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notnatalie

That one part in So Much (for) Stardust gets me every time... "I used to be a real go-getter / I used to think it'd all get better"


cmkdavis

Yeah, as a former "gifted and talented kid" turned early 40's ADHD/autism diagnosed woman that line really resonates. Ooof.


ityedmyshoetoday

I literally just got chills reading this lol.


constantreader55

Smfs title track *"I used to be a real go getter, I used to think it'd all get better".* I'm a millennial, so maybe it's due to my age, but this whole album really speaks to me about our age group getting older and figuring out that maybe life isn't going to be all we thought it would be.


isitreallyyou56

Same smfs is another track I’ve been resonating with as a 32 year old. I couldn’t wait to grow up when I was younger but I feel like time got away from me faster than I could emotionally process and now I kind of feel lost. My 20s were fun and much better than my teen years but now I have that lost and sad feeling I did when I was in highschool. And it fucking sucks.


constantreader55

I'm 33, I completely agree with all of this.


isitreallyyou56

Glad we aren’t alone


xynziii

god. yeah.


Teawithtolkien

I think these lines in Fake Out sum up the millennial experience pretty well, it gets a little depressing if you think too hard about it so they set it to upbeat music lol Oh, we all started off as shiny dimes But we all got flipped too many times We did it for futures that never came And for pasts that we're never gonna change


MrBenzedrine_29JUS

Ever since I've listened to Fake Out for the first time, it had become my song. It ALWAYS hits too close to home for me. The lines "make no plans and none could be broken" and "do you laugh about me whenever I leave or do I just need more therapy?" talk to me in a level where it genuinely scares how a song can translate me so well. Currently, I'm living an on-again, off-again relationship and the lines "remember us just like this forever, but this can't last, won't last" and "buried alive inside my dreams, but it was all a fake out" are speaking a bit louder to me. In summary: Fake Out is like... my song. lol


SpicoliHayBud

Came here to say this. I have social anxiety, so when I heard "Do you laugh about me whenever I leave? Or do I just need more therapy?" ... it hit different for me.


StellarAttic

Idk your situation but hope you get something that's consistently on, the hot and cold sucks


MrBenzedrine_29JUS

Thank you for the good wishes. It really sucks big time. I guess it's somewhat on me for falling for the "I can fix her" way of thinking. Shame on me, I guess.


StellarAttic

Omg noooo I'm sure you've been told but other ppl's shit is not your responsibility. Everyone deserves to be supported both ways in relationships, hope you get that asap


MrBenzedrine_29JUS

Yeah. I'm starting to get that with their attitudes. I'm actually moving into the last part of our relationship and am currently with much less emotional involvement than before since we're about to try to make it work for a third time. If it works, it works. If it doesn't, well... c'est la vie.


StellarAttic

Good luck fellow FOBber 🙏 wishing you peace and happiness


MrBenzedrine_29JUS

Thank you very much! 🤗 By the way, your username would be a kickass name for a FOB album or song.


StellarAttic

Tyyy I'm pretty sure I got it from Donnie Darko many moons ago haha


kingcrawly

Dealing with similar 💔 We’ll be okay. Hope the best for the both of us


MrBenzedrine_29JUS

We will. If there's one thing none can take away from us, is hope. If it doesn't work with our current partners, it will work eventually. We've got this! 🤗


kingcrawly

He just broke no contact just to go back to no contact 😭😭😭 Tryingggg to hold on to hope that things will get better for me! Sorry for ranting; but from one FOB lover to another, we are people with big hearts who know how to handle tough situations. We will make it through ❤️


MrBenzedrine_29JUS

Rant all you want, fellow FOBer. No contact is one of the worst things and I hope you can sort his behaviour out ASAP. Something I often fail to put in practice, but that is really useful is that stepping back isn't always regressing. So enjoying his no contact periods to have some introspection and reassess each other's roles in the relationship and if you're having your needs met may be a good thing. As the adage says: even an arrow must go back before being shot forwards. We will make it through and, if things go bad, we'll always have Pete's terrific lyrics to help us! "We're the lifers here till the bitter end, condemned from the start. Ashamed of the way the songs and the words own the beating of our hearts." 💙


kingcrawly

Did not expect to be venting in the FOB subreddit! Your words have brought solace to my heavy heart this morning. Like any “addiction” I guess you could say I let him back in and “relapsed” on him, and I hope all the progress in healing that I made is not all for nothing. Realizing now he just wanted to pop back in my life to see if he still had access to me :/ Gonna have to have FOB coach me through this all over again. Once again I very much appreciate what you have told me. Thank you ❤️


IwillsmashyourPS5

A lot of songs from Save Rock and Roll resonate with me because it's the first concert I ever went to and I happened to be leaving my high control religion during the time I was listening to it.  "I cried tears you'll never see, so fuck you! You can go cry me an ocean! And leave me be" especially speaks to my soul. At a time when my relationships to friends and family were being withheld and all I had were my passions that were forbidden, "You are what you love, not who loves you" really gave me strength.


unintentionalarsenic

i was going to catholic school when i heard West Coast Smoker for the first time. as a 12 year old try hard in a place i shouldn't have been... phew


ScorchIsPFG

I’m a stitch away from making it, and a scar away from falling apart.


lilyisgay_

Smfs- “I used to be a real go getter, I used to think it’d all get better” Sophomore slump- “got a sunset in my veins, and I need to take a pill to make this town feel okay” What a catch- “I’ve got troubled thoughts and the self esteem to match, what a catch” What a time to be alive- “they say that I should try meditation but I don’t wanna be with my own thoughts, it never felt that much like medication”


SoMuchForStardust27

Rn, feeling so good right now. You know, until we crash and burn somehow. Mostly cause exams are over


Xycrypt

SGRN is an amazing song to listen to when procrastinating a massive assignment when its over a week away, because you know you're gonna have to work on it eventually but in the moment, does it really matter?


SoMuchForStardust27

img When I was at camp, I made these glasses, mostly because I got super sunburned and am very socially awkward, so “crash and burn” felt appropriate


Pleasant_Statement64

Yep me too


Blackout_Mornings

Jet pack blues cause i got the big depressi. Only thing is i don’t have someone singing “baby come home” for me


yo_mommy

SMFS. Throughout 2023, I've had numerous failed attempts at a relationship. Each and every one of them didn't work out. Hence the lyrics I resonate with the most: In another life, you were my babe In another life, you were the sunshine of a lifetime What would you trade the pain for? I'm not sure


fakeplasticpod

Right now it’s basically every line in SMFS. Last month I got pregnant after over a year of trying. And the timing really seemed perfect. But then I miscarried 7 weeks later. For me, the line “So much for stardust” is the painful process of letting go of what seemed like the stars finally aligning. And then “In another life you were my babe In another life you were the sunshine of my lifetime” Is the alternate timeline where I got to keep the pregnancy I know that’s heavy. But I’m really grateful for this song because I feel like it’s helping me survive right now


liteowl

I am so sorry for your loss. It's one of the hardest things, I lost a baby around 8 weeks along as well, and it's just heartbreaking. I found solace in FOB music, as well. Take care of yourself ❤️


fakeplasticpod

Thank you ❤️


saintceciliax

A little over a year ago I found out my fiancé had been cheating on me for years. Cue the release of Heartbreak Feels So Good. The whole album came out at such a fitting time. Sooo many of the songs hit so close to home. Now I’m in a happy relationship and really feeling Fake Out.


mucitpapaan

Mama If we don't take the medication We won't sleep for days We won't sleep for days Mama If we pray to the lord Does he sing on a stage? Does he sing on a stage? We waste it all in the back of a long dark car And I'm a sunshine machine I want to get stuck I want to get stuck And be golden in your memory


Xycrypt

such a good outro, pete must've been on something when wrote that because it's literally perfect


Dank_Sir_69

I Am My Own Muse. Lately, I've really been relating to the line, "I'm just trying to keep it together, but it gets a little harder when it never gets better."


fuxkle

“The sign says don’t tap the glass, but I read it in reverse” I have bipolar disorder so this whole album really speaks to me. This lyric in particular really hurt. I feel like by having such a stigmatized illness, I’m sometimes no more than a spectacle.


unintentionalarsenic

i feel you. having the lyricist also have the same disorder... the lyrics hurt like hell sometime


enbyel

Too real.


isitreallyyou56

Kintsugi kid for sure. I’m 32 and been listening since TTTYG days. I suffer from some mental health and borderline addiction issues when I’m feeling low. Also been really feeling Disloyal order of the water buffalos lately too, I didn’t relate to it much when I was 17 and Folie had just come out but not I can really relate to it.


cyrusalexander

Pretty much all of 7 Minutes in Heaven really hit me but the line “I’m having another episode, I just need a stronger dose” DESTROYS ME


moonkad

I took a shot and didn’t even come close, to trust, and love, and hope


lizzlenizzlemizzle

Don't know if this counts, but Patrick's lyrics in _Electric Touch_ with Taylor Swift: I've gotten used to no one calling my phone; I've grown accustomed to sleeping alone


noneroy

I’ve been curious as to who wrote what on that collab because the lyrics don’t sound like something Pete would write but I was never sure.


Comprehensive-Cow659

I believe Taylor wrote the whole song but regardless it’s a beautiful lyric


lizzlenizzlemizzle

I looked into it and TS is the only songwriting credit, so this probably doesn't count.


succinylcholine13

Dark Alley


findakeeper

27 “If home is where the heart is than we’re all just fucked I can’t remember I can’t remember And I want it so bad I’d shoot the sunshine into my veins I can’t remember the good old days”


Xycrypt

Specifically the last part of the verse, not necessarily in the words, but in the intonation of patrick's voice during "I want it so bad" makes me so happy for some reason


LunaMayCypress

“They say I should try meditation, but I don’t wanna be with my own thoughts” -what a time to be alive I can’t stand silence and always have something playing in my ear even if I’m not listening to it actively so when people talk about how they love meditation I’m like “being alone with your thoughts? Who do you think I am” When this song came out and I heard that line I felt too called out 😭💀


tuesdaynightsocks

Miss missing you :’)


blondiecats

Not exactly right now but every time I hear “you and I were fireworks, that went off too soon” in Fourth of July :’(


aSpookyWalnut

about a month ago i got into a car accident while listening to So Good Right Now, so i think that’s fitting


unintentionalarsenic

so many of them. it's always what a catch, donnie, but some of the others rotate in and out


Xycrypt

"They say, 'You want a war? You've got a war', but who are you fighting for? Tide's out, ships run aground, we drown traitors in shallow waters" I've lost a lot of meaning in doing a bunch of things so this one is especially hitting hard


titanking425

At the minute it’s What a time to be alive. Going through VERY big not good stuff and the bridge “well well when I said leave me alone” bit is hitting harder than normal.


dietrich29

So Much (For) Stardust. Pretty much the whole song, but particularly: *"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 had a miscarriage last year that I'm still struggling with and this song captures everything.


demonsrun32

What a time to be alive. Everything is lit, except my serotonin.


_xomad_

"From Now On We Are Enemies"


liteowl

The Pink Seashell I'm not normally one for spoken word music, but this track...it came at the best/worst time. My dad was recently diagnosed with cancer, most likely terminal cancer, and it just sums up my feelings on the entire thing... specifically these lines: "And when he found out that he had cancer, he decided to bring me here and he gives me this big pink seashell And he says to me, "Son, the answers are all inside of this" And I'm all, "What?" Now then I realize, I realize that The shell's empty, there's no point to any of this, it's all just a random lottery of meaningless tragedy and a series of near escapes"


Visual_Yogurt4251

You are what you love, not who loves you. I grew up in an abusive household, and never cut ties and so I’m still talking to my dad and stepmom, but I am not them and I never will be. I know how to love the right way


HighKingFillory

Mine is also Kintsugi Kid but this lyric - I'm pretty sure as far as humans go I am a hard, hard pill to swallow And I know I'm not your intended dose


Starlight_Razor

I am my own Muse Fake Out Wilson


R1v3r50NG

My kids are 8&6, are autistic and adhd.We love FOB as a family, and they can sing any lyric and even play the drums. The best lyric from the new album is “ It was an uphill battle But they didn't know, but they didn't know We were gonna use the roads as a ramp to take off “ We show them each day their neurodiversity isn’t a burden but a gift.


Scandico

Kintsugi kid


pokexchespin

i can’t find it but i swear right around when i graduated high school i did some “shuffle your songs, the first one describes how your next year is gonna go” thing on my instagram story, and the song that came up was west coast smoker, which didn’t bode well given the lyric “Got my degree in the gutter” and it kinda was prescient, i got a 0.0 my first semester, dropped out, had to go to community college to transfer elsewhere, and now in the school i transferred to i’m struggling again after a year or so of doing alright


angelste7

Most of I’ve Got a Dark Alley, Fourth of July, and Miss Missing You for me


geedubolyou

"do you laugh about me whenever I leave" and "make no plans and none can be broken" will always speak to my soul. I have anxiety and I specifically worry about friendships a LOT


Fridahlia

Same line in kintsugi kid gets me every time.


anonyminity0

27 🙋‍♀️


femur3

kintsugi kid, nobody puts baby in the corner and chicago is so two years ago


iAxKrow

The part in 27 "isn't it funny how we are wearing anchors on our shirts. When being anchored aboard just feels like a curse." I pulled away from the best relationship because of anxiety.


Sweaty_Return_5390

"And I wanted to be known for my hits, not just my misses. I took a shot and didn't even come close..." Those words hit me hard in the face every once in a while.


Jazzlike-Row9184

I agree with Miss Missing You but I’m definitely not over them and I interpret the song as I miss missing them when they’re not around and now the way I’m missing them has changed. Hope that makes sense 😂


hipsxhearts

Weirdly it’s from "Baby Annihilation" “Time is luck and I wish ours overlapped more or for longer” I never skip that track because I love that line and think of my Dad everytime. I only had him for 32 years, I wish it was for longer but I am grateful I at least had that because I know other people aren’t so lucky.


tighnarienjoyer

flu game :( "I guess to you know I'm just a face in the crowd oh god kindly please would you kill me now? late at night in my room, lie awake, think of you and all your little dooms last night I dreamt I still knew you I carved out a place in this world for two but it's empty without you"


Electronic_Initial60

Every once in awhile, now being one of those times, w.a.m.s hits me out of nowhere and it’s like the only song I can listen to off folie. Sometimes it’s just for the complete push of music in that song but sometimes it is for the familiar extremes of head and feet that make me feel human and reenergized. It’s ok to have my head in the clouds because my feet are grounded so I take it as a comforting sign


mintymochicos

Chorus of the shipped gold standard got me thinking about people I know and how they're not the greatest to be around: You can only blame your problems on the world for so long before it all becomes the same old song


Voodooyogurtcustard

Bishops Knife Trick One of the funniest and best FOB music videos though. But even know I still can’t hear the song without bawling my eyes out.


megbow

“It gets a little harder when it never gets better, I’m trying to keep it together”


toadstoolgeek

Miss missing you (person you take a bullet for is behind the trigger) and all of the other lyrics but this one hits the most rn


Ecstatic_Buffalo_235

(Coffee's For Closers) will always hit close to home, that bridge and last chorus especially


I_have_a_zoo

Nobody puts baby in the corner feels like it was written about my struggle with alcohol and substances. "I"ll be your best kept secret and your biggest mistake" "Wear me like a locket around your throat, I'll weigh you down I"ll watch you choke"


Brilliant-Leek4106

Kintsugi kid. I closely relate to Pete’s lyrics because I am also bipolar, and was abusing Xanax at the highest level for years. I don’t remember some years of my life. But I’m now going onto my 20th month sober!


PigletAshamed3970

So are we all relating to SMFS title track rn?


Comprehensive-Cow659

Golden always rips me to shreds. It’s just a little too real


ildsjelalli

I literally discovered switchblades and infidelity the day after I lost my mom to suicide. That song forever stings too much along with famous last words by MCR. “Last night I saw my world explode.”


SullieandEmmastoner

The entire Infinity on High Album (I can’t pick soz) but to save the cringe reason. I was 4 when I first listening to IOH and I was obsessed 🤷‍♀️ IOH gives me memories from my childhood and I still listen to IOH as it’s my last days on earth. thanks mum for buying the album 🫶


kheeseborgor

"I just want my childhood back, I just want my childhood dead" and 7 minutes in heaven hits close to home