Fourth Of July

“Fourth Of July” compares the sparks flying between two people to the sparks flying in the air on July 4th, American Independence Day. The instrumental sample comes from Son Lux’s “Lost It to Trying”/ When Fall Out Boy streamed the song, Pete captioned it with “T’es la plus belle saison de ma vie,” which is French for “You are the most beautiful season of my life.”

[Intro] You and I were, you and I were fire You and I were, you and I were fire You and I were, you and I were fire, fire, fire [Chorus] It was the fourth of July You and I were, you and I were fire, fire, fireworks That went off too soon And I miss you in the June gloom too It was the fourth of July You and I were, you and I were fire, fire, fireworks I said I'd never miss you But I guess you never know May the bridges I have burned Light my way back home on the fourth of July [Verse 1] I'll be as honest as you'll let me I miss your early morning company If you get me You are my favorite what if You are my best I'll never know And I'm starting to forget Just what summer ever meant to you What did it ever mean to you? [Pre-Chorus] Oh, I'm sorry I didn't mean any of it I just got too lonely, lonely, whoa In between being young and being right You were my Versailles at night [Chorus] It was the fourth of July You and I were, you and I were fire, fire, fireworks That went off too soon And I miss you in the June gloom too It was the fourth of July You and I were, you and I were fire, fire, fireworks I said I'd never miss you But I guess you never know May the bridges I have burned Light my way back home on the fourth of July [Verse 2] My 9 to 5 is cutting open old scars Again and again till I'm stuck in your head Had my doubts but I let them out You are the drought And I'm the holy water you have been without And all my thoughts of you They could heat or cool the room And no, don't tell me you cried Oh, honey, you don't have to lie [Pre-Chorus] Oh, I'm sorry I didn't mean any of it I just got too lonely, lonely, whoa In between being young and being right You were my Versailles at night [Chorus] It was the fourth of July You and I were, you and I were fire, fire, fireworks That went off too soon And I miss you in the June gloom too It was the fourth of July You and I were, you and I were fire, fire, fireworks I said I'd never miss you But I guess you never know May the bridges I have burned Light my way back home on the fourth of July [Bridge] I wish I'd known how much you loved me I wish I cared enough to know I'm sorry every song's about you The torture of small talk with someone you used to love [Chorus] It was the fourth of July You and I were, you and I were fire, fire, fireworks That went off too soon And I miss you in the June gloom too It was the fourth of July You and I were, you and I were fire, fire, fireworks I said I'd never miss you But I guess you never know May the bridges I have burned Light my way back home on the fourth of July