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most heartwrenching non-obvious heartwrenching fob song imo is like. homesick at spacecamp

hear me out - ik its literally in the title but to me its non obvious bc of all the context to do w the band afterwards. Like its almost prophetic in some of the conflict and struggle with the band but also its so so so innocent

- "these new friends are golden" and then the heychris stuff, and even to an extent the hiatus were the band and the golden voice werent enough to keep it together anymore

- "heaphones will deliver you the words that i cant say" literally p2 during hiatus. like more so blog posts, tweets etc. but like the message being conveyed through media. esp considering patrick wrote this song more than pete

- "you were the first to listen to everything we said" clearly about the band and audience. the same audience that picked apart their words too much to the point of futility ("people will dissect us till this doesnt mean a thing anymore")

but despite everything its so hopeful. it still feels hopeful even after knowing all this. you see its energy reflected in the more recent songs - almost like an apology. an acceptance. like this song symbolises the essence of fall out boy for better or for worse, but the the better is so enduring you can still hear its echoes everywhere.

idkkk i love that song its so young but also bittersweet and i have too many feelinsg about it i needed to let it out. hope u enjoyed my little ramble

Ha! I did enjoy your little ramble! I do love this song and I love what you say it being so "young," because it really does feel like such a young song. It's such a song of being in that in-between stage, between Chicago and California, between being a kid and being all grown-up.

And the thing about the headphones delivering the words he can't say. It's such a fandom convention that Pete writes out his love to Patrick, he doesn't say it; it's also such a fandom convention that Patrick sings his love to Pete, he doesn't say it. And both of those fandom conventions are right there in that lyric: Here is me singing the things I can't tell you. Here are the lyrics for the words I can't say.

And of course the imagery of "golden," which grows to be so fraught and weighted in Pete's lyrical bank.

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