FOLIE À DEUX (from my google review)

OH MY GOD. This is gonna be an absolute trainwreck of a review but bear with me. Unless you like these kinds of things then enjoy the ride I guess.

I went back to my middle school Fall Out Boy phase last year during the 2020 quarantine and discovered manyyyy more prehiatus songs to the point that I basically know FOB's entire discography now. Anyways when I first listened to all the songs on Folie (excluding I Don't Care because I already knew this single since my middle school era) I at first was, to be honest, not that impressed and understood why others might like it and thought this was very artistic (also the cover did help) but it just wasn't for me. Then I literally do not remember when but I started becoming obsessed with the certain sounds in this album, as they were things I have never heard in other songs or albums ever. In fact I've just never heard of anything like this album at all, ever. These include the beginning part of Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown and the transition between 27 to Tiffany Blews. I said that I've never heard these sounds in other SONGS but I feel like I've heard this before, as if it unlocked some sort of psychic or spiritual memory or just unlocked something inside of me. I then began to associate this album with my life back in 2008, and it all sort of melted together to create this entire vibe and memory (?) IDK how to explain it but basically this album has made me believe there is some other world out there, I think its the afterlife, maybe related to Christianity. Folie a Deux picks up on certain chips of memories of my life in 2008 which just triggers this entire wave of emotion that is a mix of nostaliga for my life at this time as well as that afterlife or other world type of feeling. So basically what I'm saying is that this album is so unique to ME that it basically unlocked this entire religious/spiritual belief in me. If you think I sound crazy well, Folie a Deux probably did that for me which I couldn't be more proud of and grateful for. As for the lyrics, they just show how amazing of a lyricist Pete Wentz is. For example, the deepest set of lyrics I've ever heard is the end of "20 Dollar Nosebleed" where Pete speaks. "It's not me, it's you. Actually, it's the taxidermy of you and me." - The taxidermy part is genius to me. It's basically a metaphor for how the mentioned relationship is at that point already dead, as in its true essence is dead. But they still parade it around as if it's still alive just as what taxidermies are: stuffing a dead animal, who are in general, dead, but are presented as if they are still alive. I could talk about this even further but you get the gist. "Untie the balloons around my neck and ground me" -being a metaphor for the relationship being paraded and shown off, as balloons are, and are lifted higher as if the expectations of the relationship are lifted higher but it's hurting the person in question. As in hurting Pete in this case. So yes, that's just one of the many many metaphors and deep meanings you can find in this album. I, unlike other Folie lovers, like the fact that it's so underrated, like a hidden jewel only worthy of those who bothered to stay around and dig deeper. This album is my soulmate. I would give this a 10/5 but Google doesn't allow that so this is it thank you~