I think this entire song is from the point of view of the patient's father. the journey is reaching it's end, but the patient is still arguing with his father, who did all of this to show his son that life is so precious and that his life means something. "If I'm so wrong, how can you listen all night long? You never learned a goddamned thing." i think it's pretty obvious: after all this, the patient still doesn't understand.
I think the beginning verses are the father recounting his own life.
"Well I was there on the day
They sold the cause for the queen
And when the lights all went out
We watched our lives on the screen
I hate the ending myself
But it started with an alright scene
It was the roar of the crowd
that gave me heartache to sing
It was a lie when they smiled
and said "you won't feel a thing"
And as we ran from the cops
we laughed so hard it would sting"
I think "we watched our lives on the screen" means EVERYONE in the black parade, not just the father. It might be saying that all the lives they've been showing the patient this whole time were their lives.
The father is telling his son that he's disappointed in him
"You're just a sad song with nothing to say about a lifelong wait for a hospital stay. If I'm so wrong this never meant nothing to you." He's saying that the patient is still lost in self-loathing, woe-is-me bullshit. Like: I took you on this whole journey to teach you, and you still haven't learned anything son...
"Bring out the old guillotene" I think they bring out a guillotene, like: I didn't want to do this, son, but you leave me no other choice...
"Where did you run to? Where did you hide? Go find another way..."
The patient runs away, he is now feeling totally frantic and helpless: he's disappointed his dad, he realizes what an asshole, his father says "go find another way," which I think is mocking what the patient said in "don't love you anymore", like: Yeah, go find another way! that's ALL you'll ever do! Maybe you should stop trying to find another way and try to FIX things! STOP RUNNING FROM YOUR PROBLEMS!!"
I think this is where the patient finally realizes that he's been running this whole time, and he can live with his own life and actually appreciate it. The song doesn't sound like that, but I think so because in the last song, he is finally grateful for his life, and I think this is where he learns it.
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I think this entire song is from the point of view of the patient's father. the journey is reaching it's end, but the patient is still arguing with his father, who did all of this to show his son that life is so precious and that his life means something. "If I'm so wrong, how can you listen all night long? You never learned a goddamned thing." i think it's pretty obvious: after all this, the patient still doesn't understand.
I think the beginning verses are the father recounting his own life.
"Well I was there on the day They sold the cause for the queen And when the lights all went out We watched our lives on the screen I hate the ending myself But it started with an alright scene
It was the roar of the crowd that gave me heartache to sing It was a lie when they smiled and said "you won't feel a thing" And as we ran from the cops we laughed so hard it would sting"
I think "we watched our lives on the screen" means EVERYONE in the black parade, not just the father. It might be saying that all the lives they've been showing the patient this whole time were their lives.
The father is telling his son that he's disappointed in him "You're just a sad song with nothing to say about a lifelong wait for a hospital stay. If I'm so wrong this never meant nothing to you." He's saying that the patient is still lost in self-loathing, woe-is-me bullshit. Like: I took you on this whole journey to teach you, and you still haven't learned anything son...
"Bring out the old guillotene" I think they bring out a guillotene, like: I didn't want to do this, son, but you leave me no other choice... "Where did you run to? Where did you hide? Go find another way..." The patient runs away, he is now feeling totally frantic and helpless: he's disappointed his dad, he realizes what an asshole, his father says "go find another way," which I think is mocking what the patient said in "don't love you anymore", like: Yeah, go find another way! that's ALL you'll ever do! Maybe you should stop trying to find another way and try to FIX things! STOP RUNNING FROM YOUR PROBLEMS!!"
I think this is where the patient finally realizes that he's been running this whole time, and he can live with his own life and actually appreciate it. The song doesn't sound like that, but I think so because in the last song, he is finally grateful for his life, and I think this is where he learns it.