I Am My Own Muse Lyrics
Here I am, not sure you should take a chance
I like playin' dumb, lettin' you figure me out
But I was faded, in my own defense
So, drop a bomb on all the things we dreamed about
[Chorus]
Smash all the guitars
'Til we see all the stars
Oh, got to throw this year away, we got to throw this year away like
A bad luck charm
Smash all the guitars
'Til we see all the stars
Oh, got to throw this year away, we got to throw this year away like
A bad luck charm
[Verse 2]
The trumpets bring the angels, but they never came
And no one let them in 'cause they didn't know my name
I know I keep my feelings so tucked away
Just another day spent hopin' we don't fall apart
So, drop a bomb on all the things we dreamed about
[Chorus]
Smash all the guitars
'Til we see all the stars
Oh, got to throw this year away, we got to throw this year away like
A bad luck charm
Smash all the guitars
'Til we see all the stars
Oh, got to throw this year away, we got to throw this year away like
A bad luck charm
So let's twist the knife again, twist the knife again
Like we did last summer
Let's twist the knife again, twist the knife again
I'm just tryin' to keep it together
But it gets a little harder when it never gets better
I'm tryin' to keep it together
To keep it together, keep it together, no
[Chorus]
Smash all the guitars
'Til we see all the stars
Oh, got to throw this year away, we got to throw this year away like
A bad luck charm
Smash all the guitars
'Til we see all the stars
Oh, got to throw this year away, we got to throw this year away like
A bad luck charm
About
“I Am My Own Muse” pulls its title from a Frida Kahlo quote, “I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. I am the subject I want to better.”
The orchestrations were performed by the London Metropolitan Orchestra, with arrangements done by Patrick Stump.
Coincidentally, track eight on Fall Out Boy’s Infinity on High, called “Don’t You Know Who I Think I Am?” was the first song that lead singer Patrick Stump ever co-produced on behalf of Fall Out Boy.
Q&A
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This song, I think, is most representative of the score-like side of Patrick. There’s, I think, a cinematic quality to this song. I like the bridge of this song a lot, personally. Again, it reminds me of something that maybe we would have tried twenty years ago that would’ve come out a lot more sideways. We would’ve probably put too much stuff into it, and I think working with Neal Avron was awesome because he kind of was like, no, if you just start with the best ingredients you don’t need so much sauce on top of it all to hide everything, and I think that that was one of the parts of him producing this that was really helpful for us.
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