2003–2004: Independent success
After the release of their mini-album, Fall Out Boy built a large following playing in the Chicago area. Drummer Andy Hurley, formerly of Racetraitor, joined the band, while Mike Pareskuwicz and T.J. Kunasch left. At this time, Stump also took over rhythm guitar duties. After signing to Fueled By Ramen, they released their first full-length album, Take This to Your Grave, on May 6, 2003.
With singles Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy and Saturday receiving video airplay on FUSE and mtvU and radio airplay on alternative stations across the country, the band soon gained a cult following. The album sold very well and eventually achieved gold status, but only after the success of their next album, From Under The Cork Tree.
In mid-2003 the band signed with Island Records, part of the super label The Island Def Jam Music Group along with Def Jam Records. While recording their mainstream debut, they released the acoustic EP My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue on Fueled by Ramen, May 18, 2004. It debuted at #153 on the Billboard Top 200, their first entry on the chart. The two-disc set included a DVD with videos, more acoustic performances, and a fan photo gallery.
2005–2006: Commercial debut
On May 3, 2005, Fall Out Boy released their major label debut, From Under the Cork Tree, which debuted on the Billboard 200 at #9, selling over 68,000 copies in its first week. The album achieved double platinum status and has sold over 2.5 million albums in the US alone. Earlier that year, the band’s stability was threatened when Wentz overdosed on the sedative Ativan in a failed suicide attempt. The track 7 Minutes In Heaven (Atavan Halen) from their album From Under the Cork Tree is based upon Wentz’s attempted suicide.
Their first single, Sugar We’re Goin’ Down, peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, #6 on the Pop 100 and #3 on the Modern Rock Charts. The video reached #1 on MTV’s TRL, where it was retired on August 26, 2005. The video also won the MTV2 Award at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, prompting a huge new interest and surge in sales. The band was also nominated for “Best New Artist” at the 2006 Grammy Awards.
The second single off the album, Dance, Dance, became their second Top 10 Single when it peaked at #9 on the Hot 100. It also reached #6 on the Pop 100 and became the bands top charted hit when it reached #2 on the Modern Rock Charts. The video for the song premiered on TRL on October 11, 2005; it soon reached #1 and was later retired on January 17, 2006. The third single off the album, A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More ‘Touch Me’, was much less popular than both prior singles but still managed to peak at #65 on the Hot 100 and hit #1 twice on TRL, retiring on June 6, 2006.
2007: Continuing prosperity
Fall Out Boy’s third studio album, titled Infinity On High, was released on February 6, 2007. The lead single, This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race, debuted at the 2006 American Music Awards. The video debuted on MTV on Tuesday, December 19, 2006. In the album’s opening week, Infinity on High reached number 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 260,000 copies.
“This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race” peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart on February 4, 2007, making it their most successful song in the UK to date. The single also peaked on the U.S. Hot 100 at number 2 and the U.S. Pop 100 at number 1. The Carpal Tunnel Of Love (the second single released from the album) reached number 81 on the U.S. Hot 100 by way of digital sales alone. Thnks fr th Mmrs was released on April 9, 2007 and made it to #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at #12 on the UK Singles chart.
Showing their versatility, Fall Out Boy has collaborated with rappers Kanye West, Babyface, Jay-Z, and Timbaland. Babyface produced and Jay Z is featured on Thriller. They also worked with Timbaland on his new album Timbaland Presents Shock Value, where they are featured on the track One and Only, for which Stump and Wentz both contributed in writing. Stump was also featured on two songs with Gym Class Heroes (also signed with Fueled By Ramen), including their #1 Single Cupid’s Chokehold. He also was a guest vocalist on Motion City Soundtrack’s single, Everything Is Alright as well as contributing to If You Could Remember.
2008-2009:
On April 1, 2008, Fall Out Boy released their live album, **** Live in Phoenix. The album was recorded in Pheonix on June 22. It contained a studio recording of Micheal Jackson’s Beat It with John Mayer as a guest on the guitar.
On December 16th, 2008, Fall Out Boy released their 4th studio album, Folie à Deux (literally meaning “madness shared by two”). The lead single for the album, I Don’t Care was released September 8, 2008.
On November 17, 2009, Believers Never Die - Greatest Hits was released, featuring two new songs titled Alpha Dog and From Now On We Are Enemies. Along with the release of this compilation, Fall Out Boy announced that they were taking a break. "We're just taking a break and decompressing. We're not putting terms on when we're coming back. We're going to come back when everybody's excited about it and it's fun." said Pete Wentz to J14 Magazine.
2010-2012: Hiatus
In early 2010 the band entered a state of hiatus, with each member eventually going off to explore their own musical interests. Wentz formed DJ duo Black Cards with singer Bebe Rexha in July 2010, releasing an EP before Rexha quietly left the group in January 2012. Trohman and Hurley started the band The Damned Things with Scott Ian from Anthrax and members of Every Time I Die, releasing their debut album Ironiclast in December 2010.
Stump recorded his debut solo album Soul Punk which was released on July 26, 2011. Despite gaining generally positive reviews, ticket sales were poor with many Fall Out Boy fans unwilling to follow him in his new musical direction. This negative feedback caused Stump to create his blog entry "We Liked You Better Fat" in which he honestly aired his feelings, causing Wentz to reach out to him and ultimately begin collborating again musically in February 2012.
2013-2014: Reunion and Save Rock and Roll
During 2012, the band reformed and began attempts to reinvent their sound. Sessions were difficult, with early attempts a struggle to produce new material. On February 4, 2013 the band simultaneously announced their reunion, a new single My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up) and the album Save Rock and Roll which was released the following month.
2014–2016: American Beauty/American Psycho
Centuries - the first single of Fall Out Boy's sixth studio album - premiered on September 8, 2014. Another song titled Immortals was released October 14, 2014, as part of the soundtrack for the Walt Disney film Big Hero 6. On November 24, 2014, the title of Fall Out Boy's sixth studio album was announced as American Beauty/American Psycho; the album was released on January 20, 2015.
2017–2022: MANIA
On April 27, 2017, Fall Out Boy announced that their new album was set to be released on September 15, titled M A N I A. The first single, Young and Menace was released the same day. The second single, Champion was released in the U.S. on June 22 and worldwide on June 23. On August 3, 2017, Patrick Stump tweeted that the album's release would be pushed back to January 19, 2018, because the band were not satisfied with the results of their work at the time.
A few months after the release of MANIA, Fall Out Boy released their ninth EP, Lake Effect Kid. It was released on August 23, 2018 through Island and DCD2. It features themes from their older albums as well as a song that was a demo for CitizensFOB Mixtape: Welcome To The New Administration -- which was a promotional mixtape for Folie à deux.
They then released Believers Never Die (Volume 2) on November 15, 2019. It is their second greatest hits album and was released through Island. It included two new songs, Bob Dylan and Dear Future Self (Hands Up) .
2023–present: So Much (For) Stardust
Fall Out Boy released a new single, Love From the Other Side, on January 18, 2023. The single featured the song, Love From the Other Side, as well as an edit of the track. After the release of this single, they announced that their eighth studio album, So Much (For) Stardust, was to fully release on March 24, 2023. This album marked the first time the band had released music through Fueled By Ramen since Take This to Your Grave, their 2003 debut album. They also once again joined forces with producer Neal Avron, who produced From Under the Cork Tree, Infinity on High, and Folie à Deux.
Twin Skeleton's
Fall Out Boy Lyrics
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That shares our fate and deserves our pity
I don't want to remember it all
The promises I made if you just hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
And I just need enough of you to dull the pain
Just to get me through the night till we're twins again
Till we're saints just swimming in our sins again
And there's a jet black crow droning on and on and on
Up above our heads droning on and on and on
Keep making trouble till you find what you love
I need a new partner in crime and you just shrug
But there's a room in a hotel in New York City
That shares our fate and deserves our pity
I don't want to remember it all
The promises are made if you just hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
A birth and a death on the same day
And, honey, I only appear so I can fade away
I wanna throw my hands in the air and scream
And I can just die laughing on your spiral of shame
And there's a jet black crow droning on and on and on
Up above our heads droning on and on and on
Hit it, never quit it, I have been through the wreck
But I can string enough to show my face in the light again
There's a room in a hotel in New York City
That shares our fate and deserves our pity
I don't want to remember it all
The promises are made if you just hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
The lyrics of Fall Out Boy's song "Twin Skeleton's" appear to be about a relationship that has ended, but the singer is still clinging on to their memories and the promises of reuniting with their lover. The song speaks about a shared fate and an unfortunate room situated in a hotel in New York City. The room, which is a metaphor for their doomed relationship, deserves pity. The promises made are for holding on, with the singer trying to forget everything that happened.
The chorus of the song seems to express the singer's desire to be with their lover again, and the pain that the separation is causing. The lyrics: "I just need enough of you to dull the pain, just to get me through the night until we're twins again, until we're stripped down to our skeletons again, until we're saints just swimming in our sins again," give a hint of the pain and longing they are feeling.
The second part of the song suggests that the relationship may have ended due to death. The lyrics, "Woke up inside a casket after thought that I missed her," and "a birth and a death on the same day," suggest that the singer may have died, and is mourning the relationship that ended too soon. The lines, "And honey I only appear so I can fade away, I wanna throw my hands in the air and scream," seem like a nod to the idea that the singer may be dead.
Some possible interpretations of the song include the idea that the singer is still struggling to move on from their past relationship or that they have passed away and are mourning. The song is somewhat ambiguous, and the listener may feel different emotions from the lyrics depending on their perspective.
Line by Line Meaning
There's a room in a hotel in New York City
There is a room in New York that symbolizes our shared relationship and fate.
That shares our fate and deserves our pity
The room has suffered along with our relationship, eliciting our sympathy.
I don't want to remember it all
I don't want to recollect all the memories of our past relationship.
The promises I made if you just hold on
I made promises that things would get better if we persevered.
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Repeated reassurance of holding on and not giving up.
Woke up inside a casket after thought that I missed her
I had a realization after a long time that I still missed my former partner, like I woke up inside a coffin.
Funny it's always an after thought whenever I kissed her
It's amusing that I didn't realize I still had feelings for her until after I kissed her.
Skeleton in my closet don't want to see me alive
I have a secret or a shameful past that I feel like I can't face, like a skeleton in my closet.
But somehow I get blinded when I look into your eyes
Despite everything, I am still drawn to her and feel blinded by our connection.
I just need enough of you to dull the pain
I need her in my life, even just a little, to numb the pain of our past relationship ending.
Just to get me through the night until we're twins again
I want us to be united again as if we are 'twins', even if it's just for a brief moment.
Until we're stripped down to our skeletons again
I want us to be vulnerable with one another again.
Until we're saints just swimming in our sins again
I want to be able to accept our flaws and mistakes, and still feel pure with each other.
And there's a jet black crow droning on and on and on
There's an ominous and persistent theme present in our lives.
Up above our heads droning on and on and on
This theme is above us and ever-present.
Keep making trouble till you find what you love
We need to keep causing a disturbance in our lives until we find what we truly love and desire.
I need a new partner in crime and you, you shrug
I need someone to go on adventures with and have deep connections, but she's not interested.
A birth and a death on the same day
There's a feeling of loss and change, like the end of something and the start of something new.
And honey I only appear so I can fade away
I'm only here for a fleeting moment.
I wanna throw my hands in the air and scream
I want to let go of all the pent up emotions and just scream.
And I can just die laughing on your spiral of shame
I am willing to go through any kind of hardship with her, even though she may be struggling.
Innie-minnie decisions who I choose to be with
It's difficult for me to decide who to be with.
Victim of superstition, won't see me in the pic booth
I am hesitant because of superstitious beliefs that taking a picture together might affect our fate.
I'm under supervision would be damned if I slipped up
I feel like I'm being monitored and need to be careful not to mess things up with her.
You knew my true intention but you want to keep pretending
She knows what I really want, but is unwilling to acknowledge or pursue it.
Look I can't keep pretending, can't even be present
I can't keep going along with the charade and am struggling to even be in the same room as her.
And I ain't tryna spoon, I'm tryna bend it
I'm not looking for a physical relationship, but rather a more flexible, unorthodox one.
Let the sun know I'm on my way, let the story fucking end then
I'm ready to move on and leave this chapter of our lives behind us.
Let's just kill a fuckin' head, let's go to heaven
Let's finally put an end to our inner turmoil and find peace and happiness.
I'm in room four-seven
A specific location or room number that likely holds significance to the singer and their relationship.
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Repeated reassurance of holding on and not giving up.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
Written by: ANDREW HURLEY, JO VAUGHN VIRGINIE, JOSEPH TROHMAN, PATRICK STUMP, PETER WENTZ
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@cucumbersara
centuries
wow this is great this is my favorite song ever
immortals
wow this is great this is my favorite song ever
ab/ap
wow this is great this is my favorite song ever
the kids aren't alright
wow this is great this is my favorite song ever
everY SONG THEY HAVE RELEASED SO FAR
wow this is great this is my favorite song ever
@falloutboyforeverinmyheart5769
"Twin Skeletons (Hotel In NYC)"
There's a room in a hotel in New York City
That shares our fate and deserves our pity
I don't want to remember it all
The promises I made if you just hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
I just need enough of you to dull the pain
To get me through the night
Until we're twins again
Until we're stripped down to the skeletons again
Until we're saints just swimming in our sins again
And there's a jet black crow droning on and on and on
Up above our heads droning on and on and on
keep making trouble till find what you love
I need a new partner in crime and your shotgun
There's a room in a hotel in New York City
That shares our fate and deserves our pity
I don't want to remember it all
The promises are made if you just hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
A birth and a death on the same day
And honey I only appear so I can fade away
I wanna throw my hands in the air and scream
And I can just die laughing on your spiral of shame
And there's a jet black crow droning on and on and on
Up above our heads droning on and on and on
Hit it never quit it I have been through the wreck
But I can scream enough to show my face in the light of day
There's a room in a hotel in New York City
That shares our fate and deserves our pity
I don't want to remember it all
The promises are made if you just hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on [3x]
@disloyalorder1706
but legit every time i go to nyc with my family, this is how it goes:
family: walking up to building
me: tHERE'S A ROOM IN A HOTEL IN NYC
family: checks in
me: tHAT SHARES OUR FATE AND DESERVES OUR PITY
family: walking into room
me: i dON'T WANT TO REMEMBER AT ALL
family: leaves me behind bc they're sick of that song
me: tHE PROMISES I MADE IF YOU JUST HOLD ON
@ChompChomp_
Lyrics:
There's a room in a hotel in New York City
That shares our fate and deserves our pity
I don't want to remember it all
The promises I made if you just hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
And I just need enough of you to dull the pain
Just to get me through the night 'til we're twins again
'Till we're stripped down to our skeletons again
'Till we're saints just swimming in our sins again
And there's a jet black crow droning on and on and on
Up above our heads droning on and on and on
Keep making trouble 'till you find what you love
I need a new partner in crime and you shrug
There's a room in a hotel in New York City
That shares our fate and deserves our pity
I don't want to remember it all
The promises I made if you just hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
A birth and a death on the same day
And honey I only appeared so I can fade away
I wanna throw my hands in the air and scream
And I could just die laughing on your spiral of shame
And there's a jet black crow droning on and on and on
Up above our heads droning on and on and on
Hit it never quit it I have been through the wreck
But I can string enough to show my face in the light again
There's a room in a hotel in New York City
That shares our fate and deserves our pity
I don't want to remember it all
The promises I made if you just hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on
(Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on)
Hold on, hold on, hold on
(Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on)
@pokemongaming4905
My top 16 Fall Out Boy songs
take note this is my personal opinion and I seriously love all their songs
1. The Phoenix
2. Novocaine
3. From now on we are enemies
4. Save rock and roll
5. Twin skeletons
6. The kids aren't alright
7. This ain't a scene its an arms race
8. Favorite record
9. Alpha dog
10. Jet pack blues
11. Centuries
12. Miss missing you
13. I don't care
14. Just one yesterday
15. My songs know what you did in the dark
16. Don't you know who I think I am
@AngelJokerGirl
i didn't know two of these songs and they are incredible, i'm going to add onto this because why not
and yeah, i love just about all their songs also, obviously
1. 27
2. Twin Skeleton's
3. The Phoenix
4. Young Volcanoes
5. Tell That Mick He Just Made My List Of Things To Do Today
6. Sugar We're Going Down
7. I don't Care
8. 20 Dollar Nosebleed
9. Novocaine
10. Death Valley
11. The Kids Aren't Alright
12. My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark
13. Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet
14. Thnks Fr th Mmrs
15. Jetpack Blues
(16.) That 1 minute of blues after W.A.M.S.
@stvltiloqvent
Personally:
1. Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet
2. I'm Like A Lawyer With The Way I'm Always Trying To Get You Off (Me & You)
3. Dance Dance
4. What A Catch, Donnie
5. Where Did the Party Go and 27 (it's a tie)
7. You're Crashing But You're No Wave
8. Snitches And Talkers Get Stitches And Walkers
9. Where Is Your Boy/Grand Theft Autumn
10. Irresistible
11. Thnks Fr Th Mmrs
12. Centuries
13. XO
14. This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race (mainly just for its music video)
15. Just One Yesterday (fucking love Foxes' part)
16. Immortals or Miss Missing You
this was a really hard list for me to compile because out of the 16 i'd call only about 5 of them my all-time faves. if i had to make a list of 16 all-time faves i'm sure half of it would be MyChem songs.
@giliardinojackson9202
Damn these Twin Skeltons.. AWESOME! .. If it's not even the best, it is one of their best songs!
The Top 3 of FOB's MOST UNDERRATED songs, which they also almost never play in concert, are :
1.Twin Skeletons
2.The Afterlife Of The Party
3.Alpha Dog
Perfection
@fatersteve
Credit to Jerry Robins (original at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0jYA7eG0bo)
Alright, I've got an odd theory: Twin Skeleton's is about a murder, particularly a murder inside of a relationship gone sour.
First off, there's a shit ton of deathly iconography in this song: jet black crows, skeletons, and two outright mentions of death: "Just die laughing on your spiral of shame" and "a birth and a death on the same day." That sets the foundation that something really rather horrific is going on in this song.
We can extrapolate that that something isn't entirely love- the lyrics aren't written like "Fourth of July" or "Favorite Record," which both instantly reek of love with lines talking of confession, beauty, and romantic regret. No; something worse is happening here, and I think it's a murder. Let's look at a few lines:
"There's a room in a hotel in NYC/That shares our fate and deserves our pity." Buildings that play host to murder are often condemned (catch the pun?) to be terrifying places, the kind you'd see in a Ray Bradbury short. Dwellings where murders have taken place have their lives, if you will, cut short. They share the fate, in a way, of those who die there.
"I don't want to remember at all/The promises I made if you just hold on." The promises in mention could very well be the promises of the honeymoon period of an abusive relationship- it will never happen again, I didn't mean it, it's all going to be okay. The murder at the heart of the song is, I believe, the culmination of one too many of these broken promises.
"Till we're saints just swimming in our sins again." Murderers often believe they are saints. They aggrandize their self image into almost godlike proportions. More over, they often believe themselves- if you get into the especially sinister murderers- to be on missions from God or that they are messiahs, which this verse could be referencing.
"And there's a jet black crow droning on and on and on." Any good history buff knows that crows are more often than not seen as harbingers of death, as ominous omens that something bad- I mean really [freaking] bad- is about to happen. See Julius Caesar by Shakespeare for evidence.
"A birth and a death on the same day." While the person dies, a reputation- that of a violent, fanatical murderer- is born. There is a birth of newfound fame, of newfound recognition; perhaps, this is what our murderer sought all along.
There you have it, folks. Thoughts from my head at 1:30 AM.
@fionabrock1849
This song is so underrated. It's my favorite song on this album.
@milkymae7279
Same
@pumpkinoligarchy6626
It's not my fav but I agree it's underrated
@xenia_staur6581
yeaaa same
@squi.2434
same
@shamimahmed2678
+scarlet sofia ✋✋👌👌✌✌
@weeaboo_weirdo
Why doesn't this song have more recognition??
@sapphirewolfspeedpaints9931
Because most people don't have a good taste in music. We got lucky.
@daveconnor5292
ZACHARIE
@kacimizer8845
+Kadesher I wonder the same thing I love this song!!