I think it's about them basically shedding the weight of a whole genre that they've had tagged to them since their beginning.
"You only live forever in the lights you make", that obviously means you'll only be remembered for the good you do in the world, instead of the angst and negative emotions that have been plaguing their music for so long (though, as a diehard MCR fan, I'm aware that the only messages they've tried to send are positive).
"When we were young we used to say that you only hear the music when you're heart begins to break", further backing up that it's about how the only thing they used to be able to turn into music were the bad things they needed to get off their minds.
"Now we are the kids from yesterday", now they're all grown up and their music is changing with them.
All the other verses seem to be about the music industry in general ("they only care if you can bleed").
I think it's about them basically shedding the weight of a whole genre that they've had tagged to them since their beginning. "You only live forever in the lights you make", that obviously means you'll only be remembered for the good you do in the world, instead of the angst and negative emotions that have been plaguing their music for so long (though, as a diehard MCR fan, I'm aware that the only messages they've tried to send are positive).
"When we were young we used to say that you only hear the music when you're heart begins to break", further backing up that it's about how the only thing they used to be able to turn into music were the bad things they needed to get off their minds.
"Now we are the kids from yesterday", now they're all grown up and their music is changing with them.
All the other verses seem to be about the music industry in general ("they only care if you can bleed").