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OVERVIEW
“The Pros and Cons of Breathing” is significant in that it is one of the first songs that was written in the band’s now-standard format: Stump writing music for Wentz’s lyrics. This is a change from early in the band’s career when Stump had a larger role in writing lyrics.
Since all of th...
[Verse 1]
Bury me standing under your window, with this cinder block in hand
Yeah 'cause no one will ever feel like this again
And if I could move, I'm sure it would only be to crawl
Back to you, I must have dragged my guts a block
They were gone by the time we (talked)
[Chorus]
Woah, I want to hate you half as much as I hate my
Self, but know that I could crush you with my voice
Woah, I want to hate you half as much as I hate my
Self, you know that I could crush you with my voice
[Post-Chorus]
Stood on my roof and tried to see you
Forgetting about me
Hide the details, I don't want to know a thing
[Verse 2]
I hate the way you say my name, like it's something secret
My pen is the barrel of the gun, remind me which side you should be on
[Chorus]
Woah, I want to hate you half as much as I hate my
Self, but know that I could crush you with my voice
Woah, I want to hate you half as much as I hate my
Self, you know that I could crush you with my voice
[Post-Chorus]
Stood on my roof and tried to see you
Forgetting about me
Hide the details, I don't want to know a thing
[Bridge]
I wish that I was as invisible as you make me feel
I wish that I was as invisible as you make me feel
(Woah, I want to hate you half as much as I hate my)
(Woah, I want to hate you half as much as I hate my)
(One, two, three, four!)
[Chorus]
Woah, I want to hate you half as much as I hate my
Self, but know that I could crush you with my voice
Woah, I want to hate you half as much as I hate my
Self, you know that I could crush you with my voice
The Pros and Cons of Breathing was written by Patrick Stump & Pete Wentz & Joe Trohman & Andy Hurley.
The Pros and Cons of Breathing was produced by Sean O’Keefe.
Fall Out Boy released The Pros and Cons of Breathing on Tue May 06 2003.
Bassist Pete Wentz and frontman Patrick Stump shared in an interview clip:
Pete: This is a song that Joe wrote a few riffs on this song, and then the lyrics are basically by [?]
Patrick: The other one that’s [?]
Pete: Yeah! And it stands as one of the most powerful songs lyrically, in my head. Li...