Lyrics:
They’re gonna clean up your looks
With all the lies and the books
To make a citizen out of you
Because they sleep with a gun
And keep ... (See the rest of these lyrics)
Top Rated Interpretation
2006-11-06 16:22:21
I actually read an interview saying that gerard wrote this song after a ride on a subway where he was surrounded with teenagers and for the first time he felt frightened of them, and he said it was the first time he really felt old.
There's also many references to school shootings (columbine, etc.) like when he sings:
but when you're troubled and hurt,
what you got under your shirt,
will make them pay for the things that they did.
It's really just how corrupted us teenagers have become and how teenagers of any generation will always scare their elders.
anonymous
2008-03-31 11:44:15  
This song is ace. It shows how we teenagers don't care about any of you adults.haha. Although some of the song can relate to teenagers being very violent towards their elders. Oh well who cares, it's a great song!
anonymous
2008-04-04 07:24:00  
This song is about different aspects of teenage lives
"There gonna clean up your looks,
With all the lies in the books
To make a citizen out of you "
And the rest of that begging bit (before the first chorus) is sort of saying adults are trying to control them by keeping them of drugs etc.
The the chorus
"Teenager scare the living shit outta me.." Basically teenagers only worry is themselves (which is true , I am one )
The part about
"The boys and girls in the cliques ..." Thats saying that teenagers again only look out for themselves and that people have to adapt to fit in to the certain "cliques"
I LOVE MCR!!
anonymous
2008-04-09 22:22:13  
I don't like the people who say it's about teenagers not caringa bout anything! we do care, but its not like we don't have problems. So what if we question everything? it helps us understand (sometimes) and makes us grow up. geez people! lay off the teenagers.
FrankiesProperty
2008-05-08 15:11:25  
As stated in the making of Teenagers this song is about every bands fear of teenagers taking over the stage and causing riots at concerts... you should check out the making of that video.
anonymous
2008-05-31 02:21:51  
If anyone here hasn't had the shit scared out of them by teenagers at some point or another, raise your hand!
Pretty straightforward lyrics- teenagers can be stereotypical, violent, and mean. My friends and I love this song.
anonymous
2008-06-10 16:39:16  
This song is just basically about violent teens. At the end of the music video, It says something about getting help for violent teens. The music Video itself is an explanation. Gerard is scared of teens because he never knows what they could do to him (Or anyone else for that matter) He's not saying that he hates them. He's not even scared of all of them, just the violent ones.
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anonymous
2008-06-16 13:11:06  
This may sound weird but I kinda believe it is about joining the military. Because at 18 you are still a teenager but you are able to join the military. What makes me think of this is the "another cog in the murder machine" but I also agree with the Columbine gun violence thing.
anonymous
2008-06-21 23:08:51  
Well, if you watch the Making of Teenagers video, Gerard clearly states that the song portrays that adults in general think that teens are dangerous people. They made the video with the cheerleaders holding batons and wearing gas masks to show what adults see them as.
anonymous
2008-07-02 07:30:39  
I think this song is about how teenagers are more violent. And Just like everyone has been saying how when Frank was on the train he would get scared of them, because maybe it also brought back memories of him being bullied at school.
But The song has been set in a situation of a kid at school, a social outcast, and how they are saying to the kid, "Your never gonna fit in much kid" and they suggesting maybe you should stand up, and not care what people think, and take your revenge, lets face it My Chemical Romance Love Revenge! (3 Cheers For Sweet Revenge). It's all about how school is divided up now in to cliques, and darkening you clothes will scare the shit out of the jocks! Just like how when we are self conscious Jocks scare the shit out of us! It Also fits in with my favourite quote from Gerard Way "Are you gonna be individual like us, or be like them, and throw footballs at our heads"
anonymous
2008-08-03 00:22:55  
Teenagers are so crazy these days and they're pretty risky and willing to try anything and are completely out of control. Therefore adults are afraid. but MCR are not teenagers, but we still go crazy for them. because they dress dark and "scary" and we like it. So we're more obsessed with them, then annoyed like we are with other adults.
"so darken your clothes
or strike a violent pose
maybe they'll leave you alone
but not me"
get it?
anonymous
2008-08-16 11:34:00  
It's a song about how teenagers want to fit in. Everyone gets teased or talked of behind their backs. This song shows how they just want to stop being made fun of for what they are. There's no point in pretending to be what you're not - wear what you want, listen to what you want, and live how you want. If others don't like it, then that's their problem.
anonymous
2008-08-28 23:04:35  
Has any1 seen this video? it reminds me of pink floyds The Wall during one of the first scenes.
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