I can't help but think that this song goes along, somewhat deliberately, with Skylines And Turnstiles. In such that it depicts a man who had worked at the World Trade Centers and that his love interest for this female co-worker could never be because of what happened.

Pretty skewed, I know.

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.

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.

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

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. :)

AHHH!

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

Mm-hm.

Uh-huh.

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...

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