#went to sleep a poet and woke up a fraud - etc)

[hum--hallelujah]

"I'm sick of always writing songs for you to slit your wrists to" little did Pete know then that someday we would see him happy and decide to put down the blade

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FALL OUT BOY’S ‘FROM UNDER THE CORK TREE’ STARTERS

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OUR LAWYER MADE US CHANGE THE NAME OF THIS SONG SO WE WOULDN’T GET SUED

‘ take my advice: i am bad news. ’ ‘ i will leave you high and dry. ’ ‘ it’s not worth the hearing you’ll lose. ’ ‘ it’s just past 8 and i’m feeling young and reckless. ’ ‘ we’re only liars, but we’re the best. ’ ‘ we’re only good for the latest trends. ’ ‘ i’m only good cause you can have an almost-famous friend. ’ ‘ i’ve got such good fashion sense. ’ ‘ put these words down into your notebook. ’ ‘ we’re friends when you’re on your knees. ’

OF ALL THE GIN JOINTS IN ALL THE WORLD

‘ you only hold me up like this cause you don’t know who i really am.’ ‘ sometimes i just want to know what it’s like to be you. ’ ‘ i used to waste my time dreaming of being alive. ’ ‘ i used to waste my time dreaming of being alive. now i only waste it dreaming of you. ’ ‘ turn off the lights and turn off the shyness, cause all of our moves make up for the silence. ’ ‘ and oh, the way your makeup stains my pillowcase... it’s like i’ll never be the same. ’ ‘ i’ve got headaches and bad luck. ’ ‘ i’ve got headaches and bad luck, but they couldn’t touch you. ’

DANCE, DANCE

‘ you say you’re no good with words, but i’m worse. ’ ‘ it can’t get much worse. ’ ‘ i’m two quarters and a heart down, and i don’t want to forget how your voice sounds. ’ ‘ dance. ’ ‘ these are the lives you love to lead. ’ ‘ you always fold just before you’re found up. ’ ‘ drink up, it’s last call. ’ ‘ why don’t you show me the little bit of spine you’ve been saving for his mattress, love? ’ ‘ i only want sympathy in the form of you crawling into bed with me. ’

SUGAR, WE’RE GOING DOWN

‘ am i more than you bargained for yet? ’ ‘ i’ve been dying to tell you anything you want to hear, cause that’s just who i am this week. ’ ‘ i’m just a notch in your bedpost. ’ ‘ we’re always sleeping in. ’ ‘ sugar, we’re going down swinging. ’ ‘ i’ll be your number one with a bullet; a loaded god complex, cock it and pull it. ’ ‘ is this more than you bargained for yet? ’ ‘ don’t mind me. ’ ‘ i’m wishing to be the friction in your jeans. ’ ‘ isn’t it messed up how i’m just dying to be him? ’ ‘ take back what you said. ’

NOBODY PUTS BABY IN THE CORNER

‘ drink down that gin and kerosene, and come spit on bridges with me just to keep us warm. ’ ‘ leave me be. ’ ‘ i keep my jealousy close cause it’s all mine. ’ ‘  if you say this makes you happy then i’m not the only one lying. ’ ‘ keep quiet. ’ ‘ nothing comes as easy as you. ’ ‘ can i lay in your bed all day? ’ ‘ i’ll be your best kept secret and your biggest mistake. ’ ‘ so wear me like a locket around your throat; i’ll weigh you down, i’ll watch you choke. you look so good in blue. ’ ‘ you look so good in blue. ’

I’VE GOT A DARK ALLEY AND A BAD IDEA THAT SAYS YOU SHOULD SHUT YOUR MOUTH (SUMMER SONG)

‘ joke me something awful, just like kisses on the necks of “best friends.” ‘ ‘ we’re the kids who feel like dead ends. ’ ‘ i want to be known for my hits, not just my misses. ’ ‘ i took a shot, and didn’t even come close at trust, and love, and hope. ’ ‘ the poets are just the kids who didn’t make it. ’ ‘ the lies just won’t stop slipping. ’ ‘ my reputation’s on the line. ’ ‘ we can fake it for the airwaves. ’ ‘ i’m not making any sense. ’ ‘ my back has been breaking from this heavy heart. ’ ‘ i’m hopelessly hopeful, you’re just hopeless enough. ’ ‘ we never had it at all. ’

7 MINUTES IN HEAVEN (ATAVAN HALEN)

‘ i’m sleeping my way out of this one with anyone who will lie down. ’ ‘ i’ll be stuck fixated on one star when the world is crashing down. ’ ‘ i keep telling myself i’m not the desperate type. ’ ‘ you’ve got me looking in through blinds. ’ ‘ i’m sitting out dances on the wall, trying to forget everything that isn’t you. ’ ‘ i’m not going home alone cause i don’t do too well on my own. ’ ‘ i don’t too well on my own. ’ ‘ the only thing worse than not knowing is you thinking that i don’t know. ’ ‘ i just need a stronger dose. ’

SOPHOMORE SLUMP OR COMEBACK OF THE YEAR

‘ are we growing up, or just going down? ’ ‘ it’s just a matter of time until we’re found out. ’ ‘ i swear, i’d burn this city down to show you the light. ’ ‘ i’m well-read and poised. ’ ‘ i’ll keep singing this lie if you’ll keep believing it. ’ ‘ i’m the kid you used to love, but then i grew old. ’ ‘ i was condemned from the start. ’ ‘ the best part of “believe” is the “lie”. ’ ‘ i need to keep you like this in my mind. ’ ‘ so give in, or just give up. ’

CHAMPAGNE FOR MY REAL FRIENDS, REAL PAIN FOR MY SHAM FRIENDS

‘ you are a getaway car, a rush of blood to the head. ’ ‘ i keep you warm and won’t ask where you’ve been. ’ ‘ strike us like matches, cause everyone deserves the flames. ’ ‘ we only do it for the scars and stories. ’ ‘ everyone is trying. ’ ‘ it’s such a shame. ’ ‘ the sounds of this small town make my ears hurt. ’ ‘ you want a war? you’ve got a war. ’ ‘ who are you fighting for? ’

I SLEPT WITH SOMEONE IN FALL OUT BOY AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS STUPID SONG WRITTEN ABOUT ME

‘ i found the cure to growing older. ’ ‘ you’re the only place that feels like home. ’ ‘ some secrets weren’t meant to be told. ’ ‘ i’m the first kid to write of hearts, lies, and friends. ’ ‘ i am sorry my conscience called in sick again. ’ ‘ i’ve got arrogance down to a science. ’ ‘ douse yourself in cheap perfume  —  it’s oh-so fitting of the way you are. you can’t cover it up. ’ ‘ you can’t cover it up. ’ ‘ find a safe place. ’ ‘ you will be missed. ’ ‘ they call kids like us vicious and carved out of stone. ’ ‘ i always weigh what i’ve got against what i left. ’ ‘ progress report: i am missing you to death. ’ ‘ i’m feeling borrowed and always blue. ’

A LITTLE LESS SIXTEEN CANDLES, A LITTLE MORE “TOUCH ME”

‘ i confess, i messed up. ’ ‘ i know you dressed up. ’  ‘ hey, kid, you’ll never live this down. ’ ‘ you’re just the girl all the boys want to dance with, and i’m just the boy who’s had too many chances. ’ ‘ you’re the girl all the boys want to dance with. ’ ‘ why don’t you just drop dead? ’ ‘ i don’t blame you for being you. but you can’t blame me for hating it. ’ ‘ what are you waiting for? ’ ‘ what are you waiting for? kiss me. ’ ‘ i set my clocks early, cause i know i’m always late. ’ ‘ write me off. give up on me. ’ ‘ darling, what did you expect? ’ ‘ i’m a lost cause, a long shot. don’t even take this bet. ’ ‘ you said you’d keep me honest. ’ ‘ you said you’d keep me honest, but i won’t call you on it. ’

GET BUSY LIVING OR GET BUSY DYING (DO YOUR PART TO SAVE THE SCENE AND STOP GOING TO SHOWS)

‘ this has been said so many times that i’m not sure if it matters. ’ ‘ we never stood a chance. ’ ‘ if you are the shores, i am the waves begging for big moons. ’ ‘ your secret’s out. ’ ‘ i know this hurts. ’ ‘ i know this hurts. it was meant to. ’ ‘ your secret’s out, and the best part is, it isn’t even a good one. ’ ‘ you don’t matter. ’ ‘ all us boys are just screaming into microphones for attention. ’ ‘ i’m falling apart to songs about hips and hearts. ’ ‘ i used to obsess over living. now i only obsess over you. ’ ‘ tell me you’d like boys like me better in the dark lying on top of you. ’ ‘ from day one, i talked about getting out. ’ ‘ talking’s just a waste of breath, and living’s just a waste of death. ’

XO

‘ i combed the crowd and picked you out. ’ ‘ i left my conscience pressed between the pages of the bible in the drawer. ’ ‘ what did it ever do for me? ’ ‘ love never wanted me. ’ ‘ love never wanted me, but i took it anyway. ’ ‘ choose love or sympathy, but never both. ’ ‘ i hoped you choked and crashed your car. ’ ‘ that’s all that you are and ever were from the start. ’ ‘ i left my conscience pressed through the keyhole as i watched you dress. ’ ‘ kiss and tell. ’ ‘ loose lips sink ships. ’

SNITCHES AND TALKERS GET STITCHES AND WALKERS

‘ show me a starry-eyed kid, i’ll break his jaw. ’ ‘ i will save you from yourself. ’ ‘ don’t turn out like me. ’ ‘ it’s only for your own good. ’ ‘ i lost it, called it quits. ’ ‘ this story’s getting old, the home wrecker with the heart of gold. ’ ‘ i keep you locked up in the trunk of my mind. ’ ‘ even when there’s nothing worth living for, you’re still worth lying for. ’ ‘ no one has to know. ’

THE MUSIC OR THE MISERY

‘ i got my stitches fixed. ’ ‘ i got your love letters. ’ ‘ i got your love letters, corrected the grammar, and sent them back. ’ ‘ it’s true, romance is dead: i shot it in the chest, then in the head. ’ ‘ if you wanna go down in history, then i’m your prince. ’ ‘ i’ve never seen a heart i couldn’t break. ’ ‘ which came first: the music, or the misery? ’ ‘ we’re high fashion, we’re last chances. ’ ‘ i’m casually obsessed, and i’ve forgiven death. ’ ‘ i’m every cliche, but i simply do it best. ’ ‘ i went to sleep a poet and i woke up a fraud. ’

MY HEART IS THE WORST KIND OF WEAPON (DEMO)

‘ empty another bottle and let me tear you to pieces. ’ ‘ i’m the kind of kid that can’t let anything go. ’ ‘ you wouldn’t know a good thing if it came up and slit your throat. ’ ‘ your remorse hasn’t fallen on deaf ears, rather ones that just don’t care. ’ ‘ i’ll teach you a lesson for keeping secrets from me. ’ ‘ take your taste back. ’ ‘ you should try saying “no” once in a while. ’ ‘ did you hear the news? ’ ‘ i could dissect you and gut you on this stage. ’ ‘ not as eloquent as i may have imagined, but it will get the job done. ’ ‘ you’re done. ’ ‘ every line is plotted and designed to leave you standing on your bedroom window’s ledge. ’ ‘ everyone else that it hits, that it gets to, is nothing more than collateral damage. ’