Lyrics for Skylines And Turnstiles as interpreted by MooWasHere

Skylines And Turnstiles Lyrics
You're not in this alone
Let me break this awkward silence
Let me go, go on record
Be the first to say I'm sorry
Hear me out.
when if you take me down
or would you lay me out
And if the world needs something better
Let's give them one more reason now

We walk in single file
We light up rails and punch our time
Ride escalators colder than a cell
-Chorus-

This broken city sky like butane on my skin
and stolen from my eyes
Hello Angel tell me where are you
Tell me where we go from here
(Repeat)
And in this moment we can't close the lids on burning eyes
Our memories blanket us with friends we know like fallout vapor
Steel corpses stretch out towards and ending sun scorched and black
It reaches in and rips your flesh apart
With ice cold hands and grabs a hold of your heart
That's if you've still got one that's left inside that cave you call a chest
And after seeing what we saw, can we still reclaim our innocence
And if the world needs something better
Let's give them one more reason now
-Chorus-

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thespread
06-13-2009

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And if the world needs something better
Let's give them one more reason now

I find these lines a little problematic. What do they mean? Who is he addressing? Is he being political? It seems like a call to arms to fight the terrorists or somethign.

When he says "Let me go on record, Be the first to say I'm sorry" is he apologising for the western worlds oppression of other countries that led to things like the 9/11 attacks? or something else? Because that seems a little at odds with the later line "let's give them one more reason", it sounds like he's encouraging people to meet aggression with aggression. which is quite an unfashionable thing these days, what with all the political fallout the 9/11 attacks had (Iraq etc), but then this was written close to the actual attack so he can be forgiven for being a little emotional. I don't know.

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reeblite
04-06-2009

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could you imagine how surreal it must have been to have had the experience of actually seeing those planes hit the twin towers? he had a ringside seat, and because he wasn't physically close, like right one the street to experience the horrific emotional devistation, just visually seeing it, the mental agony of imagining the horror was intensified a trillion times from seeing it on tv. i saw it on tv and was screaming in horror imagining the people dying on impact, the energies of these people dispersing while their bodies disintergrated or crumpled from agonizing pain. i think these lyrics are brilliant. they're metaphoric yet real and simple.

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thatKid
03-14-2009

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Gerard Way saw 9/11 and wrote this song because he was really upset about it. Fact.

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EllyMon
11-03-2008

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IT IS Connected to the 911 you retards, it's ALL ABOUT the 911. -_-
Gerard has said it himself many times, he wrote the song just after the 911 all on his thoughts about the 911.
Are we clear now?

:D

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THe_Atomic_Punk
06-18-2008

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i think the line "like butane on my skin" might refer to the debris and asbestos that was in the air after the towers collapsed. I think I've heard of how the air was toxic and it burned your skin.

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xmyxxchemx
06-10-2008

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I love the lyrics to this song. I really think this is one of their best songs and it was like their first! thats how good mcr is. They really inspire me THANK YOU SO MUCH GERARD, MIKEY, RAY, FRANK, AND BOB!!!! YOU GUYS ROCK SO HARD!!!!!! @@@@

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xdemolionLoverx
02-12-2008

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the first verse has some stuff wrong :(

this is an amazing song, "it reachs in and tears your flesh apart as ice cold hand rip into your heart" those are really strong lyrics and they're really powerful. this song is amazing. these are some of the best lyrics i've ever heard in a MCR song

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xdemolionLoverx
02-12-2008

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the first chorous has some stuff wrong :(

this is an amazing song, and everytime i listen to it it really makes me sad "it reachs in and tears your flesh apart as ice cold hand rip into your heart" those are really strong lyrics and they're really powerful. this song is amazing.

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z-man
02-04-2008

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i love this song so much. and i never thought about it being related to sept. 11. i love the way he says "This broken city sky". i dunno, but just how he sings it is awesome. love it.

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sadisticXinjection
10-14-2007

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well the only thing i have to say is that they have a couple lines in the first verse wrong.

You`re not in this alone
let me break this awkward silence
let me go, go on record,
be the first to say im sorry, hear me out,
well if you take me down, would you lay me out, and if the world needs something better,
lets give them one more reason now

gahh learn your stuff. =]

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disenchanted223
10-11-2007

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Okay, a lot of the comments here are correct.
It is the first MCR song ever written.
Gerard wanted to do something with his life after he witnessed September 11.
I agree wtih the corrections, too. I hear "reclaim" not "proclaim" and I also think it is "tears" not "rips." The meaning is actually quite evident, with the whole "broken city sky" part. I disagree with the comment on this song being "mediocre." I actually think that, lyrically, it is one of the most powerful and meaningful My Chemical Romance songs written. I find it quite amazing that he can come up with songs like this.

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sweetxtalkx101
09-02-2007

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This Was The Beginning For Gerard. He'd Just Watched The Twin Towers Go Down, The Bodies Falling From The Buildings And Though He Needed To Do Something That Would Effect Other Peoples Lives. He Was Wasting His Life Drawing For Cartoon Network, Not Making Any Difference To Peoples Lives Around Him. So He Went Home, And Wrote This In His Basement. Meaningful Song. I Love It.

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shot_to_remember
08-26-2007

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You're not in this alone
Let me break this awkward silence
Let me go, go on record
Be the first to say I'm sorry
Hear me out.
when if you take me down
or would you lay me out
And if the world needs something better
Let's give them one more reason now

this makes sense, as this is the first song Gerard wrote after witnessing September 11th. and he says here he wants to be the first to go on recored and say how sorry he is for what's happened.
and the world needs something better, [i.e. no terrorism] and this song and these people by showing there support are giving another reason to stop terrorism.

but that might be wrong...

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-skylines-
07-23-2007

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watch "life on the murder sceen" and then u'll find out what da song means and why he wrote it

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MoonArcher92
07-18-2007

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First things first, the song is indeed about 9/11. While I agree with your comments about rather having no MCR than the incident, I must disagree with the "filthy terrorists" thing. Any small amount of research on the Web will uncover several conspiracy theories about 9/11 and our government– namely, that the government was responsible for 9/11 in the first place. Normally, I do not believe in crazy conspiracy theorists but the evidence for this case is somewhat overwhelming. We are fighting a pointless war for the wrong reasons. Thanks, Bush Admin.

Stepping away from the hot topic of politics, I find this song entirely mediocre. You can really tell it's the first song they've written. Luckily, they got better with practice.

Bash away, haters.

Long live My Chemical Romance and the MCRmy.

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blackhawk1181
07-17-2007

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this song is about september 11th.~~In 2001, after attending the School of Visual Arts in New York City, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Gerard Way (MCR), In 2001, was working in the comic industry in New York when the September 11 attacks occurred. he was on a ferry and he saw the planes hit, this hit him dramatically inspiring him to write Skylines and turnstiles and form the band My Chemical Romance.

"You're not in this alone
Let me break this awkward silence
Let me go, go on record
Be the first to say I'm sorry
Hear me out"
this part of the song is like when all the countries of the world were saying sorry to us, telling us we had nothing to do with it, and when the people of america were joining together.

"This broken city sky, like butane on my skin
stolen from my eyes
Hello Angel tell me where are you
Tell me where we go from here"
this is talking about the city skyline that you usually see in pictures with the twin towers and the statue of liberty and empire state buliding and how its broken from the destruction of the towers.

this song is about september 11th.~~In 2001, after attending the School of Visual Arts in New York City, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Gerard Way (MCR), In 2001, was working in the comic industry in New York when the September 11 attacks occurred. he was on a ferry and he saw the planes hit, this hit him dramatically inspiring him to write Skylines and turnstiles and form the band My Chemical Romance.

"You're not in this alone
Let me break this awkward silence
Let me go, go on record
Be the first to say I'm sorry
Hear me out"
this part of the song is like when all the countries of the world were saying sorry to us, telling us we had nothing to do with it, and when the people of america were joining together.

"And in this moment we can't close the lids on burning eyes
Our memories blanket us with friends we know like fallout vapor"

about the eyes its talking about how people are crying (burning eyes) but cant turn away even though they dont wanna watch. and the fallout vapor of freinds could be when all the dust from the collapse of the towers blanketed the city and many people collected the dust saying that people were in the dust or just the memories of people act as a blanket to comfort you.

"And after seeing what we saw, can we still proclaim our innocence?"
could be saying that after they did that to us, we must have done something to them, why would they do this for nothing? or maybe just saying that after that moment it took the innocense away from many of us, like me, at age 10, was shocked and horrified and i believe thats the day i grew up and left my innocense.

sorry this is so long but if your gonna say it, say it, dont go half ass.

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blackhawk1181
07-17-2007

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this song is about september 11th.~~In 2001, after attending the School of Visual Arts in New York City, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Gerard Way (MCR), In 2001, was working in the comic industry in New York when the September 11 attacks occurred. he was on a ferry and he saw the planes hit, this hit him dramatically inspiring him to write Skylines and turnstiles and form the band My Chemical Romance.

"You're not in this alone
Let me break this awkward silence
Let me go, go on record
Be the first to say I'm sorry
Hear me out"
this part of the song is like when all the countries of the world were saying sorry to us, telling us we had nothing to do with it, and when the people of america were joining together.

"This broken city sky, like butane on my skin
stolen from my eyes
Hello Angel tell me where are you
Tell me where we go from here"
this is talking about the city skyline that you usually see in pictures with the twin towers and the statue of liberty and empire state buliding and how its broken from the destruction of the towers.

this song is about september 11th.~~In 2001, after attending the School of Visual Arts in New York City, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Gerard Way (MCR), In 2001, was working in the comic industry in New York when the September 11 attacks occurred. he was on a ferry and he saw the planes hit, this hit him dramatically inspiring him to write Skylines and turnstiles and form the band My Chemical Romance.

"You're not in this alone
Let me break this awkward silence
Let me go, go on record
Be the first to say I'm sorry
Hear me out"
this part of the song is like when all the countries of the world were saying sorry to us, telling us we had nothing to do with it, and when the people of america were joining together.

"And in this moment we can't close the lids on burning eyes
Our memories blanket us with friends we know like fallout vapor"

about the eyes its talking about how people are crying (burning eyes) but cant turn away even though they dont wanna watch. and the fallout vapor of freinds could be when all the dust from the collapse of the towers blanketed the city and many people collected the dust saying that people were in the dust or just the memories of people act as a blanket to comfort you.

"And after seeing what we saw, can we still proclaim our innocence?"
could be saying that after they did that to us, we must have done something to them, why would they do this for nothing? or maybe just saying that after that moment it took the innocense away from many of us, like me, at age 10, was shocked and horrified and i believe thats the day i grew up and left my innocense.

sorry this is so long but if your gonna say it, say it, dont go half ass.

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hkittyly
05-30-2007

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Correction: instead of "It reaches in and rips your flesh apart" it's "It reaches in and tears your flesh apart."
It's probably really silly, but I'm kind of anal about stuff like that....
And yeah, this song is about 9/11. Gerard Way said it himself.
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that person is right, plus a bunch of other lyrics that they put that are wrong in this song. i gotta correct this later, i hatre it when this happens

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5thgair
05-19-2007

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oh i found a correction:
"can we still reclaim our innocence"

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x_MESSEDup
04-29-2007

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It's a song about 9/11.

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pimpingpasta
03-18-2007

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9/11 ATTACKS my faveorite song on the album he's saying whats happend where do we go from here things won't be the same again and as he waches it go down memories comfort him with the freinds he knew

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5thgair
03-03-2007

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this song is my favourite from my chemical romance (lyrically), this is going to sound so lame, but after i read all this stuff on this site, i listened to the song again, and it made me cry!!
i relised it was september 11 but i hadnt really thought about it while i listened!! its such a thougthful song and makes me think about like how sort of desensitised our society is becoming.. its sad!

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5thgair
03-03-2007

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this song is my favourite from my chemical romance (lyrically), this is going to sound so lame, but after i read all this stuff on this site, i listened to the song again, and it made me cry!!
i relised it was september 11 but i hadnt really thought about it while i listened!! its such a thougthful song and makes me think about like how sort of desensitised our society is becoming.. its sad!

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Sadex
01-17-2007

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maybe if you condescend some more people won't think you're such a dickhead

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IF_ing love MCR
01-17-2007

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Duh.. Every MCR fan knows that Gerard was on a Fairy boat going to New Jersy from New York on September 11 and saw the 2 Twin Towers burn to the ground & Was said to have seen the people jumping out the windows!

*so sad :'[ Hence the Verse "THIS BROKEN CITY SKY, LIKE BUTANE ON MY SKIN".

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