Editing Full Collapse (section)

==Music and lyrics==
''Full Collapse'' has been mainly described as a [[post-hardcore]] release,<ref name="AP.netreview"/><ref name=SMreview2008/><ref>Bird, ed. 2015, p. 25</ref><ref name=WSreview/> while also being labelled as [[post-punk]],<ref name=PNreview/> [[emo pop]],<ref name=AMreview/> [[hardcore punk]],<ref name=PNreview/> and [[punk rock]]. Throughout the album, Rickly's singing switches between [[crooning]] to [[Screaming (music)#Hardcore and punk rock|screaming]].<ref name="paste">{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/punk/the-25-best-punk-albums-of-the-2000s/#14-thursday-full-collapse|title=The 25 Best Punk Albums of the 2000s|work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|author=Nizam, Adam|date=January 11, 2017|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112020939/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/punk/the-25-best-punk-albums-of-the-2000s/#14-thursday-full-collapse|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Full Collapse'' lacks some of the typical traits of emo in favor of [[Johnny Marr]]-like [[Guitar picking|picking]] in a [[Minor scale|minor key]], against [[power chord]]s.<ref name=BPBThursday/> Members of other bands and members of the production team contributed various instrumentation to the tracks: Farley with additional guitar on "[[Understanding in a Car Crash]]"; [[Joe Darone]] of [[the Rosenbergs]] with additional vocals on "Autobiography of a Nation"; Tom Schlatter of the Assistant with additional vocals on "Autobiography of a Nation" and "Cross Out the Eyes"; Villanueva with additional guitar on "Autobiography of a Nation" and "Wind-Up"; Giles with [[Strings (music)|strings]] and [[John Compton (organ builder)|melotone]] on "Paris in Flames"; and Frank Giokas of Unsound with additional guitar on "Standing on the Edge of Summer".<ref name=FCbooklet/>

The opening track, "A0001", sees Rickly pondering whether a robot is capable of dreaming, as [[Audio feedback|guitar feedback]] gives way to two [[Snare drum|snare]] hits.<ref name="AP.netreview" /> He said people were "spending so much of our time in front of computers that it's feeling like we're becoming robots".<ref name=BLinterview>{{cite web|url=http://207.159.100.39/archive/archive_heard_thursday.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010708072600/http://207.159.100.39/archive/archive_heard_thursday.htm|title=Thursday|publisher=Basement-Life|date=February 2001|archivedate=July 8, 2001|accessdate=December 12, 2021}}</ref> "Understanding in a Car Crash" details the death by car crash of Rickly's girlfriend and best friend and his subsequent visit to the hospital. Rickly said the song was inspired by what they were listening to at the time, [[Joy Division]], and put that "within the realm of hardcore".<ref name="AltPBT">{{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/the_story_behind_understanding_in_a_car_crash_thursday_geoff_rickly/|title=BackTracking: The Stories Behind The Songs - Geoff Rickly on 'Understanding In A Car Crash'|work=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|author=Pettigrew, Jason|date=May 6, 2013|access-date=February 19, 2021|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112021952/https://www.altpress.com/features/the_story_behind_understanding_in_a_car_crash_thursday_geoff_rickly/|url-status=live}}</ref> "Concealer" is a short [[up-tempo]] song that is followed by [[the Cure]]-esque "Autobiography of a Nation", which talks about [[genocide]].<ref name=SMreview2008/><ref name=PNreview/><ref name=AMFSFreview>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/five-stories-falling-mw0000438001|title=Five Stories Falling - Thursday {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|publisher=AllMusic|author=Blanford, Roxanne|access-date=February 19, 2021|archive-date=December 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213065116/https://www.allmusic.com/album/five-stories-falling-mw0000438001|url-status=live}}</ref> "A Hole in the World" features a guitar riff in the vein of [[Jawbreaker (band)|Jawbreaker]] and ends with a piano part.<ref name=PNreview/><ref name=Stylusreview/> "Cross Out the Eyes" is the heaviest song on the album, featuring screaming from Schlatter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/musicblog/2012/02/13/six-most-overwrought-valentines-day-emo-songs?showFullText=true|title=Six Most Overwrought Valentine's Day Emo Songs|work=[[Riverfront Times]]|author=Wasoba, Ryan|date=February 13, 2012|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-date=July 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722180801/https://www.riverfronttimes.com/musicblog/2012/02/13/six-most-overwrought-valentines-day-emo-songs?showFullText=true|url-status=live}}</ref> Rickly said he wrote it about wanting to "obliterat[e] the whole authorial me-me-me-this-is-about-me [stance]"; it was one of the first song he wrote on guitar.<ref name=AltPBT/><ref name=ViceRYR/>

"Paris in Flames" discusses [[transgender]] and [[LGBT social movements|LGBT activism]], as well as mentioning prejudices that a gay friend of Rickly's had faced.<ref name=ViceRYR>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/rank-your-records-thursday-geoff-rickly/|title=Rank Your Records: Thursday's Geoff Rickly Explains Why 'Full Collapse' Is the Band's Best Record|work=[[Vice Media|Vice]]|author=Hill, John|date=December 11, 2014|access-date=September 23, 2016|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015150/https://www.vice.com/en/article/rgpxzy/rank-your-records-thursday-geoff-rickly|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=NYTSummer>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/29/magazine/the-summer-of-screamo.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827051240/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/29/magazine/the-summer-of-screamo.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm|title=The Summer of Screamo|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Dee, Jonathan|date=June 29, 2003|archive-date=August 27, 2020|access-date=February 19, 2021}}</ref> "Standing on the Edge of Summer" talks about impending death and reuses a guitar effect heard in "Understanding in a Car Crash".<ref name=SMreview2008/><ref name=AMFSFreview/> "Wind-Up" begins with a slow verse section that gives way to a screaming chorus, complete with dueling vocals.<ref name=SMreview2008/> "How Long Is the Night?" is about Rickly's partner in French class, who would lay on the train tracks behind their school, wishing that the a train would run them over.<ref name=ViceRYR/> The album ends with "i1100", which consists of distorted sound effects.<ref name=SMreview2008/>