It's the tearing sound of love-notes
Drowning out the gray stained windows
And the view outside is sterile
But I'm only two cubes down
I'll photocopy all the things that we could be
If you took the time to notice me
But you can't now, I don't blame you
And it's not your fault that no one ever does
-Chorus-
But you don't work here anymore
Its just a vacant 3 by 4
And they might fill your place
A temporary stand-in for your face

It happens all the time
And I can't help but think I'll die alone

So I'll spend my time with strangers
A condition that is terminal
In this water-cooler romance
And its coming to a close
We could be in the park and dancing by a tree
Kicking over blades we see
Or a dark beach with a black view
As pin-pricks in the velvet break our fall
-Chorus-
I know you don't work here anymore, I know you don't work here anymore
I know you don't work here anymore, I know you don't work here anymore
I know you don't work here anymore, I know you don't work here anymore
Sometimes I think I'll die alone, sometimes I think I'll die alone
Sometimes I think I'll die alone, live and breathe and die alone
Sometimes I think I'll die alone, sometimes I think I'll die alone
Sometimes I think I'll die alone, I'd think I'd love to die alone

I think I'd love to die alone



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Cubicles song meanings
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    General Comment:I think this song is about someone working in an office, living a dismal life with a boring job. But they fancy someone who has an office cubical 2 cubes down from him. He really likes her and can't stop thinking about her. The only view the office building has is a grey stained window, so he spends his time trying to write love notes and trying to figure out a way to tell her that he likes her. He also fantasises being with her, and doesn't have many friends. He doesn't talk to his co-workers ('spend my time with strangers') and the character in the song sounds generally very lonely.

    One day the girl he has a crush on leaves and works somewhere else, leaving a 'vacant 3 by 4' office cubical. The main character gets depressed, and says how the bosses will just replace her with 'a temporary stand-in for [her] face'. He realises that with his lack of social skills and the woman of his dreams gone, he will hopelessly die alone.
    Flag ettiemusson August 25, 2012   Link
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    My Interpretation:My interpretation of this song is that it's about how no-one really cares about you, and everything's done for someone else, someone you don't know. Like the government, for example - everything we do is for them, but can we trust them? There's so much danger in the future (like the 9/11 attacks, which inspired Gerard to start the band) that it's pointless trying to live properly, because we're all going to die some time soon, surely? I can really relate to this song; it reminds me of that dark feeling of not wanting to bother any more, not wanting to try, and not caring at all. Also, the references to romance in this song I think symbolise the fact that love probably won't work out for whoever sings this, because they don't care about them either, and it doesn't matter because they'll both end up dead in the end.
    Flag neondemonon July 14, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:He's stated that it is about the events of 9/11. He's reflecting reflecting on all the people that died and on his life and showing how his view of life has changed because of them. It seems as though he's thinking "wow that could have been anyone, even me in that building" and how everyone that died will be replaced by new workers and as if they never served a purpose in the first place.
    Flag paulhrbgon May 12, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:...a bit obvious he likes someone and either can only see he in cubical or something important to Gerard happened in a cubical
    Flag randompunkon June 18, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:What is it that Gerard and Frankie(?) scream at the end?
    When he's singing the last line, Sounds like he's saying:
    "[just let], I think I'd love to die, [me down], think I'd love to die alone"
    Something like that...
    Flag someguySoupboyon October 17, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:AHHH!

    I can really...connect with this song. I have no idea how, but its there. Yup. That connection. Yup.

    Mm-hm.

    Uh-huh.
    Flag WhoaRevengeon August 05, 2009   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:Here is a complete ramble, I assure you.
    I think the hospital idea is a great one. It doesn't seem to fit completely with the whole song, in my opinion, but I think there's definitely something in that.
    The person he's referencing to might not necessarily be dead, they could have fallen out, which is why they don't notice him and he "doesn't blame" them, perhaps because of something he has done.

    "It happens all the time
    And I can't help but think I'll die alone"
    I think this could be in reference to everyone dies at some point, or in fact, that relationships end all the time and he thinks that in the end, he'll be alone.

    "So I'll spend my time with strangers" could be interpreted in different ways. I think it might be linked to "a temporary stand in for your face", but I'm not sure. If it was the hospital idea it could be the doctors and nurses.

    This is what I love about songs like this. There's depth to them and that means there are so many different meanings to different people. That's one of the many things I love about My Chem. :)
    Flag graffition July 31, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i always picture two co workers that have this weird relationship, like they like each other but were never together then she gets fired and he realizes hes all alone
    Flag ConnectDisconnecton June 28, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i just think this song is what it is. about a girl he knew from work he wishes he could date, but never asks and she's gone, and because he's so shy, he resolves himself to his fate. which is being alone.
    Flag reebliteon April 07, 2009   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:It's taken me a long time to figure out what this song means to me. I think I finally have it.

    I agree with some previous posts- the song is about love. Gerard has fallen for someone who plays a small role in his life, but means the world to him. However, the "cubicles" symbolize life. He is expressing his feelings of remorse; "I know you don't work here anymore" means that the woman he loves died, if you're keeping up with the symbolism. "Sometimes I think I'll die alone": he's wondering if he's going to kill himself. To add on to a previous post, "And they might fill your place/ A temporary stand in for your face" is Gerard's obvious belittling of meaningless relationships in his life that cannot compare to his love for the woman he lost. To address a part I have not seen any comments on yet, I would like to establish meaning in the following lines: "We could be in the park and dancing by a tree/ Kicking over blades we see/ Or a dark beach with a black view/ As pin-pricks in the velvet break our fall" The first to lines are clearly a reunion of the two. Their liveliness in dancing indicates that she is alive. However, in the two following lines, the "dark beach with a black view" is death. He's referencing the banks of the River Styx, which- in Greek mythology- takes dead souls to eternity, or the "black view". The "pinpricks in the velvet" are flaws in reality; the "fall" of being separated from one another is ceased in the suspension of reality. Or perhaps the "pinpricks" are flaws in the grand design, rather, and Gerard is implying that the universe does not wish for the two to be together.
    Gerard concludes his beautiful remorse by deciding that it would be easier to kill himself.

    I apologize if the interpretation depresses you. I am not suicidal- this is just how I view the song.
    Flag RenegadeBitchon December 16, 2008   Link

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