Stay out of the light.
All the photographs that I gave you
you could say a prayer for me too.
But just get in line and I'll grieve you
Can i meet you, alone?
Another night and ill see you.
Another night and ill be you.
Some other way to continue.

To hide my face.

Another knife in my hands,
a stain that never comes off the sheets
Clean me off
I'm so dirty babe,
the kind of dirty where the water never cleans off the clothes.
I keep a book of the names and those
only goes so far to bury them
So deep and down we go

Touched by angels so I fall out of grace
I did it all so maybe I'd live this every day

Another knife in my hands,
a stain that never comes off the sheets
Clean me off
I'm so dirty babe
It ain't the money and it sure as hell ain't just for the fame.
It's for the bodies I claim and lose
Only goes so far to bury them
So deep and down we go
Down

And down we go
And down we go
And down we go
And we all fall down

[screaming]
I tried!
I tried!

And we'll all dance alone to the tune of your death.
We'll love again, we'll laugh again
and it's better off this way.

And never again, and never again
They gave us two shots to the back of the head
and we're all dead now.

Well never again, and never again
They gave us two shots to the back of the head
and we're all dead now.

I tried, one more night, one more night
Well, I'm laughin', cryin', laughin' out loud
I tried,
Well i tried,
Well i tried,

'Cause i tried
but i lied

I tried
I tried
I tried

And we'll love again and we'll laugh again
We'll try again and we'll dance again
and it's better off this way.
So much better off this way.
I can't clean the blood off the sheets in my bed

Never again, and never again
They gave us two shots to the back of the head
and we're all dead now.



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Track duration: 03:52


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    General Comment:i loved this song the very first time i heard it :3 i wish they were still emo-y tbh, I hate sing and nananana so I haven't heard anymore of their new songs ... two of their posters on my walls though ^^ i'll always love the old mcr
    Flag VampiricPandoraon October 22, 2011   Link
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    Song Meaning:The meaning to this one is easy, if you remember the Victorian phase they were going through for the album. Jack the Ripper.
    Flag 1madscientiston August 18, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This is crazy repertoire . . .
    Intense epic din.
    Exploding distortion.

    This is a genius invention in modern rock.
    The whole album.

    I'd like to imagine Gerard stand somewhere and slay hundreds men.
    Haha.
    And he's killed dramatically.
    Haha.
    Flag ChadChandraCainon February 18, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This song does have alot of meaning, maybe not logical meaning, but I really love this song. When it first came out, I didn't like it, but re-listening to the album, this is my newest favorite. It really has to grow on you. "They gave us two shots the back of the head" Is my Favorite line, from probably all of there music, any album. Even though my favorite song will always be "Thank you for the Venom" just because it has so much meaning for me. Exellent work to the band on the second album all together, I have to say it is my favorite.
    Flag HayLiBrianneon January 17, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I think this song is actually after he kills the 1,000 men and is reunited with his lover. He has to admit all of this to her, but they're together again. That explains the first bit of the song.
    "And we'll all dance along/to the tune of your death" I think has a double meaning - it's about the protagonist and those he has killed, AND Satan and his deal with the protagonist.
    "We'll love again/we'll laugh again..." etc. are about how he's back with his girl.
    Then, abruptly (the first time that is sung) it switches to "Well never again..." which is about the lovers' final death.
    The repetition of the "And we'll love again/we'll laugh again/we'll cry again/and we'll dance again..." comes after their deaths, when they're both in Hell. This time, "And it's better off this way..." is about how it doesn't really matter anymore for them.
    The repeat of "Well never again..." is to end it, and a bitter after note to "and it's better off this way/so much better off this way".

    Just my opinion.
    Flag JimmyArmstrongon December 28, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I think on a deeper level it's about how you can't escape your past. The narrator wants to find redemption in the form of the girl he loves but is pulled back into a life of death and bloodshed. Very tragic but beautiful song.
    Flag Aenema91on October 11, 2010   Link
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    My Interpretation:I think it's about a guy coming to terms with his bisexuality. He wants to be with this one person, but the temptation is everywhere and he has vivid memories of his encounters, of "killing" all these men. He tries to resist, but keeps "going down". He wants to end up with her but knows he can't commit yet because the temptations are too much.
    Flag Number9on March 24, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I think this song is about the man on the album cover trying to collect the souls of the thousand evil men he needed to give to the Devil so he and the girl on the album cover could be together again.
    Flag SaintJimmy95on January 10, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:"gave us two shots to the back of the head and we're all dead now" best line in the song




    YES I'M A CONSPIRACY THEORIST
    Flag FYKxG3N0C1D3on December 03, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Well, the whole album is about a man, a woman and the souls of 1000 evil men, right? The man dies and goes to hell and the woman doesn't die at all even though he thought she did. The man makes a deal with the devil - he would be resurrected temporarily ad kill 1000 evil men and hand over their souls, and he'd be able to be with his wife again.

    In this song, it's the last night before the deal would be done. He's already killed 999 men and only has one more to go, but the guilt is consuming him. While he's on his way to kill the last guy, I think he accidentally finds his wife, still alive, and realizes that he was tricked. The police somehow catch them, and they're shot down. But he's confident that they'll be reunited in another life.

    That's the fictional aspect. I think it's also about how far people are willing to go to get what they want, even if it's wrong.

    This is my favorite MCR song <3
    Flag TrinaTragedyon November 25, 2009   Link

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