anonymous 2006-03-21 22:43:36    

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I think the song is about MCR'S repressed homosexuality... It uses interesting and well written metaphors to explain why they would like to suck on your dads cock. emo sucks... long live metal MOTHERFUCKERS!!!

anonymous 2006-03-26 17:10:03    

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ok well the song is about his grandmother as he states in life on the murder scene and the whole intire album is about his grandmother who helped the band get started and who ever said itis about zoro is completely rong ok and real mcr fans would know what the song is really about

anonymous 2006-04-04 13:59:39    

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Right everyone who says it's about his grandmother are partially right but so are the ones who say it is about his girlfriend.
"Like a blade you stain" means his girlfriend took her own life as they made a suicide pact.
"Things are better if I stay" this line is about Gerard deciding he had to stay for his brother Mikey and his grandmother was ill so he wanted to be with her. The album and song are both dedicated to his grandmother but the song is also dedicated to his girlfriend that is the true meaning of this song as I saw on TV an intimate interview with Gerard.

slitingthroats_tap16 2006-04-13 12:43:24    

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Well the song could mean many things. I personally think it's about Mickey and Gerard's grandamother. If you really think about it there is a very slight chance that I would be about a exgirlfriend...who would be dumb enough to use there grandma to cover up an ex...but hey that's my personal opion. Just like every other submission in here.

AngelsWithDirtyFaces 2006-04-21 17:58:28    

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Helena is tribute to Gerard & Mikey's late grandmother who's name was really Elena but she was always known as Helena. Gerard was very close to his grandmother, She taught him how to draw, Sing and paint. She also bought Gerard his first car wich is the van in the I'm Not Okay video.

anonymous 2006-05-07 10:26:25    

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OK PEOPLE, STOP ARGUING ABOUT WHAT HELENA REALLY MEANS...

Though the song in general is about the band members Gerard Way and Mikey Way's late grandmother, it was stated in an interview that the video told a different story. The music video shows the funeral of a young, beautiful, twenty-something year old girl named Helena, who, according to Gerard Way, died tragically. There is speculation that she could be the female of the "Demolition Lovers" that chronicle some of the band's songs, but evidence from the song leads most to believe that the video Helena died in a fatal car accident.

anonymous 2006-05-17 15:10:10    

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helena is about the suicide of Gerard's girlfriend. They planned it together but he decided not to go along with it(things are better if I stay). She stabbed herself( just like the blade you stain) and she broke many peoples hearts.

Everyone says it is about his grandma. He did dedicate the cd to her but this song was already written. He tributes it to her because it is about death but did not right it for her.

anonymous 2006-05-23 15:36:54    

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I don't know why everyone is making a huge deal about if it if his grandmother or girlfriend in amy case one dided so... In the end it's about a woman in Gerarlelds life who dided

anonymous 2006-06-02 04:36:20    

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Maybe just maybe it's a blade of glass from the car crash?

RoKeR_MuNKY 2006-07-06 18:19:08    

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Like anonymous (hey I spelled that right...i think) but to the point like anonymous said it was ellena but people called her helen so they called her helena.

anonymous 2006-07-06 21:00:45    

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Well, this song is definitely about someone that Gerard knows that died. To tell you the truth I don't care what the freakin song is about I just love this song!

anonymous 2006-07-07 23:48:49    

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The song is writen for Helen Rush who is the grandmother of Gerard and Mikey. Also the rosary on the actual cd of three cheers for sweet revenge is her rosary. There really is nothing else to say about the song. I think mcr would want the fans to inturpret the song however they want. The only thing we can honestly say about the song was that it was inspired by their grandmother Helen's death (they were very close to her) and that it is an amazing song by the band.
Forever a fan of mcr Kayelilith

matraxo 2006-07-20 00:30:42    

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I liked the "suicide girlfriend" thing. It sounded cool, but I think it's probably really about his grandma. He's saying she had to die just to get back into his life. "you die to get in again" (die has a double meaning, when he was young she was "dying" to be in his life and now she actually has died to get into his life) and "we'll meet again when both our cars collide". He regrets it took that to get his attention. "things are better if I stay" was said from a distance. It is the "worst thing I could say". They change it up and say "if you carry on this way, things are better if I stay" because if she was still alive he would still think it was better just to stay on the road or wherever his career took him. The first verse is about her leaving her mark on others. She stains like a blade. She doesn't stain a blade. She ignites others lives. She was his fire and she burns on in him. The second verse is about him hurting her by not being there. He's the hurt she sold because she helped him get out there (she sold him, basically) and now she's hurting because he's gone...Or at least he feels that way now that she's dead. He's looking back now regretfully, that's why he doesn't get any answers in the song. Last thing, the worst she could take, from every heart she breaks (anyone who had a broken heart from her dying) was herself. That's what he's holding on to...Her. He doesn't want her death to take her away from him. If you look at it this way I don’t think it sound like he’s criticizing her in any way.

Finally...This is an interpretation. Even if I think it's a pretty good one, that doesn't mean it's right. I don't really know a lot about the band, I just know I like the song. I would actually appreciate if someone would point out holes in my logic so I could rethink it if necessary.
Thanks a lot.

anonymous 2006-07-24 03:57:33    

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Its about their grandmother. Get it right. Ok. Grandma. Done over. She was there for them when they needed her. She taught them everything. She was wonderful to them. Its about their grandmother. Get it. Got it. Good.

anonymous 2006-08-20 09:27:50    

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The only comment I can say about this song is this song rocks

anonymous 2006-08-27 22:11:06    

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What is up with you people?Why would they lie and say it's about they're grandma when it's about his gf?You people are...Pycho!Its about they're grandma that past away!Get.It.Straight.

anonymous 2006-08-30 10:24:00    

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Rather than "using" the grandmother to cover up the girlfriend, maybe it's a composite? Maybe the song is about losing both of them but the girlfriend's story is closer to the literal meaning of the lyrics while the grandmother's story is told more through metaphor. I think that makes sense because when you grieve for someone who dies, it often reminds you of other people you lost to death.

anonymous 2006-08-30 20:37:52    

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My initial interpetation of this song was of an ex-girlfriend who hurt the main character within this story. The video represents his final salut to their relationship. The song opens with "long ago" this indicates past tense, he has already begun to realise that the relationship is no longer. The next line "just like the hearse, you died to get in again" perhaps this is the ex-girl friend's attempt to get him back or maybe the character is fighting his emotions, his thoughts of her keep coming into his head. The next sentance "burning on, just like a match you strike to incinerate the lives of everyone you know" this could represent that this girl is not a very nice person and destroys peoples lifes emotionally including his own. "and like a blade you stain" this line is quite sinister, again it indicates that her actions have caused negative reactions, however the imagery of a blade stained could suggest pre meditation for murder?
The chorus starts with "what's the worst that I could say" basically the character is saying that he can now say what the hell he likes to her because of what she has done and because they are no longer together. "we are the very hurt you sold " in this line the character is basically saying 'was it worth it?' the hurt is a result of her been unfaithful. She sold his trust for her own pleasure. "please, can we pretend to leave and then we'll meet again" this quote is refairing to her unfaithfullness, basically put, he wishes for it to never have happened. He is also questioning, can we pretend it never happened and start over? However he already knows the answer.
Going back to the video, when he is behind the alter, he mimics the actions of a conductor and the mourners react to his hand actions, the mourners could symbolise 'emotion' and him conducting them is an indication that he is becoming in control of these feelings.
During the video gerard prays, whilst he is doing this the dead girl comes back to life, this could be a fantasy of the girlfriend in the characters head. Red flowers fall from her hands, these flowers represent reality, she tosses them aside and starts to dance. Whist she is doing this he is day dreaming of 'what if's' however he wakes from this and realises that it is fantasy, the girl then opens her eyes, the roses appear back in her hands and she falls back into her coffin.
In the final scene he is loading her into the herse, this symbolises closure for him.

anonymous 2006-09-02 10:45:53    

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Okay, people. Gerard has explained this at least a billion times. It's about his grandmother. According to disorder magazine, he did have a girlfriend who committed suicide while she was in college. He wrote cemetery drive for her. Get it straight.

anonymous 2006-09-05 04:10:49    

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Gerard himself stated in an interview that "Helena" is like an angry note to himself for not being able to attend his grandmother's funeral, due to being on the road. If you people would read and watch actual interviews, you would know it isn't about zorro...Not even close! Like I said, I heard it in an interview, straight from the mouth of gerard way, it's an angry letter to himself for being abscent from her funeral. Thank you!