Thriller

Fall Out Boy

Yeah, what you critics said would never happen
We dedicate this album to anybody people said couldn't make it
To the fans that held us down 'til everybody came around
Welcome, it's here!

Last summer we took threes across the board
But by fall, we were a cover story, "Now in stores"
Make us poster boys for your scene
But we are not making an acceptance speech
I found the safest place to keep all our old mistakes
Every dot com's refreshing for a journal update

So long live the car crash hearts
Cry on the couch and all the poets come to life
Fix me in forty-five
So long live the car crash hearts
Cry on the couch and all the poets come to life
Fix me in forty-five

I can take your problems away with a nod and a wave...
Of my hand, 'cause that's just the kind of boy that I am
The only thing I haven't done yet is die
And it's me and my plus one at the afterlife
Crowds are won and lost and won again
But our hearts beat for the diehards

So long live the car crash hearts
Cry on the couch and all the poets come to life
Fix me in forty-five
So long live the car crash hearts
Cry on the couch and all the poets come to life
Fix me in forty-five

Long live the car crash hearts
(Long live the car crash hearts)
Long live the car crash hearts
(Long live the car crash hearts)

Long live the car crash hearts
Cry on the couch and all the poets come to life
Fix me in forty-five

Hehe, woo!
Young! F-O-B
Let's go


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    FIX me in 45.

    i think it has a double meaning..

    the first one is that a therapy session last 45 minutes, but then the cd is 45 minutes long so basically this cd is our therapy session and at the end were going to be fix....

    jjjuicey72on April 02, 2009   Link
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    General Comment

    I didn't read every comment, but a 45 is a common vinyl record RPM speed. Many records are called 45s.

    Thriller, by Michael Jackson, is a famous and valuable 45 RPM record.

    This song makes references to fame and the pressures of it. Michael Jackson's life was plagued by the spotlight.

    Just throwing that out there.

    AcidMilkon August 11, 2012   Link
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    I agree with that. But, my favorite part of this song is the really heavy sounding parts they put at the beginning and the end, it sort of reminds me of their older material just with a twist

    xSaveTheLastDancexon January 09, 2007   Link
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    General Comment

    Also, another lyric site said "Lie on the couch till the poets come to life".

    And that kinda makes sense as it seems that in this day and age, anyone artistic is "troubled" and goes to threapy. So they are laying on the couch till they get inspired.

    OneForTheUnderdogon January 14, 2007   Link
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    the fix me in 45 is definatly a reference to a therapy session cause thats how long they uniformly run for ( and because pete said so in rolling stone) and its definatly 'lie on the couch till the poets come to life' because alot of petes lyrics are derived from what he has to talk about in therapy

    the 'For we are not making our accepting speech' line is from when they were up for an award for best artist, not sure what awards though, mtv? but anyway, they were so confident that they had their speech prepared and written out, but they didnt win.

    softlyforsalvationon January 16, 2007   Link
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    General Comment

    I think "passport" makes more sense, and it sounds like that's what he says (I assume this is from the AOL Sessions).

    Anyway, basic answer is that it seems to be about their rise to fame.

    strider3005on January 09, 2007   Link
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    It's about their rise to fame, obvi.

    This song has a lot of personal meaning to me though.

    SeeingRedon January 10, 2007   Link
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    tight song, well the choras means, basicallly hes in therapy, and he says make my problems go away in this session basically, thats all i know

    kellan6on January 11, 2007   Link
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    General Comment

    This is the Most diverse song I've heard from them yet, its such a great mixture of different things! From what i hear its about a therapy session. He says long live the car-crashed heart because it helps them write great. I'm not sure what "we took threes across the park" means?

    notfightingfairon January 11, 2007   Link
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    The heavy bit at the start reminds me so much of System of a Down.

    It's definitely about how they feel about being 'posterboys' for this scene.

    Rolling Stone did a review on this song and a few others off IOH at rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2006/11/16/exclusive-fall-out-boy-album-deets/

    shrodeson January 12, 2007   Link

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