It’s been many years since I’ve listened to this band. Fun tidbit: the singer from The Academy Is… (William Beckett) provides the supporting vocals in this song. And of course, that’s another one of my favourite bands from that time of my life. I am still amazed to this day how something as simple as listening to a song from years long gone by can still bring to mind so many memories about those days. Sometimes inconvenient, sometimes necessary.
Lyrics and song after the jump.
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Are we growing up or just going down?
It’s just a matter of time until we’re all found out.
Take her tears, put them on ice,
‘Cause I swear I’d burn this city down to show you the light.
We’re the therapists, pumping through your speakers,
Delivering just what you need.
We’re well read and poised. We’re the best boys.
We’re the chemists who’ve found the formula
To make your heart swell and burst.
No matter what they say, don’t believe a word.
‘Cause I’ll keep singing this lie if you’ll keep believing it.
I’ll keep singing this lie…
We’re traveled like gypsies, only
With worse luck and far less gold.
We’re the kids you used to love, but then we grew old.
We’re the lifers here till the bitter end,
Condemned from the start,
Ashamed of the way the songs and the words own the beating of our hearts.
‘Cause I’ll keep singing this lie.
I’ll keep singing this lie.
And there’s a drug in the thermostat to warm the room up,
But there’s another around to help us bend your trust.
I’ve got a sunset in my veins,
And I need to take a pill to make this town feel okay.
The best part of believe is the lie.
I hope you sing along and you steal a line.
I need to keep you like this in my mind,
So give in or just give up.
Are we growing up or just going down?
Are we growing up or just going down?
It’s just a matter of time until we’re all found out.
Take her tears, put them on ice,
‘Cause I swear I’d burn this city down to show you the light.
- Fall Out Boy, Sophomore Slump or Comeback of the Year