Sorrowful

Sorrowful

 lyrics to //"I've Got A Dark Alley and a Bad Idea that Says You Should Shut Your Mouth"// by //Fall Out Boy.//

Joke me something awful just like kisses on the necks of "best friends" **We're the kids who feel like dead ends And I want to be known for my hits, not just my misses I took a shot and didn't even come close At trust and love and hope ** And the poets are just kids who didn't make it And never had it at all

**And the record won't stop skipping And the lies just won't stop slipping** And besides my reputation's on the line We can fake it for the airwaves From comparing myself to everyone else around me **
 * Force our smiles, baby, half dead

Please put the doctor on the phone 'cause I'm not making any sense And my back has been breaking from this heavy heart We never seemed so far I'm hopelessly hopeful, you're just hopeless enough But we never had it at all **
 * Blame everyone but me for this mess

Explanation:

The word choice in this song definitely creates a very sorrowful tone. The writer creates this image of a person who feels completely hopeless, feeling like he's known for only his mistakes and when he tried to trust, love, and have hope, it didn't work out. He feels like he's on a broken record, the same miserable things keep happening and he can't stop lying. He has to fake smiles he knows no one believes because he sees that everyone else is better than him, he's in a horrible mess. He emphasizes his pain using the hyperbole "my back has been breaking from this heavy heart". He's throwing himself desperately at anyone but it still doesn't work out. The background music also adds to this sorrowful feeling, its rather dark and quiet, and the singer's voice is quiet and hopeless sounding during the voices and then it becomes louder and a little pleading.

Great job here - thoughtful analysis