anonymous October 27th, 2006 04:22AM  

The entire first album is about the narrator and his love running from a world infested by vampires. This song is a short version of the proverbial end, whereas three cheers is essentially the long version. While the narrator can't decide whether or not to kill his love, she does kill him. The "does anyone notice" line points out the irony of his moral dilemma - love keeps him from doing the obvious, so instead of following the path of self preservation, his lover kills him since she is no longer human.

anonymous October 28th, 2006 12:28AM  

Yes it is about dawn of the dead. You're all right, however it's all metaphorical. Those that have touched on the girl becoming a zombie being a metaphor for her becoming something different to what he thought she was are on the right track.

If you put this song and vampires will never hurt you together, it's obvious that the character sees society as harmful. Society being dead/lifeless and he sees himself as being alive and free.

anonymous November 10th, 2006 03:20PM  

It's not about dawn of the dead, but its a very similar story.

The album is about two lovers who discover that the world has been taken over by vampires. They flee, but the woman is bitten, and in the song the narrator, her lover, is deciding whether or not to kill her so that she can't get him.

Then she kills him any way, enter "three cheers for sweet revenge".

This is all correct, check any magazine with an mcr interview.

anonymous January 1st, 2007 12:06AM  

Rainbowbelt, you are a retard. Dawn of the Dead was released in 1978. The film you are referring to a remake. Go here and be enlightened: http://imdb.com/title/tt0077402/ or even here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_of_the_dead Now, for those arguing that it is not about Dawn of the Dead...watch the movie! It's probably not meant to be a literal translation and probably has some sort of metaphorical meaning behind it but it is clearly (at least loosely) based on the Dawn of the Dead storyline. There are several references to it in the song.

here goes my analysis:

Early Sunsets Over Monroeville:
(first off, the mall in the movie is called Monroeville Mall)
Late dawns and early sunsets, just like my favorite scenes
(I believe this line gives an indication that he is referencing a movie. keywords here: DAWN, "my favorite scenes")
Then holding hands and life was perfect, just like up on the screen
And the whole time while always giving
Counting your face among the living

Up and down escalators, pennies and colder fountains
(escalators and water fountains: found in most malls, including the one featured in Dawn of the Dead)
Elevators and half price sales, trapped in by all these mountains
(once again he mentions objects which are found in malls: elevators, sales. The "trapped by mountains" refers to the fact that the mall was surrounded by hills and fields)
Running away and hiding with you
I never thought they'd get me here
Not knowing you'd change from just one bite
(as in change into a zombie from one bite)
I fought them all off just to hold you close and tight
(here is what I believes gives an indication that while it is based on Dawn, it is not literal. The character who gets bitten and dies on a bed had no love affair with the person who shot him)

But does anyone notice?
But does anyone care?
And if I had the guts to put this to your head...
But would anything matter if you're already dead?
(would it matter if I shot you if you are already a zombie and therefore dead?)
And well should I be shocked now by the last thing you said?
Before I pull this trigger,
Your eyes vacant and stained...

But does anyone notice?
But does anyone care?
And if I had the guts to put this to your head...
And would anything matter if you're already dead?
And now should I be shocked by the last thing you said?
Before I pull this trigger,
Your eyes vacant and stained...
(a reference to the blank lifeless stare of zombies)
And in saying you loved me,
Made things harder at best,
And these words changing nothing
As your body remains,
And there's no room in this hell,
(the movie's tagline was "When there is no room left in hell, the dead will walk the earth." still think it's not at least based on Dawn? If not, you are brainless.)
There's no room in the next,
And our memories defeat us,
And I'll end this direst.

But does anyone notice?
But does anyone care?
And if I had the guts to put this to your head...
But does anything matter if you're already dead?
And should I be shocked now by the last thing you said?
Before I pull this trigger,
Your eyes vacant and stained...
And in saying you loved me,
Made things harder at best,
And these words changing nothing
As your body remains,
And there's no room in this hell,
There's no room in the next,
But does anyone notice there's a corpse in this bed?
(the character Roger is bitten and subsequently dies and reanimates in a bed.)

gerardway_hot1 February 16th, 2007 09:41PM  

"this is a sweet song about the movie, dawn of the dead...!" Gerard said

anonymous April 17th, 2007 06:45PM  

Okey dokey, this is about losing somebody to evil and you have to go against them to stop them and then leave. Kinda like the concept of Vampires Will Never Hurt You.

But it is also related to Dawn Of The Dead. Yes, I know two year difference. BUT that was a remake. The first dawn of the dead was created 1978.

"And the whole time while always giving
Counting your face among the living"

This about how the girl is either alive or still morally good.

"Up and down escalators, pennies and colder fountains
Elevators and half price sales, trapped in by all these mountains"

This is where Dawn Of The Dead comes in.

"Not knowing you'd change from just one bite"

Meaning bite of a vampire. A vampire symbolizes an evil creature. He didn't think she would turn evil from an unfortunate event.

"And if I had the guts to put this to your head..."

Meaning either killing her or going against her evil.

"But would anything matter if you're already dead?"

Dead in feelings, or dead as in part of the 'living dead' a.k.a. vampire.

"Before I pull this trigger,"

Before I put you to an end, or litterally.

"Your eyes vacant and stained..."

Expressing she's already gone mentally.

"But does anyone notice there's a corpse in this bed?"

He has ceased it, whether it's meantally or physically. Even though she turned evil he still loved her. Which made it harder to do.

GibsonGirl64 May 6th, 2007 09:00PM  

I do think that yes, it has references to dawn of the dead. But I don't think it's ABOUT it. I think it's more along the lines of, she did something to hurt him, and he gets really mad. And he wants to kill her. And she says she loves him, blah blah blah. And then in the end he shoots himself cause he can't take the pain (but does anyone notice, there's a corpse in this bed). That line suggests he thinks no one notices his death, and that he's not really loved, like she told him he was. That's just what I've always thought though.

.ladyofsorrows. May 6th, 2007 09:23PM  

This song is a sweet song about the dawn of the dead movie. Gee has said so himself. I don't care if you know them or have met them. That's what it s. It may have some other tings slapped together in it. but it mainly based on the dawn of the dead movie (hehe this song shall be my wedding song) lol.

janesgenes August 22nd, 2007 11:42PM  

It is about "Dawn of the Dead." Monroeville Mall is a half-hour from me. The movie was shot there, in fact if you go there (Monroeville, PA) you can check it out--it still looks pretty much the same-escalators and all!

hayxapple August 27th, 2008 12:06AM  

Alright. one of the first anonymous people, you have no idea what you are talking about. just because you met them, doesn't mean you know. gerard has confirmed it multiple times, that it's about one of his favorite movies Dawn of The Dead.

anonymous October 10th, 2008 01:10PM  

Dude, I've been to the Monroeville Mall. I've seen the movie. They're pretty much the same.

HOWEVER, that has NOTHING to do with the fact that YOU ARE ALL RIGHT. It's about Dawn of the Dead, but also about losing a loved one, and the dangers of society, and zombies and vampires and the living dead and everything else you mentioned. YOU'RE ALL RIGHT, but bringing up the Monroeville Mall as your "proof" is stupid because It presents NO PROOF about what the song is about. Believe what you want, people.

Maybe they meant it to be one of those things where you have to take your own meaning, Like John Steinbeck's "the Pearl".

"If this story is a parable, let each one take from it his own meaning" or something like that.

You get what I'm saying?

anonymous June 6th, 2009 06:25AM  

If anyone knows anything about the writers Truman Capote and Harper Lee, they will know they both lived in Monroeville, Alabama - where they were neighbours. Read 'In Cold Blood' (Capote), and let me know if you're as intrigued as I am by the potential allusions to Capote and the ideas of social conflict and challenging the status quo; particularly, direct reference to the family of four slain in Kansas in 'In Cold Blood'. 'But does anyone notice there's a corpse in this bed? ' I'm intrigued to know what you all think. Could this inadvertently provide an interpretation of social expectations and the challenges we face to conform unquestioningly?

pretty.odd September 28th, 2009 02:46AM  

Okay I'm going to this based on zombies:

LATE DAWNS ON EARLY SUNSETS JUST LIKE MY FAVORITE SCENE
THEN HOLDING HANDS AND LIFE WAS PERFECT
JUST LIKE UP ON THE SCREAM

(here I think that the couples life is perfect like there in a movie or somthing)

AND THE WHOLE TIME WHILE ALWAYS GIVING
COUNTING YOUR FACE AMONG THE LIVING

(the narrater had know idea that she will end up getting infected or losing her soon)

UP AND DOWN ESCALATERS PENNIES AND COLDER FOUNTAINS
ELAVATERS AND HALF PRICE SALES
TRAPPED IN BY ALL THESE MOUNTAINS

(and now they are trapped inside the mall surrounded by zombies with no where to go)

RUNNING AWAY AND HIDING WITH YOU
I NEVER THOUGHT THEY'D GET ME HERE
NOT KNOWING YOU CHANGED FROM JUST ONE BITE
I FOUGHT THEM ALL OFf JUST TO HOLD U CLOSE AND TIGHT

(here they tried to run from the zombies as much as he tried to keep them away from his lover and protect her they bit her)

BUT DOES ANYONE NOTICE?
BUT DOES ANYONE CARE?
AND IF I HAD THE GUTS
TO PUT THIS TO YOUR HEAD

(since she's infected there telling him that he needs to shoot her but they don't understand how much he loves her and doesn't want to)

but would anything matter if your already dead?
and should I be shocked know by the last thing you said?
before I pull this trigger
your eyes vacant and staind

(here he's thinking even if I shoot you would it matter becuz your going to die anyways and he sees that she starts to look more zombieish when her eyes change color and stare at nothing)

and in saying you loved me made things harder at best
and your words changing nothing as your body remains

(he can't shoot her because she loves him and he loves her but there's her body starting to not be her anymore)

and there's no room in this hell there's no room in the next
and our memories defeat us
and ill end this direst

(honestly I can't quite make this part out rite here)

at the end of the song when he says "does anyone notice there's a corpse in this bed" he shoots her and there's her lifeless body right in front of him, and he can't beleave he did it.



ok that's what I think this song kind of interpruts to BASED ON BEING ATTACKED BY ZOMBIES!

anonymous November 17th, 2009 01:27PM  

The way I see it, This girl he loves is a Vampire. At the start of the song, he's saying how everythin was perfect for her, with her boyfriend and the sunsets and holding hands and all, but then it went wrong. He (the vampire) wanted her too much. He thought "well, one bite can't change her," but it does. He has to take her away from the town and hide with her, but put her back in the town as soon as she can handle being near people. But when he has a loo, no-one seems to notice or care that she's gone. She'd be a threat if he put her back with the people of the town, so he decides that she can't live any longer, can't threaten any more lives. He spends the rest of the song trying to convince himself it's the right thing to do to kill this girl he loves. Her eyes are vacant because she can't think of anything except the blood she needs and stained because she obviously wants to live. He sayis "Would it even matter if I killed you, because technically you're already dead, so i shouldn't feel guilty." She tries to stop him, by telling him she loves him too, but he still has to do it. He says she can't go to hell, because there's no room, so what will she do? But he still has to shoot her. There's now a corpse in their bed.

pretty.odd November 17th, 2009 08:22PM  

uh im confused people keep saying vampire the last time i checked dawn of the dead had zombies....dont say its about some evil thing getting you like a vampire just say its about zombies getting u...

pretty.odd November 17th, 2009 08:22PM  

uh im confused people keep saying vampire the last time i checked dawn of the dead had zombies....dont say its about some evil thing getting you like a vampire just say its about zombies getting u...