Fall Out Boy – I'm Like a Lawyer with the Way I'm Always Trying to Get You Off (Me and You)

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  Lyric Correction:The tree I used to lay beneath
  Kissed teeth stained red...*

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  Song Meaning:I think the song has to do with all the bad memories/experiences he had, but at the end of the day, he still just wants that perfect romance.
  
  "Last year's wishes
  Are this year's apologies"
  
  I think this has something to do with every time the narrator tries to put his wishes/wants into action, he ends up apologizing for the outcome.
  
  "Every last time I come home
  I take my last chance
  To burn a bridge or two"
  
  Every time the narrator comes home, he expects it to be his last, and instead of fixing things, he makes them worse.
  
  "I only keep myself this sick in the head
  cause I know how the words get to you"
  
  He never talks about how this relationship is going to hell, because it only makes the person upset.
  
  
  "We're the new face of failure
  Prettier and younger but not any better off"
  
  Each generation, people who are getting divorces keep getting younger and younger, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a horrible experience.
  
  "Bulletproof loneliness
  at best, at best"
  
  Though he's with someone, he still feels lonely, so he's considering that no matter who he dates that's not going to change the feeling.
  
  
  "Me and you
  Setting in a honeymoon
  If I woke up next to you, If I woke up next to you"
  
  Even though all of this is happening, he's still wishing for that happy ending. Also, the "if I woke up to you," part could mean that they never sleep together, they always get in fights, or he's away, they always have somewhere to be, so he's saying that if he wakes up next to her, than the relationship must be serious.
  
  
  "Collect the bad habits
  That you couldn't bear to keep
  Out of the woods but I love-
  the tree I used to lay beneath
  kissed teeth stained red"
  
  Out of the woods is a phrase meaning you're out of trouble, so I think the narrator is saying that if the person got rid of all their bad habits, maybe they'd be in a better relationship. But at the same time he has a nostalgia for trouble because all the relationships he had were bad.
  
  "From sour bottled baby girl
  with eyes the size of baby worlds "
  
  The narrator is saying the girl was raised "wrong," and she never really looks outside of her own little world.
  
  "The best way to make it through
  with hearts and wrists intact
  Is to realize
  Two outta three ain't bad, ain't bad"
  
  He's telling himself any relationship is not going to be perfect, so he has to sort of suck it up.
  

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    brilliant!

    Flag vvarrunnon May 20, 2013  
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  General Comment:I think the song is about how whoever the guy is messed up with a girl he really loves. And when he says the best way to make it through with hearts and wrists in tact is to realize that 2 out of 3 aint bad he is saying to her that im not perfect, im not a 100% great but im better than the worst. 2 out f three aint bad is like im not 1 out of 3 im better that the worst and im not going to be perfect. Also hes thinking about when they fix everything how perfect everything would be with a happy ending. He wants her to accept things so they can be happy and not fight. This is only my opinion i dnt know if this is correct.

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    the happy ending is the honeymoon in case you were confused

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  General Comment:"The best way to make it through
  with hearts and wrists intact
  is to realize
  that two out of three ain't bad"
  
  This is in reference to a Meatloaf song "Two outta Three Ain't Bad", as Paradox band said. The chorus in that song says "I want you, I need you, but there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you. But honey don't be sad, two outta three aint bad."
  
  Knowing that about the last line, I think Pete is saying that the best way to make it throug relationships is to know that you will rarely have it all, so take what you have, otherwise you just end up with a broken heart and depressed (slitting your wrists).
  
  
  

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  General Comment:to me, this just describes young people in general-
  
  we're the new face of failure
  prettier and younger,
  but not any better off
  bulletproof loneliness,
  at best, at best
  
  like, yeah, we look good on the outside, but the world for us is quickly becoming darker and darker, because we obsess over our imperfection.
  
  the best way to make it through
  with hearts and wrists intact
  is to realize
  that two out of three ain't bad
  
  like, don't obsess over stuff. it's cool.
  
  this could also apply to relationships. but really, relationships and self-esteem are intricately connected, so it probably has a double meaning.

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  General Comment:well, i think this song is about getting divorced, like the 'last years wishes are this years apologies' line is about their marriage last year, and this year they're divorced. they've already had a 'sour bottled baby girl' but everything went a lil bit crazy so they decided to divorce. i dunno, maybe it's only in my head...

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  General Comment:His mistakes in the past is something he wants to be forgiven for. He worded the wrong way to her, so now he's sick to the bone because of how it may have effected her. Though he's still a bit young, all his mistakes are him to blame for, and the consequences of 'bulletproof and loneliness' is how he's still alive yet lonely. He loved her enough to marry her, and that it would've been a grand time in their honeymoon. It never happened though, since he intoxicated her with his own habits and junk since she was originally innocence compared to him. Two are their wrists intact when they used to hold hands, and now they aren't together anymore - so he lost both her hands to hold but at least he still has his heart, trying to tell himself that it isn't so miserable.
  
  At least that's what I think..

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  General Comment:"The best way to make it through
  with hearts and wrists intact
  Is to realize
  Two outta three ain’t bad, ain’t bad"
  
  i like wendyclear's theory better than mine. but i think this part means that it's better to realize you have the "me & you" part and not worry about the honeymoon than to wish you had everything.

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  General Comment:maybe when he said "hearts and wrists intact" is like when people lose someone that meant the world to them, they think about suicide? So pretty much the best way to keep your head up, or to stay alive is look at the brighter side...two out of 3 ain't bad, and plus, you've got someone amazing...
  
  Bulletproof loneliness to me, means like an insatiable sense of being lonely, no matter what you do...like I feel right now. It's the type of loneliness that no matter what you do, you feel lonely. Nothing can penetrate that feeling...

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  General Comment:maybe when he said "hearts and wrists intact" is like when people lose someone that meant the world to them, they think about suicide? So pretty much the best way to keep your head up, or to stay alive is look at the brighter side...two out of 3 ain't bad, and plus, you've got someone amazing...
  
  Bulletproof loneliness to me, means like an insatiable sense of being lonely, no matter what you do...like I feel right now. It's the type of loneliness that no matter what you do, you feel lonely. Nothing can penetrate that feeling...

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