Lyrics for You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In... as interpreted by Mike NJSS

You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In... Lyrics
in the middle of a gunfight
in the center of a restaurant
they say come with your arms raised high
well they're never gonna get me
like a bullet through a flock of doves
to wage this war against your faith in me
your life will never be the same
on your mother's eyes say a prayer
say a prayer

-chorus:
now
but i can't
and i don't know
how we're just two men as god had made us
well i can't
well i can

too much too late
or just not enough of this
pain in my heart for your dying wish
i'll kiss your lips again
:chorus-

they all cheat at cards and the checkers are lost
my cellmate's a killer
they make me do pushups in drag
but nobody cares if you're losing yourself
am i losing myself?

and well i miss my mom
will they give me the chair?
or lethal injection?
or swing from a rope if you dare
oh nobody knows all the trouble i seen

-chorus-

to your room
what they ask of you
they make you want to see(?)
how long
well i dont remember
i remember
do you have the keys to the hotel?

life is but a dream for the dead
and well i can't go down by myself
but i'll go down with my friends
take it like a man

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ashoincognito
08-10-2009

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Can we actually get over the whole conversations about how amazing the used are or how good MCR is in concert and just actually get on with the song meanings? It is called songMEANINGS.net, not "ohmyeffinggodthey'resohawt.net", people!

Anywho, yes this song is amazing. This CD is a concept album, and I think this is referring to how he gets sent to jail after killing a bunch of people to try to bring his girlfriend back to life (which is the concept of the entire album) but that's just me...-shrug-

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WhoaRevenge
07-09-2009

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Ha ha. I love the giggle at the end.

HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE!

Oh so cute! I'm gonna listen to it now!

JUST PLAY IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER...

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ConnectDisconnect
06-28-2009

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its about prison, and like gay sex

they're in prison, and the guys want them to do stuff, that they obviously dont want to do

"how we're just two men as god had made us"
"my cellmate's a killer
they make me do pushups in drag"

and at the beginning
"in the middle of a gunfight
in the center of a restaurant
they say come with your arms raised high"

i think its obvious they were arrested



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reeblite
04-07-2009

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very interesting SSAUnsub, gerard's a brilliant songwriter, i say it again. he uses fantasy and metaphors beautifully as landscapes while expressing personal relationship angst.

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SSAUnsub
02-14-2009

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Gerard wrote it after the band played Truth Or Dare and Gerard kissed Bert.

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IwONtSoONforGeT
01-20-2009

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this song is about these two guys who rob a resturaunt, and end up getting arrested. gunshots were fired, and i think somebody died. so hes in prision, worried that he might be put on death row, and he misses his family. and at one point they do sentence him to death but hes been in there so long he dosent care anymore.

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gigologirlz
12-01-2008

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oh and mikey has his hands raised high.
so does pissed off guy

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gigologirlz
12-01-2008

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in the middle of a gunfight... gerard gets shot.
and in the center of a resturant... ray looses his fro.

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charwee
11-26-2008

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this is such a bipolar song !!!
fantastic though, amazing voice

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thrwmyhrtawy.
10-23-2008

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oh hi, i'm gay? lmao. no

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backpackmillionaire
10-04-2008

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i think it's about high school, and that whole experience

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sebkool
07-29-2008

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im pretty sure its about a guy getting raped in prison. i saw them live and gerard said "This song is about being very bad, and going to jail and being fucked in the ass" as 'hide form the sun' \/\/\/\/\/ mentioned.

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IamdaLilDrumrboy
05-12-2008

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When Gerard says...

"I won't go down by myself,
but I'll go down with my friends..."

I don't think that's homosexual. He's talking about getting in trouble...getting arrested. He won't go to prison by himself, but he will go if his friends go with him... Maybe I'm right...maybe I'm wrong...but I think that particular line is far from homosexual...

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uranus182
02-27-2008

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I think the meaning is obvious, in concerts Gerard says "THIS SONG IS ABOUT BEING SODOMIZED IN JAIL!", and on the CD cover Gerard writes, "BERT FOR BEING MY CELL MATE"; so my conclusion is that the song is about Gerard getting fucked in the ass by Bert

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Your Guardian Angel
02-27-2008

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Hahaha, you just gotta love a song that's this out there. I think the meaning is obvious just by the title alone ^_~!

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*ghost in the snow*
02-20-2008

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as much as i don't want to believe that there is something between gerard and bert, i really just cant ignore it any longer... im gonna cry i think... even tho i wish they were frieds again... lol i am a slew of mixed emotions...

but i love this song... everyone pretty much gets it already, so ill leave it at that...

and yes, Hide From The Sun, i did notice that cut up angels and this song are somewhat simialr... very interesting....

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msifreak100
02-09-2008

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dude. these lyrics are kinda messed up... its "will make you want to SAY, SO LONG." and "Do you have the keys to the hotel? CUZ I'm gonna set this motherfucker on fire!" good song though.

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modestmaus
01-04-2008

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This song is obviously about the time WHEN I WAS

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ChloeLOVEtheKillers
12-09-2007

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Oh I love the first verse, like how he says it...
"In the middle of a gunfight
In the center of a restuarant..."

And his little giggle at the end. God he is brilliant!!
I love MCR.

Um, I think this song is probably about being in prison... Just going by the title and all the references; the gunfight in the first verse, getting sent to prison for it, and then wrapping it up in the end, all the abuse they get, the fact that his mother can't look at him the same way anymore etc. with "Take it like a man".

But then, maybe it's just a metaphor for the Gerard/ Bert kiss everyones's on about. Kissing another man= homosexuality in prison, in a much more extreme and abusive way...

I don't know. I think I've said basically what everyone else has said.

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betterinred
08-02-2007

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I'm fairly certain that this song is about incarcerated gays. And not just because of the title. It's possible it was inspired by a make out session with Bert, but I think it's bigger than that.

There's a line "we're just two men as god had made us" that tells that it's one man speaking to another. And then "I'll kiss your lips again" they're in love. "my cellmate's a killer; they make me do push ups in drag" this line tells that he's in prison (like the title) and to me implies that he's gay because why else would his cellmates choose drag to mess with him in? Then there's some lines that sound like they're about a prison rape.

Also, in the live version on the Life on the Murder scene cd he says that it's about "five beautiful boys who done went to jail".

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demolition_lover92
06-27-2007

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i miss berard/gert haha
they were so good together! ahhhh!!!
gah i wish they would be friends again =[
But i have to say hats off to Gerard for getting away from unsober ppl =]

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demolition_lover92
06-27-2007

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yeah so basically i got told this song was about jail rape...lol

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princessKATIE
06-18-2007

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OW OW OW OW OW OW hehehe

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-={ Panty Shot}=-
06-18-2007

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I MISS THE OLD MCR ='(

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MissMCR
06-06-2007

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I have so many questions about this song.

Its either about Bert,
Or maybe he went to jail?
And is Gerard bisexual or gay?

Because he's definitely not all the way straight.
Not that it's a bad thing.

Oh and what's up with Gerard and Bert now? Don't they hate each other? I hear it's because Gerard quit drinking and Bert got mad about it. But I'm not sure.

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