“Calm Before the Storm” is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy. It is the second track on their second extended play (EP), Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend, and was released on March 25, 2003, through Uprising Records. It is also the tenth track on their debut studio album, Take This to Your Grave, and was released on May 6, 2005, through Fueled by Ramen.
Official versions[]
| Version | Released on | Date | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [1] | Album | Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend | Mar 25 2003 | 4:43 |
| [2] | Album | Take This to Your Grave | May 6 2003 | 4:27 |
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
I sat outside my front window
This story's going somewhere
He's well hung and I am hanging up
There's a song on the radio that says
"Let's get this party started"
Let's get this party started
[Pre-Chorus]
What you do on your own time's just fine
My imagination's much worse, I just never want to know
What meant the world imploded, faded and demoted
All my oxygen to product gas
And suffocated my last chance
[Chorus]
You said
Between your smiles and regrets
"Don't say it's over"
Dead and gone
Dead and gone
[Post-Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
The next time the phone can wring my neck
It gets no answer
And the time that I've spent telling in my roots
I'm shaking in my boots
But, still, it looks at me
Like an old friend I've betrayed
The dark side of the doormat
Is the one your shoes have frayed
[Pre-Chorus]
What you do on your own time's just fine
My imagination's much worse, I just never want to know
What meant the world imploded, faded and demoted
All my oxygen to product gas
And suffocated my last chance
[Chorus]
You said, between your smiles and regrets
"Don't say it's over"
Dead and gone
Dead and gone
[Post-Chorus]
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
[Interlude]
Calm before the storm set it off
And the sun burnt out, tonight
Reception less than warm
And the sun burnt out, tonight
[Outro]
Tonight
The sun burnt out
The sun burnt out, tonight
The sun burnt out, tonight
[Verse 1]
I sat outside my front window
This story's going somewhere
He's well hung and I am hanging up
There's a song on the radio that says
"Let's get this party started"
So, let's get this party started
[Pre-Chorus]
What you do on your own time's just fine
My imagination's much worse, I just never wanna know
What meant the world had folded, like legs and fingers holding onto
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
[Post-Chorus]
The calm before the storm set it off
And the sun burnt out tonight
Reception less than warm set it off
And the sun burnt out, too
[Verse 2]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
What you do on your own time's just fine
My imagination's much worse, I just never wanna know
What meant the world imploded, inflated, then demoted all my
Oxygen to product gas
And suffocated my last chance
[Chorus]
To say
Between your smiles and regrets
"Don't say it's over"
Dead and gone
Dead and gone, yeah-whoa
[Post-Chorus]
The calm before the storm set it off
And the sun burnt out tonight
Reception less than warm set it off
And the sun burnt out, too
[Bridge]
Calm before the storm
(Set it off, set it off)
Whoa!
[Outro]
Calm before the storm set it off
And the sun burnt out tonight
Reception less than warm set it off
And the sun burnt out tonight
Whoa, yeah
Sun burnt out tonight
The sun burnt out tonight
Note: Lyrical changes have been italicized.
