Save Yourself (I'll Hold Them Back) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by JetBlackMistress 

Cover art for Save Yourself (I'll Hold Them Back) lyrics by My Chemical Romance

I LOVE this song. It makes me even more excited for the album. Anywho, this song probably goes along with the rest of the album's theme/concept, but I'll take a crack at it anyway.

It sounds to me that a guy is talking to the person he's in love with. They are in a bad place and have the chance to escape together, but only if she can save herself. From there, the guy can "hold them back" ("them" being the bad guys that threaten their love/survival), and they can run off together. He tells her that they will probably die, so she is aware what she is getting herself into. And if they do die, they'll die together, their names living on forever on their headstones. It's not worth fighting, because they'll lose, so for those know can see that retreat, which is fine.

My Interpretation