Lyrics for I Never Told You What I Do For a Living as interpreted by adrianelee

I Never Told You What I Do For a Living Lyrics
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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asdfg
12-23-2005

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yeah that fuckin game! its just too hard, i must be on the last stage (2nd visit to the hospital). has any1 completed it?

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introspection
12-26-2005

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i like this

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introspection
12-26-2005

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i just remembered,

"Another night and ill see you.
Another night and ill be you."

those 2 lines remind me of the book/movie, the talented mr. ripley, where this guy is so addicted to this other guy that he kills him and becomes him. creepy

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distortedsilence
12-29-2005

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"Another night and ill see you.
Another night and ill be you."

those two lines remind me of this horror movie where the murderer cuts off the victims face and wears it as a mask so that he can escape the police.
"stay out of the light or the photograph that i gave you" is also about trying not to be recognised.

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xXbUlLeTsXx
12-30-2005

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omg i FUCKING LOVE THIS SONG. it think its a great way to end the album. this was a concept album and this song sorta says how he finally kills this girl. then hez trying to escape the police. apparently that doesnt happen and he gets shot? then like he sings about how hez happy about his death because he gets to be with this girl forever in hell.... yeah i soo love this song. its so amazin. it kinda makes you feel like your there where all of this is taking place. and btw.. u kinda got sum o thee lyrics screwed up its "Or the photographs that i gave you" and "you can say a prayer if you need to" and "Or just get in line and i'll greive you"...."Touched by angels though, i fall out of grace" ... "i did it all so maybe, i'd live this everyday" and those are thee correct lyrics. i dont mean to be a bitch or anything but im just saying. thats what they are. anyways ... yeah great song... gotta love it.

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distortedsilence
12-31-2005

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this song is really catchy, in a good way. once you start you have to keep singing it til the end. they sang this in newport and is was FUCKING AMAZING, ok so its no demolition lovers but we knew this album wasnt gonna be the same anyways so stop comparing the two.

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RightHereWaiting
01-02-2006

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lol the lyrics here are kinda off but...i think the song is about something personal. i mean its a huge leap but, it seems like a metaphor for something. Ray writes most of the songs on the cd, so i believe something happened to him. it also seems as if hes trying to end the story with a beginning. if that makes any sense. i think rays talking about someone he had a relationship with. but at the same time its like the guy got caught killing the people.

ok so this is how i see it. its like this girl got shot by this guy by accident. the guy meant to shoot the girls bf. he loved her and didnt want to see her with that guy. then 10 years later she signs a deal with the devil. she gives him the souls of a thousand evil men and she can live again with her bf. (gerard). So she finally kills the men and is brought back to life but people are now looking for the woman who apparently rised from the dead and killed a thousand men, carving a number into their forehead. Gerard drives with her away from the police until they cant drive anymore, then they get out hand in hand running through a hail of bullets and both die together. but Gerard dies first and as she slips away into death the last thing she sees is gerard dead. just like when she first died 10 years ago, gerard watched her die.

so basically the devil cheated her. i'm not sure how Rays part relates to the song but i have a feeling it does. but meh, who knows? only the writer.

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RightHereWaiting
01-02-2006

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oh and they sang it when they came to vancouver. it was probably the best one. i love that song. its my fav from their album.

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mcr rocks kid
01-09-2006

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this is my 2nd fav song on the cd #1 being DUH am not okay and i love how he sings in here its so kool and ppl been saying gerard is gay is that true hopelfuy not but who cares i still think this is the best band in the world

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virtualfactor
01-15-2006

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Excellent structure,! All MCR haters make me sick where it hurts!

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distortedsilence
01-23-2006

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RightHereWaiting: PLEASE CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE YOU HEARD THAT ABOUT RAY WRITING MOST OF THE SONGS! I NEED TO KNOW IF IT IS TRUE. RAY IS THE BEST! PLEASE!!!!

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xxxhana_mcrxxx
01-24-2006

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"well never again, and never again, they gave us two shots to the back of the head and we're all dead now" fave lyrics on the whole album!
p.s. did you know that if you listen to "Its Not A Fashion staement its a deathwish..." with only one earpiece on your mp3, you dont hear anything till gerard sings first and it comes as quite a shock. =/ lol

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x0michelle
01-25-2006

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These lyrics are soo wrong. That's all I have to say. Someone already totally got the interpretation exactly like me... You'll be a memory (person who had the same as me)

If possible, change the lyrics! These are all wrong!

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dookiegd4ever
01-25-2006

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this fn rox!!

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dookiegd4ever
01-25-2006

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anyone about the choking game?

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B12
01-30-2006

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ray only wrote "i'm not okay"

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music_geek17
01-30-2006

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I think this song is about a murderer. You know the whole "another knife in my hands a stain that never comes off the sheets" ya know that and that's it's about the realationship between this killer and his victims if not...don't hurt melol

love mcr

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red0ryder7
02-02-2006

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I love this song, the first time i heard it i didnt care about it that much but now i cant go without listening to it. The lyrics on this page is horribly wrong and it messes up the flow of reading. You guys are really good and finding the meanings to the songs, it really helps.This song is no doubt the darkest on the album and i love the lyrics the most. He sings so awesome his voice is incredible. Someone needs to do something bout those lyrics

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B12
02-06-2006

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please people vote for more heavy songs

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Sk8Grinch
02-15-2006

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its actually "Touched by angels so I fall out of GRACE" ive got the book rite here.
this song is amazin

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Shotgun.Wedding
02-16-2006

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This is a gr8 song 2 finish off the album. Before I thought that the 1000th person killed him but reading the lyrics again i kinda noticed things i hadn't seen before.... I'm thinking maybe the 1000th person he killed was himself. "They gave us two shots to the back of the head" , i don't think someone else actually shot him or his girlfriend it was the people who drove his girlfriend to drugs or what ever so she killed herself and the 'they' that caused him 2 kill himself is probably the guilt of all the people he killed. And because of the fact he is really quite evil for killing so many people he went to hell but at least he was with his girlfriend. And kinda accepts that and is (surprisingly) happy with being there,"So much better off this way". I'm not saying it's right, just a theory o.O

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B12
02-18-2006

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first of all i think it's mighty stupid, meaningless and not to mention childish of you to make up this account in order to textually assault stwjeser who spent all of this time writing down his interpretation, which by the way is a big help to all my chemical romance fans.
this is songmeanings.net, so the main subject are the meanings behid a song, it's our duty to extract them according to what you think is right, there's nothing wrong with a post that's a whole page long.

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Emo:Tears
02-21-2006

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I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!! (im listening to it now) i really think this song rounds everything off really well, i think that in the end he kill shimself because he is evil after all, and maybe that is what satan expected to happen and thats what he meant by you will be reunited whith her, becuase they are reunited in death, it took me a while to understand teh concept to the song which is wierd 'cause now it seems so obvoius! i also think that when it says "only goes so far to bury them" its because hes not actually burying them hes just putting them into a well... i think. regardless of the meaning its a great song and a great way to end a great album

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1000_bodies
02-21-2006

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"I keep a book of the names and those
only goes so far to bury them
So deep in town we go."

well this song is OBVIOUSLY about the 1000 bodies plot and his deal with satan.He keeps names of the people he kills in a note book. XDD

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1000_bodies
02-21-2006

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"I keep a book of the names and those
only goes so far to bury them
So deep in town we go."

well this song is OBVIOUSLY about the 1000 bodies plot and his deal with satan.He keeps names of the people he kills in a note book. XDD

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