Fall Out Boy "Thnks fr the Mmrs" Official Lyrics & Meaning | Verified

[@TRazor176]

Somehow this explanation of the lyrics left me with more questions than answers

[@ivoryy.]

TRazor176 same ?)

[@ElBreaksLoose222]

That’s Pete for you though

[@p-h-a-n-t-o-m]

Elia Hope ... *thanks pete*

[@veltii]

TRazor176 maybe Pete forgot

[@juampi2600]

Lol

[@RaylanLed]

I love how he just doesn't even acknowledge "he tastes like you only sweeter" like dude no that's why I'm here

[@hadassah6563]

Ikr😒

[@Hellzapopp1n]

Is it really that hard to interpret? 💦 🍆

[@micaeladawnmakeup]

it's from the movie 'Closer'.

[@svnnx3216]

Sameess

[@sergegarcia155]

no friend, its not hard to figure what the line means, but what in hell is this song about, I came looking for answers, and i got jack squad, and is not because the lines are so deep, but it sounds like just lines without context, is this telling a particular story, is just a guy rambling random thoghts, whats is this song about?@@Hellzapopp1n

[@Joey-yo8mw]

Me: Hi, how are yo- Pete: You know, like, whatever-you know-when you’re on a plane and you get off, but then you’re like “whatever, I’m cool”? Yea.

[@blinky690]

lol 1k likes and 0 replies

[@alexkunce2002]

Im convinced Pete's mind is cooked into oblivion and that's why all of his lyrics have all the little leaps and references that make them interesting. Haha!

[@milhk]

it’s been like DECADES

[@milhk]

Ellen NICE ONE

[@GraceDraws]

Its been A DECADE (+1 year)

[@ashley1919100]

Dat • 11*

[@gracesimm4582]

Ellen aww I was just about to make that joke and you had already done it 😂🤛

[@jaimie4164]

Or centuries

[@babycakesdrew]

im actually more confused now that he explained what the lyrics mean

[@jeremywaygay]

he doesn't remember man. he had to wing it bc it's been 11 years.

[@ashley1919100]

MarsTM nahh he knows

[@juliancasablancas3367]

Sorry to copypaste, but I got a hint of what the lyrics are about. This song is inspired on the book 'Thanks for the memories', Brice Taylor. Look it up, seems to make more sense than the shit he is talking.

[@onna0325]

@@jeremywaygay No, he knows what he's talking about, eventually it'll click. I think he doesn't know how to word it, correctly.

[@shadypikachu4475]

omg what year am i in

[@ivoryy.]

Shady Pikachu Righyt took em long enough

[@fronkiefroggieyuh4891]

2009.

[@NovatheCoverBand]

The only thing I learned from this is that this song does not directly reference Hitler

[@schtew.]

lmao

[@vic-1o7]

no matter how late i am, at least i know i'll never be as late as genius & pete

[@CorinnaMaeve]

big bet

[@rebeccam1555]

icky vicky quality post

[@LuzMaria95]

icky vicky LMAO 🤣

[@memegoddess8014]

I'm 11 years late- so I've been late my whole entire life-

[@marlow3621]

Look at this man. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He doesn’t remember anything about why he wrote this song, he’s making it up on the spot

[@rachelkim5776]

no he's not. a true music artist remembers the sentiment of their lyric. because their music is like their baby, especially for like punk-rock type bands that aren't 'sell-outs' or whatever that is, from back in early 00s days. the context may be different, especially a decade later because in general, growing up, but the sentiment of the meaning behind the lyric is still there. that's what i think, anyway.

[@ElBreaksLoose222]

Rachel Kim he’s said several times that he doesn’t remember the meaning behind a lot of his old lyrics. Even directly in Genius comments.

[@car-crashedheart4921]

Pete always makes up new meanings for shit that’s the fun of it

[@jeremywaygay]

well yeah he probably wrote this song while he was full of raw emotion back in his more depressing and suicidal days, it's sometimes hard to remember what exactly you were feeling about something when you look back on you writing from your emotions later on. not to mention it was released ELEVEN YEARS AGO. that shit would be hard to remember or pinpoint for a lotta ppl

[@rachelkim5776]

right? like i said, sentiment is there/ remains the same, meaning is different/ changes because of growth. or whatever

[@_sourgrapes_]

I like how he gave a different explanation every time he went over the chorus

[@mariaclarasgontijo]

😂😂😂😂 I cried reading this comment

[@BeoWeapon]

This rapper is gonna blow up

[@myahlyttle4048]

Beo Weapon What?

[@Poison_Dan]

IM DEAD

[@alyaa1308]

Beo Weapon best comment they should pin this

[@Karina-ym3mw]

Juliana Fajardo because he’s not the singer of the band, he’s the song writer sksksksk

[@moonlittan6540]

I can’t- I just can’t 😂😭😂😭

[@polen7455]

Patrick said it in an interview that Pete talks like this. Like in metaphors and analogies. He's so used to it that he understands what Pete is trying to get across in their music. And even though Pete is the lyricist, he sends Patrick _lines_ , not the actual lyrics of a whole song. Patrick forms the lyrics within the song he has in mind and writes the lyrics that rolls off better in your tongue when you sing it. Also, Patrick said in an interview that 'Thnks fr th mmrs' was a whole completely different song from what they had in mind when they worked with Babyface. Babyface produced this song that's why it has more variety than a simple pop punk song. It's not that the meaning is lost but their original conception for this song may have been buried with all the r&b and string influence that even Pete won't remember what the song originally meant.

[@alifrajurahman624]

Bit late for this innit

[@MaxJulien2701]

Alif Raju Rahman lol lowkey it would be cool if RG started getting these episodes for classic songs from the past 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@alifrajurahman624]

Chris Smith true true

[@jayfromzeway]

never too late

[@dannybuchanan3661]

I mean Joey Bada$$-Survival Tactics was pretty late too. He's released 2 albums and one mixtape since and CAPITAL STEEZ passed away. It's not like its the first thing they've done an older song.

[@mistersamman8899]

"Bt lt fr ths nnt" FTFY

[@Jake-ut4vo]

I feel like I’m crazy. Am I the only person that know exactly what he means? I know the feelings he’s trying to express. He’s not explaining the literal meaning of the song, he’s trying to use analogies to explain how it feels to be in the story he is telling. It’s a song about the anxious feeling of uncertainty, and regret from finding out that things aren’t what they are meant to be. In the song, he has a hard time conveying his real self, so it leads to these shallow relationships, like one night stands, or gossip magazine pictures. This same anxiety makes him worry about the future, but he can only look back on his regrets in the past, and watch as a helpless observer. To make himself feel better, he goes out to these parties to find girls, but it never brings him the happiness that it is meant to, and thus repeating this cycle.

[@stephenkerr8154]

I agree with bits and pieces of what you just said...but I wonder if we had to think way too hard to understand and thats y maybe we are DEAD wrong lol.

[@onna0325]

I know exactly what he means.

[@Lee-ye1xk]

add me to the crazy room cause I get what he is talking about.

[@Blackmagic_874]

He should've said this instead

[@riccardogreco266]

Have you heard of sarcasm?

[@ilana6256]

0:09 - 0:15 no pete, we really don’t know

[@poopsoup3]

Classic.Patrick 😂😂😂😂

[@Jake-ut4vo]

He’s talking about how fear is irrational, inconsistent. The things that scare us sometimes aren’t as scary as we know them to be. That’s what the whole song is about, this illusion that things are never how they seem. So how the parties are supposed to be nice, but actually vapid and pointless, the “lovers” that aren’t real relationships, the feeling of being able to only look back on your life, helpless like an observer. That’s what he means.

[@xquavius]

I think what made FOB & P!ATD music so great is that their lyrics were never explained but you understood them somehow. Basically unexplainable poetry. You either get it or you don't lol

[@huntersmith8586]

I can see what you're saying. I can't exactly say what it's about line by line. But as a whole i think we all kinda get the idea.

[@cli260]

For me their lyrics it were kinda an escape from religion and so-called holy books, because those are also very vague and not precise at all. The big difference is that talking about the meaning of life and the beginning of the world is not comparable with writing songs about breakup.

[@varkolak7779]

i want Brendon Urie on this to reveal the meaning about I Write Sins Not Tragedies

[@katie750]

Friends In The Shadow ryan ross wrote the song though so brendon couldn't really tell you but as far as i know ryan's girlfriend cheated on him so maybe it's about that?

[@ByeByeDeadName]

The meaning is that a groom overheard that his bride to be is cheating on him right before the wedding starts and everyone knew except him. He tries to joke around and be nonchalant to cover up for the fact he’s on the verge of freaking out. Ryan probably wrote the because a lot of “fever” was just him telling stories. I love that song but it doesn’t need a genius video for it, it’s not complex at all.

[@onna0325]

Ryan wrote it though, I don't think he can reveal the lyrics because he's not in the band anymore...

[@-ultraviolence]

YES

[@Annasutton07]

@@onna0325 he wrote every song on the album

[@chelseylynn611]

Did anyone else not understand what the fuck he was talking about in the intro or what

[@alishasantiago734]

Chelsey Alvarez me lol

[@chelseylynn611]

Alisha Santiago i just watched it again. That should be a fuckin meme

[@AceStars12]

He basically meant the anxiety of going on the a plane. Like if he's scared the plan might crash or whatever and he'll die, but after he lands safely he realizes he was worrying about nothing. That's what I'm assuming.

[@valgreen_13]

the whole video actually

[@vicchella4052]

i'm more confused than when i started lol

[@avaangel4ever]

I love Pete but wtf is he talking about?

[@rachelkim5776]

he's so relatable imo 😂😂 how is he confusing to you :o

[@car-crashedheart4921]

like I relate to some things he’s saying but I don’t understand what they have to do with the lyrics lmao

[@caligulalonghbottom2629]

its an attempt to make it seem deeper than it is. once you are no longer a 23 year old emo rockstar that is very relevant...its a little cringey so you make shit up to make it sound better.

[@l3wdlemon708]

He didn't want to straight up be like "liner is a Coke line" 😂😂😂

[@ashley1919100]

Caligula Longhbottom no

[@HowDoYouPronounceGIF]

Most of the comments here are about why they would get Pete to talk about a decade old song, but I’m more interested in whether anybody understood what he was babbling about.

[@jeremywaygay]

he was winging it, bc he's forgotten what he meant

[@midgettiger6389]

Why is it always just Pete now. I want to see the other guys too!

[@bewareebear]

I think he wrote the song

[@thirteenonline9503]

He's the one that writes the lyrics to their songs

[@assumingctrl]

Not true, Joe often contributes to the lyrics too

[@RelentlessGamingMC]

Pete is the person who writes the majority of the lyrics, therefore he’s the person who should do the explaining

[@erlineandrews]

Why do we have to have this argument over and over? Pete writes the lyrics for the songs! He confirmed it in a recent interview. When he talks about Patrick and Joe writing, he means the music. Joe also confirmed that Pete writes the lyrics in a recent fan Q&A he alone did. You can look it up on KZbin. Here's the quote from the interview with Pete. The link is below. CDM: Do you still write all of the lyrics for all Fall Out Boy songs? PETE: Yeah, pretty much. I think sometimes Patrick will move stuff around, but yeah, it's all from this strange mind. www.coupdemainmagazine.com/fall-out-boy/13960

[@killacali9339]

Got excited for this, only to not know wtf he’s talking about. His explanations literally have nothing to due with the lyrics like wth

[@sonicfast17]

It's like one of those relatable things where you're wearing pantaloons and there's a lizard in your bed you know? Think of it like that

[@daafaev15]

Booshowthezombies ohhhh i get it now

[@LuzMaria95]

Booshowthezombies 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@caligulalonghbottom2629]

its contrived to seem less emo and embarassing.

[@juliancasablancas3367]

Sorry to copypaste this comment, but I need you to know the truth. This song is inspired on the book 'Thanks for the memories', Brice Taylor. Look it up, seems to make more sense than the shit he is talkin.

[@Amber-gc6sw]

i’m an avid fall out boy for 15+ years and I FULLY believe he’s trolling

[@cc_cruiser99]

"one night stand, off?" i always thought it was "one night stand, oh"....

[@ivoryy.]

Cale Coleman ok but me with every single fob song

[@macm.3889]

I wouldn’t be surprised if I’ve been singing the words wrong for years. I also thought it was “collecting paychecks, lovers” not that that makes sense, but that’s what I heard...

[@candythemav]

me too omg

[@JustAFace_InTheCrowd]

Fall Out Boy is famous for them sometimes being incoherent. There is a shirt out there that says, “This ain’t a scene, it’s a gah dah rah hah.” I want it so bad lol

[@xquavius]

Cupcaek I NEED IT TOO! 😂 never heard of that shirt

[@matthewburns5220]

Wait is this 2007

[@cod101wiiowenjaquithoj]

Anthony Martial this song came out in 2005 not 2007

[@_internetexplorer_673]

Anthony Martial soulja boy started rapping in 2007

[@wkamarinn1]

No, this is patrick!

[@lovelysliz]

SedativeChicken It came out with Infinity On High in 2007

[@thecliqueissickasfrickl-7560]

I wish

[@milhk]

wow i’ve been waiting for this MY ENTIRE LIFE

[@musclepunched]

2006 me would have killed for this

[@yokie8201]

@@musclepunched except it barley makes sense

[@sergegarcia155]

it doesnt make any@@yokie8201

[@yokie8201]

@@sergegarcia155 tru

[@sergegarcia155]

some ona please give me anything, ive been looking for context to the lyrics, for two days straight, i need help and pete is clearly not interested in giving me any answers@@yokie8201

[@justdev1988]

Took them long enough

[@evayuan9740]

Ah yes my favorite band, Pete Wentz

[@gatechaser2637]

Can’t say I was expecting this.

[@kayleighsalmond1082]

About bloody time omg

[@sarahnichole3158]

Right??

[@michellespann5675]

“You can’t kill hitler you just like watch him”- Pete Wentz

[@turinturambar9846]

idk how the interviewer didn’t burst out laughing at that

[@LakaFilms]

Legendary

[@ThereWeStood]

Laka Films wtf you doing here lmao

[@thesunflowerfox]

Le-jin-dary

[@ShizukaRose]

2007 called

[@atinukeladipo2164]

... they want their song back

[@Benlovescheese]

Regular show called

[@Benlovescheese]

They want their joke back

[@xarijackson]

For some reason I have a slight feeling that even he doesn't really know what the song is about lmao His explanations were way more confusing than if you had just interpreted the song yourself, but then again, everyone interprets songs differently lol

[@car-crashedheart4921]

ZariJackson Pete’s just a really weird guy I think lol

[@jeremywaygay]

I just think he winged it, it's been 11 years after all, many ppl wouldn't remember half of their feelings and sentiments in their old emo phase that was over a decade ago

[@juliancasablancas3367]

Sorry to copypaste, but I got a hint of what the lyrics are about. This song is inspired on the book 'Thanks for the memories', Brice Taylor. Look it up, seems to make more sense than the shit he is talking.

[@alcalar3637]

I feel like Pete completely knows what this song is about ( I mean he wrote it), but he just doesn't want to tell the full meaning to the world. He probably wants everyone to have their own meaning, and that's okay

[@destinimoody934]

Thank you Pete. That was so very delightfully unhelpful 🙃

[@doob5427]

This was cool, when will they release the english version ?

[@hannahsixx1]

Thanks Pete

[@5h3lby52]

hannahbanana17 WHY DOESNT THIS HAVE MORE LIKES

[@anyanaren6]

more like 1/4 of Fall Out Boy

[@rebeccam1555]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! YOURE MAKING MY 12 YEAR OLD SELF (and 23 year old self) DREAMS COME TRUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@luisaguirre6543]

Rebecca M I love you.

[@rachelkim5776]

I love you.

[@andymander4768]

... what the hell are you talking about Pete?

[@Zooneeland]

My Childhood Anthem ❤

[@elleryrillaine]

I've watched this for the fifth time and I still don't get it.

[@JGRMWD]

Ellery Rillaine exactly

[@paoworkfromhome]

Anti christ reference

[@bat4124]

"fall out boy" *gets pete* COME ON GUYS THIS ISNT PANIC! AT THE DISCO

[@herracingthoughts]

Literally the most Pete breakdown of a song ever.

[@jdot24]

Honestly had to watch this twice just to grasp his explanations.

[@goose9201]

I just lost 11 years of my life to this 3.5 min video. Thanks for the memories of when I thought I understood the lyrics, Pete. What on earth are you talking about

[@jessicahan9405]

did they forget to tell him that he was supposed to be talking about the lyrics

[@Revelation345]

That was a terrible explanation, nothing he said made sense. "You know~"

[@jeremywaygay]

he wrote the song like 11 years ago my dude, he's forgotten everything

[@krystal-mariegonzalez1278]

You have keep in mind that back when he made these songs from when he was 20 something he had things going on with himself which would lead up to him possibly not remembering- it happens when you block certain things out to forget the memory or the pain- and it was years ago, he could remember what it's about and just doesn't want to talk about it since it could have been a hard time in his life.

[@paoworkfromhome]

He cannot confess the anti christ reference

[@RYANATOR-ts5ev]

Only 8 years late

[@lukeberrie3942]

Even worse. 11 years.

[@deidaralover12345]

Gotta admit, I left this video more confused than before. But I love this song and this band. Long live the car crash hearts.

[@clover1161]

"The line's not referencing Hitler" I didn't think it was but OK.

[@memetrashcan9613]

It’s time for us to admit that Pete Wentz was on a completely different level lyrically during the first four albums

[@drkilgore6661]

But what we really need is “Suger, We’re Going Down Swingin’” and “Saturday”.

[@ballinglikechoji]

Dakota Kilgore Saturday was written by Patrick about being scared of what comes after high school, but how he found comfort in the fact that Pete (and his band) were always going to be there for each other. "Two more weeks, my foot is in the door, I can't sleep, in the wake of Saturday, me and Pete, in the wake of Saturday."

[@sitron7224]

"you know?" No Pete I literally do not

[@nataliekallis8045]

I know we all want to see the other guys as well But Pete wrote the lyrics so he should explain them

[@unclejoaquin]

All these comments with people saying they're "confused" or "don't understand". I understood everything they saying, from the intro to end. You can tell Pete is really in touch with the world and how everything works around him.

[@creativeinarts]

Why so much hate for this? Just embrace it. Maybe he just wanted to chat about this song - who knows? Though I thought this song meaning was completely different than everything he said ...

[@sivaranjaniivaturi9906]

This just confused me more and now I have to think about it in a completely different way- it's kind of awesome. Thanks Pete :)

[@jackjohn6743]

"Like" - "You Know" Counter: 2929820

[@toraOniku]

Man it's just been about three days since I heard a few of their songs and I'm so in love~

[@toraOniku]

All comments mostly are from 2 years back ahhhh-😭😭

[@mogu.mogu543]

"I'm an erotic person" I love these men and this band and others

[@LeonardoPimentel20]

This left more questions than answers

[@bunny-cf5qh]

I think we just witnessed Pete have a stroke on camera

[@GoGoGirl22100]

i recommend watching the movie Closer (2004) that is where the line “he tastes like you, only sweeter” comes from

[@aerickajm9298]

I understand Pete in a very spiritual level, but damn when will I ever be able to spit such lyrics :

[@colonelmustard9405]

Why am I so in love with Pete's butterfly patch jacket?

[@angel_pie00]

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS,GOD

[@kelseymyers2855]

I still love this song so much. Glad they did a throwback song.

[@kipper2105]

Dude looks cool, but talks like a riddle

[@spencerandrews6676]

The most ambiguous lyric explanation ever😂

[@josephmurphy7503]

Is that Mac from Always Sunny?

[@taliatyler2116]

They legit just released an album, why not do a song if there? Also where tf IS EVERYONE ELSE?!?

[@ivoryy.]

smileamy They did Young and Menace (I think that was the one they did) and Pete is the only one explaining because he wrote the songs :)

[@shy_sasoria]

Wait, what year is it?

[@angelicamonet.]

Thanks Pete for telling us the meaning

[@frostycastle2249]

I love this new song.

[@casualrocker8228]

Pete! pete! Slow down the only thing I got out of that was "THE LINES NOT REFERENCING HITLER"

[@rosielmao1499]

i'm sorry. WHAT

[@willowdonato2308]

didn't he mention that the line "he taste like you only sweeter" came from the movie "Closer" in I believe 2005 where in when Julia Roberts and her husband was having a fight she mention this line? Actually the line she said was "it taste like you but sweeter"

[@hope7641]

“Its like...” *blacks out*

[@burnttoast161]

hit the bong every time he says “like”

[@kaciamatthieu8138]

Oh.... my.... god

[@ervanhebat]

Great timing with asking the meaning of the song. If you guys asked the meaning of this song back in 2007, pete would answered under xanax and his emoness(no any idea if it even a word) lol

[@ericka8958]

Use the word "like" one more damn time, I swear to god Lmao, I love this guy. He's rambling and it's so hard to understand what he's on about but eh 😂

[@memegoddess8014]

The explanation left me with more questions-

[@Sitback]

throwbacks?

[@conservaliberaltarian2753]

"Thnks Fr The Mmrs" by Fall Out Boy, from the album 'Infinity On High' {4/8}, in 2007, track 7/14. Vocalist Patrick Stump {22/33}, in B flat minor, alternative rock, on greatest hits. Surrounding songs are "Golden" and "Don't You Know Who I Think I Am?". Album years: 2003-2017. First song: "Honorable Mention". Known for: "Sugar We're Goin' Down".

[@xKarvalho]

so this song is older than this actual channel and whats emo pop in the description.its punk rock

[@gatechaser2637]

xKarvalho so it may not be emo pop but they’re definitely not punk rock

[@ballinglikechoji]

Not punk rock, more like pop punk. Punk is misfits, pop punk is blink 182 if that makes sense

[@kurtlowder3276]

sorry you have been cateogorized as too emotional, on the bright side you now can have greater empathy for women. jk

[@pigeondance687]

nope, pop punk yeah, but not punk rock.

[@ilovelij]

I've waited so long for this video xxx

[@tierra8027]

A little late don't ya think?

[@whitewolfie]

OkayyTierra better late than never 😁😂

[@laurenesouza861]

sometimes i think about how i was 5/6 and was straight up on mtv watching them and fall out boy like it was the telletubbies or something

[@BunbunBeats]

the way he describes believe got me dead XD

[@lovealways6597]

Thanks for verifying that Pete

[@anyanaren6]

AHAHA YAY FALL OUT BOY!!! now this is what i want to see yes yes yes

[@GoldDiaruga]

Oh man, the song that introduced me to Fall Out Boy and made me fall in love with them. Isn't it like 11 years since Thnks fr th mmrs came out? Also........... Pete's explanation made me even more confused about the song's meaning lmao.

[@NiicoDMusic]

When your last record is so bad that genius would rather ask you about a song that's more than 10 years old...

[@jjkkmmmmjjib]

Xdd

[@narindra5822]

Different isnt bad. You cant keep expecting them to make the same music forever and not get bored, its wht artists do. Tbh there are very minimal differences between the pop punk genre they were carrying the mantle of and the pop that they are producing now. Its fair enough if you dont like their music, but in terms of making good music, thats subjective and a lot of the people who may have not like older fall out boys stuff may love this stuff just the same, and some people will love both, music is subjective so dont labelit not good because you dont like it.

[@blvkey]

CubsJohnson it’s clear they sold out though. They’re not making anything unique, they did what sold more records

[@yoyoyo371]

SAVAGE!!

[@narindra5822]

you make a fair point, but they may have also just got bored of their old sound too, i think its a mix of both tbh.

[@luzarcadiamillender4310]

Wow this is the CONTENT I NEED

[@haleigh6089]

why would genius even pick this song for him to do- it’s obviously about a one night stand okay cool

[@DanaRaquel]

Thanks genius I like the throw back 👍🏼

[@ocean_sapphire177]

God damn I was 18 when this song came out

[@darklife8100]

ookami_ heights so ur like 50 damn

[@yxcvbnmyxcvbnm9353]

ookami_ heights i was 10 wtf

[@MrWright26]

I was 4-5😂

[@rachelkim5776]

i remember having my mp3 player listening to f.o.b. in american apparel in like middle school age- waiting for my mom to get out of the fitting room trying on just basic clothes for under blouses or something. LOL i was like what is this place.

[@krystal-mariegonzalez1278]

Rachel Kim omg same lol I wish Ipod Nanos were still a thing though I still have a cd player/radio because I buy cds and I remember spending 40 dollars on one back in middle school just so I can listen to EOWYEGF I feel so old