Complete the Lyrics to These Emo Songs and We’ll Guess How Emo You Are!

By: Ryan Choate
Estimated Completion Time
5 min
Complete the Lyrics to These Emo Songs and We’ll Guess How Emo You Are!
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About This Quiz

While the term "emo" - or sometimes "emocore" - may have initially started as an insult to a new branch of hardcore, the term stuck and has produced seminal bands for several decades. The roots of emo can be traced back to the mid-'80s hardcore scene around Washington, D.C. Bands began experimenting with emotionally charged lyrics and unique guitar riffs. Emo soon became a force to be reckoned with across the West Coast; the music was here to stay, and detractors could not deny the influence emo was having on rock music.

By the late 1990s, emo really came into its own. Bands borrowed from the mantra of punk rock, embracing rebellion and an underground movement to expand their sound. Bands would tour together and crash on each other's couches. They were able to get their music out to the masses of eager young fans looking for new sounds. Each generation of emo bands borrows from their predecessors to tweak the sound. Bands like Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Panic! at the Disco, Jimmy Eat World and Avenged Sevenfold continue exploring the unique musical genre.  

Grab your black T-shirt and complete these emo song lyrics, then we'll guess how emo you are!



Death Cab for Cutie, "Crooked Teeth": "I built you a home in my heart with rotten wood..."
It decayed from the start.
It kept us apart.
It was never meant as art.
I carried it in a cart.

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My Chemical Romance, "Helena (So Long & Goodnight)": "We'll meet again when both our..."
Cars collide
Hearts divide
Brains defy
Hearts will cry

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Thirty Seconds To Mars, "The Kill (Bury Me)": "I am finished with..."
You
This whole town
School
This planet

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Taking Back Sunday, "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut From the Team)": "I know you well enough to know you never..."
Hated me
Loved me
Gave a crap about anything but yourself
Were any good for me

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Fall Out Boy, "Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy": "You were the last good thing about..."
Going on around here
In my life
This part of town
This summer

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The Starting Line, "Bedroom Talk": "I'll chew you up and..."
Kick you to the curb
Swallow you whole
Drink your blood
Spit you out like all of them

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Relient K, "Be My Escape": "I am a hostage to..."
My own humanity
This stupid life
My dark thoughts
Politics

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Paramore, "Misery Business": "I watched his wildest dreams come true..."
In fields of red and blue
And now I'm feeling blue
Not one of them involving you
He broke my heart and went to you.

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Panic! at the Disco, "Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off": "Did you really think I’d let you..."
Break my heart?
Kill this chorus?
Let you go?
Run around?

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Yellowcard, "Ocean Avenue": "Let your waves crash down on me and..."
Take me away
Fill my soul
Turn the darkness to light
Wash away the pain

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Story of the Year, "Until the Day I Die": "My hands are at your throat and..."
I think I hate you.
I want to say I'm sorry.
I can't stop screaming.
I can't let go.

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New Found Glory, "All Downhill From Here": "Which one of us will..."
Save the day?
Move into the dark?
Burn until the end?
Live forever?

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Hawthorne Heights, "Ohio Is for Lovers": "Spare me just three last words..."
Let's meet again, in another world.
I love you, is all she heard.
I miss you, just say the word.
Hold on tight, into the dark.

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Bright Eyes, "First Day of My Life": "I'm Glad I didn't..."
Die before I met you
Break your heart
Show you the light
Tear this thing apart

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The All-American Rejects, "My Paper Heart": "Bottle up old love and..."
Smash it on the ground
Drink my life away
Toss it out the window
Throw it out to sea

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Boys Like Girls, "The Great Escape": "Watch it burn, let it die, 'cause we are finally..."
Free tonight
Waiting for the end
Ready to try
Out of tears to cry

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Motion City Soundtrack, "L.G. Fuad": "I want to thank you for being a part of my forget-me-nots and..."
Roses
Marigolds
Daisies
Wildflowers

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The Postal Service, "Nothing Better": "Will someone please call a surgeon who can crack my ribs and..."
Fix me from the inside
Make me whole again
Repair this broken heart
Take the pain away

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Mayday Parade, "Black Cat": "This jealous actress has a habit of making things sound..."
Way too tragic
Like black magic
Like we might be a bad fit
Like a movie soundtrack

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Sugarcult, "Memory": "This may never start..."
A tragedy in all this art
Two lost souls in the dark
There's no answer for this broken heart.
We could fall apart.

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Jimmy Eat World, "The Middle": "It just takes some time%0Dlittle girl..."
To capture this heart of mine
You're in the middle of the ride.
To fix this broken dream
To walk this line

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Metro Station, "Shake It": "Now if she does it like this..."
Will you do it like that?
Will you show me the way?
I can see her all the way.
You're feeling the groove.

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Good Charlotte, "Predictable": "So take your empty words, your broken promises and all the time you stole 'cause..."
I'm sick of it all.
I'm done with this.
I'm moving on.
You caused me nothing but pain.

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Thursday, "Understanding in a Car Crash": "I don’t want to feel this way forever. A dead letter..."
Washed out to sea
Marked return to sender
In the sands of time
From a broken heart

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The Get Up Kids, "I'm a Loner Dottie, a Rebel": "Shut your eyes and..."
Dream a perfect dream.
Think of me.
When you wake, I'll be gone.
Remember the way things were.

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The Ataris, "San Dimas High School Football Rules": "I listened to your heartbeat as I..."
Tried to kill the pain
Watched the sky turn dark
Fell into a dream
Held you in my arms

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Dashboard Confessional, "The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most": "Laced with brilliant smiles and shining eyes, perfect makeup, but..."
You're barely scraping by.
Sorry that we never tried.
You've lost that shining in your eye.
You're still too perfect to cry.

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New Found Glory, "Dressed to Kill": "I can’t dream anymore since you left. I miss..."
The way you held me tight
Your soft touch
You singing me to sleep
Your lips at night

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Saves the Day, "My Sweet Fracture": "Could you tell me the next time that you’re choking? ‘Cause I’ll rush right over to..."
Shove some dirt right down your throat
Save the day
Hold you in my arms
Pull you from the dark

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