Fall Out Boy - This Ain't A Scene, Its An Arms Race

2005년 연말 싱글 [Dance, Dance]로 전 미국을 흔들었던 펄 아웃 보이(Fall Out Boy)의 대망의 새앨범의 첫 싱글로 이미 싱글차트 데뷔 동시에 2위에 올라있다. 근래에 록 싱글로 이만큼 높은 순위에 오른 싱글이 있던지 모를정도로, 이 곡의 흡입력은 막강하다. 여기서 무기(Arms)란 가사 내용상 '언어폭력'으로 보여지는데, 결국 서로 말싸움하게 만들어놓고, 자긴 옆에서 이간질하면서 즐기겠다는 얘기인가? 하여간 브릿지의 호소력과 스피디하게 돌아서는 후렴부분이 이 곡이 주류 라디오에서 인기를 끄는 주요 매력임엔 분명하다.

Fall Out Boy - 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, 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
[x2]

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 [x2]
Yeahh…
Whoa-ohh

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 [x2]