
06-15-2006

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I think it has a totally different meaning than what most of you have suggested. I think it is about a person who is really anti-social and an outcast, and is now in love.

Drink down that gin and kerosene,
and come spit on bridges with me.
Just to keep us warm.
Then light a match to leave me be.
Light a match to leave, me be.
(Said person, really doesn't like people, and wants to burn the bridges between him and society)

And I keep my jealousy close,
'cause it's all mine.
And if you say this makes you happy,
then I'm not the only lying.
(Person is in love, and is jealous of how people can so easily reveal their feelings. The second part is saying that even though most people have boyfriends/girlfriends it isn't real love)

Keep quiet,
nothing comes as easy as you.
Can I lay in your bed all day?
I'll be your best kept secret
and your biggest mistake.
The hand behind this pen relives a failure everyday
(This is the person's feelings about his loved one. He/she is finally comfortable with someone(love interest) and just wants to "lay in their bed all day"(be with them). "I'll be your best kept secret and your biggest mistake" means that the person thinks they wouldn't be a good lover and it would be a mistake to try and get the love interest to like him/her. "The pen behind this hand relieves a failure everyday" means that he/she has to write their feelings down on paper to keep from going crazy.)

So wear me like a locket around your throat.
I'll weigh you down; I'll watch you choke.
You look so good in blue.
You look so good in blue.
(Person finally gets the courage to talk to love interest. He/she is saying that they know that they aren't the greatest, and will probably end up weighing them down, but to give him/her a chance anyways. "You look so good in blue" means exactly what it says.)

When I heard this song, this was what I immediatly thought of as it's very similar to my own situation.

x_the_spiky_x

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imxthexnewcancer
06-19-2006

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"rink down that gin and kerosene,
and come spit on bridges with me.
Just to keep us warm.
Then light a match to leave me be"

okay so sometimes at parties people who dont have enough gin will mix it with kerosene which is a highly flamable gas. so if you drank it and lit a match you would explode. hence her leaving him be


ohhh and btw, i think it's "and if you say this makes you happy than i'm not the only one" that's what it says in their song book. so yeah.

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Gothgirl54
06-20-2006

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Haha I'm so confused now because my Best Friend told me this song reminds him of me today =/

It is a good song though. Not my fav but still a good song =]

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rupertgriffin
06-21-2006

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My personal favorite Fall Out Boy song. I want to watch Dirty Dancing just to see how it connects to this...

Anyway, I think it's about her being too good for him, and him desperately trying to cling to that, while also trying to let her free and be with somebody who deserves her. But then he gets jealous and crazy. So he wants to be with her, but he also wants her to be happy, so he's torn inside. Good stuff, huh?

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glory__fades
06-22-2006

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my favorite fall out boy song
the acustic version on
"My Heart Will Always Be The B Side To My Tongue" is much better then the version on "From Under The Cork Tree" I think
It's much better when it's slower in my opinion.

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teej016
06-25-2006

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ok heres my take... (idk if ne of this has already been said cuz i dont feel like reading five pages)


Drink down that gin and kerosene,
and come spit on bridges with me.
Just to keep us warm.
>ok i think this part is about him dieing inside slowly and comparing it to a bridge burning slowly. the bridge burning comes into play cuz if ur drinking gin and kerosene your spit will be flamable and if u spit on a bridge it will then become flamable. then he says light a match to leave me be just saying leave him and let him burn like a bridge slowly.

Then light a match to leave me be.
Light a match to leave, me be.


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xovsviketteox
06-25-2006

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this has probably already been mentioned, but im not about to look through five pages of comments lol so ...this title of this song..does it come from dirty dancing? when johnny says 'nobody puts baby in the corner' to baby? just curious lol

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imxthexnewcancer
06-25-2006

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yes i've loved this song forever. but i am just commenting on it now. haha. here is my comment: acoustic version on their b-side = 3928490389014890182390 times better than the on on FUCT

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risefromtheashes
06-25-2006

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"by xovsviketteox on 06-25-2006 @ 11:09:04 PM
this has probably already been mentioned, but im not about to look through five pages of comments lol so ...this title of this song..does it come from dirty dancing? when johnny says 'nobody puts baby in the corner' to baby? just curious lol"

NOPE. they made up the exact same random line by themselves. WHOA PETE WENTZ IS LYKE SO AMaZING!!1!

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chopin
07-02-2006

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Here's my take on it..

Drink down that gin and kerosene,
and come spit on bridges with me.
Just to keep us warm.
Then light a match to leave me be.
Light a match to leave, me be.
And I keep my jealousy close,
'cause it's all mine.
And if you say this makes you happy,
then I'm not the only lying.
---- He's on the brink of suicide in this section. It's stereotypical to jump off a bridge to commit suicide. If you drink gin and kerosene, you will either die from the ingestion or your body will reject it by yacking ("come spit on bridges"-- many seemed to ignore that line). Literally and figuratively, this stanza comes together in that way. So, he yacks on the bridge.. gin + kerosene = highly flammable.. Light a match and leave him be to burn up in the flames. He dies along with his jealousy, and if she's happy that he's dying, then he's not the only one lying, since he's trying to tell himself he's happy as he's dying.


For the rest of the song, everyone else's previous interpretations I think work well.. all in all it tells a story of a girl and boy's relationship, his jealousy, and then his wanting to die.

The boy (from the writer's point of view) messed around with the already taken girl.. and indeed he was her "biggest mistake" because now he has killed himself.. she may keep a locket (symbolizing their relationship) with her so that means after death he's still even with her. Because he is dead, he is her mental burden.. and so he weighs her down and makes her choke since she may think that it was her fault for all of this mess.

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Iluvzmekitty
07-02-2006

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"So wear me like a locket around your throat"
There is alwayz something hidden inside a locket, and I think that's what he means, she's hiding him away 4m everyone (maybe bcuz she has a boyfriend and she's cheating on him) but he's pissed off with it so he's gonna metaphorically "weigh" her down, worrying about getting found out (for cheating) takes over all her thoughts and "weighs" her down. And watching her "choke" is possibly when her boyfriend confronts her n she "chokes" and messes up her words, leading him to discover that she'd been cheating. Then she loses both of them, and is "blue", but she deserves it because she shouldn't have treated them in that way.

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Kazabena
07-05-2006

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From what everyones saying, I can now see why this time in my life I am totally loving this song...lol, I have this thing going on with a guy who has a girlfriend. We haven't done anything as I am not a cheater and neither is he, but he's considering breaking up with her in order to see if he wants to be with me. She gets jealous, so he hasn't said about me the whole
"I'll be your best kept secret
and your biggest mistake"
If he breaks up with her and we don't work out then it could be his biggest mistake.
Also
"And if you say this makes you happy,
then I'm not the only one who is lying"
He's not totally happy in the relationship as she is too jealous and over protective, but he tells her he is happy with her and although I tell him I'm ok with waiting and Im happy with just being friends right now, I'm lying.
Then the lines
"And I keep my jealousy close,
'cause it's all mine."
I'm not too bad but I do get a little jealous when he can't see me because he's seeing her or when he tells me about what he's done with her - because I ask...The jealousy is the only thing i can hold onto at the moment as its the only part of me i dont want to give to him - especially considering the current relationship he's in...
No wonder i keep singing it and it reminds me of him!

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