Lyrics for Helena as interpreted by Brandnizzle2k4

Helena Lyrics
Long ago
Just like the hearse you die to get in again
We are so far from you

Burning on just like a match you strike to incinerate
The lives of everyone you know

And what's the worst you take
From every heart you break
And like the blade you stain
Well I've been holding on tonight

What's the worst that I could say
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long and goodnight

Came a time
When every star fall brought you to tears again
We are the very hurt you sold

And what's the worst you take
From every heart you break
And like the blade you stain
Well I've been holding on tonight

What's the worst that I could say
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long and goodnight
And if you carry on this way
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long and goodnight

Can you hear me
Are you near me
Can we pretend to leave and then
We'll meet again
When both our cars collide

What's the worst that I could say
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long and goodnight
And if you carry on this way
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long and goodnight

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aacidburn818
02-15-2005

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i love the chorus...that got me hooked...kick ass song.

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Nabhan
02-16-2005

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Best.Video.Ever.

God, I love MCR. I hope they get publicity, but never become too big. I'd hate for them to have the same kind of fan base as say, Green Day.

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tRyXRyZ
02-20-2005

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" ...And like a blade you stain... " was his grandma a cutter?

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.save.me.
02-21-2005

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wow have you seen the new video for this song it rocks my world!! the dancing is great and it matches perfectly with the song! good job MCR!

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ravenz_murder
02-23-2005

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Gerard looks sooooo sexy in this music video!!


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SeReNiTyY
02-24-2005

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is this song really about his grandmother..??

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DarkApathy
02-26-2005

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great song reminds me of a distant person like myself or how everything else in life seems to relate to everything and nothing at the same time and nobody ever knows what to do in life really just a bunch of bullshit and then you die like each chapter is a another part of you leaving far away..fuck it all

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Purple_Moon
02-27-2005

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this is a great song.
when we saw them i remember gerard way saying that this song was very close to him and mikey and that it was about their grandma and if we screamed load enough she'd be able to hear us.
this is such a sad song.
chloe alot of these songs remind me of you! {RIP} i miss you. xxxx

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greenvelvet
02-27-2005

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uhhh whos chloe? im sry... im nosy...

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TheTorrentsOfSpring
03-01-2005

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Hah as I type this "I'm Not Okay" is playing on the TV. That song is everywhere.

Okay, so, while it may have been about his grandmother as far as death goes, I don't think it is entirely about her. This is my take:

The song goes backwards. It seems to be a suicide pact between the speaker (Gerard) and another person, but Gerard decided not to kill himself and not tell the other person because the other person is going to go through with it and he respects that.

This is how it moves backwards:
"Long ago
Just like the hearse you died to get in again
We are so far from you"
We just know that the person has died.

"Burning on just like a match you start to incinerate
The lives of everyone you knew
And whats the worst to take, from every heart you break (heart you break)
And like a blade you stain
Well I've been holding on tonight"
They've left many people shaken in their wake, and Gerard is just hanging in there.

"Whats the worst that I could say?
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long and goodnight"
With the knowledge of the ending of the song, "Things are better if I stay" is talking about how Gerard has chosen not to kill himself. "What's the worst that I could say?" Is saying that he's chosen not to tell the person because they're going to kill themselves anyways, so why should he bother?

"Came a time
When every star fall brought you to tears again
We are the very hurt you sold
And whats the worst you take, from every heart you break
And like a blade you stain
Well I've been holding on tonight"
This is back to when the person is alive, and they are a wreck and just wants to die. "What's the worst you take, from every heart you take?" The person is thinking over if they will hurt anyone in their actions, and they know they will, but they'll get over it eventually.

"And if you carry on this way
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long and goodnight"
He knows this person can't carry on living like this, but he still chooses to live so he's telling the person goodbye.

"Can you hear me?
Are you near me?
Can we pretend
to leave again
And meet again
When both our cars collide?"
I think this is after the person has died and he is talking to them and saying that he wanted to "leave" with them. There's regret, but he's stuck with his decision and he knows that.

Not necessarily what the song is about, but that's what I got out of it.

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GeraldWayObsessed
03-02-2005

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The video for this song is amazing i think its jus about wanting to be with woever died no nessicerely u leave wit them or them stay with you but jus be with them at all costs i love the "can u hear me r u near me can we pretend to leave then well meet again when both r cars collide " because he voice sounds so good in tht part and yes gerald is so fucking sexy in this video

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berties_madness
03-02-2005

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OMG this song is absolutely amazing!! the new video kicks some major ass!! i saw it weeks before it premiered...it was amazing! gerard looks super sexy!

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TheTorrentsOfSpring
03-02-2005

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GeraldWayObsessed

Hate to break it to you, but his name is in fact Gerard, not Gerald.

Sorry Hun.

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ILoveGerardWay
03-03-2005

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**previously GeraldWayObsessed** srry bout the typos with his name thanx the torrents of spring but i no that

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OutOfMind
03-03-2005

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isn't his name Gerard Way? On every single site I have been to about them, its reads GeraRd Way.

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fire_at_will_xx
03-05-2005

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This is what Gerard said about this song/video on Steven's Untitled Rock Show:
"It's the most important song on the record because me and Mikey had lost our grandma two months before we recorded the record. And she was probably the most important person to me especially like, encouraging me to sing and be a musician and all those things. Like, she made me be Peter Pan in the school play when we were little and she taught me how to sing and paint...She was a wonderful, beautiful woman and we kind of wanted a song to be her legacy. And when we didn't pick any singles on the record because we didn't write them to be singles, so when the label said they wanted that to be the second single we were really happy. And they said they'd make a video for it, and so it's like she has a nice legacy."


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losersrock11
03-05-2005

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great song i like the whole cd "just like the hearse you die to get again" thats weird but awsome

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guitaress
03-06-2005

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The video kinda freaked me out but this song is AMAZING. The best of their album.

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americanmusic
03-06-2005

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Gerard is very pretty in the video.

This is such a beautiful song, and it made me cry even before I knew any more lyrics than the chorous (because those are the only ones I can understand.) Beautiful.

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ava_amorxx
03-06-2005

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the real lyrics r
burning on just like a match you TRY to incinerate
im sure im sittin here listening right now

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frenzy
03-07-2005

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good song 7 thumbs up...

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ava_amorxx
03-08-2005

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sry its STRIKE to incinerate

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w1kd
03-11-2005

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by ChildOfTheNight on 02-28-2005 @ 09:41:11 PM
alright, i'm soooo excited! i figured out the entire album it's awesome, the 'helena' video really did it. the whole problem is that gerard said that not all the songs are from the concept album, so it was kind of confusing, but i think this is it:
helena- the girlfriend dies, the guy's damn sad.

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I just wanted to correct you on that statement you made.... Helena was not his girlfiend, it was his grandmother that was named Elena everyone called her Helen. She passed away and it affected him drastically. Hes a brillient poet, all his songs involve death, i herd in a interview that he stated he was death obbsessed, he understands the meaning of death ever since she passed on.

The songs Helena & I never told you what I do for a living, in my opinion are so powerful. Every time i listen to them I start to cry, I know it sounds stupid but him exxpressing himself in his music , screaming in sadness is gut renching and breaks my heart and its like you can feel his pain through his words. I have never had an artist ever effect me emotionally, till i herd this album. I thought it was only me that had a fucked up child while going to school an getting bullied caz i was different, reashuring to know I can relate to someone.

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rocky777
03-11-2005

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This song...wow, I really cant get that out in words without repeating the lyrics...

whoever suggested the suicide pact thing REALLY makes sense, and it can also still be considered a dedication, couldnt it? And the singer would still be able to relate emotionally to get the feeling into the singing. I dont know for sure, of course, but for it just being about his gma, how do we explain the lyrics like "Whats the worst that I could say?
Things are better if I stay" If they were to his gma...where would he go? Commit suicide in hopes of being with her? that doesnt make sense to me... same with "if you carry on this way"...if shes dead, she wouldnt be "carrying on". :/

Regardless...its definitely a smash hit, with the whole record in tow...this is my first song and cd Ive known from MCR, does anyone have any suggestions on what to buy next, and what to expect? Any hopes of anything better than Helena and Three Cheers?

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SNEAKSCOPE
03-11-2005

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GORGEOUS

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