Folie a Deux Lyrics

[corbae]

Here's the deal: I hate the so-called official lyrics on FOE. They're clearly inaccurate in places, and, as someone who pays attention to lyrics, it really bothers me that they're being presented as the Gods-honest truth.

When my roommate, who is not a Fall Out Boy fan, or even really a fan of newer mainstream bands at all, told me that she had bought FAD after hearing it and liking it before the semester ended, I wanted her to have a lyrics booklet which I approved. Egotistical, I know. I made her a (pretty sweet, if I say so myself) version that combined the FOE lyrics, where I thought they were accurate, with my own interpretation, both when they were obviously wrong (e.g., the ____ in w.a.m.s) and when I thought my version was more correct.

Now, I can't promise these are 100% perfect. But they're sure as hell better than the FOE version, even if that's the one that enjoys official status.

Fair warning: my choices of where to break lines and of punctuation at the ends of lines are largely arbitrary and follow no set rules.


Intro
Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes
I Don't Care
She's My Winona
America's Suitehearts
Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet
The (Shipped) Gold Standard
(Coffee's For Closers)
What A Catch, Donnie
27
Tiffany Blews
w.a.m.s.
Interlude 1
20 Dollar Nosebleed
Interlude 2
West Coast Smoker
Lullabye/Honey Is For Bees
Pavlove



Intro

I'm coming apart at the seams
Pitching myself for leads in other people's dreams now
Buzz, buzz, buzz,
Doc, there's a hole where something was
Doc, there's a hole where something was


Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes

Fell out of bed, butterfly bandage but don't worry
You'll never remember, your head is far too blurry

Put him in the back of a squad car, restrain that man
He needs his head put through a CAT scan
Hey editor, I'm undeniable
Hey doctor, I'm certifiable

I'm a loose bolt of a complete machine
What a match, I'm half doomed and you're semi-sweet

So boycott love
Detox just to retox
And I'd promise you anything for another shot at life
Imperfect boys with their perfect lives
Nobody wants to hear you sing about tragedy (wants to hear you sing about tragedy)

Little girl, you got me staring odd
Or was that just a telescopic camera nod?
Painted dolls
In the highway truckstop stalls
Lot lizard scales cool your nightlife moods
All the rookies leave your badge and your gun on the desk
When you leave the room

I'm a loose bolt of a complete machine
What a match, I'm half doomed and you're semi-sweet

Boycott love
Detox just to retox
And I'd promise you anything for another shot at life
Imperfect boys with their perfect lives
Nobody wants to hear you sing about tragedy (wants to hear you sing about tragedy)

Detox just to retox, detox just to retox, detox just to retox, detox just to retox

So boycott love (boycott love)
Boycott love (boycott love)
So boycott love (boycott love)
Detox just to retox
And I’d promise you anything for another shot at life

Imperfect boys with their perfect lives
Nobody wants to hear you sing about tragedy (wants to hear you sing)
Nobody wants to hear you sing about tragedy (wants to hear you sing about tragedy)
Whoa


I Don't Care

Say my name and his in the same breath,
I dare you to say they taste the same.
Let the leaves fall off in the summer and let December glow in flames.

Erase myself and let go,
Start it over again in Mexico,
These friends, they don’t love you, they just love the hotel suites

Now I don’t care what you think, as long as it’s about me
The best of us can find happiness in misery
Said I don’t care what you think, as long as it’s about me
The best of us can find happiness in misery

Take a chance let your body get a tolerance,
I’m not a chance, put a heatwave in your pants
Pull a breath like another cigarette
Pawn shops aren’t trading up (trading up)

I’m the oracle in my chest
Let the guitar scream like a fascist
Sweat it out, shut your mouth
Free love on the streets, but in the alley it ain’t that cheap

Now I don’t care what you think as long as it’s about me
The best of us can find happiness in misery
Said I don’t care what you think as long as it’s about me
The best of us can find happiness in misery

Said I don’t care just what you think, as long as it’s about me
Said I don’t care just what you think as long as it’s about me
Said I don’t are (I don’t care)
Said I don’t care (I don’t care)
Said I (I) don’t (don’t) care (care)
I (I) don’t (don’t) care (no I don’t)
I don’t care (I don’t care)
Said I don’t care

I don’t care what you think as long as it’s about me
The best of us can find happiness in misery
I don’t care what you think as long as it’s about me
The best of us can find happiness in misery


She's My Winona

Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Wa aoh oh ooh
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Wa aoh oh ooh

Life’s just a pace car on death
Only less diligent
And when the two collide it’s no coincidence
The lights are on and everybody’s home

The only thing suicidal here is the door
We had a good run even I have to admit
Life’s just a pace car on death only less diligent

Hell or glory, I don’t want anything in between
Then came a baby boy with long eyelashes
And Daddy said you gotta show the world the thunder

Whoa, the thunder, whoa, the thunder, whoa, the thunder, whoa
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Wa aoh oh ooh
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Wa aoh oh ooh

We didn’t come to compete, this a demonstration
Even the young ones become irrelevant
They always bring up how you changed (oh, oh)
Never the same person when I go to sleep as when I wake up, as when I wake up
Bop bop ba dop, ba dop op ba dop, ba dop op ba dop, ba dop op ba dop

Hell or glory, I don’t want anything in between
Then came a baby boy with long eyelashes
And Daddy said you gotta show the world the thunder

Whoa, the thunder, whoa, the thunder, whoa the thunder, whoa
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Wa aoh oh ooh
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Wa aoh oh ooh

Hell or glory, I don’t want anything in between
Then came a baby boy with long eyelashes
And Daddy said you gotta show the world the thunder

Whoa, the thunder, whoa, the thunder, whoa, the thunder, whoa
He said bring the thunder
Whoa, the thunder, whoa, the thunder, whoa


America's Suitehearts

You could have knocked me out with a feather
I know you've heard this all before but we're just Hell's neighbors (oh, oh)
Why, why, why won't the world revolve around me?
In my dreams trees grow all over the streets

I don't know much about classic cars
But I've got a lot of friends stuck on classic coke
Down, set, one, hut, hut, hike
Media blitz

Let's hear it for America's sweethearts
But I must confess
I'm in love with my own sins
Let's hear it for America's sweethearts
But I must confess
I'm in love with my own sins

You can bow and pretend
That you don't, don't know you're a legend (oh, oh)
Time, time, time hasn't told anyone else yet
(Yeah, sorry I just) Let my love loose again

I don't know much about classic cars
But I've got a lot of friends stuck on classic coke
Down, set, one, hut, hut, hike
Media blitz

Let's hear it for America's sweethearts
But I must confess
I'm in love with my own sins
Let's hear it for America's sweethearts
But I must confess
I'm in love with my own sins

You could have knocked me out with a feather
I know you've heard this all before

Let's hear it for America's sweethearts
But I must confess
I'm in love with my own sins
Let's hear it for America's sweethearts
But I must confess
I'm in love with my own sins

Let’s hear oh let’s hear it let’s hear it oh lets
Sweethearts (sweethearts)


Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet

Mr. Sandman showing his beam
When he walks into the room the walls lean in to listen
Surfed out brain waves flick back and forth like old headlights
Sniffing model glue again

Head like a steel trap
Wish I didn’t, I didn’t, I didn’t, I didn’t, I didn’t, I didn’t, I didn’t,
I don't just want to be a footnote in someone else's happiness

And does your husband know the way that the sunshine gleams from your wedding band?
Does he know the way, does he know the way,
Of the crickets that would convince me to call it a night?

But I will never end up like him
Behind my back I already am
Keep a calendar, this way you will always know
The last time you came through, oh darling, I know what you're going through
The last time you came through, oh darling, oh darling, oh darling...

Aw
Tempest in a teacup, get unique
Peroxide princess shine like shark teeth
It's a sign (it's a sign), it's a sign (it's a sign)
It's a sign, what if you peaked early?

And does your husband know the way that the sunshine gleams from your wedding band?
Does he know the way, does he know the way,
Of the crickets that would convince me to call it a night.
Does he, does he know the way to worship our love?
Does your husband know the way that the sunshine gleams from your wedding band?

But I will never end up like him
Behind my back I already am
Keep a calendar, this way you will always know
The last time you came through, oh darling, I know what you're going through
The last time you came through, oh darling, oh darling, oh darling...

Does your husband know, does your husband know, does he know,
Does he know, does he know, does he know? Oh oh…

But I will never end up like him, behind my back I already am.
Keep a calendar this way you will always know.

The last time you came through, oh darling, I know what you’re going through.
The last time you came through, oh darling, I know what you’re going through.


The (Shipped) Gold Standard

Sometimes I wanna quit this all and become an accountant now,
But I’m no good at math, and besides the dollar is down.
Plant palm trees on Lake Michigan before it gets cold.
I gotta feel the wind chill again before I get old

I want to scream “I love you” from the top of my lungs
But I’m afraid that someone else will hear me

You can only blame your problems on the world for so long
Before it all becomes the same old song

Soon as we hit the hospital I know we’re gonna leave this town
And get new passports, and get, get, get, get, get out now

All the yes-men said, “No comment,”
My mouth got going the wrong way
And all the calls started snowing

The time my dad caught me a horseshoe crab
And I asked him if throwing it back into the sea would bring our luck back

I want to scream “I love you” from the top of my lungs
But I’m afraid that someone else will hear me

You can only blame your problems on the world for so long
Before it all becomes the same old song

Soon as we hit the hospital I know we’re gonna leave this town,
And get new passports, get out now

Whew

Tell that boy I’ll leave you alone now
Like a stove I’ll turn my love down
Supra and the prophet are both in the business of souls

I want to scream “I love you” from the top of my lungs
But I’m afraid that someone else will hear me
I want to scream “I love you” from the top of my lungs
But I’m afraid that someone else will hear me

You can only blame your problems on the world for so long
Before it all becomes the same old song

Soon as we hit the hospital I know we’re gonna leave this town,
And get new passports, and get, get, get, get, get out, get, get, get, get, get out now.


(Coffee's For Closers)

I, I, I, I can’t explain a thing, I, I, I, I want everything
To change and stay the same
Oh time doesn’t care about anyone or anything
Come together, come apart,
Only get lonely when you read the charts

And oh baby when they made me, they broke the mold
Girls used to follow me all around, then I got cold

Throw your cameras in the air and wave them like you just don’t care

I will never believe in anything again, I will never believe in anything again
Oh change will come, oh change will come
I will never believe in anything again
We will never believe again, kick drum beating in my chest again,
We will never believe again, preach electric to a microphone stand

I, I’m a mascot for what you’ve become, and I, I, I love the mayhem more than the love

And oh baby when they made me, they broke the mold
Girls used to follow me around, then I got cold

Throw your cameras in the air and wave them like you just don’t care

I will never believe in anything again, I will never believe in anything again
Oh change will come, oh change will come
I will never believe in anything again
We will never believe again, kick drum beating in my chest again,
Oh, we will never believe again, preach electric to a microphone stand

Throw your cameras in the air and wave them ‘cause I just don’t care
Throw your cameras in the air and wave them ‘cause I just don’t care

I will never believe in anything again, I will never believe in anything again
Oh change will come, oh change will come
I will never believe in anything again, I will never believe in anything again
Oh change will come, oh change will come
I will never believe in anything again
We will never believe again, kick drum beating in my chest again,
Oh, we will never believe again, preach electric to a microphone stand
We will never believe again, kick drum beating in my chest again,
Oh, we will never believe again, preach electric to a microphone stand

We will never believe again


What A Catch, Donnie

I’ve got troubled thoughts and the self esteem to match,
What a catch, what a catch, whoa

You’ll never catch us so just let me be
Said I’ll be fine til the hospital or American embassy
Miss Flack said I still want you back, yeah
Miss Flack said I still want you back

I’ve got troubled thoughts and the self esteem to match
What a catch, what a catch
And all I can think of is the way I’m the one who charmed the one
Who gave up on you, who gave on you

They say the captain goes down with the ship,
So when the world ends, will god go down with it?
Miss Flack said I still want you back, yeah
Miss Flack said I still want you back

I’ve got troubled thoughts and the self esteem to match,
What a catch, what a catch
And all I can think of is the way I’m the one who charmed the one
Who gave up on you, who gave up on you
(Nanananana, na na nanana, na na nanana, nana nanana)
What a catch, what a catch, what a catch, what a catch

I will never end up like him, behind my back I already am,
Keep a calendar, this way you will always know

Said I’ve got troubled thoughts and the self esteem to match,
What a catch, what a catch
And all I can think of is the way I’m the one who charmed the one who gave up on you

Where is your boy tonight I hope he is a gentleman, maybe he won’t find out…
We’re going down, down in an earlier round, and sugar we’re going down swinging, I’ll be your number one…
Dance dance, we’re falling apart to half time, dance dance, these are the lives you’d love to lead…
This ain’t a scene, it’s a goddamn arms race, this ain’t a scene it’s a goddamn arms race…
One night, yeah, and one more time, thanks for the memories even though they weren’t so great…
Growing up, growing up…

I’ve got troubled thoughts and the self esteem to match,
What a catch, what a catch


27

If home is where the heart is then we’re all just fucked,
I can’t remember, I can’t remember
And I want it so bad I shoot the sunshine into my veins,
I can’t remember the good old days

And it’s kind of funny the way we’re wearing anchors on our shirts
When being anchored or bored just feels like a curse

My mind is a safe and if I keep it then we all get rich
My body is an orphanage, we take everyone in
Doing lines of dust and sweat off last night’s stage just to feel like you

M-M-M-Milligrams in my head
Burning tobacco in the wind
Chasing the direction, chasing the direction you went

You’re about to star
The planets align
You’re just like Mars
You shine in the sky, you shine in the sky

Are all the good times getting gone?
They come and go and go and come and go
Oh yeah, I’ve got a lot of friends who are stars
But some are just black holes

My mind is a safe and if I keep it then we all get rich
My body is an orphanage, we take everyone in
Doing lines of dust and sweat off last night’s stage just to feel like you, oh

And it’s kind of funny the way we’re wearing anchors on our shirts
When being anchored or bored just feels like a curse

My mind is a safe and if I keep it then we all get rich
My body is an orphanage, we take everyone in
Doing lines of dust and sweat off last night’s stage just to feel like you

If home is where the heart is, then we’re all just fucked


Tiffany Blews

Oh oh uh-oh oh oh ohoh oh oh oh uh-oh oh oh ohoh oh
Oh oh uh-oh oh oh ohoh oh oh oh uh-oh oh oh ohoh oh

I'm not a crybaby
I'm the crybaby
A caterpillar that got stuck
Mr. Moth come quick with any luck
A long walk to a dark ha-ha-house
A roman candle heart keep us far apart
I'm cocktail party doing all right
Hate me baby, maybe I'm a piece of art

Oh my friends all lie and say
They only want the best wishes from me
Oh 3-2-1
We go live

Oh baby you’re a classic, like a little black dress
You’re a faded moon
Stuck on a little hot mess (little hot mess) whoa, whoa

Oh baby you’re a classic, like a little black dress
But you’ll be faded soon,
Stuck on a little hot mess (little hot mess) whoa, whoa

I can make your heart slow
I can feel the weather in my bones,
Wish hard enough I could turn it to what I like
Your pupils big (big) rolling like dice

They say
They only want the best wishes for me (they only want the best for me)
Oh 3-2-1
We go live

Oh baby you’re a classic, like a little black dress
You’re a faded moon
Stuck on a little hot mess (little hot mess) whoa, whoa

Oh baby you’re a classic, like a little black dress
But you’ll be faded soon,
Stuck on a little hot mess (little hot mess) whoa, whoa

Not the boy I was the boy I am is just venting, venting
Dear gravity you held me down in a starless city
Not the boy I was the boy I am is just venting, venting
Dear gravity you held me down in a starless city

They say
They only want the best wishes for me (they only want the best for me)
Oh 3-2-1
We go live

Oh baby you’re a classic, like a little black dress
You’re a faded moon
Stuck on a little hot mess (little hot mess) whoa, whoa

Oh baby you’re a classic, like a little black dress
But you’ll be faded soon,
Stuck on a little hot mess (little hot mess) whoa, whoa
Whoa


w.a.m.s.

I’m a young one stuck in the thoughts of an old one’s head
When all the others were just stirring awake
I’m trying to trick myself to fall asleep again, whoa

My head’s in heaven, my soles are in hell
Let’s meet in the purgatory of my hips and get well

Hurry, hurry, you put my head in such a flurry, flurry
Oh freckle, freckle, what makes you so special?
Oh what makes you so special?
I’m gonna leave you (oh, oh)
Oh, I’m gonna teach you (oh, oh) how we’re all alone (how we’re all alone)

Gild me, build me, it’s your club so let me in
I want to know the glory or how boring it is inside your skin

My head’s in heaven my soles are in hell
Let’s meet in the purgatory of my hips and get well

Hurry, hurry you put my head in such a flurry, flurry
Oh freckle, freckle, what makes you so special?
Oh what makes you so special?
I’m gonna leave you (oh, oh)
Oh, I’m gonna teach you (oh, oh) how we’re all alone (how we’re all alone)

Hurry, hurry you put my head in such a flurry, flurry
Oh freckle, freckle, what makes you so special?
Oh what makes you so special?
I’m gonna leave you (oh, oh)
Oh, I’m gonna teach you (oh, oh) how we’re all alone (how we’re all alone)
Uh-oh, uh-oh oh


Interlude 1

Mama if you don’t take the medication,
We won’t sleep for days, we won’t sleep for days
And Mama, if we pray to the Lord, does he sing on the stage, does he sing on the stage?
We wasted our hearts in the back of a long dark car
And I’m a sunshine machine
I want to get stuck, I want to get stuck, and be molded in your memory
Hmm, hmm, oh whoa


20 Dollar Nose Bleed

Have you ever wanted to disappear,
And join a monastery, go out and preach on Manic Street?
Who will I be when I wake up next to a stranger on a passenger plane, passenger plane?

Oh, permanent jet lag, please take me back (please take me back)
Please take me back, oh oh
I’m a stray dog sick, please let me in
The mad key’s tripping, singing vows before we exchange smoke rings

Give me a pen, call me Mr. Benzedrine
But don’t let the doctor in I wanna blow off steam
And call me Mr. Benzedrine but don’t let the doctor, don’t let the doctor in

It feels like fourteen carats but no clarity
When I look at the man who would be king, the man who would be king
Goes to the desert the same war his dad rehearsed
Came back with flags on coffins and said “We won, oh we won”

Permanent jet lag, please take me back (please take me back)
Please take me back ooh
I’m a stray dog sick, please let me in
The mad key’s tripping, singing vows before we exchange smoke rings

Give me a pen, call me Mr. Benzedrine
But don’t let the doctor in, I wanna blow off steam
Call me Mr. Benzedrine but don’t let the doctor, don’t let the doctor in

Ba ba ba ba Benzedrine, la la la Benzedrine ba ba ba ba ba Benzedrine now
Ba ba ba ba Benzedrine, la la la Benzedrine ba ba ba ba ba Benzedrine now

Only one book really matters the rest of the proof is on the television, on the…
Woo!

Call me Mr. Benzedrine, but don’t let the doctor in I wanna blow of steam
Call me Mr. Benzedrine, but don’t let the doctor, don’t let the doctor in

Have you ever wanted to disappear?


Interlude 2

It’s not me, it’s you
Actually it’s the taxidermy of you and me
Untie the balloons from around my neck and ground me
I’m just a racehorse on a track, send me back to the glue factory
I always thought I’d float away and never come back
But I’ve got enough miles on my card to fly the boys home on my own
But you know me, I like being all alone, and keeping you all alone
And the charts are boring, and the kids are snoring
And my ego’s in a sling
You said you’re not listening, and I said I’m wishing--I said--I said--


West Coast Smoker

Wishes bounce me weightless, the infrared scope of pointlessness
The bulls are sedated and this fight’s fixed
Don’t feel bad for the suicidal cats
Gotta kill themselves nine times before they get it right
The PA system keeps my heart heart beating tonight, yeah

Oh hell yes
I’m a nervous wreck
Oh hell yes
The drugs just make me reset
Knock once for the father, twice for the sun, three times for the Holy Ghost

Come on in the water’s warm,
Come on, like a sugar cube but with a kick in the head
Like putting wings on lead
And your eyes are black in my starlight
I’m the last of my kind
And that’s all that should matter t-t-to you

Follow the disorganized religion of my head
And we’ll never get through customs, let’s just take off again instead
Got my degree in the gutter
My heart broken in the dorms of the Ivy League

Oh hell yes
I’m a nervous wreck
Oh hell yes
The drugs just make me reset
Knock once for the father, twice for the sun, three times for the Holy Ghost

Knock once for the father, twice for the sun, three times for the Holy Ghost

I’m a nervous wreck, I’m a nervous wreck, I’m a nervous wreck
I’m a n-n-nervous wreck

I’m a nervous wreck
Oh hell yes
The drugs just make me reset
Knock once for the father, twice for the sun, three times for the Holy Ghost

Three times, three times for the Holy Ghost, three times, three times for the Holy Ghost


Lullabye/Honey Is For Bees

Honey is for bees, silly bear
Besides there’s jelly beans everywhere
It’s not what it seems, in the land of dreams
Don’t worry your head just go to sleep
It doesn’t matter how you feel
Life is just a Ferris wheel
It’s always up and down, don’t make a sound

When you wake up the world will come around
When you wake up the world will come around

It’s just the sweet weather and the peacock feathers
In the morning it will all be better
It’s not what it seems, in the land of dreams
Don’t worry your head just go to sleep.

When you wake up the world will come around
When you wake up the world will come around

Honey is for bees, silly bear
Besides there’s jelly beans everywhere
It’s not what it seems, in the land of dreams
Don’t worry your head just go to sleep


Pavlove

Oh oh uh-oh, oh oh uh-oh, oh oh uh-oh, oh oh uh-oh

Something make my chest stir
Something make my head blur
(oh, oh) I’m not ready for a handshake with death, no
(oh, oh) I’m just such a happy mess, whoa

The drums are four on the floor
She’s back to the bedroom for one more

I’m the invisible man
Who can’t stop staring at the mirror, at the mirror

I want to make you as lonely as me
So you can get, get addicted to this,
You can get, get addicted to this now

Oh oh uh-oh, oh oh uh-oh, oh oh uh-oh, oh oh uh-oh

It’s three things too late to talk to anyone but myself
(oh, oh) It’s a three-and-two pitch to walk to anywhere—else, no

The drums are four on the floor
She’s back to the bedroom for one more

I’m the invisible man
Who can’t stop staring at the mirror, at the mirror

I want to make you as lonely as me
So you can get, get addicted to this,
You can get, get addicted to this now

Oh oh uh-oh, oh oh uh-oh, oh oh uh-oh, oh oh, uh-oh

I’m the invisible man
Who can’t stop staring at the mirror, at the mirror

I want to make you as lonely as me
So you can get, get addicted to this
You can get, get addicted to this now

I’m the invisible man (I’m the invisible man)
I’m the invisible man (I’m the invisible man)
I want to make you as lonely as me,
‘Cause I’m the invisible man
I’m the invisible man


tipsofpencils and suiteheart helped when I was originally figuring out the lyrics to Headfirst Slide, and alternatending helped with Pavlove.

EDIT: changed all the "son"s in West Coast Smoker to "sun" based off of this twitter exchange:
@ztnewetep question: what does the line "knock once for the father,twice for the son,three times for the holy ghost" means? (link)
@DiyanaRazinah its "the sun". i dunno sometimes when you overmedicate you find some closeness to something bigger than you...(link)
@DiyanaRazinah ..but the truth is the closeness is false. its faux pa(u)s(e)e. its time to hit the reset button and start the gameover.edit (link)

Comments

[papercut-wounds.livejournal.com]

wow . FOB Fan, eh ?
<33

[corbae.livejournal.com]

no more than most of the fandom? I had already come up with lyrics for all the songs released before the album, and, while FOE has some pretty big errors, they also got parts right that I didn't hear at first. So it didn't take more than a day, really.

also, I get sort of touchy about accuracy in lyrics and other types of quotes.

did you find them through google, or me through ICH? or something else entirely?

[papercut-wounds.livejournal.com]

yes, yes ..
ice cream headaches !!!
:D

sorry if i kinda popped in your Lj xD

[corbae.livejournal.com]

hey, no problem! it's public for a reason.