Fall Out Boy

Released: May 6, 2003

Songwriter: Patrick Stump Pete Wentz

Producer: Sean O’Keefe

[Verse 1]
I sat outside my front window, this story's going somewhere
He's well hung and I am hanging up
There's a song on the radio that says
"Let's get this party started," so let's get this party started

[Pre-Chorus]
What you do on your own time's just fine
My imagination's much worse, I just never want to know
What meant the world had folded, like legs and fingers holding
Onto what escapes me, what he has, a better kiss that never lasts

[Chorus]
You said, between your smiles and regrets
"Don't say it's over," dead and gone, dead and gone, yeah

[Post-Chorus]
The calm before the storm set it off
And the sun burnt out tonight
Reception less than warm set it off
And the sun burnt out too

[Verse 2]
This is me standing in the arch of the door
Hating that look that's on your face
That says there's another fool like me
There's one born every minute, there's one born every minute

[Pre-Chorus]
What you do on your own time's just fine
My imagination's much worse, I just never want to know
What meant the world imploded, inflated, then demoted all my
Oxygen to product gas, and suffocated my last chance

[Chorus]
To say between your smiles and regrets:
"Don't say it's over," dead and gone, dead and gone

[Post-Chorus]
The calm before the storm set it off
And the sun burnt out tonight
Reception less than warm set it off
And the sun burnt out too

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]
Calm before the storm (set it off, set it off)
Whoa!

[Post-Chorus]
Calm before the storm set it off
And the sun burnt out tonight
Reception less than warm set it off!
And the sun burnt out tonight! Whoa, yeah!
Sun burnt out tonight, the sun burnt out tonight

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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