w.a.m.s.

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The title stands for “waiter/actress/model/singer”, as confirmed by Fall Out Boy’s drummer Andy Hurley on Twitter. This is a reference to the stereotype of people who… Read More

Dec. 16, 20081 viewer114.2K views

w.a.m.s. Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I'm a young one stuck in the thoughts
Of an old one's head
When all the others were just stirrin' awake
I'm tryin' to trick myself to fall asleep again, whoa

[Pre-Chorus]
My head's in Heaven, my soles are in Hell
Well, let's meet in the purgatory of my hips and get well

[Chorus]
Hurry, hurry
You put my head in such a flurry, flurry
Oh, freckle, freckle, what makes you so special?
Oh, what makes you so special?
I'm gonna leave you
Oh, I'm gonna teach you
How we're all alone
How we're all alone, oh, oh

[Verse 2]
Guild me, build me, it's your club, so
Let me in (let me in)
Knowing how heartwarming it is inside
Your skin

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[Pre-Chorus]
My head's in Heaven, my soles are in Hell
Well, let's meet in the purgatory of my hips and get well

[Chorus]
Hurry, hurry
You put my head in such a flurry, flurry
Oh, freckle, freckle, what makes you so special?
Oh, what makes you so special?
I'm gonna leave you
Oh, I'm gonna teach you
How we're all alone
How we're all alone, oh, oh

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Chorus]
Hurry, hurry
You put my head in such a flurry, flurry
Oh, freckle, freckle, what makes you so special?
Oh, what makes you so special?
I'm gonna leave you
Oh, I'm gonna teach you
How we're all alone
How we're all alone, oh, oh

[Outro]
Mmmmm
Mama, if we don't take the medication
We won't sleep for days, we won't sleep for days
And Mama, if we pray to the Lord, oh
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
Uh, I want to get stuck, I want to get stuck
And be golden in your memory, oh, mmm, mmm, oh, oh

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About

The title stands for “waiter/actress/model/singer”, as confirmed by Fall Out Boy’s drummer Andy Hurley on Twitter.

This is a reference to the stereotype of people who often move to Hollywood with aspirations of “making it” as an actor or musician, but end up working jobs like being a waiter to make ends meet, yet still refer to themselves as all of those things when they aren’t yet “professional”.

A joke that went around the fanbase prior to the confirmation of the song title was that it stood for ‘Wentz Ate My Sideburns’, referring to vocalist Patrick Stump ditching his signature sideburns after the release of Folie À Deux.