Lyrics for Famous Last Words as interpreted by shealerevenge

Famous Last Words Lyrics
Now I know
That I can't make you stay
But where's your heart?
But where's your heart?
But where's your...

And I know
There's nothing I could say
To change that part
To change that part
To change...

So many
Bright lights, they cast a shadow
But can I speak?
Well is it hard understanding
I'm incomplete
A life that's so demanding
I get so weak
A love that's so demanding
I can't speak

I am not afraid to keep on living
I am not afraid to walk this world alone
Honey if you stay, I'll be forgiven
Nothing you can say can stop me going home

Can you see
My eyes are shining bright
Cause I'm out here
On the other side
Of a jet black hotel mirror
And I'm so weak
Is it hard understanding
I'm incomplete
A love that's so demanding
I get weak

I am not afraid to keep on living
I am not afraid to walk this world alone
Honey if you stay, I'll be forgiven
Nothing you can say can stop me going home

I am not afraid to keep on living
I am not afraid to walk this world alone
Honey if you stay, I'll be forgiven
Nothing you can say can stop me going home

These bright lights have always blinded me
These bright lights have always blinded me
I say

I see you lying next to me
With words I thought I'd never speak
Awake and unafraid
Asleep or dead

(How can I see, I see you lying) 'Cause I see you lying next to me
(How can I see, I see you lying) With words I thought I'd never speak
(How can I see, I see you lying) Awake and unafraid
(How can I see, I see you lying) Asleep or dead

'Cause I see you lying next to me
With words I thought I'd never speak
Awake and unafraid
Asleep or dead

'Cause I see you lying next to me
With words I thought I'd never speak
Awake and unafraid
Asleep or dead

I am not afraid to keep on living
I am not afraid to walk this world alone
(Or dead)
Honey if you stay, I'll be forgiven
Nothing you can say can stop me going home
(Or dead)
I am not afraid to keep on living
I am not afraid to walk this world alone
(Or dead)
Honey if you stay, I'll be forgiven
Nothing you can say can stop me going home
(Or dead)
I am not afraid to keep on living
I am not afraid to walk this world alone
(Or dead)
Honey if you stay, I'll be forgiven
Nothing you can say can stop me going home

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A Red Hotel
10-12-2006

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Nice job trying to get the lyrics, i searched all over for the whole song and I only found this on youtube.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=I_CWHUsWgRs

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ilikepie.
10-14-2006

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cant wait til the album comes out!!!

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misfitsxmcrfreak
10-14-2006

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well wat ive heard of the song and caan see from the lyrics its damn good!

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beyondxwonderland
10-14-2006

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i was scared that their new album would be disappointing.


not after hearing this song.

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nhinman
10-15-2006

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http://www.theimmortalityproject.com/frontpage.html

check fansite -> downloads ->audio
there's a live recording of this whole song from some radio station


is it just me, or do the guitars after "To change..." totally sound just like the main riff from "Black Betty" by spiderbait

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xLadYofSorrowZx
10-19-2006

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I heard this song for the first time today and I'm in lovvve with it. 5 more days. ^_^

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Jellings
10-20-2006

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awesome song =]

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Jellings
10-20-2006

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awesome song =]

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elmochild
10-20-2006

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I'm having a total spaz over this song.

It sounds like such a natural growth.

I love this song. This song is my life.

4 days!!!!!!!!!

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phwar26x
10-21-2006

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i was really worried about the new album, but this song is awesome. i love it.

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phwar26x
10-21-2006

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ps it's hotel mirror, not broken mirror

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strider3005
10-21-2006

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I love My Chemical Romance, I love the whole album.

Anyone else think this is MCR's "The Show Must Go On"? Similar, I must say.

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noora
10-21-2006

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This song is great !
I heard it on the black parade website and fell in looooooove.
Can't wait for the album to come out !

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nhinman
10-23-2006

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This is the finale, the big bang.
In disenchanted, I feel as though the patient had accepted his past and had put it behind him. It is stating the moral in a very subtle, applicative, hands-on manner.

Now Famous Last Words essentially takes what I think to be the moral of the record (live life to the fullest, as you never know what day will be your last) and screams it loud for anyone who didn't catch it before.

"I'm not afraid to keep on living/I'm not afraid to walk this world alone"

Life is not meant to be feared, true, it has its moments of sorrow, but what the band is trying to say is that you should live it the best you can, no matter what happens.

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YourEvilFriend
10-23-2006

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I agree completely with nhinman's meaning of this song.

this is one of my favorites as well =D

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patriciaxsiva
10-24-2006

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It sounds like "to change that part" but I might be wrong.

"Life is not meant to be feared, true, it has its moments of sorrow, but what the band is trying to say is that you should live it the best you can, no matter what happens." -nhinman

Gerard said in an interview that he used to fear death, but then he discovered that it was life that he feared; so I guess he wrote this about getting over that fear.

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patriciaxsiva
10-24-2006

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oh & I think Famous Last Words & Disenchanted are the best off the new album [personal opinion]

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~Mink~
10-24-2006

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hey mcr! you could do this better!

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wilderthanthewind
10-24-2006

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I love this song so much!!! It's so Awesome!! It rocks my socks!!!

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VprinceL
10-24-2006

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This song is alsome! my 3rd favorite on the album.

Heard that this is going to be the second single off the album.

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thomp
10-25-2006

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This song is about The Patient, like nhinman said, declaring that his past is behind him and he isn't afraid of leaving everyone for the afterlife

I think that last parts of the song is someone close to him seeing The Patient in ghost form for the last time... like possibly his wife/girlfriend waking up and seeing him, and having to say goodbye for the last time, just so The Patient can be free to leave for Heaven

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raine697
10-25-2006

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This is the conclusion.
"I know I can't make you stay, (his lover)
"but where's your heart?
and I know there's nothing I can say
to change that part.

(he can't change the way he's treated her, but he is hoping she would still take him back...)

"So many bright lights that cast a shadow,
but can I speak?"

(he sees everything so much brighter now...he is so awed that he is at a loss for words.)

"Is it hard understanding I'm incomplete?
A life that's so demanding I get weak"

(He's saying he's sorry for being weak, giving into his unhappiness and taking it out on her. He realizes that he's incomplete, and he wants to make it up to everyone: his father, his lover, himself...)

"All their souls are burning"

(i imagine all the members of the black parade burning in bright white light, he is seeing the beauty of it.)

"Can you see? My eyes are shining bright. I'm here on the other side of the jet black hotel mirror..."

(I see the patient's lover looking into a mirror, splashing water on her face, and he is on the other side of it, on the "other side" still with the Black Parade. He's looking at her, appreciating her for the first time, and he's saying "can't you see my eyes shining bright?" and he's happy. He's maveling at all the beautiful light.)

"I AM NOT AFRAID TO KEEP ON LIVING.
I AM NOT AFRAID TO WALK THIS WORLD ALONE.
Honey, if you stay I'll be forgiving....(or is it really forgiven?)
Nothing you can say can stop me going home..."

(He is ready to live his life. He is no longer afraid to die, afraid of what others think about him, no longer resentful of his lover. He is appreciating life.)

"These brights lights are glowing bright as me."

(His soul is shining bright, eminating from him and making him happy, blending with the lights all around him until everything is brilliant white light...)

"I see you lying next to me
With words I thought I’d never speak
Awake and unfraid
Asleep or dead.."

(all of a sudden, he sees her lying in bed next to him. He doesn't know if he was really dead or asleep. But he doesn't lose his chance, and wakes her up and speaks words he thought he never would. He tells her he's sorry and that he loves her.)


The chorus is repeated at the end to show that he has been given a second lease on life. He is going to appreciate it this time around. It is also there for the fans. They are telling us to live every day as if it were our last. That has always been their message for us, and here it is in song. It brings tears to my eyes. It really does make me want to appreciate everything I have.

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asdfg
10-25-2006

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nice job raine, very good indeed

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666korn666
10-27-2006

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good way to end this Cd
but not as awsome as "I Never Told You What I Do For A Living"

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_go_away_
10-27-2006

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raine697, you're brilliant, I couldn't agree more with you. This song is great.

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