 Pierre has in retrospect labeled half of the album 's writing as being completed while inebriated and the other half while getting sober . For example , he penned the lyrics to " Attractive Today " and " Time Turned Fragile " while drunk in his apartment , in a " sad and lonely place . " In this approach , words mostly " just came out , " and were not substantially revised . In addition , he was listening to the 2003 album Reconstruction Site by the Weakerthans , and found himself inspired by the songwriting of frontman John K. Samson . Pierre would often take lyrics from other bands songs for song titles ; " Time Turned Fragile " is lifted from a lyric in <unk> 's " Julia " , while " Together We 'll Ring in the New Year " was pulled from the Tom Waits song " Please Wake Me Up " . " L.G. <unk> " grew out of a night on Motion City Soundtrack 's 2003 UK tour with The All @-@ American Rejects , in which the latter band 's merchandise manager was severely inebriated . He stood on the merchandise stand and shouted the song 's central thesis — " Let 's Get Fucked Up and Die " . All involved found great humor in the " mantra " , which went on to be printed on business cards as a joke . " Hold Me Down " was inspired by a former roommate of Pierre 's . After she had moved out , Pierre found a portion of her math homework in a couch cushion , leading to him imagining a scenario of finding a letter from a departed lover . 
