Lucky13 June 2nd, 2009 07:25PM  
I think you all are looking at this song too narrowly and specifically. I think it's a poignant political piece. There are a few key phrases that show what this song is really about. "I was there on the day they sold the cause for the queen" To me this is about materialism. People with a cause deciding to sell out because "the queen" i.e. some chick wanted *insert material object*. Same thing with "...watch how my heroes sell a car on TV" Everyone in high school worshiped the rich guys whose dads owned car dealerships. "Bring out the old Guillitine" referring to when, in the french revolution they executed the aristocrats of whom these people represent modern day versions. And, in the end, all the people who buy into that crap are "just a sad song with nothing to say..." because in the end how much material possessions we've gathered doesn't matter at all, we're just "waiting for a hospital stay" if that's what are lives are all about. Now, personally, I think you could view this song as directed at a particular person who has bought into the material worship, possibly a girl who just married the rich guy prompting "I hate the ending myself, but it stated with an alright scene"---but that parts more my personal opinion.

anonymous June 2nd, 2009 11:33PM  
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 think what he means by this is he was there when they gave up thier beliefs to please an athority figure or maybe someone everyone admired I believe he may be refering to the period right before death as when the lights all go out and a lot of people say thier lives flash before them right before death so I think that's what he means by "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

*his life started out ok but he wishes it had been different tawards the end maybe he is regretting some bad decisions*

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

*he hates to dissapoint all the people cheering him on people are constantly telling him that things will turn out fine but they rarely do*

If I'm so wrong
How can you listen all night long?
Now will it matter after I'm gone
Because you never learn a goddamned thing

*he thinks people are taking advantage of him and ignoring what he's saying but when he's dead they're gonna wish they had listened but it will be too late*

You're just a sad song
With nothing to say
About a lifelong wait for a hospital stay
And if you think that I'm wrong
This never meant nothing to ya

*he knows people will listen to his song and think its all about him wasting his life being depressed and waiting for death and I think he may be saying in the last 2 lines that his song is about that and if you think it's about something else you didn't really listen and don't really care*

I spent my high school career
Spit on and shoved to agree
So I could watch all my heroes
Sell a car on TV
Bring out the old guillotine
We'll show them what we all mean

*he was bullied during his high school years and all the people he looked up to as a child/teen turned out to be nobodies the guillotine was a machine heavily used during the french revolution to behead people and it was first used against people named as traitors but in the just about everyone was fair game and I think he is saying that they picked on him but now its thier turn and like the last years of the guillotine no one is really safe*

If I'm so wrong
How can you listen all night long?
Now will it matter long after I'm gone
Because you never learned a goddamned thing

You're just a sad song
With nothing to say
About a lifelong wait for a hospital stay
And if you think that I'm wrong
This never meant nothing to ya

So go
Go away
Just go
Run away
But where did you run to?
Where did you hide?
Go find another way
Price you pay

*i think he is saying that people don't want him around and they're essentialy saying go bug someone else but no one wants him around and he is saying that's the price you pay for not abandoning your beliefs???*

You're just a sad song
With nothing to say
About a lifelong wait for a hospital stay
And if you think that I'm wrong
This never meant nothing to ya

You're just a sad song
With nothing to say
About a lifelong wait for a hospital stay
And if you think that I'm wrong
This never meant nothing to ya
At all
At all
At all
At all

i know this wasn't very good but this is a VERY difficult song to interpret

emolove27 July 24th, 2009 07:41PM  
This song has one of my favorite lines in it. "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" Think of your life as movie. The beginning scene of you being born is a happy one, but the end scene of however you die is not. Interesting concept. I think the idea of the song is that he loves the fans that support him, but to those who don't care or the "haters", he's saying 'dude, just go away. Stop listening to me if you think what I say is crap." Eg- "If I'm so wrong How can you listen all night long? Now will it matter long after I'm gone Because you never learned a goddamned thing"

anonymous November 28th, 2009 07:12PM  
The song was originally called Shut Up and Play (Disenchanted), and it was about the end of the friendship between Gerard and Bert Mckraken. Then when The Black Parade concept came around they tweaked it and put it on the cd.