The last time I posted a song by The Academy Is… it was an emo post. Although there’s no real reason for this post to be marked that, I sort of want to start a trend. That’s me, a trend-setter! Try and keep up, will you?! Again, they still remind me of Fall Out Boy (though I’m thinking they don’t suck live), albeit slightly more depressing sounding.
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My life reads like the classifieds.
Pages of what’s for sale, what’s on the auction block.
Attention bidders! It’s Lot 45.
He’s got a decent voice, he’s got that crooked smile.
Hold on, you haven’t heard the best yet:
He writes good story-lines, he’s got those honest eyes.
So take him home for just $9.95,
He’ll sing the songs you like, he’ll keep you warm at night.
Back down, cash out, that’s the city for you.
Break down, back out, and get what’s coming to you.
When you said you were falling apart,
I thought you meant that you were falling apart.
I’m not the type to forget about nights like this,
When every single move that I make
Is documented and scored for style points.
The once ambitious one now holds the smoking gun.
And if I die in my sleep, are you still willing to be
Everything you promised you would be?
Will you be the first one to tell the neighborhood papers
And all my family and friends that still care?
Did you buy what I sold and did you feel what I told you?
I hope that you still do.
Will you promise yourself, that this isn’t all we’ve got?
- The Academy Is…, Classifieds