Austin, We Have A Problem

We're pretty boys
For secret girls
Who never stood a chance in the world
I'm not ready for sincerity
I'd tell any lie to keep you listening

I gave you pretentious.
I gave you indifference, but you only wanted undressed and defenseless.
With all your cheap words about hearts and accidents

Sincerity's in
So make it sound like you mean it
Hold back your breath
In a year no one will even care.

Sincerity's in
So make it sound like you mean it
Hold back your breath
In a year

Everyone loves an underdog that's why you're all singing along.

With all your cheap words
Who are you kidding?
We're pretty boys
For secret girls
Who are you kidding?

Sincerity's in
So make it sound like you mean it
Hold back your breath
In a year no one will even care.

Sincerity's in
So make it sound like you mean it
Hold back your breath
In a year

(Hey! Everyone loves an underdog that's why you're all singing along.)
(Hey! Everyone loves an underdog that's why you're all singing along.)

When the hook sets in
And this all ends.
I'll wish it never began,
Oh I will die without all the attention.

When the hook sets in
And this all ends.
I'll wish it never began,
Oh I will die without all the attention.

Sincerity's in
So make it sound like you mean it
Hold back your breath
In a year no one will even care.

Sincerity's in
So make it sound like you mean it
Hold back your breath
In a year

Car Crash Heart

[Jay-Z]:
"yeah, what you critics said would never happen. we dedicate this album to anybody people said couldn't make it. to the friends who held us down 'til everybody came around. welcome, it's here."

[Fall Out Boy]:
Last summer we took threes across the board
but by fall we were a cover story
now in stores
make us poster boys in the scene
but we are not making our accepting speech
i have found the safest place to keep all of our mistakes
every dot com's refreshing for a journal update

so long live the car crash heart
cry on the couch til the poets come to life
fix me in forty five
so long live the car crash heart
cry on the couch til the poets come to life
fix me in forty five

i can take your problems away
with a nod and a wave
of my hand
cause that's just the kind of boy that i am
the only thing I havn't done yet is die


and it's me and my password at the afterlife
past the one who lost and won again
but all our hearts beat all in time

so long live the car crash hearts
cry on the couch til the poets come to life
fix me in forty-five
so long live the car crash hearts
cry on the couch til the poets come to life
fix me in forty-five

long live the car crash hearts
long live the car crash hearts

long live the car crash hearts
cry on the couch til the poets come to life
fix me in fourty-five

[Jay-Z]:
Woo!
Young! F-O-B!
Let's go.

Dance, Dance

She says she's no good with words but I’m worse
Barely stuttered out
A joke of a romantic or stuck to my tongue
And weighed down with words too overdramatic
Tonight it's "it cant get much worse"
Vs. "no one should ever feel like..."

I’m two quarters and a heart down
And I don’t want to forget how your voice sounds
These words are all I have so I write them
I need them just to get by
We will own the thoughts
We'll own the songs stuck in your head
We'll leave you kicking and screaming so you can thank us in the end

[Whispered:] We're going into D-Minor

Dance, Dance
We're falling apart to half time
Dance, Dance
And these are the lives you love to lead
Dance this is the way they know
If they knew how misery loved me

(I only want sympathy in the form of you crawling into bed with me)

You always fold just before you bow out
Drink up its last call
Last resort
But only the first mistake and I...

I’m two quarters and a heart down
And I don’t want to forget how your voice sounds
These words are all I have so I write them
So you need them just to get by

Why don't you show me a little bit of spunk
You can save it for his mattress

[Love...]

Dance, Dance
We're falling apart to half time
Dance, Dance
And these are the lives you love to lead
Dance this is the way they know
If they knew how misery loved me

Why don't you show me a little bit of spunk
You can save it for his mattress
I only want sympathy in the form of you crawling into bed with me

Dance, Dance
Dance, Dance
Dance, Dance
Dance, Dance

G. i. n. a. s. f. s.

I've loved everything about you that hurst,
So let me see your moves,
Let me see your moves,
Lips pressed this close to mine
True Blue, but the prince of this failing empire knows that
Everybody wants
Everybody wants to drive on through the night,
If it's the drive back home

Things aren't the same anymore,
Sometimes it gets so bad that I almost pick up the phone
Trade Baby Blues, for Wide-Eyed Browns
I sleep in your old shirts
And walk through this house in your shoes
I know its strange
It's a strange way of saying that i know I'm supposed to love you
I'm supposed to love you


I've already given up on myself once
But the third time's the charm,
Third time is the charm
Throw 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
Just kind of figured on
Not figuring myself out

Things aren't the same anymore,
Sometimes it gets so bad that I almost pick up the phone
Trade Baby Blues, for Wide-Eyed Browns
I sleep in your old shirts
And walk through this house in your shoes
I know its strange
It's a strange way of saying that i know I'm supposed to love you
I'm supposed to love you

Golden

How cruel is the golden rule?
When the lives we lived are only golden-plated
And I knew that the lights of the city were too heavy for me
And though I carry karats for everyone to see

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
Where the sewage of youth drown the spark of my tears
And I knew that the lights of the city were too heavy for me (too heavy for me)
And though I carry karats for everyone to see (everyone to see)

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

And pray they don't grow up to be me

Hand Of God

Been gone more days this year than I have been home
Trading friends for trips to the coast
This hotel room feels more like a tomb

Been gone more days this year than I have been home
Trading friends for trips to the coast
This hotel room feels more like a tomb

It's not gossip if it's the truth
I'm sick of always writing songs for you to slit your wrists to

So which is it: the boy who writes the songs or the boy who's in them?
Who's the girl? Is this truth or is he writing fiction?

Hand over my heart, gun to my head
I swear to God I'm through with this
I am the worst liar I know

It's not gossip if it's the truth
I'm sick of always writing songs for you to slit your wrists to

So which is it: the boy who writes the songs or the boy who's in them?
Who's the girl? Is this truth or is he writing fiction?
Which is it: the boy who writes the songs or the boy who's in them?
Who's the girl? Is this truth or is he writing fiction?

(So which is it?) So which is it? Which is it? (So which is it?)
(So which is it?) So which is it? Which is it? (So which is it?)
(So which is it?) So which is it? Which is it? (So which is it?)
(So which is it?) So which is it? Which is it?

Who's the girl? Is this truth or is he writing fiction?
Which is it: the boy who writes the songs or the boy who's in them?
Who's the girl? Is this truth or is he writing fiction?

(Been gone more days this year than I have been home)
(Been gone more days this year than I have been home)

Let's Get It On

I've been really tryin', baby
Tryin' to hold back this feeling for so long
And if you feel like I feel, baby
Then, c'mon, oh, c'mon
Let's get it on
Ah, baby, let's get it on
Let's love, baby
Let's get it on, sugar
Let's get it on
We're all sensitive people
With so much to give
Understand me, sugar
Since we've to be here
Let's live
I love you
There's nothing wrong with me
Loving you, baby no no
And giving yourself to me can never be wrong
If the love is true
Don't you know how sweet and wonderful life can be
I'm asking you baby to get it on with me
I ain't gonna worry
I ain't gonna push, won't push you baby
So c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, baby
Stop beatin' 'round the bush
Let's get it on
Let's get it on
You know what I'm talkin' 'bout
C'mon, baby
Let your love come out
If you believe in love
Let's get it on
Let's get it on, baby
This minute, oh yeah
Let's get it on
Please, let's get it on
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, baby
Stop beatin' 'round the bush
Oh, gonna get it on
Threaten' you, baby
I wanna get it on
You don't have to worry that it's wrong
If the spirit moves ya
Let me groove ya good
Let your come down
Oh, get it on
C'mon, baby
Do you know the meaning?
I've been sanctified
Girl, you give me good feeling

Nobody Puts Baby In The Corner

Drink down that gin and kerosene
And come spit on bridges with me just to keep us warm
And light a match and leave me be
Light a match and leave me

I keep my jealousy close cause it's all mine
And if you say this makes you happy then I'm not the only one lying

[Chorus]
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
(The hand behind this pen relives a failure everyday)
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
(The hand behind this pen relives a failure everyday)

And I keep my jealousy close cause it's all mine
And if you say this makes you happy then I'm not the only one lying

Drink down that gin and kerosene
And come spit on bridges with me just to keep us warm
And light a match and leave me be
Light a match and leave me..

[Chorus]

So wear me like a locket around your throat
I'll weigh you down
I'll watch you sulk
You look so good in blue
You look so good in blue
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
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

[Chorus 2x]

Pretty Punk

walking off that stage tonight
i know what you're thinking
and he stands alone, because he's high on himself
but if you only knew...

i was terrified and would you mind if i sat next to you
and watched you smile
so many kids but i only see you
and i dont think you notice me
well i've seen your boyfriend and i dont think he treats you right,
but thats none of my business is it?

i'm not the way you think i am
NOOOOOOOO
i'm not the way you think i am
NOOOOOOOO

the only girl who ever gave me the time
was the one who only wanted five minutes of mine
knocking boots in the back, how degrading is that?
i decline.

i was terrified and would you mind if i sat next to you
and watched you smile
so many kids but i only see you
and i dont think you notice me
well i've seen your boyfriend and i dont think he treats you right,
but thats none of my business is it?

i'm not the way you think i am
NOOOOOOOO
i'm not the way you think i am
NOOOOOOOO

i'm not the way you think i am
NOOOOOOOO
i'm not the way you think i am
NOOOOOOOO
i'm not the way you think i am
NOOOOOOOO
i'm not the way you think i am
NOOOOOOOO
i'm not the way you think i am
NOOOOOOOO
i'm not the way you think i am
NO NOOOOOOOO!

Roxanne

Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Those days are over
You don't have to sell your body to the night

Roxanne
You don't have to wear that dress tonight
Walk the streets for money
You don't care if it's wrong or if it's right

Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light

(Roxanne) Put on the red light
(Roxanne) Put on the red light
(Roxanne) Put on the red light
(Roxanne) Put on the red light
(Roxanne) Put on the red light
(Roxanne) Put on the red light

I loved you since I knew you
I wouldn't talk down to you
I have you to tell just how I feel
I won't share you with another boy

I know my mind is made up (oh)
So put away your make up
Told you once I won't tell you again
It's a bad way

Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light
Roxanne
You don't have to put on the red light

(Roxanne) You don't have to put on the red light
(Roxanne) You don't have to put on the red light
(Roxanne) You don't have to put on the red light
(Roxanne) Put on the red light
(Roxanne) You don't have to put on the red light
(Roxanne)
Put on the red light
Put on the red light
You don't have to put on the red light
Put on the red light
Put on the red light
Put on the red light
Put on the red light

(Roxanne)
Put on the red light
You don’t have to put on the red light
You don’t have to put on the red light
Put on the red light
You don’t have to put on the red light
Put on the red light
(Roxanne)
Put on the red light
(Roxanne)
You don’t have to put on the red light
(Roxanne)
Put on the red light
(Roxanne)
Put on the red light
Put on the red light
Put on the red light

Saturday:

i'm good to go and
i'm going no where fast
it could be worse i could be taking you there with me (with me)
i'm good to go
even though its like I'm still on my own.
i'm good to go for something golden
though the motions i've been going through have failed
And I'm coasting on potential towards the wall
At a 100 miles an hour

When I say
Two more weeks
My foot is in the door (yeah)
I can't sleep
In the wake of Saturday (Saturday)
Saturday
When these open doors were open-ended
Saturday
When these open doors were open-ended

Pete and I attacked
And lost the story
Oh we promised them decisions
The mass of youthful innocence
And I read about the afterlife
But I never really lived more than an hour (more than an hour)

When I say
Two more weeks
My foot is in the door (yeah)
I can't sleep
In the wake of Saturday (Saturday)
Saturday
When these open doors were open-ended
Saturday
When these open doors were open-ended

And I read about the afterlife
But I never really lived
And I read about the afterlife
But I never really lived

Two more weeks
My foot is in the door
Me and Pete
In the wake of Saturday
Saturday
When these open doors were open-ended
Saturday
When these open doors were open-ended
Saturday

Save Your Generation

I have a present,
It is a present,
You'll have to learn to find it within you,
If you could learn,
To love it you just might like it,
You cant live without it,
Theres a million open windows,
Passing these opened windows,
Passing these opened windows,

Whaoh, Whaoh, Whaoh
Whaoh, Whaoh, Whaoh

There is plenty,
To critice,
It gets so easy to narrow these eyes,
But these eyes will stay wide,
I will stay young,
Young and dumb inside,
I had just begun,
To forget my lines,
You're not punk and I'm telling everyone


You could save yourself,
you could save us all,
Go on living, prove us wrong,
Your leap of faith,
Could be a well - timed smile,
Survival never goes out of style

I have a message: save your generation,
We're killing each other by sleeping in,
Finnegan, begin again,
This one can be won,
One can become two,
Two can pick and choose,
You could be the first


You could save yourself,
you could save us all,
Go on living, prove us wrong,
Your leap of faith,
Could be a well - timed smile,
Survival never goes out of style

You have to learn to learn from your mistakes,
You can afford to lose a little face,
The things you break,
Some can't be replaced,
A simple rule: every day be sure you wake,


You could save yourself,
you could save us all,
Go on living, prove us wrong,
Your leap of faith,
Could be a well - timed smile,
Survival never goes out of...
Survival never goes out of...
Survival never goes out of style.

Start Today

Yesterday you were on my back just to get my time.
I guess it's not as precious as it seems.
Because I found the time for hanging out and talking on the phone.
What should I expect, now that my time is free
And you're nowhere to be found.

Next time I'll try,
For the first time in my life.
It won't pass me by.
Procrastinate it can wait, I put it off.
Let's start today.

My room's a mess and I can't get dressed.
I gotta be out by eight o'clock.
Deep inside I know the answer.
Well there's no time like the present
And I'd like to hang out but who doesn't.
I've made enough mistakes for this lifetime.
Now I'm here to make amends.

Next time I'll try,
For the first time in my life.
It won't pass me by.
Procrastinate it can wait, I put it off.

Next time I'll try,
For the first time in my life.
It won't pass me by.
Procrastinate it can wait, I put it off.

This Ain't A Scence

I'm an arms dealer
Fitting you with weapons in the form of words
And 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 goddamned arms race
This ain't a scene it's a goddamned arms race
This ain't a scene it's a goddamned 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 goddamned arms race
This ain't a scene, it's a goddamned arms race
This ain't a scene, it's a goddamned 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 goddamned arms race
This ain't a scene, it's a goddamned arms race
(Now you)
This ain't a scene, it's a goddamned arms race
(Wear out the groove)
This ain't a scene, it's a goddamned arms race
(Sing out loud)
This ain't a scene, it's a goddamned arms race
(Oh, oh)
This ain't a scene, it's a goddamned arms race

I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh-so intricate, oh-so intricate(2x)

Today

Light that smoke for giving up on me
And one just cause they'll kill you sooner than my expectations
To my favorite liar, to my favorite scar:
"I could have died with you"
I hope you choke on those words, that kiss, that bottle- I confess
Now ash youself out on the insides, when I said I loved you but I lied

Let's play this game called "When you catch fire"
I wouldn't piss to put you out
Stop burning bridges
and drive off of them
So I can forget about you

So bury me in memory
His smile's your rope
Wrap it tight around your throat

On the drive home
Joke about hte kid you used to see
And his jealosy
Breaking hearts has never looked so cool
As when you wrap your car around a tree
Your make up looks so good next to his teeth

Let's play this game called "When you catch fire"
I wouldn't piss to put you out
Stop burning bridges
and drive off of them
So I can forget about you

So bury me in memory
His smile's your rope
Wrap it tight around your throat (2x)

So bury me in memory
around your throat

What's This?

What's this? What's this?
There's color everywhere
What's this?
There's white things in the air
What's this?
I can't believe my eyes
I must be dreaming
Wake up, jack, this isn't fair
What's this?

What's this? What's this?
There's something very wrong
What's this?
There's people singing songs

What's this?
The streets are lined with
Little creatures laughing
Everybody seems so happy
Have I possibly gone daffy?
What is this?
What's this?

There's children throwing snowballs here
instead of throwing heads
They're busy building toys
And absolutely no one's dead

There's frost on every window
Oh, I can't believe my eyes
And in my bones I feel the warmth
That's coming from inside

Oh, look
What's this?
They're hanging mistletoe, they kiss
Why that looks so unique, inspired
They're gathering around to hear a story
Roasting chestnuts on a fire
What's this?
What's this?

In here they've got a little tree, how queer
And who would ever think
And why?

They're covering it with tiny little things
They've got electric lights on strings
And there's a smile on everyone
So, now, correct me if I'm wrong
This looks like fun
This looks like fun
Oh, could it be I got my wish?
What's this?

Oh my, what now?
The children are asleep
But look, there's nothing underneath
No ghouls, no witches here to scream and scare them
Or ensnare them, only little cozy things
Secure and in their dreamland...

What's this?

The monsters are all missing
And the nightmares can't be found
And in their place there seems to be
Good feeling all around

Instead of screams, I swear
I can hear music in the air
The smell of cakes and pies
are absolutely everywhere

The sights, the sounds
They're everywhere and all around
I've never felt this good before
This empty place inside of me is filling up
I simply cannot get enough

I want it, oh, I want it
Oh, I want it for my own
I've got to know
I've got to know
What is this place that I have found?
What is this?

Xo

I comb the crowd and pick you out
My mouth moves too fast for you to figure it out
It starts eyes closed to fingers crossed
“To I swear, I say”
To hands between legs, to “whatever it takes”
To drinks at the club, to the bar
To the keys to your car
To hotel stairs to the emergency exit door

To the love, I left my conscience pressed
Between the pages of the Bible in the drawer
“What did it ever do for me” I say
It never calls me when I'm down
Love never wanted me
But I took it anyway
Put your ear to the speaker
And choose love or sympathy
But never both
Love never wanted me

“I hoped you choked
And crashed your car”
Hey “tear catcher”, that's all that you are
And ever were
From the start
I swear, I say
(I swear, I say)

To hands between legs, to “whatever it takes”
To drinks at the club, to the bar
To the keys to your car
To hotel stairs to the emergency exit door, no

To the love, I left my conscience pressed
Between the pages of the Bible in the drawer
“What did it ever do for me” I say
It never calls me when I'm down
Love never wanted me
But I took it anyway
Put your ear to the speaker
And choose love or sympathy
But never both, no

To the “love” I left my conscience pressed
Through the keyhole, I watched you dress
Kiss and tell
Loose lips sink ships
To the “love” I left my conscience pressed
Through the keyholes, I watched you dress
Kiss and tell
Loose lips sink ships
To the “love” I left my conscience pressed
Through the keyholes, I watched you dress
Kiss and tell (kiss and tell)
Loose lips sink ships
To the “love” I left my conscience pressed
To the “love” I left my conscience pressed
To the “love” I left my conscience pressed
Between the pages of the Bible in the drawer
“What did it ever do for me” I say