The Stories Behind All Time Low's Lyrics

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[@adrixck]

The reason Jack is not in this interview is because he doesn't know any of his band songs

[@jeeemmm]

http.adrijana lmao

[@kiraadams3489]

Agreed

[@hayleydoesthings]

😂

[@shelbygreer3947]

The surprise on his face when he remembered Guts was on Dirty Work was hilarious.

[@daspaniel8936]

ikr when he said "Dirty Work, actually!" and I was like "ALEX DIRTY WORK IS GOOD TOO, STOP IT"

[@7537miles]

I think if he had talked about Lullabies I would have started to cry

[@IceCrystalWolf]

I'm really curious about ''Lights Over Tokyo '' now

[@lol161091]

Emily K. totally

[@mrvndesigns3831]

Emily K. Did they ever release it?

[@IceCrystalWolf]

No :( This is the only info we got about the song

[@KT-rb2wv]

i know right, i want to hear it now

[@xotbirdox]

Same

[@dprvixx]

I always think that some of the smartest lyrics Alex has ever written are on get down on your knees and tell me you love me, off of Dirty Work. The way the first two verses combine counting and the rest of the lyrics is genius in my opinion. Its one of my favourite songs.

[@fayemellon569]

I know right!! I was thinking the exact same thing!

[@An19941]

PirateSwedenMania same

[@rebeccameldrum8185]

I absolutely love that part! It always makes me excited when the song comes on when I am shuffling my songs.

[@nattievoices]

I'll have to relisten to it. Dirty work is my least favorite album of them.

[@mayaherath9780]

I love this because bands never even mention their old stuff and just hearing about the stories is so interesting

[@clareg7581]

Me too.

[@xotbirdox]

I hate that he doesn't like I Feel Like Dancin'. :( It was my first ever ATL song and it made me fall in love with these four amazing goofballs.

[@isidoraiturrafalchetti8987]

sometimes i think that its impossible love Alex's more, but then this happen, and well... I FUCKING LOVE ALL TIME LOW SO MUCH!

[@becky7866]

Let's talk about how amazing Vegas is because no one ever does

[@maddee4543]

LOVE VEGAS

[@TheJetsetMike]

"Everybody's livin' like they're crazy in love" was the Beyoncé reference Let it Roll was one of my favorite songs from So Wrong, It's Right I'm thinking "come one come all" could be partially inspired by "panic" by the Smiths to an extent

[@kaibrooks2309]

Glad to see Alex loves "Return the Favour" as much as I do

[@mateatanliya8221]

people may talk shit about dirty work but that album has my Heart

[@m4ttd0tc0m]

One of my favorite ATL songs lyrically is Dancing With a Wolf because I feel like the way Alex wrote it and portrayed the feeling of anger/betrayal so well with words has always been something I loved about that song.

[@mayaherath9780]

I wish he talked about the whole Peter Pan thing behind stay awake

[@kristynhollers4329]

Wait what?????

[@clareg7581]

Yeah me too

[@thegirlwitheeyes1232]

Maya Herath u mean that basically the song is written from Peter Pan's side right?

[@rocket009able]

thegirlwitheeyes 12 oh my fuck I never realised that

[@thegirlwitheeyes1232]

Muneeb Asad I realized reading the lyrics bc if you match it with the movie it makes a lot of sense

[@fadelsurur2738]

Normal people : 4 years ago Alex : 2 albums ago

[@yeyecada]

Can this boy ever stop killing me with his cuteness? He makes me so weak

[@CompleteMuffin]

alex! you forgot about the hit "sticks stones nad techno"!

[@jedengutan4800]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA

[@camra554]

Was kinda bummed when he didnt sat the now I know how key$ha must be felling from j feel like dancing

[@fayemellon569]

same

[@stephanieberry4674]

Come One, Come All is one of my favorite ATL songs because I hate the radio nowadays and I'm just like, "No don't regret it. it's fantastic."

[@mirandarink363]

I'm a really new fan and you can tell how passionate these guys are about their music and it's amazing to see.

[@kendramccarthy6880]

I find that interesting about Come One, Come All. it's one of my top five songs of there's that I listen to when I'm really down. My top five being Therapy, Running From Lions, Weightless, Come One, Come All, Lullabies, and Guts.

[@akam1891]

canadian BwithanITCH you named six songs btw

[@sashaiscalledsasha]

When he talked about "The Beach" I freaked tf out because that's my favourite song ever! And then I freaked out again when he mentioned Vegas and Let It Roll because I love these songs so much as well and SWIR is my favourite ATL album and omg 😂😍❤️

[@vinny0412]

YASS GUTS ... man its sooo underrated

[@rhysduncan8676]

im pretty sure he said somewhere that guts was his favourite song he's ever written

[@sarahsettlemyer2075]

"The Reckless and the Brave" is so good...

[@middleofnowhere98]

I used to be bullied back when I started listening to All Time Low and Guts helped me stand up for myself. And when came out as trans a couple of years later Guts gave me the guts (haha) to come out. So I really love that song.

[@xItsClobberinTime]

I've been listening to this band for 6 years, and I only just found out "Come One, Come All" was about murdering a DJ. Like, I got that he didn't like the music the DJ was playing, but I didn't realize he was murdered. xD

[@xyyzro]

I loved that he mentioned return the favor couple of times

[@safelittlethoughts]

when he said SWIR was from ten years ago now it suddenly hit me. that was when I started liking ATL, when Dear Maria came out. I was twelve years old. now I'm soon to turn 22 and so much has changed but ATL is still there. they're like family to me. anyways I loved hearing all of this! hearing him talk about songs from SWIR really got to me, since obviously, that album is really important to me (also still my favorite ATL album). specifically him talking about Vegas, definitely in my top ten favorite ATL songs if not my top five. I'll never forget when I heard it live at the last date of the My Small Package tour. ahhh I'm just left feeling really emotional after watching this, bummed that I won't get to see them this year as a testament to our anniversary, if you will. but I still love them just as much as I did ten years ago and that's what matters :) p.s. when the question abt which song had the dumbest meaning came up I instantly SCREAMED Come One, Come All. how much Alex can't stand that song means so much to me. I really wish he'd had a chance to bring up the ICONIC BOP Sticks, Stones, & Techno though

[@safelittlethoughts]

actually I wish this video was like an hour long or more and he just talked about every single song they've ever written + recorded. I'd watch the hell out of that and probably cry a lot

[@cbmaine]

Saaaame

[@alexiswoodberry9119]

Wow, it's kind of odd to hear him talk about 'Dirty Work' positively.

[@mariisnugget8406]

Alexis Woodberry why is that?

[@alexiswoodberry9119]

I don't know if I've ever heard him do it before. Don't get me wrong; I like the Dirty Work album just fine, but Alex seems not to be too proud of it. There was even a joke made when Alex and Jack hosted the 2015 APMA's where Jack said, "We're getting a second chance, guys, if only we had the same opportunity for our album, Dirty Work." In response, Alex adds, "Would've been nice. Would've been nice." It just seems like the band isn't incredibly fond of that album.

[@jennabean9516]

Alexis Woodberry They feel very strongly that the short stint with Interscope Records was a big mistake. He has said in other interviews that he felt they didn’t do things for the right reasons and didn’t say true to themselves for that album. Which sucks because I love that album.

[@thegirlwitheeyes1232]

his relationship love/mistery/hate with return the favor......I LOVE IT more knowing what it means

[@silkebotha]

GUTS AND RETURN THE FAVOR ARE SOME OF MY ULTIMATE FAVES

[@humantimelord5546]

*immediately Google's return the favour lyrics*

[@jahnig5327]

Human Timelord it's a song about friends with benefits

[@ThatMcFlyFan]

Human Timelord for some reason I associate it with Demi Lovato but I have no idea why?? I can't remember when they were 'rumoured to be dating'?

[@kiyomikookie]

eggsbenedict it's because he references a few of her song titles; 'trainwreck', 'here we go again' and 'on the line'.

[@footstepsmusic]

i think its about he f***** demi lovato and she didnt make him cum...

[@xxxGodsGirl4evrxxx]

footstepsmusic LMAO when did this happen

[@javierpena3272]

One of the best bands out there. Really an inspiration to me.

[@cbmaine]

I love how he talked about songs from So Wrong It's Right. It's my favorite album and it also brings back memories to when I first fell in love with band

[@breedausinger7057]

I personally love all the albums, I kinda don’t blame him on come one, come all. But they have a lot of hidden gems like toxic valentine, poison, get down on your knees and tell me you love me, only one, bad enough for you, painting flowers. ❤️ I have to listen to more of their bonus tracks but that’s only some I remember vividly. I thought dirty work was actually fairly good. I think each album is a good representation of where they are at or where they were in their lives. I haven’t been disappointed by an album yet! 👏🏻👏🏻 Also I didn’t know about some of these hidden meanings I need to look more in depth to these songs! I also wasn’t aware of the “demi” scandal. Lol.

[@casper1754]

I went to their concert and also went to the signing so I got to meet them. They were so nice!

[@kyrarobinson4628]

I get to meet this beautiful human in two weeks❤

[@leonewashere]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="307">5:07</a> He missed the opportunity to say “admitting the problem is the first step towards repair, we all recover” instead

[@RobinStarrTV]

I never knew that Come One Come All was about murdering a DJ. I've listened to that record dozens of times, it makes so much more sense now!

[@p.m.h.]

:D

[@uhohhh7857]

i’ve actually always loved come one come all

[@cbmaine]

Love that they played some old songs he mentioned here on their secret London show

[@sashaiscalledsasha]

When they asked him about songs with dumb meanings, I thought for sure he was going to say "Sticks, Stones, and Techno" 😂😂😂

[@milenawittermans662]

Love this !!

[@unechauvesouris]

EVERYONE SHUT UP, I LOVE VEGAS IM SO HAPPY

[@eviec7303]

so nice to know some of this stuff thanks

[@apigwhereingahat]

ACTORS IS THE MOST UNDERRATED ATL SONG DON'T FIGHT ME ON THIS

[@HarleQuinn23]

apigwearingahat it's cuz they never actually released it, I think it was peaked or something

[@TheFreakyOne5]

apigwearingahat I LOVE ACTORS!!!! I think THAT one is genius

[@hayleydoesthings]

Actors and Living the Dream!

[@kazehayamayo]

alex himself said that he loves that song so awhh

[@georgie1240]

I wanna know about the lyrics to missing you, I’ll cry

[@rosemarycrafting1202]

Return the Favor is my favorite song......ever....and he just leaves me hanging like that?!?! lol now I'm going to go and obsess for 10 hours to find out the true hidden meaning.

[@meganbaginski9932]

For the dumb meaning one I was just staring at the screen repeating "dancing, dancing, say dancing"

[@rachekla]

No capes Megan i did the same thing except i said "come one come all, come one come all, come one come all"

[@loveorglory]

I was thinking Sticks Stones and Techno :')

[@evangelismlegostyle]

I love this

[@p-blover4886]

"Come One, Come All is about murdering a DJ" IM CRYING I LOVE HIM SO MUCH

[@daspaniel8936]

PETITION FOR ALL TIME LOW TO PLAY VEGAS IN THEIR UPCOMING TOUR PLEASE EVEN THOUGH I CAN'T GO BUT IT IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE SONGS EVER

[@Bella-qv9zf]

I actually love come on come all so much and i feel like i can relate to it

[@usernotfound8364]

Alex might not like come one come all but it's definitely one of my favorites and an underrated song.

[@dexvoanmillerknight9589]

come one come all is actually my favourite from so wrong it's right bc i relate to it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@emmalane9155]

Talk shit about Come One, Come All but it is still one of my favorites.

[@TheParisMolloy]

I love Come one Come All!!

[@MacyNicole94]

Lol ive always loved come one come all 😂 basically it sums up my feelings about the radio. I cant deal w/the radio. I gotta have that aux. lol

[@rosemarycrafting1202]

Come one Come all is also one of my favorites lol.

[@alex-annvelasco435]

I would never have guessed he didn't like Come One Come All

[@chenyaliao7727]

I love some on come all ❤️❤️😘😘

[@Ultravioletx1]

guts is one of my top favs

[@lol161091]

COULD YOU PLEASE JUST TELL US THE MEANING BEHIND RETURN THE FAVOR

[@miriamvillegas3161]

Cara2014x it's about his relationship with Demi Lovato

[@kazehayamayo]

@@miriamvillegas3161 WAIT WHAT

[@gracecollins17]

IF YOU LOVE RETURN THE FAVOR SO MUCH WHY WON'T YOU PLAY IT LIVE

[@dannycondon2284]

Come one, come all is fucking great

[@izzyyjh]

vegas is my all time (low) favorite song ever

[@supreme_eggroll2750]

Love come one come all

[@AllTimeFans]

What is the hidden Meaning in Return the favor?

[@ryanleech1494]

AllTimeHustler I was thinking the same thing

[@AllTimeFans]

I think it's the fact that it's about Demi Lovato or at least parts of it are?!

[@emmis]

AllTimeHustler It's about Demi. He's added in a bunch of references to her songs. "get back to old days and old flames" (Demi's song Get Back), "did you forget what i said" (Don't Forget) "trainwreck, here we here we go again" (Trainwreck and Here We Go Again), "i put it on the line" (On The Line ft. the JoBros), "you're anything but ordinary" (One And The Same w/ S. Gomez)

[@ryanleech1494]

okayemmi I read sorta about that but didn't actually know what happened between Alex and demi

[@AllTimeFans]

Yes i just remembered that. It was quite some time ago but thank you! :)

[@Lunz801]

❤❤❤

[@anothersocialreject988]

ah my boyyyy

[@penelopeaguilar2281]

idk why I laughed my arse off when he talked about Come One, Come All because yeah, it's super random but it's still a good song tho.

[@JacksonTheEpic]

Any lyrics that reference a specific geometric shape?

[@lunaoak6741]

I’ve never heard the song lights over Tokyo which he brings up in this video and I’m not entirely sure it’s real.

[@kiraadams3489]

I think I would cry if they took back I feel like dancing bc I luv to dance and yeah the song is somewhat stupid I still luv it

[@rebeccameldrum8185]

Ok but I kinda love come one come all... Just goes to show how good of a band they are I guess😂

[@captainwatercress]

Anyone know what Return The Favour is about?

[@graciedol8852]

Can someone please tell me what the meaning of return the favor is now? Like I have an idea but I think it is wrong

[@timegamer5217]

Did anyone notice at the begging of the song the voice that kind of says pecuniam tandem which is latin for money at last I found tht pretty weird but maybe it was just a coincident or maybe im just hearing things

[@kidinthedark7931]

ngl I called I feel like dancin

[@akiren8718]

HALLELUJAH I LOVE GUTS

[@akiren8718]

AND RETURN THE FAVOR THOSE ARE MY TWO FAVES OFF OF DIRTY WORK

[@lara_xy]

Josh's shirt haha

[@mack9403]

Who sees the shirt? X Files' I Want To Believe shirt! #imanerd

[@TheMissDerby]

How am I late? I've been here! Like really???

[@CassieArbour]

leak lights over tokyo 😤😤☝

[@alexas-y4840]

The shirt josh dun wears ???

[@summerm4911]

Vegas and remembering Sunday are about the same person

[@evecatt4980]

ALEX KEEPS SAYING YKNOW

[@anajustavino9295]

Come One Come All is actually one of my favorites but lyrically it's so dumb 😂😂

[@xile5232]

How is jack not the favorite?

[@lilifaith6074]

all time low should play vegas on this tour b y e

[@mykalgray9282]

I have a horse named Vegas just for their song

[@vaguelyalien2798]

Aren't there shit tons of Demi references in Return The Favor or smth?

[@jamiemccracken9704]

So funny, I always thought Come One, Come All was super fuckin clever, ha.

[@thegirlwitheeyes1232]

guys everybody is saying that I feel like dancing has the dumbest meaning but I always laugh my ass off with Holly (would you turn me on?) because of the meaning

[@hayleydoesthings]

What was the Beyoncé reference in The Beach??

[@hayleydoesthings]

Also the meaning of Return the Favor??

[@meetmewherethestarscollide]

“Everybody’s living like they’re crazy in love”

[@hayleydoesthings]

@@meetmewherethestarscollide OH wow I’m slow. Thanks haha.

[@meetmewherethestarscollide]

@@hayleydoesthings you’re welcome lol it’s ok

[@annaperez5227]

Alex can I have your jacket

[@diiiscovery]

OKAY BUT LET IT ROLL AND VEGAS ARE ON THIS TOUR'S SETLIST BITCH HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN THINKING ABOUT PLAYING THOSE SONGS

[@spottedstar1123]

oh my god i always thought that the lyrics in come one come all were a metaphor for something and not literally about murdering a DJ wtf

[@Coco-je3oc]

why am I so late? ;^;

[@clairzy1015]

Return the Favor is about Demi Lovato