"20 Dollar Nose Bleed" is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco. It is the twelfth track on their fourth studio album, Folie à Deux, and was released on December 10, 2008, through Island Records.
In late 2008, Fall Out Boy released a video of Brendon Urie with them in the studio whilst recording the song.[1]
Official versions[]
| Version | Released on | Date | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [2] | Album | Folie à Deux | Dec 10 2008 | 4:17 |
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1: Patrick Stump]
Have you ever wanted to disappear?
And join a monastery
Go out and preach on Manic Street?
Who will I be when I wake up next to a stranger
On a passenger plane? (Passenger plane)
[Pre-Chorus: Brendon Urie]
Oh, permanent jet lag, please, take me back (Please, take me back)
Please, take me back, oh-oh, I'm a stray dog
Sick, please, let me in (Please, let me in), the mad key's
Tripping, singing vows before we exchange smoke rings
[Chorus: Patrick Stump & Brendon Urie]
Give me a pen, call me Mr. Benzedrine
But don't let the doctor in, I wanna blow off steam
And call me Mr. Benzedrine (Mr. Benzedrine)
But don't let the doctor, don't let the doctor in
[Verse 2: Patrick Stump]
It feels like fourteen carats, but no clarity, when I look at the
Man who would be king, the man who would be king
Goes to the desert, the same war his dad rehearsed
Came back with flags on coffins and said, "We won, oh, we won"
[Pre-Chorus: Brendon Urie]
Permanent jet lag, please, take me back (Please, take me back)
Please, take me back, oh-oh, I'm a stray dog
Sick, please, let me in (Please, let me in), the mad key's
Tripping, singing vows before we exchange smoke rings
[Chorus: Patrick Stump & Brendon Urie]
Give me a pen, call me Mr. Benzedrine
But don't let the doctor in, I wanna blow off steam
And call me Mr. Benzedrine (Mr. Benzedrine)
But don't let the doctor (Ooh), don't let the doctor in (Ooh)
[Bridge: Patrick Stump]
Ba-ba-ba-ba, Benzedrine, bla-bla-bla, Benzedrine
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba, Benzedrine, ah
Ba-ba-ba-ba, Benzedrine, bla-bla-bla, Benzedrine
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba, Benzedrine, ah
[Verse 3: Patrick Stump]
Only one book really matters, the rest
Of the proof is on the television, on the
[Chorus: Patrick Stump & Brendon Urie]
Woo! Call me Mr. Benzedrine
But don't let the doctor in, I want to blow off steam
Call me Mr. Benzedrine (Mr. Benzedrine)
But don't let the doctor, don't let the doctor in, oh, uh-huh, ooh
[Outro: Patrick Stump]
Have you ever wanted to disappear?
[Spoken: Pete Wentz]
It's not me, it's you
Actually, it's the taxidermy of you and me
Untie the balloons from around my neck and ground me
I'm just a racehorse on the track
Send me back to the glue factory
Always thought I'd float away and never come back
But I've got enough miles on my card
To fly the boys home on my own
But you know me, I like being all alone
And keeping you all alone
And the charts are boring, and the kids are snoring
And my ego's in a sling
You say you're not listening and I said I'm wishing
And I said... I said!
Trivia[]
- On the last night of the Save Rock And Roll World Tour, as an end-of-tour prank, Brendon Urie came out to perform the song "like I didn't care, and ate a sub-sandwich on stage" without a shirt on.[3][4]
- Watch the full performance edited together here!
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