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danixmoonshine
December 20th, 2006 11:30AM
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This song's meaning is generally open for interpretation. When you first hear it it sounds like a desperate song and that the patient is very ready to die. But he is saying that if I live I will live and am not afraid to. This song also shows great courage and determination as the patient seems determined he is not going to die.
Although there are many meanings, a popular one among fans is that the Patient is ready to go to Heaven, and as 'the lights are blinding' him, he appears there, however, when he opens his eyes, he sees him self laying next to his lover. He speaks the words that he never though he would, "I love you/I'm sorry" but he does not know if he is dead or is alive. He then realises that there is nothing to fear in life, only times that he should grieve and that he is "Not afraid to keep on living" and regardless of what could happen, he is "Not afraid to walk this World alone", he will keep going in life no matter what, because he now sees the beauty of it. The two final lyrics are very debatable. There are two ways that this could be taken, that the Patient was allowed to say a final goodbye to his lover and then pass on to the afterlife, whether it is in Hell or Heaven (Now that he is forgiven), or whether he is allowed a 'second chance' for lack of a better phrase. Following the second chance, it seems that the Patient's lover does not yet realise he is going to stay and live, so she says that she will be forgiving of what he has done if he stays, the Patient then replies, maybe even in a jokey sort of way, that there is nothing you can do to stop him living anymore, he is back and is staying. If you follow the fact that these are his 'Famous Last Words' and that he is now going to the afterlife, then his lover would be replying to him saying that she does not want him to go and she will forgive him if he stays, but the Patient has to go, and seals his death by saying that nothing she is able to say will be able to bring him back to life, or as the song says, 'home'. Please note that there are many ways that the song can be interpreted and that this is also open to interpretation, as is any other song and the ending is a very crucial point in the songs meaning, but unless a member speaks out truthfully about what the song means in detail, we will never fully know the Patient's destiny.
In an interview, Gerard Way was quoted as saying, "At first I thought [the patient died], but the more I think about it, the more I think he's not dead. Maybe this is all in his head. Maybe he can fight. Now I think he has a choice to live." The song's meaning is generally open to interpretation, as said before, because its lyrics never really tell one way or the other whether the patient dies.
The last lines of the song imply that the patient's lover is in fact the person who has died. "I see you lying next to me with words I thought I'd never speak" suggests that the Patient's lover is lying next to him in a coffin, as he speaks about her during the funeral service. The line "Awake and unafraid, asleep or dead" is further evidence that the Patient is alive and has entered into some new state of self-perception, that he has cleared himself of regrets. However there is no mention of the Patient's state; whether he has recovered from his illness or not.
anonymous
October 24th, 2006 10:16AM
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This is one of the best songs on the new album, right, well the song is clearly about the patient coming to terms with the fact that he is going to die, but he doesn't want to die alon, now I know
that I can't make you stay
also the chorus makes it seem like he isn't rly going to die but he is going to live after death, am not afraid to keep on living
i am not afraid to walk this world alone
honey if you stay, I'll be forgiven
nothing you could say can stop me going home
he looks at going home as in he can get away from all of the pain and go home, to heaven where he is free...That is what I think
webzines_wet_dream
November 28th, 2006 02:41PM
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I think its more literally about their own lives than anything else.
'I am not afraid to keep on living, I am not afraid to walk this world alone'.
how they've lost friends and made fake friends through fame, and that they feel like they live in some kind of bubble because people either think a)oh my god its MCR, they rock! and are all fangirlish, or b)oh my god its MCR, they suck! and are just hateful. Its them basically saying they have lost friends and a lot of other things through fame, but that they're finally comfortable in their own skin, even if it means they have to live in a solitary way.
'so many bright lights they cast a shadow, but can I speak?'
saying how they're supposedly adored by all these kids, but that they're scared their real message isn't getting through. That the message is lost behind the image. The spotlight's on them, but is anyone really listening?
'these bright lights have always blinded me'
they never asked for this fame, and they're scared of what might happen to them because of it, but they're not going to show they're scared for the sake of their fans, who look up to them so much 'MCR saved my life'
they're not giving up on the fans, no matter how much they sometimes feel like they want to.
anonymous
November 29th, 2006 10:27AM
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Its about Mikeys depression and Gerard wrote it with Ray because he was scared for Mikey. It's saying that he wants him to come back and get better so everything will be okay. I read it in a few million interviews.
anonymous
January 12th, 2007 10:32AM
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According to Gerard he wrote the song about Mikey about 2 weeks after Mikey had left the band and moved out of the house. He poured all his thoughts about Mikey's health and his anger and his worry into the song with help from Ray and Famous Last Words was the result. When Mikey heard it he fell back in love with his band and rejoined.
anonymous
January 14th, 2007 10:47PM
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*the one about Mcr afraid they're not getting there message through makes sence
*I was talking to my cousin and he had his ipod and was listening to teenagers. (He has only teenagers and welcome to the black parade on it by them and said he only liked teenagers b/c it's a catchy song)
*When I went off in a rant and told him it was about the teen shootings, he froze up and looked at me like I was crazy.
*The point: I can understand where that interpretation came from, because this event made me mad (You sing the words but still don't know what they mean)
*Gerard started the band to do something with his life and to make music for people to hear and understand - to get a point across. Now people label them as emo, or they're trying to make people hurt themselfs and they're getting slammed downed b/c they make songs about teenshootings, death, cancer, prison rape, teenage pregnancy- and they're afraid they're message isn't getting through -it makes sense if you think about it
anonymous
January 17th, 2007 03:01PM
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I read an interview with Gerard
And the "Honey if you stay.." bit was apparently about leaving his girlfriend, who he'd been with for 6 years.
He said that it was almost like marriage, and leaving it was heart breaking.
He changed the lyrics just before recording.
So I guess its just about how hard it was for him.
I don't know about you.
But I think this song is immense.
As good as it gets :)
BeksIs.SEX.
January 23rd, 2007 05:13AM
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this song is abowt mikey leaving..
gerard - "honey if you stay ill be forgiving"
Mikey - "nothing you can stay will stop me goin home"
man I'm glad mikey actuali did stay. wow. wot wud mcr be without mikey!? it wud b like mc? or jus r? come on, mikey even made up tha name!!
anonymous
February 1st, 2007 03:46PM
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this song is about how mikey is a manic depressive. The song was written one night in the paramour house when the guys were writing the black parade. mikey had a series of nervous breakdowns and left the house. My Chemical Romance ceased to exist for a short time. Gerard came downstairs and found ray playing his guitar. They wrote the song to encourage themselves and encourage mikey finally realizing that they will be okay and they did have the strength to continue to live and continue to make amazing music.
anonymous
February 12th, 2007 09:51PM
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i think the songs deals about someone who is dying(the ligts blinded him)
because he have committed suicide and at this right moment when his soul is leaving his body(that is why he feels so weak)he realizes he does not feel affraid to keep on living...or to walk alone in this world as he felt while he was alive...but now is too late to come back even though he says to the death ....Nothing you can say can stop me going home.he wants to come back but he can not
scythe016
February 20th, 2007 08:53AM
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I think the message of the song is "LIVE YOUR LIFE TO THE FULLEST"
Whatever problems you encounter will test your ability to solve it. This determines your strength, your determination as said in the song "I am not afraid to keep on living" is purely words of courage and determination, to cope up in what you lack and to enrich what you have.
You don't know when you're going to die. I mean, as early as now, fix your life. All of the things you do will reflect on what would you possibly end up in the after life.
The comfort shared with peers, family and others will be nothing, because in the end.... You will face your creator ALONE... Who know's where you'll go in the end? so... be PREPARED...
anonymous
March 2nd, 2007 02:52PM
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Glad to see there are other people here that are seeing deeper into all this...
With all that Gerard and the guys have stated about the making of this album, or DURING the making of it, I find this and several other songs on this album to be very revealing.
The thought that this album is all about "the patient" is very romantic, isn't it? And it's obviously working for them. But the truth is, most of these songs are much more personal and closer to them than you may can imagine.
Several major incidents happened during the time of preparing and making this piece of work (their best so far). Do you honestly believe they couldn't bring those things with them into these songs?
These incidents could be seen as terminal conditions, or definitely, inevitable conclusions to certain things in their lives. There is a strong tone of reluctant acceptance throught this album.
Think about what they have talked about in some of the interviews they've given and then you'll start seeing these songs totally opposite of what you were originally told to see them as.
anonymous
March 8th, 2007 08:46PM
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Gerard wants everyone to not be afraid to live their life no matter what challenges are along the way... That's famous last words in about 20 words...
anonymous
March 9th, 2007 05:52PM
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i know exactly why this was written
it was because mikey has bipolar desease and was gonna leave the band in the process of them recording. gerard was angry and upset and wrote an song named famous last words. aparently the original lyrics were very angry and agressive. However when mikey came back the lyrics were changed into a song with more hope than anything
anonymous
March 22nd, 2007 12:46PM
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i believe this song is about him finally accepting his death he realizes that there is nothing he can do or say to change this part. then I believe after this he says so many bright lights that cast a shadow but can I speak I think he has finally started to acend or decend to heaven or hell. And that scares him so he starts talking about his old life. And realizes he had liked that better. I am not afraid to keep on living I am not afraid to walk this world alone he is saying he wants to go back and he doesn't mind if he's left all alone and he's determined that noone can say or do anything to stop him going home
blackparade
April 1st, 2007 01:00AM
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myartofdrowning, I think your thinking of I Don't Love You. This song has nothing to do with Gerard's spit up what so ever! It's about death! DEATH!!! Listen to the lyrics! "Asleep or Dead!" Famous Last Words is probably about The Patient at the end of his guidance with The Black Parade or about the final words and minutes of his life. This song makes me think of my Great-Uncle because he went exactly through cancer and death. And the album came out when he had Cancer and two months before his death!!! Sad cowinsidence. :( *tear
ConfusedAlways
April 4th, 2007 03:03PM
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In this one, Gerard and the band talk about losing someone, possibly a girlfriend. But not to death. She simply left and now he's telling her that he's changed but doesn't want her back. "I am not afraid to keep on living/ I am not afraid to walk this world alone!" The first verse mainly revolves around the girl leaving. Like in an arguement or something. "But where's your heart?" He also says that he can't do anything to change what he, or possibly she, has done to ruin this relationship. The bridge (So many bright lights that cast a shadow..." talks about some type of realm he has reach that is full of depression and how her leaving as paralyzed him. The second verse continues the description of the other realm and Gerard begging for her to help him get out and how he is now incomplete. The second bridge is my favorite. "I see you lying next to me/ With words I thought I'd never speak/ Awake and unafraid/ Asleep or dead..." I honestly took me a while to get such a clear lyric. Basically, in AmiJAne terms, Gerard looks back on when he found the girl he loved and wakes up and thinks those words to himself. The fact the Gerard Way doesn't believe he'll ever fall in love makes this part even stronger to some. He realizes that it will happen and when it does, he'll be like, oh s**t, and speak the words he swore he never would..."I love you."
Thanks
~AmiJane~
anonymous
April 22nd, 2007 01:59PM
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I heard it was about splitting from his gf, but then again I'm not too sure, I wasnt aware that Mikey was about to leave the band and all of that, but id like to think the song is about hope.....i got the part
I See You Lying Next To Me, With Words I Thought I'd Never Speak, Awake and Unafraid, Asleep Or Dead....
tattooed on my wrist, I love that song, that part and MCR
disenchanted_x_
May 9th, 2007 03:09PM
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Gerard talked about this song in an interview and said it is about Mikeys 'breakdown' and when he wanted to leave the band during the recording of the record. It does fit in with the concept of the album so I think it can be looked at from both p.o.v's.
To me it's about depression the lines 'well its hard understanding I'm incomplete' and 'i am not afraid to keep on living....' speak to me about a persons struggle with feeling 'broken' but finding the strength to carry on with life, finally being 'awake and unafraid'.
saint_jimmy_1st
June 1st, 2007 06:16AM
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The second chorus,
I see you lying next to me
with words I thought id never speak
awake and unafraid asleep or dead.
This means the patient who is dying is lying next to his father in his grave and that he is proud to be buried next to him whether he is alive or dead.
anonymous
June 1st, 2007 06:30PM
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Ok whoever thinks this song is about death...well your an idiot. That doesn't even have anything to do with the lyrics. when I 1st heard this song I thought it was about a relationship but only a couple of lines suggest that meaning so that's not it. and the thing with Mikey also only makes sense through part of the song. I don't think anyone has it completely right. none of these interpretations are completely accurate since it doesn't make sense throughout the entire song, but I guess that's one of the greatest thing about mcr.
I think the best one so far was the one about how he is talking to his fans, that's makes more sense than any of them. many parts of these lyrics are taken to literally. mcr uses a lot of metaphors in there music which is one on the reasons I love them so much, but it does make there music confusing at times. I think that the lines "I see you lying next to me, with words I thought I'd never speak, awake and unafraid, asleep or dead" is talking about that whole situation with the fans (look through the other interpretations to c what I'm talking about because I don't feel like re-typing all of it)and there not literally meaning "lying next to me". I'm not sure exactly what they mean by it, but I'm trying to figure it out. when they say "I no that I can make you stay, but where's your heart, and I no there's nothing I can say, to change that part, to change that part" there saying that they can keep playing and can keep there fans with them, but were is there fans hearts? are they really listening to the deep meanings that they are trying to get through to them, or do they just like it because it sounds cool? and they no that they can't change the fact that most people will call themselves there "fans", but they will always listen to them just because of the sound of there music, not the meaning. well that's just wat I think about it, if you don't agree, well, good luck finding it out and post if you do.
God bless MCR
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