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You only hold me up like this
'Cause you don't know who I really am
Sometimes I just want to know what it's like to be you
We're making out inside crashed cars
We're sleeping through all our memories
I used to waste my time dreaming of being alive (now I only waste my time dreaming of you)
Turn off the lights and turn off the shyness
All of our moves make up for the silence
And oh, the way your makeup stains my pillowcase
Like I'll never be the same
I've got headaches and bad luck but they couldn't touch you
I'm not trying
You only hold me up like this
'Cause you don't know who I really am
Sometimes I just want to know what it's like to be you
We're making out inside crashed cars
We're sleeping through all our memories
I used to waste my time dreaming of being alive (now I only waste my time dreaming of you)
Turn off the lights and turn off the shyness
All of our moves make up for the silence
And oh, the way your makeup stains my pillowcase
Like I'll never be the same
I've got headaches and bad luck but they couldn't touch you
I'm not trying
You only hold me up like this
Lyrics submitted by Blaupunked, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Track duration: 03:11
"Of All the Gin Joints in All the World" as written by Peter Wentz, Patrick Stump, Joseph Trohman, Andrew Hurley
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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"you only hold me up like this
because you dont know who i really am"
but the boy thinks that she changed him
" like ill never be the same"
"You only hold me up like this 'cause you don't know who I really am"
This is obviously the person feeling anxious that they're not good enough for the girl, and he's scared to let her know all about himself.
"Sometimes I just want to know what it's like to be you"
Perhaps he wants to know how it feels to be loved unconditionally, like he does her?
"We're making out inside crashed cars, we're sleeping through all the memories."
I think this isn't so much about the intimacies of their relationship, but how the whole world is messed up, but they don't care because they're in love and how big things are happening around them (the "memories") but it all seems so insignificant to their relationship.
"I used to waste my time dreaming of being alive (now I only waste it dreaming of you)"
Again, everything that was so prevelant to the guy has just been shoved back. It's like she's engulfed him but he doesn't care because maybe it's making him feel alive (She's fulfilled his dreams?)
"Turn off the lights, and turn off the shyness, 'cause all of our moves make up for the silence."
Very self-explanatory, sexually. But at a deeper level, they only feel comfortable around each other, like the moment they get intimate, all the fears and anxieties melt away and it becomes so natural to be together.
"I've got headaches and bad luck, but they couldn't touch you, no."
Now he's just saying "You know what? I'm messed up. I hurt and I ruin things, but you make it go away and nothing could ruin how I feel about you"
"I'm not trying."
Maybe he's saying it's effotless? He doesn't have to TRY to love her, he just does?
I think the title relates to the lyrics too. You know how some people drown their sorrows when they're down to feel better and get rid of it all? This is what she is for him. Instead, it's "of all the girls in all the world, you make it better."
Or maybe I'm being a hopeless romantic. :)
"You only hold me up like this,
Cause you don't know who I really am."
He's saying she barely knows him, that's the only reason she thinks he's all sexy and great and she's hooking up with him. If she really knew him, she wouldn't think think so highly of him and probably wouldn't be engaging in these "activities" with him. Maybe, she's simply doing this because of his image--because he is a rockstar. And that's all she knows.
i've spent months hooked on this song listening to it constantly :)
tbh i think the song is about two people in a relationship but all they do is sleep together and make out :)
anyway i'm probably wrong but oh well :)
i love this song :)
'Cause you don't know who I really am- she doesnt know him that well
Sometimes I just want to know
What it's like to be you- wants to know her properly ?
We're making out inside crashed cars- literally ? or could mean that they are together in a bad situation
We're sleeping through all our memories- dreamin of her after theyve split ?
I used to waste my time
Dreaming of being alive- wanting to be famous ?
(Now I only waste my time dreaming of you)- now shes his life
Turn off the lights
And turn off the shyness
'Cause all of our moves
Make up for the silence- theyre both shy towards sex, and even though he thinks hes good, shes not making any noise ?
And oh, the way
Your makeup stains my pillowcase
Like I'll never be the same- being sarcastic when she worries about making a mess on his bed
You only hold me up like this
'Cause you don't know who I really am
I used to waste my time on
Waste my time on
Waste my time dreaming of being alive
(Now I only waste it dreaming of you)
Turn off the lights
And turn off the shyness
'Cause all of our moves
Make up for the silence
And oh, the way
Your makeup stains my pillowcase
Like I'll never be the same
I've got headaches and bad luck
But they couldn't touch you, no
I've got headaches and bad luck
But they couldn't touch you, no
I'm not trying
You only hold me up like this
Turn off the lights
And turn off the shyness
'Cause all of our moves
Make up for the silence
And oh, the way
Your makeup stains
Like I'll never be the same
And turn off the shyness
'Cause all of our moves
Make up for the silence
And oh, the way
Your makeup stains my pillowcase
Like I'll never be the same"
AGHHH Fall Out Boy used to be so good... what the hell happened?
its about a relationship
"you only hold me up like this cause you dont know who i really am..sometimes i just want to know what its like to be you..were making out inside crashed cars and sleeping through all the memorys i used to waste my time dreaming of being alive now i only wish of dreaming of you.."
*okay. so the girl in the relationship thinks that hes soo amazing, and great and she thinks that he makes her the happiest person in the world, and hes saying, because he thinks that, he wants to know what its like to think that about himselve. "sometimes i just want to know what it like to be you." the rest is self explanitory. He wastes his time dreaming of her. =]
Next- "turn off the lights and turn off the shyness cause all of our moves make up for the silence and ohh the wayyyyy your make up stains my pillowcase like ill never be the same.." okay first off..THATS MY FAVORITE FOB LINE EVERRR!!" its just so great. like ill never be the same? genious. this is my life right now. i mean, these 2 pple are in a relationship, and one thinks the other is much better then he really is, adn when they break up, she is going to stain his life, becasue after that hes never going to be the same as he was before. the whole relationsip changed him. no one caught on to that?
haha
I had this experience over the summer, and even now. I met the most amaizng boy (or so i thought) and i held him up on a pedestal. little did i know soon, later i found out he wasnt as gerat as i thought. and the experience from him, and the relationship we had changed me so bad. im never going to be the same person i was before him. thats waht is scary about it, but also great. "your makeup stains my pillowcase like ill never be the sammmeeee!!! ohhh uh ohhh ohhh oh uh uh oohhh ohh ohhh.." the makeup is a symbolism for staining his life, personalitly. whatever. hes just never going to be the same person he was. LOVE IT