In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Stay out of the light
Or the photograph that I gave you
You can say a prayer if you need to
Or just get in line and I'll grieve you
Can I meet you, alone
Another night and I'll see you
Another night and I'll be you
Some other way to continue
To hide my face
Another knife in my hands
A stain that never comes off the sheets
Clean me off
I'm so dirty babe
The kind of dirty where the water never cleans off the clothes
I keep a book of the names and those
Only go so far 'til you bury them
So deep and down we go
Touched by angels, though I fall out of grace
I did it all so maybe I'd live this every day
Another knife in my hands
A stain that never comes off the sheets
Clean me off
I'm so dirty babe
It ain't the money and it sure as hell ain't just for the fame
It's for the bodies I claim and lose
Only go so far 'til you bury them
So deep and down we go
Down
And down we go
And down we go
And down we go
And we all fall down
I tried
I tried
And we'll all dance alone to the tune of your death
We'll love again, we'll laugh again
And it's better off this way
And never again, and never again
They gave us two shots to the back of the head
And we're all dead now
Well never again, and never again
They gave us two shots to the back of the head
And we're all dead now
Well I tried
One more night
One more night
Well I'm laughin' out, cryin' out, laughin' out loud
I tried, well I tried, well I tried
'Cause I tried, but I lied
I lied
I tried
I tried
I tried, well
And we'll love again, we'll laugh again
We'll cry again and we'll dance again
And it's better off this way
So much better off this way
I can't clean the blood off the sheets in my bed
And never again, and never again
They gave us two shots to the back of the head
And we're all dead now
Or the photograph that I gave you
You can say a prayer if you need to
Or just get in line and I'll grieve you
Can I meet you, alone
Another night and I'll see you
Another night and I'll be you
Some other way to continue
To hide my face
Another knife in my hands
A stain that never comes off the sheets
Clean me off
I'm so dirty babe
The kind of dirty where the water never cleans off the clothes
I keep a book of the names and those
Only go so far 'til you bury them
So deep and down we go
Touched by angels, though I fall out of grace
I did it all so maybe I'd live this every day
Another knife in my hands
A stain that never comes off the sheets
Clean me off
I'm so dirty babe
It ain't the money and it sure as hell ain't just for the fame
It's for the bodies I claim and lose
Only go so far 'til you bury them
So deep and down we go
Down
And down we go
And down we go
And down we go
And we all fall down
I tried
I tried
And we'll all dance alone to the tune of your death
We'll love again, we'll laugh again
And it's better off this way
And never again, and never again
They gave us two shots to the back of the head
And we're all dead now
Well never again, and never again
They gave us two shots to the back of the head
And we're all dead now
Well I tried
One more night
One more night
Well I'm laughin' out, cryin' out, laughin' out loud
I tried, well I tried, well I tried
'Cause I tried, but I lied
I lied
I tried
I tried
I tried, well
And we'll love again, we'll laugh again
We'll cry again and we'll dance again
And it's better off this way
So much better off this way
I can't clean the blood off the sheets in my bed
And never again, and never again
They gave us two shots to the back of the head
And we're all dead now
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I Never Told You What I Do for a Living Lyrics as written by Gerard Way Frank Iero
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I think this version is so much darker, I almost prefer it sometimes...I like it a lot. As for the meaning, well, it's hard to interpret, but it certainly is a dark song...
The lyrics are a lot different from the album version!! I love this song. I thought the song was about a criminal or something along those lines, but im not too sure to be honest ^_^ Anyway all i am sure about is mcr kick ass :D ♥
yes this song is on the life on the murder scene cd that came with all the live tracks and some demos...
it is so much darker than the album version, and i too prefer it sometimes...
kudos to getting all the lyrics, i had trouble understanding some of them... im only jealous i didn't get to post the lyrics!
I'm mucho sorry, but I saw they weren't here and had to post 'em. Lately I've just been really into this song. Still, sorry you couldn't post 'em ghost in the snow!! But at least we can agree on how awesome this song is!!
haha its cool. it IS an awesome song, therefore i THINK i can find it in my heart to forgive you... good work, sensei!
not very different, but surely grittier and dirtier. a friend and i wrote a fic based on this and the version that made it =]
(srry fr my english) i knew the story of the album, but i didn't understood it really, but after i heard and read the song and the lyrics it was a lot more clear. this is my interpretation: the guy lost his girl and want to get her back by killing those 1000 evil men. but (i dunno why) he get caught and killed or somethin; ' they gave us to shots to the back of the head, and we're all dead now.' . so now he is also dead. but he finds out that it is better to be dead with his girl(in heaven or hell) than alive without her and killing 1000 men. in this song it is very clear that the girl is maybe glad that she's dead(And I'm trying to see that you wanted to die) so it's better that they're both dead now. i thought it looks a bit like that greek myth about the guy that asks his girl back from the devil, and he agrees, but he can't look at her before they are back on earth, and then he looks and she is lost forever.