#I used to be a real go getter…. I used to think it’d all get better!

[submititselftogravity]

Are you guys hearing this are you hearing this is this thing fucking on

[robertsbarbie]

there is not a single line in so much (for) stardust that does not hit like….. closing song of all time

[foliejpg]

why do you like champion? genuine question, it feels so lyrically and musically weak to me

i think that fans can sometimes put a lot of pressure on the lyrics and are so vehemently opposed to words that aren’t like. a long as metaphor ya know sometimes it can be simple while being meaningful

to me it’s sort of in the same vein of ‘the kids aren’t alright’ in that it’s very hopeful to me that special way fob is so good at. its a solo fight song i guess along the lines of centuries. it’s a very encouraging song to me that i think is a great intro to the themes in stardust.

smfs to me is the constant struggle of things should be better and even though they are better, better isn’t what it’s expected to be. it was all a fake out, i thought it’d get better i thought i knew better, i used to be a real go getter, the only thing i do is sit around and kill time, if i can do this i can do anything, life is just a game im stuck in a lonely loop.

i’ve always said mania and smfs are sister albums, two sides of a conversation being had by one person, specifically a bipolar person going through a manic and depressive episode respectively, and i think champion is actually a great example of the narrator trying to encourage themselves out of a frustrated, uneventful and unproductive rut. they’ve got a rage everyday, a built up energy that they can’t focus on anything except to try and blow out a pilot light, presumably by putting their head in an oven.

the ending also really reminds me of the end of the smfs title track, the theatrics and crescendo of the last line he sings ending high. patrick’s vocals shine when he does runs like that and ive always talked about how my favorite thing about his vocals is the unrelenting passion in everything he does, especially when there’s a drama to the music. it’s a song thats easy to believe in if that makes sense

i think it’s a much better song than fans give it credit for because it’s a radio single and i will never say that someone HAS to enjoy every single fob song to be a real fan, i just think champion is one that hasn’t been given the chance it deserves. i think in a few years or so, or if it ever returns to the setlist, tides will change and ppl will appreciate it for the simple anthem fob has always been so good at creating and giving us

sorry this got long i have no control thank u for asking anything to talk about mania and stardust parallels<3

[luckycharms1701]

hey

whatever you do, don’t listen to so much (for) stardust by fall out boy and think about future leo

don’t think about him sitting there, head in his hands, thinking “We thought we had it all”

I used to be a real go-getter

I used to think it’d all get better

definitely don’t think about him not being able to fall asleep at night without some noise, because his thoughts won’t leave him alone. nobody has ever said anything to him that’s worse than what he says to himself

[fakeoutbf]

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[butiknowiloatheyou]

i used to be a real go getter. i used to think it’d all get better.

[coldhands-sunkeneyes]

Personally victimized by “I used to be a real go getter. I used to think it’d all get better”

[rivertigo]

i use to be a real go getter. I used to think it’d all get better

[padawankestis]

I USED TO BE A REAL GO-GETTER… I USED TO THINK IT’D ALL GET BETTER!

[hungerywolf]

“I’m tryin to keep it together but it gets a little harder when it never gets better”

“I used to be a real go-getter. I used to think it’d all get better”

FOB Lyrics get me in a way few others do and they can be so simple. That part in I Am My Own Muse fucking made me cry the first time I heard it.

[hazardsoflove]

same as julie - top 5 fob lyrics !! <33

omg okay

i love you in the same way there’s a chapel in a hospital

i’m a loose bolt of a complete machine what a match i’m half doomed and you’re semisweet

they say i got screws missing well hell only when i’m missing you and hell yeah i’m a dick girl addicted to you!!!!!!

i’ve already given up on myself twice third time is the charm third time is the charm threw caution to the wind but i’ve got a lousy arm

i used to be a real go getter i used to think it’d all get better

honorable mentions to: the best way to make it through with hearts and wrists in tact is to realize that two out of three ain’t bad / my heads in heaven my soles are in hell so let’s meet in the purgatory of my hips and get well / the road outside my house is paved with good intentions hired a construction crew cause it’s hell on the engine / sometimes before it gets better the darkness gets bigger the person that you’d take a bullet for is behind the trigger / i’m the lonelier version of you i just don’t know where it went wrong + every fob lyric ever

ask me my top five anything!

[sesamestreep]

“I used to be a real go-getter/ I used to think it’d all get better”

[flaphack]

I used to be a real go getter/I used to think it’d all get better

[sonofarathorn]

In another life you were, my babe. In another life, you were the sunshine of my lifetime. What would you trade the pain for? I’m not sure. I USED TO BE A REAL GO GETTER!! I USED TO THINK IT’D ALL GET BETTER !!!!

[butiknowiloatheyou]

no but seriously

i used to be a real go getter? i used to think it’d all get better?????

[theglowstickchronicles]

I used to be a real go-getter

I used to think it’d all get better