Tuesday, February 21, 2017

This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race by Fall Out Boy


I actually don't know this song very well, I've only heard it a few times but it was enough to put it on the playlist. This is the 2nd song by them off this album on this blog.



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, yeah

This ain't a scene, it's a goddamned arms race
This ain't a scene, it's a goddamned arms race
This ain't a scene, it's a goddamned 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
(Prima donnas of the gutter)
At night we're painting your trash gold while you sleep
Crashing not like hips or cars*,
No, more like p-p-p-parties

This ain't a scene, it's a goddamned arms race
This ain't a scene, it's a goddamned arms race
This ain't a scene, it's a goddamned arms race
This 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

Yeah...
Whoa-oh

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

This ain't a scene, it's a goddamned arms race
This ain't a scene, it's a goddamned arms race
(Now you)
This ain't a scene, it's a goddamned arms race
(Wear out the groove)
This ain't a scene, it's a goddamned arms race
(Sing out loud)
This ain't a scene, it's a goddamned arms race
(Oh, oh)
This ain't a scene, it's a goddamned 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 is the 209th song on this blog.
  • This is the 2nd song by Fall Out Boy on this blog.
  • This is the 9th song released in 2007 on this blog.
  • This is the 18th song listed in the Pop genre on this blog.
Top 5 (30 days)
  1. You Keep Me Hanging On by Kim Wilde makes it's appearance on the top 5 bumping off You Spin Me Round by Dead or Alive.
Top 10 (all-time)
  1. Mama, I'm Coming Home by Ozzy Osbourne moved up another spot to take over the 3 spot.

2 comments:

  1. This song made me an FOB fan (I wasn't really feeling "Sugar, We're Goin Down", and I liked "Dance, Dance" but I was still undecided on the band as a whole until I heard "This Ain't A Scene". Killer track!

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    1. I had heard them a few times on the radio but my daughter introduced me to a few other of their songs, this being one of them.

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