Fall Out Boy

Released: July 29, 2003

Songwriter: Adam Pfahler Chris Bauermeister Blake Schwarzenbach

Producer: Fall Out Boy

[Verse 1]
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 can't live without it
There's a million open windows
Passing these opened windows[x2]
Whaoh, Whaoh, Whaoh [x2]
There is plenty
To criticize
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

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 2]
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

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
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

[Chorus]
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[x2]
Survival never goes out of style

Fall Out Boy is an American rock band hailing from Wilmette, Illinois. The band was formed in 2001 by Pete Wentz, who supplies bass and lyrics to the band, and guitarist Joe Trohman, who both used to be part of metalcore band Arma Angelus. Trohman later recruited vocalist Patrick Stump, who initially tried out as the band’s drummer, after meeting him in a bookstore. After the release of Project Rocket/Fall Out Boy, a split EP with Project Rocket. It was recorded without current drummer Andy Hurley due to him being disinterested in the project; Hurley later joined in 2003 as a replacement touring drummer.

Fueled By Ramen, who were a small independent label at the time, personally called Fall Out Boy to ask them to record a full-length record after hearing one of their demos online. This album became their 2003 debut, Take This To Your Grave, and was a tipping point between the band’s underground success to success in the mainstream. It was the band’s last album to feature Stump as the lead lyricist.

The band’s 2004 acoustic EP, My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue, became their first charting release and gave fans a taste of what to expect on their sophomore album From Under The Cork Tree. The album creation was set back in February 2005 after Wentz’s suicide attempt, which influenced songs such as “7 Minutes In Heaven (Atavan Halen).” The album was released in May 2005 through Island Records, featuring guest vocals from William Beckett of The Academy Is… and Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco.

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