#essentially what i mean is that gabe is getting PAID to sell himself out by the very people that hate him for selling himself out | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

weallpartyatybcpatricksfuneral · 1 year

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"Prostitution is the world's oldest profession..." and "The "i" in lie" are great songs because they both talk about the same thing -- selling yourself out in the music industry-- from two different viewpoints

#essentially what i mean is that gabe is getting PAID to sell himself out by the very people that hate him for selling himself out #while patrick is cheating on the music he wants to make with the music that he knows will do well commercially #<- which btw is not what soul punk is. and honestly soul punk is the OPPOSITE of selling out #which i could make a whole post on but to sum it up soul punk is exactly what it sounds like. its full of soul and is a kind-off fuck you to #people who think pop music is easy to make/only needs a computer to do and not require an ACTUAL human to make the music itself #but in the i in lie patrick tells the story of a man cheating on his wife even though he KNOWS ITS WRONG AND FEELS GUILTY OVER IT #he knows selling himself out to the music industry is wrong. he doesnt like doing it and would much rather be making music he wants to make #but he keeps selling himself out because its the money and fame of it all. '...in the silent aftermath/butterflies subsiding but they can #never look back'#he keeps selling himself out to this industry because it feels good but only for a short while #and so he lies to fans and to himself that he wants this.#but for gabe he understands that the music industry is well an industry #and so to stay on the top you have do 'dirty' things #and that thing will be selling out #and he doesnt think its bad! he thinks its a revolution actually!#he thinks its the only way to 'humor the fools' who could be the people that consume the music (not the fans)#he literally states he doesnt care what people think of him for selling himself out and that the ones that are hating ARE THE ONES THAT ARE #PAYING FOR HIM TO SELL OUT #just. ugh. these two songs are doing something to me today

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