Fall Out Boy This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race Lyrics I am an arms dealer Fitting you with weapons in the form of words And I don't really care, which side wins As long as the room keeps singing That's just the business I'm in
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race I'm not a shoulder to cry on, but I digress
I'm a leading man And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate I'm a leading man And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate
I wrote the gospel on giving up (You look pretty sinking) But the real bombshells have already sunk (Prima donnas of the gutter) At night we're painting your trash gold while you sleep Crashing not like hips or cars No, more like p-p-p-parties
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
Bandwagon's full. Please, catch another
I'm a leading man And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate I'm a leading man And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate
All the boys who the dance floor didn't love And all the girls whose lips couldn't move fast enough Sing until your lungs give out
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race (Now you) This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race (Wear out the groove) This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race (Sing out loud) This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race (Oh, oh) This ain't a scene, it's a god damn arms race
I'm a leading man And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate I'm a leading man And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate
we take sour sips from life's lush lips And we shake, shake, shake the hips in relationships Stomp out this disaster town You'll put your eyes to the sun and say "I know You're only blinding to keep back what the clouds are hiding" And we might have started singing just a little soon We're throwing stones at a glass moon
Whoa, we're so miserable and stunning Whoa, songs for the genuinely cunning
And we keep the beat With your blistered feet We bullet the words at the mockingbirds, singing Slept through the weekend, and dreaming of sinking with the melody of the cliffs of eternity Got postcards from my former selves saying "How you been?" We might of said goodbyes just a little soon (Stomp out of this disaster town) Robbing Lips,kissing banks Under this moon
Whoa, we're so miserable and stunning Whoa, songs for the genuinely cunning Whoa, we're so miserable and stunning Whoa, songs for the genuinely cunning
It was icecream headaches and sweet avalanche When the pearls in our shells got up to dance You call me a bad tipper of the cradle But I'm just tired yawns for fawns on hunters lawns We're the has_beens of husbands- sharpening the knives of young wives. Take two years and call me when you're better... Take tears of mine and find yourself wetter
Whoa, we're so miserable and stunning Whoa, songs for the genuinely cunning Whoa, we're so miserable and stunning, Whoa, songs for the genuinely cunning
I've loved everything about you that hurts, so Let me see your moves, Let me see your moves Lips pressed this close to mine, True Blue
But the prince of any failing empire knows that Everybody wants, everybody wants To drive on through the night If it's a drive back home
Things aren't the same anymore Some nights, they get so bad You almost pick up the phone
Trade baby blues for wide eyed browns I sleep with your old shirts And walk through this house in your shoes, You know it's strange It's a strange way of saying, I'm supposed to love you I'm supposed to love you
I've already given up on myself twice Third time is the charm, third time is the charm Threw caution to the wind But I've got a lousy arm
And I've traced your shadows on the wall Now I kiss them whenever I'm down Whenever I'm down Figured on not figuring myself out
Things aren't the same anymore Some nights, they get so bad I almost pick up the phone
Trade baby blues for wide eyed browns I sleep with your old shirts And walk through this house in your shoes, You know it's strange It's a strange way of saying That I know I'm supposed to love you I'm supposed to love you
Born under a bad sign, but you saved my life That night on the roof of your hotel "Cross my heart and hope to die Splintered from the headboard in my eye" Photo-proofed kisses I remembered so well
Trade baby blues for wide eyed browns I sleep with your old shirts And walk through this house in your shoes, You know it's strange It's a strange way of saying That I know I'm supposed to love you I'm supposed to love you
I'm head over heels for someone I that I really can't deal with you I wanna block her out my mind but I really can't do it I tell myself this the last time I'ma let her do this to me Whenever we do spend time I'ma realize that I can't get enough of you Wipe that smile off your fucking face then i say to u Wipe that smile off your face then i say to u Wipe that smile off your fucking face then i say to u Wipe that smile off your face To be despised to be loved To be dreamt of to be sought On the inside I don't care Right in the middle I'm right in the middle To be despised to be loved To be dreamt of to be sought On the inside I don't care Be my unholy my one and my only I wear scarves and hoods cause it's the only poker face that I've got left And everything I love about you is a mess Smash the mirror and break the palm reader's hands I want to be better than I am then i say to u Wipe that smile off your fucking face then i say to u Wipe that smile off your face then i say to u Wipe that smile off your fucking face then i say to u Wipe that smile off your face To be despised to be loved To be dreamt of to be sought On the inside I don't care Right in the middle I'm right in the middle To be despised to be loved To be dreamt of to be sought On the inside I don't care Be my unholy my one and my only Girl just look what you done How could you do this to me I gotta put my foot down I can't let you do this to me I can't forget those good old times and all those things you were doing to me I wanna hit that one more time I'm in love with what you're doin to me I'ma say it loud right right left up in this crowd Why we arguin' I thought me and you were suposta be friends Let's chill for a minute Better yet we need a heal for a minute Baby put down the knife sometime I wanna To be despised to be loved To be dreamt of to be sought On the inside I don't care Right in the middle I'm right in the middle To be despised to be loved To be dreamt of to be sought On the inside I don't care Be my unholy my one and my only
That summer we took threes across the park But by fall we were a cover story Now in stores Make us poster boys in the scene For we are not making our acceptance speech I have found the safest place to keep all of our mistakes Every dot comes refreshing for a journal update So long live the car crash heart Lie on the couch till the poets come to life Fix me in 45 So long live the car crash heart Lie on the couch till the poets come to life Fix me in 45
I can take your problems away A mile away Oh my head it smashes the cover boy That I am Only thing I've ever done that is good And it's free and my password in the after life I was the one Was the one who made all our hearts beat all in time So long live the car crash heart Lie on the couch till the poets come to life Fix me in 45 So long live the car crash heart Lie on the couch till the poets come to life Fix me in 45 Long live the car crash heart Long live the car crash heart Long live the car crash heart Long live the car crash heart long live the car crash heart Lie on the couch till the poets come to life Fix me in 45
Baby seasons change but people don't And I oh will be waiting in the back room I'm falling for old conference people Headlines and flash flash flash photography Don't pretend you ever think about me Don't pretend you ever think about me Would you rather be a widow or a divorcee Snap your way from fashion magazines Widow or divorcee Don't pretend it Don't pretend We don't fight fair Say your head can be your prison Then these are just conjugal visits People will dissect us still This doesn't mean a thing anymore Don't pretend you ever think about me Don't pretend you ever think about me Would you rather be a widow or a divorcee Snap your way from fashion magazines Widow or divorcee Don't pretend it Don't pretend We do it in the dark with smiles on our faces Words softly we'll conceal in secret places woah We do it in the dark with smiles on our faces Words softly we'll conceal in secret places We don't fight fair We don't fight fair We don't fight fair We don't fight fair We don't fight fair
We do it in the dark with smiles on our faces Words softly we'll conceal in secret places woah We do it in the dark with smiles on our faces Words softly we'll conceal in secret places We don't fight fair With smiles on our faces Words softly we'll conceal in secret places we don't fight fair Don't pretend you ever think about me We don't fight fair Don't pretend you ever think about me We don't fight fair
I am an arms dealer Fitting you with weapons in the form of words And I don't really care which side wins As long as the room keeps singing That's just the business I'm in This ain't a scene it's a god damn arms race This ain't a scene it's a god damn arms race This ain't a scene it's a god damn arms race I'm not a shoulder to cry on but I digress I'm a leading man And the lies I weave are oh so intricate oh so intricate I'm a leading man And the lies I weave are oh so intricate oh so intricate I wrote the gospel on giving up You look pretty sinking But the real bombshells have already sunk Prima donnas of the gutter At night we're painting your trash gold while you sleep Crashing not like hips or cars No more like p p p parties This ain't a scene it's a god damn arms race This ain't a scene it's a god damn arms race This ain't a scene it's a god damn arms race Bandwagon's full Please catch another I'm a leading man And the lies I weave are oh so intricate oh so intricate I'm a leading man And the lies I weave are oh so intricate oh so intricate
All the boys who the dance floor didn't love And all the girls whose lips couldn't move fast enough Sing until your lungs give out This ain't a scene it's a god damn arms race This ain't a scene it's a god damn arms race This ain't a scene it's a god damn arms race This ain't a scene it's a god damn arms race This ain't a scene it's a god damn arms race This ain't a scene it's a god damn arms race I'm a leading man And the lies I weave are oh so intricate oh so intricate I'm a leading man And the lies I weave are oh so intricate oh so intricate
Last year`s wishes Are this year`s apologies Every last time I come home I take my last chance To burn a bridge or two I only keep myself this sick in the head Cause I know how the words get you We`re the new face of failure Prettier and younger but not any better off Bullet proof loneliness At best, at best Me and you Setting in a honeymoon If I woke up next to you If I woke up next to you Me and you Setting in a honeymoon If I woke up next to you If I woke up next to you Collect the bad habits That you couldn`t bare to keep Out of the woods but I love A tree I used to lay beneath Kissed teeth stained red From a sour bottle baby girl With eyes the size of baby worlds We`re the new face of failure Prettier and younger but not any better off Bullet proof loneliness At best, at best Me and you Setting in a honeymoon If I woke up next to you If I woke up next to you Me and you Setting in a honeymoon If I woke up next to you If I woke up next to you Me and you Setting in a honeymoon If I woke up next to you If I woke up next to you Me and you Setting in a honeymoon If I woke up next to you If I woke up next to you The best way To make it through With hearts and wrists in tact Is to realize Two out of three ain`t bad Ain`t bad Me and you Setting in a honeymoon If I woke up next to you If I woke up next to you Me and you (Honeymoon) Setting in a honeymoon Me and you Setting in a honeymoon If I wake up next to you If I woke up next to you Me and you Setting in a honeymoon If I wake up next to you (Honeymoon)
It's all a game of this or that Now that is there The head of all the kids Was for them And you're someone Who knows someone who knows someone I once knew And I just want to be a part of this The road oustide my house Is paved with good intentions Hire a construction crew Cuz it's hell on the engine And you are the dreamer And we are the dream I could write it better than you ever felt it So hum hallelujah Just don't forget a reason I thought I loved you It's just how you looked in the light A teenage vow in a parking lot Til tonight do us part I've seen the blues And I've swallowed them too My words are my fate To hell with our good name We mix up your cuts Your insides x-rayed And one day we'll get nostalgic for disaster We're a bull Your ears are just a china shop I love you in the same way There's a chapel in a hospital One foot in your bedroom And one foot out the door Sometimes we take chances Sometimes we take pills I could write it better than you ever felt it So hum hallelujah Just don't forget a reason I thought I loved you It's just how you looked in the light A teenage vow in a parking lot Til tonight do us part I've seen the blues And I've swallowed them too
Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelu Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelu A teenage vow in a parking lot Til tonight do us part I've seen the blues And swallowed them too So hum hallelujah Just don't forget a reason I thought I loved you It was just how you looked in the light A teenage vow in a parking lot Til tonight do us part A teenage vow in a parking lot Til tonight do us part A teenage vow in a parking lot Til tonight do us part I've seen the blues And I've swallowed them too
How cruel is the golden rule When the lives we lived are Only golden plated? [Bridge] And I knew that The lights of this city Were too heavy for me And Though I carry karats For everyone to see [Chorus] And I saw God cry in The reflection of my enemies And all the lovers With no time for me And all of the mothers Raised their babies To stay away from me Tongues on the sockets Of electric dreams When the sewage of youth Drowned the spark of my teens And I knew that The lights of this city Were too heavy for me (Too heavy for me...) And though I carry karats For everyone to see (Everyone to see...) [Chorus] And pray they don’t grow up to be...
I'm gonna make it bend and break It sent you to me without wait Say a prayer but let the good times roll In case god doesn't show Let the good times roll Let the good times roll And i want these words to make things right But it's for wrongs that make the words come to life Who does he think he is If that's the worst you got better put your fingers back to the keys One night and one more time Thanks for the memories Even though they weren't so great He tastes like you Only sweeter One night and yeah one more time Thanks for the memories Thanks for the memories See he tastes like you Only sweeter
Been looking forward to the future But my eyesight is going back In these crystal balls It's always cloudy Except for when you look into the past One night stand One night stand One night and one more time Thanks for the memories Even though they weren't so great He tastes like you Only sweeter One night and yeah one more time Thanks for the memories Thanks for the memories See he tastes like you Only sweeter They say I only think in the form of crunching numbers in hoter rooms Collecting patient lovers Get me out of my mind Get you out of those clothes I'm a letter away From getting you into the mood Whoa One night and one more time Thanks for the memories Even though they weren't so great He tastes like you Only sweeter One night and yeah one more time Thanks for the memories Thanks for the memories See he tastes like you Only sweeter One night and one more time Thanks for the memories Even though they weren't so great He tastes like you Only sweeter One night and yeah one more time Thanks for the memories Thanks for the memories See he tastes like you Only sweeter
Whoa oh oh oh Whoa oh oh oh A penny for your thoughts but a dollar for your incite Or a fortune for your disaster I'm just a painter and I'm drawing a blank We only want to sing you to sleep In your bedroom speakers, whoa We need umbrellas on the inside Get me just right They say quitters never win but We walk the plank on a sinking ship There's a world outside of my front door That gets off on being down Oh oh oh oh I could learn to pity fools as I'm the worst of all And I can't stop feeling sorry for myself Whoa We only want to sing you to sleep In your bedroom speakers, whoa We need umbrellas on the inside Get us right They say quitters never win but we walk the plank on a sinking ship There's a world outside of my front door That gets off on being down They say quitters never win but we walk the plank on a sinking ship There's a world outside of my front door That gets off on being down We only want to sing you to sleep (your bedroom speakers, whoa whoa) We only want to sing you to sleep They say quitters never win but we walk the plank on a sinking ship There's a world outside of my front door That gets off on being down They say quitters never win but we walk the plank, and we walk the plank There's a world outside of my front door That gets off on being down Broken down on memory lane Alone together, we're alone (Woah) We're broken down on memory lane Alone together, we're alone Oh oh oh oh
I'm a stitch away from making it And a scar away from falling apart (apart) Blood cells pixelate and eyes dilate And the full moon pills got me Out on the streets at night Cut it loose Watch you work the room Cut it loose Watch you work the room Cut it loose Watch you work the room Cut it loose Watch you work the room Put love on hold, Young hollywood is on the other line Her nose runs ruby red Deaths in a double bed Singin' songs that could only Catch the ear of the desperate Cut it loose Watch you work the room Cut it loose Watch you work the room Cut it loose Watch you work the room Cut it loose I'm a stitch away from making it And a scar away from falling apart Blood cells pixelate and eyes dilate Kiss away young kills and thrills On the mouths of all my friends Cut it loose Watch you work the room Loose Watch you work the room Cut it loose (Watch you work the room) (I'm a stitch away)
We take sour sips from life's lush lips And we shake shake shake the hips in relationships Stop by this disaster town You'll put your eyes to the sun and say I know you're only blinding to keep back what the clouds are hiding And we might have started singing just a little soon We're throwing stones in a glass room Whoa oh oh we're so miserable and stunning Whoa oh far from the genuine becoming We keep the beat with your blistered feet We bullet the words at the mockingbirds singing Slept through the weekend and dreamed We're just syncing with the melody of the kiss of eternity Got postcards from my former self saying How've you been We might have said goodbyes just a little soon Somehow this disaster town Our beliefs of kissing beats over this room Whoa oh oh we're so miserable and stunning Whoa oh love songs so genuinely cunning Whoa oh oh we're so miserable and stunning Whoa oh love songs so genuinely cunning It was ice cream headaches and sweet avalanche When the pearls in our shells came out to dance You call me a bad tipper of the cradle But I'm just tired yawns for fawns on hunter's lawns We're the has beens of husbands Sharpening the knives of young wives Take two years and call me when you're better Take teardrops of mine find yourself wetter Whoaoh oh we're so miserable and stunning Whoa oh love songs so genuinely cunning Whoa oh oh we're so miserable and stunning Whoa oh love songs so genuinely cunning
I wrote a goodbye note in lipstick on your arm When you passed out I couldn't bring myself to call Except to call it quits Best friends Ex friends till the end Better off as lovers And not the other way around Racing through the city Windows down In the back of yellow checkered cars
This city says Come hell or high water Well I'm feeling hot and wet I can't commit to a thing Be it heart or hospital Best friends Ex friends till the end Better off as lovers And not the other way around Racing through the city Windows down In the back of yellow checkered cars
The tombstones were waiting They were half engraved They knew it was over Just didn't know the date And I cast a spell over the west to make you think of me The same way I think of you This is a love song in my own way I believe the raftor didn't know the waist Best friends Ex friends till the end Better off as lovers Racing through the city Windows down In the back of yellow checkered cars
Best friends Ex friends till the end Better off as lovers And not the other way around Ex friends till the end Better off as lovers
I'm a preacher sweating in the pew For the salvation I'm bringing you I'm a salesman I'm selling you hooks and plans And my sales are making demands When I'm home alone I just can't stop myself And you pull my hips so close by the one with the truth Signing off I'm a writing pad but I'm better with a pen The kid was alright but it went to his head
I am god's gift but why would he bless me So gifted and conscience equipped I'm addicted to the way I feel when I think of you Woah You're too much pretty to feel blue When I'm home alone I just can't stop myself And you pull my hips so close by the ones with the truth Signing off I'm a writing pad but I'm better with a pen The kid was alright but it went to his head
When I'm home alone I just can't stop myself And you pull my hips so close by the one with the truth Signing off I'm a writing pad but I'm better with a pen I'm a writing pad but I'm better with a pen I'm a writing pad but I'm better with a pen The kid was alright but it went to his head
