The Pros and Cons of Breathing

Fall Out Boy

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

Whoa, I want to hate you half as much as I hate myself
You know that I could crush you with my voice
Woah, I want to hate you half as much as I hate myself
You know that I could crush you with my voice

Stood on my roof and tried to see you
Forgetting about me
Hide the details
I don't want to know a thing

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

Whoa, I want to hate you half as much as I hate myself
You know that I could crush you with my voice
Whoa, I want to hate you half as much as I hate myself
You know that I could crush you with my voice

Stood on my roof and tried to see you
Forgetting about me
Hide the details
I don't want to know a thing

Wish that I was as invisible as you make me feel
Wish that I was as invisible as you make me feel
Whoa, I want to hate you half as much as I hate my
Whoa, I want to hate you half as much as I hate my (1, 2, 3, 4)

Whoa, I want to hate you half as much as I hate myself
You know that I could crush you with my voice
Whoa, I want to hate you half as much as I hate myself
You know that I could crush you with my voice


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    this song is so true, sometimes i do wish i could hate some people half as much as i hate myself...fob has great lyrics, simple yet so meaningful

    bottledwaterh2oon April 18, 2004   Link

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