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Sat outside my front window
This story's going somewhere
He's well hung and I am hanging on
There's a song on the radio that says
"Let's get this party started"
So let's get this party started
What you do on your own time's just fine
My imaginations much worse
I just never want to know
And what meant the world had folded
Like legs and fingers holding on to
What escapes me what he has:
A better kiss that never lasts
[Chorus]
You said between your smiles and regrets
"Don't say it's over"
Dead and gone
Dead and gone yeah
The calm before the storm, set it off
And the sun burnt out tonight
A reception less than warm, set it off
And the sun burnt out tonight
This is me standing in the arch of the door
Hating that look that's on your face
That says there's another fool like me
There's one born every minute
There's one born every minute
What you do on your own time's just fine
My imaginations much worse
I just never want to know (never want to know)
What meant the world imploded
Inflated then demoted all my
Oxygen to product gas
And suffocated my last chance
[Chorus]
Calm before the storm (set it of, set it off)
Calm before the storm (set it off, set it off)
The calm before the storm, set it off
And the sun burnt out tonight
A reception less than warm set it off
And the sun burnt out tonight
Sun burnt out tonight
The sun burnt out tonight
This story's going somewhere
He's well hung and I am hanging on
There's a song on the radio that says
"Let's get this party started"
So let's get this party started
What you do on your own time's just fine
My imaginations much worse
I just never want to know
And what meant the world had folded
Like legs and fingers holding on to
What escapes me what he has:
A better kiss that never lasts
[Chorus]
You said between your smiles and regrets
"Don't say it's over"
Dead and gone
Dead and gone yeah
The calm before the storm, set it off
And the sun burnt out tonight
A reception less than warm, set it off
And the sun burnt out tonight
This is me standing in the arch of the door
Hating that look that's on your face
That says there's another fool like me
There's one born every minute
There's one born every minute
What you do on your own time's just fine
My imaginations much worse
I just never want to know (never want to know)
What meant the world imploded
Inflated then demoted all my
Oxygen to product gas
And suffocated my last chance
[Chorus]
Calm before the storm (set it of, set it off)
Calm before the storm (set it off, set it off)
The calm before the storm, set it off
And the sun burnt out tonight
A reception less than warm set it off
And the sun burnt out tonight
Sun burnt out tonight
The sun burnt out tonight
Lyrics submitted by jimmypop_04
Track duration: 04:27
"Calm Before the Storm" as written by Wentz/stump/trohman/hurley
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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btw- the band Set It Off (S!O) got their idea for a name from this song...check them out ;]
i find it quite funny actually
i think that everyines right on the meaning of the song =)
and its casual-ness, i guess.
I always thought that was like him on the phone to the girl, and he asks why she's been cheating on him or something, and she says "he's well hung..." and then he hangs up! Not very metaphorical or whatever but thats just what I thought it meant.
I also quite like the screaming bit at the end it sounds good without being pathetic
There's one born every minute.
There's one born every minute."
i think it's saying that when you screw up rly bad and you feel like you're the biggest idiot on the planet to realize that ppl do stupid things all the time and that somewhere someone just made themselves out to be a bigger idiot than you did.