My Chemical Romance – Headfirst For Halos

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Well let's go back to the middle of the day that starts it all
I can't begin to let you know just what I'm feeling
I take the red ones to make me fly
And the blue ones help me fall
And I think I'll blow my brains against the ceiling
As the fragments of my skull begin to fall
Fall on your tounge like pixie dust just think happy thoughts
-Chorus-
And we'll fly home
We'll fly home
You and I
We'll fly home


That's what I said to her, what I said to her
Think happy thoughts

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    My Interpretation:DEFINITELY about suicide. "Think happy thoughts and we'll fly home.." Think happy thoughts to clear your mind and not scare yourself so you can get through your suicide peacefully. Not a happy song.
    Flag jfoxroxyoursoxon December 16, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:to me, the peter pan reference throughout this song is a happy memory/place/time (we'll fly home) that the singer constantly reverts back to in times of emotional distress. on the same note, he can achieve these happy thoughts whenever he wants/needs by taking his red and blue pills (be them a referrence to antidepressants or just drugs in general, it does not matter). while he is flying and falling and thinking happy thoughts, his feelings, adled by drug use, are very conflicting, hence the "and i think i'll blow my brains against the ceiling."

    i think that it would be very hard to truly understand and empathize with some of their songs unless one has ever experienced the beauty and destruction a chemical romance. kind of surprised at the volume of young/naive fans out there that have no frame of reference for any of it really... but i guess music speaks to different people in different ways.

    Flag pOppierafaelleon December 04, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:about Gegards addiction and maybe fantasizing about escaping into a comic book (a refuge for him)
    Flag randompunkon June 18, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Love the Peter Pan reference lol
    Fall on your tounge like pixie dust just think happy thoughts
    And we'll fly home
    We'll fly home



    YES IM A CONSPIRACY THEORIST
    Flag FYKxG3N0C1D3on May 18, 2010   Link
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    Song Meaning:i think its about suicide
    "Well let's go back to the middle of the day that starts it all" when he began to feel emotional pain "And I think I'll blow my brains against the ceiling" speaks for itself
    "And we'll fly home
    We'll fly home
    You and I
    We'll fly home" they r gunna fly up to heaven, home.
    Flag willman161on November 24, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:OH NO! I just realised that Peter Pan thing.
    I'm chubby and I remember going to school one day wearing... tights. And i thought nothing of it coz I was still young and innocent and happy... BUt then everyone started laughing at me. And I felt like killing myself - I was so embarrassed. I still have days like that but I listen to MCR and I'm happy again!
    If only I knew about MCR all those years ago...

    Anyway, it's like I'm telling my life story here, LMFAO.
    LOOK AT ME NOW, WORLD! LOOK AT ME NOW!

    Ha ha. Okay. Yeah I agree with everyone. He's saying that he killed himself but no one should ever do it. Yup. That's all. . . . . . . . . . SO LONG AND GOODMORNING!
    Flag WhoaRevengeon July 09, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:In my ideia this is all about emotional extremes, maniac and depressive times, that drive you mad and make you want to laugh sterically about the huge hole you have inside. This all lead to desperation and suicidal behavior.

    The whole pixie dust and think happy thoughts thing is about peter pan, but comes like a metaphor, like if suicide wouldn't lead to your spiritual death, but to te death of all the things that tormented you, like a way out to somewhere where you could be inocent and careless again.

    Flag Scarlett28on April 29, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:about suicide with an up beat tune odd but that is the brilliance of it
    Flag yagamion October 28, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:This is my favorite song. It's uplifting in a depressing sort of way. I interpret it as Gerard and his lover being in some cold, lonely place, being chased by vampires like the concept of the album is. Gerard takes the pills described in the song, and while he's high he grasps onto the delusion that he and his lover will fly home and everything will be okay, when in reality nothing will ever be okay again. The song is like a final momentary escape to a land of happy delusions before Gerard comes back down from his high, realizes the state of things, and kills himself. Truly a beautiful song.
    Flag wellflyhomeon October 22, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:this song was inspired by Peter Pan, read it agian ull understand - thats what Gerard said
    Flag VeryMuchAliveon September 24, 2008   Link

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