This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race

I love all types of music. Music can be inspirational, educational, emotional and confrontational. Music can bring you to tears with songs like Christmas Shoes or make you laugh with White and Nerdy by Weird Al. Yesterday, I heard a new song from Chicago's very own Fall Out Boy that just plain rocks! The title is misleading but the words make all the difference. Honestly, it is just a fun song. I can see this tearing up the club scene with people singing at the top of their lungs much as songs like I Love This Bar or Friends in Low Places.

This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race

I am an arms dealer
Fitting you with weapons in the form of words
And don't really care which side wins
As long as the room keeps singing
That's just the business I'm in.

This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
I'm not a shoulder to cry on
But, I digress

I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh-so intricate (oh-so intricate)
I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh-so intricate (oh-so intricate)

I wrote the gospel on giving up
(You look pretty sinking)
But the real bombshells have already sunk
(Pre Madonnas of the gutter)
At night we're painting your trash gold while you sleep
Crashing not like hips or cars,
No, more like parties

This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
Bandwagon's full
Please, catch another

I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh-so intricate (oh-so intricate)
I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh-so intricate (oh-so intricate)

All the boys who the dance floor didn't love
And the girls who's lips couldn't move fast enough
Sing, until your lungs give out

This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
(Now you)
This ain't a Scene, it’s a god damn arms race
(Wear out the groove)
This ain't a Scene, it’s a god damn arms race
(Sing out loud)
This ain't a Scene, it’s a god damn arms race
(Oh, oh)
This ain't a Scene, it’s a god damn arms race

I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh-so intricate (oh-so intricate)
I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh-so intricate (oh-so intricate)


This brings me to my point (as I almost always have one). Sometimes, a song is just a song.

People don't often actually listen to the words of a song (like the Vapors song Turning Japanese) is a fast song about a subject not often sung about. Read THOSE lyrics carefully. Sometimes, the lyrics don't really need to matter.

Did you know...

Jimi Hendrix song Purple Haze is believed to be the most misunderstood song ever to make the charts.

Comments

Nirek said…
Thats the nice song! If you find this song on youtube/google video, u can post that link too...
7:23 AM
Writer and Nomad said…
White and Nerdy rocks! it really just cracks me up.
7:56 PM
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