| My Chemical Romance – To The End Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| And I DON'T think it really has anything to do with "A Rose for Emily." Maybe he got the arsenic metaphor from it, but other than that... | |
| My Chemical Romance – To The End Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Okay, I analyzed this song not too long ago at 1AM in a random blog, and this is what I came up with: "He calls the mansion not a house but a tomb. He's always choking from the stench and the fume. The wedding party all collapsed in the room. So send my resignation to the bride and the groom." A house (and a big-ass, expensive house we have here) is where someone lives. A tomb is where someone goes when they die. So the man feels like he's living death. The stench/fume could refer to the cigarette smoke from rich guests (characteristic of the jetset aristocratic lifestyle) and/or the guests themselves and their pompous, expensive colognes (if we continue with the tomb metaphor, we could say that the stench is from their dead bodies, for they are also living death). These guests could've been part of the wedding party (probably for the man who owns the mansion), and they've either fainted from the horrible smell or they've died and joined them in living death. The narrator (Gerard himself, probably) sends a resignation, refusing to go to the wedding, because he sees this horrible scene and does not wish to partake in it. He values his life. "This elevator only goes up to ten. He's not around -- he's always looking at men. Down by the pool -- he doesn't have many friends. As they are face down and bloated, snap a shot with the lens." The man's not satisfied with his rich lifestyle. He wants more. He wants his house to be bigger -- more than ten stories. Even though his mansion is expensive and he wants more for it, he never spends any time there. It's just something for him to own and brag about. On top of it, he's cheating on his wife and lying to her as well, so obviously he doesn't love her or even really care about her. Perhaps it was a marriage of convenience and money? Anyway, this guy doesn't have any real friends. They're all fake, fat, rich snobs who hang with him and tan by the pool (possibly also living death, because they are "facedown and bloated"). This is the picture-perfect image ("snap a shot with the lens") of the rich and famous lifestyle: one big, fat lie. "If you marry me, Would you bury me? Would you carry me To the end?" So Gee-Love sees all this shit, and he wants to know of his own love...if she does marry him, will she love him till death do them part, just as the vows say? Or will she use him to get what she wants, like these people do? "So say goodbye to the vows you take. And say goodbye to the life you make. To the heart you break And all the cyanide you drank." Poor Gee. She's been affected by this lifestyle, and now he's bidding her farewell, even though it's breaking his heart to do so. Cyanide is a poison, and if she drank it and he's taking it, it must refer to their own money. He's threatening to leave her poor (can't say I blame him). "She keeps a picture of the body she lends. Got nasty blisters from the money she spends. She got a life of her own and it shows by the Benz She drives at 90 by the Barbies and Kens." The man's wife isn't much better than he is. She's also cheating by sleeping around ("the body she lends"), and she's addicted to buy and consuming more than she needs ("got nasty blisters from the money she spends"). She doesn't care anything for her husband, but their image as a happy, privledged couple to the public is just as perfect (if not, more) than Ken and Barbie (a fake, plastic doll couple who always smile and look perfect, no matter what). "If you ever say say never too late. I'll forget all the diamonds you ate. Lost in coma and covered in cake. Increase the medication -- share the vows at the wake." Gerard's talking to his corrupt girlfriend, saying that if she ever decides to repent and go back to a healthy life, he'll forgive her. As it stands, she's deathly sick with the jetset, aristocratic lifestyle, and she needs to get better. If not, their marriage will be more like a prelude to death for both of them. Right now, he's going to leave her unless she does something about it. "If you marry me, Would you bury me? Would you carry me To the end?" "So say goodbye to the lies you take. And say goodbye to the life you make. The heart you break, And all the cyanide you drank." "So say goodbye to the last parade. From the choice you made. The heart you break, And all the cyanide you drank." >insert fucking sweet guitar solo by Ray Toro HERE< Pauvre, petit Gerard. She decided to choose the jetset lifestyle over him. DUMBASS! Who would choose money and meaningless fancy parties over GERARD ARTHUR WAY, I want to know? I certainly wouldn't. I'd carry that man to the end, for sure. ;) But enough about that. Back the song. The parade he refers to must be a crazy argument between the two of them because it resulted from her choice to stay jetset. "So say goodbye to the lies you take. And say goodbye to the life you make. The heart you break, And all the cyanide you drank." "So say goodbye to the last parade. And the choice you made. The heart you break, And all the cyanide you drank." "So say goodbye to the last parade. And walk away as the parties fade. And the choice you made. To the end..." Good for her. She went back, reflected, and decided that the jetset life wasn't for her, and she walked away from it. So now she and Gerard can get back together, and she'll carry him...to the end. So...this song is pretty deathy in some parts, but it makes very good points about what we perceive as the "good life." Is it really all that good, especially when so much of it is fake and materialized? No, I really don't think so. |
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| Blink-182 – All the Small Things Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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The whole meaning of the song is summed up in the first two lines: "All the small things True care, truth brings" The theme of "All the Small Things" addresses the importance of caring about others and showing them how important they are, even in the smallest way, because sometimes the "smallest way" can make all the difference in the world to someone. If we were to look directly at the plot, the song tells the story of a young man (the narrator) who has someone close to him (probably a girlfriend, best friend, or relative) who shows him his importance in his/her life and how much he/she cares about him with his/her small actions, and these actions ultimately make the narrator feel better about himself because he learns that his true value as a person is priceless. The two verses includes three examples: 1. "I'll take one lift Your ride--best trip" Here, the person offers the narrator a simple car ride somewhere -- perhaps somewhere as common as the grocery store -- and he feels so grateful that the car ride seems like the best thing in the world. 2. "Always, I know You'll be at my show Watching, waiting, Commiserating" This quote obviously references the boys' feelings about being on tour and away from their homes all the time. As far as the song goes, the person shows his/her loyalty to the narrator by going to one of his concerts and watching him perform and supporting him, no matter how the show goes. 3. "Late night, come home Work sucks, I know She left me roses by the stairs Suprises let me know she cares" Here, the narrator tells that he's had a bad day and he's ready for it to end, but when he arrives home he finds a package of roses on his stairs left by his girlfriend (no mysteries as to the identity of the person in this verse), and suddenly the whole day seems worth while. Now for the chorus: "Say it ain't so; I will not go Turn the lights off; carry me home" Whether it be to the store, the rock show (ha-ha!), or work, the narrator does NOT want to go anywhere but home. The idea of "home" is often associated with being around people who care about you, therefore, he wants to be with people who care about him. Furthermore, he implies that he is exhausted (possibly from being around uncaring people all day) and when it comes time to leave wherever he is (thus "turn the lights off"), he cannot be forced to "go" anywhere else -- he must be "carried" home by someone who cares about him. Finally, the end: "Keep your head still I'll be your thrill The night will go on My little windmill" Adding to the second verse, this part of the song implies the person to be the narrator's girlfriend (though the caring person could actually be a mixture of girlfriends, friends, and relatives of blink-182). Taking this to be the case, he tells her to relax a bit ("keep your head still") while he returns the care that she's shown him all day ("I'll be your thrill"). The narrator then says that after the long, hard day is finished (brought back from "turn the lights off" in the chorus), they still have the long, easy night ("The night will go on"). To round the whole song off, he addresses her as his "little windmill," implying that she provides him with the power and energy to continue his life, much like a windmill provides power and energy for towns and farms. Overall, "All the Small Things" stands as a rare catchy-but-meaningful radio tune. Who cares if it's punk, pop, neither, or both? It has HEART, and that's what matters. |
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