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Pete's basically telling us that no one is in music for the right reasons anymore, and that no matter what, everything gets manufactured to some point. There are all those kids out there who think they are listen to true, real music, but with the pop culture today, there is no real, true music.

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The ribbon on my wrist says, "Do not open before Christmas."#N#Although this isn't the full meaning of the song, this line is actually a morbidly, humurous jab at cutting one's wrists as a method of suicide. If you look more closely at a lot of FOB songs, you'll see a lot of black humor.

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Brothers and sisters put this record down#N#Take my advice ('cause we are bad news)#N#We will leave you high and dry#N#It's not worth the hearing you'll lose#N#I think this part is FOB telling the listener that they are not like other bands.

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