Thank You For The Venom

I think it's about fame and money from music. Gee said something like this. How they don't want to make music just fot fame but for fans and themselves. But they must accept if they are good they are gonna be popular and earn money. They must join all this fame shit (poison, pills, being ill). There are a lot of over interpretarions but that's my favourite.

All i can say is that this cd is morbidly beautiful.

its about a one of those people that come to your house and try to convert you to a religion. he keeps calling her sister like shes a nun. "i wouldnt front the scene if u made me" fronting that he cares and is understanding and telling her that she (and her organization) are running after something that theyll never kill, theyll never kill evil or convert eveyone to christianity. "black is the kiss the touch of the serpants son its not the mark or the scar that makes you one" saying to the nun that the way he looks has nothing to do with him being evil and the realy obvious part that hes talking to a missionary is when he says "GIVE ME A REASON TO BELIEVE" and "DISH ALL YOU WANT BUT WHO'S GUNNA SAVE ME" the book she gave him was a bible cuz u no nuns hand out bibles. "u wanna follow something just give me a better cause to lead" this songs about religion

I heard this song is related to Stright edge dont know if its true cuz i dont know alot about that but it makes sense that the song would be about that:

"You'll never make me leave I wear this on my sleeve Give me a reason to believe

So give me all you poison And give me all your pills And give me all your hopeless hearts And make me ill You're running after something That you'll never kill If this is what you want Then fire at will"

just my thoughts.

I always saw this song as describing Hitler's experience.

To counter Gerard statement that he isn\'t a poet, I\'m going to make this interpretation sooo deep and poetic.\n\nThis song is "a think piece, about a mid-level band struggling with their own limitations in the harsh face of stardom." I feel like it’s about them feeling stretched and pulled in all directions by fans and critics and the mundanity of normal life. I can imagine your self-esteem darting back and forth the whole time, and that\'s the vibe this song gives me.\n\n"Sister, I\'m not much a poet, but a criminal and you never had a chance.”\n\nHe feels like he’s being thrown off of a pedestal that he never agreed to be put on in the first place. He\'s saying: \'You thought I\'m a poet, I never did.\' (The line “Sister, I\'m not much a poet” is a reference to a Morrisey song, by the way.)\n\n“Love it or leave it, you can\'t understand a pretty face\nBut you do, so carry on, and on, and on"\n\nPeople are interpreting his song lyrics in ways that weren’t his intention at all, and then they dare to judge him for what isn\'t even correct. He\'s a bit sarcastic: \'You don\'t know anything about me or what I’m talking about, but by all means, carry on with the criticism!\'\n\n"I wouldn\'t front the scene if you paid me\nI\'m just the way that the doctor made me\nOn, and on, and on, and on"\n\nThis is again about being made bigger than he is when people make him out to be the frontman of the entire emo scene, the "sound of a generation" and all those things that people like to say when they rave about bands. He doesn’t want any of that, he\'s struggling to make it through the day, perhaps with mental issues or medication side effects that make life difficult. \n\n"Love is the red, the rose on your coffin door\nWhat\'s life like bleeding on the floor, the floor, the floor?"\n\n\'I bleed for you\' or \'I\'d die for you\' are ways to express devotion and love. I think the band\'s trying to say: \'Yo, don\'t bleed or die for us. We\'re just a band.\' Alternatively, they might be saying that self-harm isn’t a solution for anything.\n\n"You\'ll never make me leave, I wear this on my sleeve\nGive me a reason to believe"\n\nThe combination of these two lines make it sound like people want him to go away for a reason/because of a belief, which to me sounds like sacrificing yourself, turning into a martyr. So I wonder if Gerard felt pressured to make sacrifices for the fans or the critics. He\'s saying he doesn\'t even believe in the scene/whatever he\'s supposed to be sacrificing himself for. \n\nAlternatively: what he shows and tells the world is that he will never leave. Straight after, he asks for a reason to go on. The emphasis on how he wears it on his sleeve strikes me as a way of saying he\'s lying, the way people tend to exeggerate when they’re lying (i.e. ‘oh nooo I would NEVER!’). \n\n"So give me all your poison, and give me all your pills\nAnd give me all your hopeless hearts and make me ill"\n\n‘Poison’ is the bad press and the haters (poisoning can mean ‘causing harm to the reputation or credibility of someone, especially by spreading false or negative information’). Pills are the meds or the drugs. And the hopeless hearts happy wave that\'s me and my gals! the overly devoted fanbase. And this whole mix is making him feel sick, like he\'s in a rollercoaster.\n\n"You\'re running after something that you\'ll never kill\nIf this is what you want, then fire at will"\n\nThe whole gang mentioned above is chasing the band, hunting them in their own ways, and Gerard is like: ‘Why? Whatever you try, it won\'t affect us. But it\'s your choice I guess, sooo… knock yourselves out!\'\nOr this is only about the critics, and the thing they can’t kill is the fanbase. You can’t kill the love people have for a band they project their emotions on (‘ideas are bulletproof’ and all that).\n\n"Preach all you want, but who\'s gonna save me?\nI keep a gun in the book you gave me\nHallelujah, lock and load"\n\nPeople want him to be their lord and saviour, but he needs to prioritize himself. \n\'The book\' is the bible, seeing as this song is supposedly sung for a nun (‘sister’). The bible is generally considered a book of rules. He dismisses this book and abuses it to keep a weapon safe, i.e. to defend himself against the haters. People\'s opinions are useless to him. He can do exactly what they tell him, but when it (inevitably) gets him wrecked, none of those people will be there to help. \n\nAlternatively: there are other things you can do with a gun. If no one is going to save him and he has a gun... it could get dark.\n\n"Black is the kiss, the touch of the serpent son\nIt ain\'t the mark or the scar that makes you one, and one, and one, and one"\n\nThe kiss refers to the Kiss of Judas; the touch of the serpent son refers to Cain killing Abel. Both of these were forms of betrayal. Cain had a mark from god to make sure he wouldn\'t be killed; Jesus had scars on his hands to prove he was telling the truth about resurrecting. So the scar refers to the betrayed, and the mark refers to the betrayer. Two opposing sides.\n\nSo either he\'s saying: \'You people should bond over something other than being for or against our band.\' Or he\'s talking about themselves, meaning: \'We shouldn\'t have to choose between being a martyr or being brutal to our brothers.\' \n\nThere\'s an interesting parallel here between the verse about red and this verse about black. I read somewhere that red can be used as a basetone to make black deeper, more intense. So if red symbolises love and black symbolises betrayal... then love would make betrayal more intense. Which is totally true.\nNow I’m really going to push it, but stay with me:\n\nI thought it was odd that they repeat the last words of the first verses three times and this one four times. It reminds me of Come Together (The Beatles song), where they say "one and one and one is three", which in that song meant the band would be fine without one of them (way harsh, I know). \nMCR had five members at the time Gerard wrote this, so saying \'one and one and one and one\' could be a way to say \'one less person in the band\'. \n\nCain and Jesus had in common that they survived. The scar and the mark were both proof they “got away” with betrayal and sacrifice. So Gerard is saying: it isn’t the being able to “get away with it” that would “kill” the band. Not even if one of the band members can make it even bigger on their own, not if they can live forever at 27, nothing. My Chemical Romance and the love for these men is something that cannot be killed.\n\nAnd he was right :) It’s 2022 and I got tickets.

cant believe no one has commented yet. probably the best song from this album. this album is gonna be HUGE. this years deja entendu???

no that would be pollyanna...i havent heard anything of this cd cause im waiting til it comes out im going to see them with boys night out wooot

im not really sure what its about anyone have any ideas

i definetly agree, it's a tragicly amazing recrord, definetly worth the money and more. Amazing

i think this song is his own feelings on life in general.

on love, music, and religion (i keep a gun on the book you gave me, hallelujah lock and load)