Allister is a pop punk band from Chicago, Illinois. The four-piece formed i… Read Full Bio ↴Allister is a pop punk band from Chicago, Illinois. The four-piece formed in 1996 and were one of the first bands to sign to Drive-Thru Records. Besides releasing three studio albums — 1999's Dead Ends and Girlfriends, 2002's Last Stop Suburbia, and 2005's Before the Blackout — Allister made a cameo appearance in the 2004 film Sleepover. On March 6, 2007, the band announced their intention to go on hiatus. In 2010 they reunited with announce of the new album ''Countdown to Nowhere" to be released October 3rd, 2010. It is now available on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/countdown-to-nowhere/id396692153

Tim Rogner - vocals and guitar
Kyle Lewis - guitar
Scott Murphy - vocals and bass
Mike Leverence - drums

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Allister Lyrics

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I've never understood
Why I always think about it
And why it's always on my mind I don't know
I often wonder
If things are gonna change at all
'cause now I get the closest when I'm all alone

'cause all I want

And all I need
Could I please get from you

I just wanna get laid
Don't care how much she costs
I just wanna get laid
Every day and night
I just wanna get laid
Don't care how good she looks
I just wanna get laid
Tonight and every night for the rest of my life

I ain't got much
Just pictures on my wall
It's not that much but it'll do
My friends all laugh
They have no symptahy
I guess I'll be the last one to screw

they say I'm scared
And unprepared
Could I please learn from you

I just wanna get laid
Don't care how much she costs
I just wanna get laid
Every day and night
I just wanna get laid
Don't care how good she looks
I just wanna get laid
Tonight and every night for the rest of my life

I've never understood
Why I always think about it
And why it's always on my mind I don't know
I often wonder
If things are gonna change at all
'cause now I get the closest when I'm all alone

'cause all I want
And all I need
Could I please get from you

I just wanna get laid
Don't care how much she costs
I just wanna get laid
Every day and night
I just wanna get laid
Don't care how good she looks
I just wanna get laid
Don't care how much she costs
I just wanna get laid
Every day and night
I just wanna get laid

Don't care how good she looks
I just wanna get laid

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Allister's song Pictures are about a person's desire to simply just have sex without any emotional attachment. The persona states that they do not understand why sex is always on their mind, but they want it nonetheless. They express their willingness to pay for sex and how they do not care about the cost or how the woman looks. The persona admits they only have pictures on their wall, and although their friends laugh at them, they do not have any sympathy because they are the last one to "screw." The persona then asks if they can learn from whoever they are speaking to, suggesting that they are inexperienced in having sexual relationships.

The lyrics reveal an individual who is driven solely by physical desires and does not care about emotional connections with people. The use of pictures on the wall as the individual's only form of company suggests loneliness and possibly dissatisfaction with their current situation. The lyrics are quite blunt and straightforward, with the persona not hiding their intentions for wanting sex.

Line by Line Meaning

I've never understood
I don't comprehend

Why I always think about it
Why it consumes my thoughts perpetually is beyond me

And why it's always on my mind I don't know
I'm unaware of what causes it to constantly stay on my mind

I often wonder
Frequently, I contemplate

If things are gonna change at all
If any alterations will happen

'cause now I get the closest when I'm all alone
As of now, I feel the closest when I'm solitary

'cause all I want
For the reason that what I seek is

And all I need
And what I necessitate is

Could I please get from you
May I possibly obtain from you

I just wanna get laid
I simply desire to engage in sexual intercourse

Don't care how much she costs
I am not concerned about the monetary value of the person providing the sexual act