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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i_liike_yo_shoes
06-21-2007

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ummm so no those lyrics are very wrong....

"you could say a prayer if you need to,
or just get in line and i'll grieve you...."

"... so deep and down we go..."

"touched by angels though, i fall out of grace.
i did it all so maybe, i'd live this every day...
and those only goes..."

"so deep and down we go..."

these are right, seeing as tho i am staring at them and they came from the actual cd so...

"and we all dance along..."

"we'll love again, we'll laugh again, we'll cry again, and we'll dance again..."

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EndMyDaysWithYou
08-05-2007

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This song is definitely referring to the thousand men. The person must kill a thousand before he's reunited with his love.
"I keep a book of the names and those"
This shows he's keeping track of all the men he has killed so far.

You'll be a memory -- I was thinking about the same thing; I don't think he accomplished killing the thousand men for some reason or another.
"I tried, one more night, one more night
well I'm laughin', cryin', laughin'
I tried,
Well i tried,
Well i tried,"
So yeah, I think someone killed him before he could kill any more people.

This is a really good song, and the lyrics are amazing.

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missTHANG04
08-09-2007

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God I love this song.
And I agree, I do believe that the song is about collecting the thousandth body and dying himself.

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herecomesthesound
08-14-2007

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it totally closes off the album.
the two characters are finally together, then realise its not what they wanted.

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herecomesthesound
08-14-2007

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it totally closes off the album.
the two characters are finally together, then realise its not what they wanted.

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PhyscoPoet
09-07-2007

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This is my FAVEORITE song out of Three Cheers

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Martini
09-10-2007

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Well Gerard has said that he had come up with the concept for this album like a year before they even recorded it. And it was about "A man and a woman who were seperated by death in a gun fight. He goes to hell only to realize by the devil telling him that She's still alive. And the devil tells him that he can be with her again if he brings him the souls of a thousand evil men. And so he hands him a gun, and he goes and does it." He says that the record ended up being much more about loss and real life more than anything, but says that he thinks it is a good split between the two. So that main concept is still very much there and i think this songs really fits it. The whole "They gave us two shots to the back of the head" and "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.". So i think that's about the only way to interpret it. :0)

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Martini
09-10-2007

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Wow, once i re-read that i noticed it came out wrong. lol. What i meant was that: That is about the only way I could interpret it. Of course that is the beauty of MCR is that all of their songs can mean something different to everyone. Just wanted to clear that up! lol

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btrswtbutterfly
10-11-2007

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I say both versions are actually about the guilt you feel after having sex when you're not ready (especially if you feel like you're getting something for it). You can tell more in the other version. This is the origional and it was meant to be more cryptic I think, giving you this idea that it's actually about the job of an assassin. But think about it, what do you feel like when you've had sex and you're not ready? The whole song is a very complex double entendre.

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SongSwann123
11-13-2007

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these lyrics are so wrong!!!

it should be:

Stay out of the light,
or the photographs that i gave you
You can say a prayer if you need to,
or just get in line and I'll grieve you....

the next error is...

only go so far to bury them so deep and DOWN we go....

geezz... theres a lot of mistakes here... but um... the song its self is good... i love his emotion when he sings it

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ChloeLOVEtheKillers
12-19-2007

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I God damn fucking love this song!

Love the lines
"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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numb3rschick
01-10-2008

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My favorite line has to be "The kind of dirty where the water never cleans off the clothes". I'm not sure what it is about this line, but I absolutely love it. This was a great way to end the album. It's definitely one of my favorite MCR songs.

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numb3rschick
01-10-2008

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My favorite line has to be "The kind of dirty where the water never cleans off the clothes". I'm not sure what it is about this line, but I absolutely love it. This was a great way to end the album. It's definitely one of my favorite MCR songs.

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sideeffectsoflove
01-28-2008

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This song is bloody amazing, 'a stain that never comes off the sheets, clean me off. I'm so dirty babe' this is so obviously about sex with a girl who he will never forget and hes still hot for her....... Maybe.... anyways, the end is freakin' amazing too, 'never again, never again, they gave u8s two shots to the back of the head and were all dead now.' amazing end to the album. in a way it makes me feel kinda emo.............. BUT to defend my corner i dont self harm it just makes emotions swirl... no wot i mean?

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Your Guardian Angel
02-07-2008

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I almost feel like this song is unrelated to the Demolition Lovers story. To me it almost feels like it's about a guy who meets girls on the internet, starts a relationship with them then kills them, stealing their identity. I say this because of the lines "Stay out of the light, or the photograph that I gave you", and "Can I meet you alone?" things that are common in online relationships (exchanging pictures, wanting to meet in person)... The guy does this trying to hide who he is, and continues until he's killed (maybe this is about someone killed by the male Demolition Lover), thus making himself and all his identities "all dead now", but he accepts it cuz he had grown sick of doing what he did (maybe this actually is about the male Demolition Lover himself and how he's killing all the evil people he can) and feels it's "better off this way"... Huh, this could be seen in so many different ways but those are my ideas on this...

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ChemicalDeath
04-02-2008

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Let's just say, an awesome close to an awesome album.

One of my favourites. They're together, but they then realize it isn't quite what they wanted.

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rycho626
05-14-2008

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this song really reminds of the novel 1984 for some reason. i feel like bits and pieces of the lyrics relate to Winston and Julia....

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roosje212
06-12-2008

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(srry for my english)i think that this song is, according to the story about killing those 1000 man, about killing the last of those 1000. "Another night and ill see you." it seems that this is the last one and the next day he will see her again. he is very excited, if u listne to the first part of the song, it sounds like he is excited. in the next part, something goes wrong... he promised her to be with her again, and succeed in his task, but he fails("i tried, but i lied")he get killed probably, but he finds out that it's maybe better to be dead with his girlfriend (ion heaven or hell) then alive without her, because he is failed killing the men.

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haleyroxmysox07
06-22-2008

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i absolutly adore this song. i think it is quite obvious that it is about murder... but im not quite sure the whole story line. to me what makes the most sense is the 1000 body thing. im not 100% sure about what that is but i think i know mostly... and in the end it seems that he himself is killed. "we'll love again we'll laugh again we'll cry again and we'll dance again" perhaps my favorite part of the entire song. it sounds like hes talking about when he gets his wife back? either way this is one of the best songs ive ever heard.

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han fucking solo
07-06-2008

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umm...this is gonna sound weird. and its a little graphic, but what if he means taking women's virginity. (blood/some girls bleed from first sex right afterwards) and then leaving them. thats pretty evil...
just a thought?

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roosje212
07-06-2008

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@han fucking solo: how would you explain the lines "another knife in my hands" and " another night and i'll see you"??
but anyway... does someone know what this line means?? "they gave US two shots to the back of our head and were all dead now" it seems that they are together when he (they) get killed... but maybe it's something like a proverb,(i dunno an other word) a typpical english or american thing or something symbolic
i hope u understand what i mean

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hardcandy
08-20-2008

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im not a big mcr fan,but i really love this song ;)
anyways,the other day i was listening to it,and i found myself thinking that maybe its about vampires or something like that : 'stay out of the light'
but hey,thats just my opinion ^^

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ATR Bassist 63
08-25-2008

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Dude, this song is a reference to the Boondock Saints

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ATR Bassist 63
08-25-2008

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if you haven't seen the movie, it's about these three assassins who kill to make the world a better palce and they kill people execution style while the victim sits in a chair and they shoot him in the back of the head

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NinthEuphoria
09-21-2008

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Well, I never knew about the whole 1000 bodies thing until other people commented about it. Now that I know, this makes a bit more sense to me. I used to think he was just an assassin.

I think he's killing people and also hiding behind each person's identity. "Another night and ill see you. Another night and ill be you. Some other way to continue."

Then in the end they killed him with the two shots at the back of the head. He says "I tried" because he tried to bring his wife or whoever back but in the end he failed.

"I tried, one more night, one more night
Well, I'm laughin', cryin', laughin' out loud
I tried," He's begging to be given another chance to bring her back while he's dying.

I also think the ending where he says "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." Means at least when he's dead they'll be together. The "better off this way" may mean he doesn't want to kill people anymore and this way it's much easier.

I hope this made sense to you! :)

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