Lyrics for Disenchanted as interpreted by A Red Hotel

Disenchanted Lyrics
Well i was there on the day
They sold the cause for the queen
And when the lights all went out, we watched our lives on the screen
I hate the ending myself,
But it started with an alright scene

It was the roar of the crowd that gave me heartache to sing
It was alive when they smiled and said,
"You won't feel a thing"
And as we ran from the cops we laughed so hard It would sting

Yeah Yeah, Oh

If i'm so wrong (so wrong, so wrong)
how can you listen all night long?
(night long, night long)
How will it matter after i'm gone?
because you never learned a goddamned thing

You're just a sad song with nothing to say
About a life long wait for a hospital stay
Well if you think that i'm wrong,
This never meant nothing to you

I spent my high school career
Spit on and shoved to agree
So I could watch all my heroes sell a car on tv
Bring out the old guillotine
We'll show 'em what we all mean

Yeah, Yeah, Oh

If i'm so wrong (so wrong, so wrong)
How can you listen all night long?
(night long, night long)
How will it matter long after i'm gone
Because you never learned a god damned thing

You're just a sad song with nothing to say about a life long wait for a hospital stay
Well if you think that i'm wrong,
This never meant nothing to you

So go,
Go, just go, run away.
Now where did you run to? and where did you hide?
Go find another way...

Woah oh, Woah oh...

You're just a sad song with nothing to say about a life long wait for a hospital stay
And if you think that i'm wrong, this never meant nothing to you, come on

You're just a sad song with nothing to say about a life long wait For a hospital stay
And if you think that i'm wrong, this never meant Nothing to you

At all...
At all...
At all...

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Arter
07-11-2007

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This song isn't about Bert.
I read in an interview that this was the first song they wrote on the album, only because they actually wrote it during the I Brought You My Bullets sessions but it didn't fit on that album or on Three Cheers. And this was all way before they even met The Used, so I doubt it's about them in any way.
I do think it is about loss of friendship. It's probably about one of Gerard's unfamous friends from high school or something. It may have been reworked with Bert (and/or, for that matter, Matt) in mind, but the original verison is actually even more bitter than the final so I don't think it was written specifically for them.

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daniixx38
07-24-2007

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this song is deep.
i love itt..


likee woahh

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urjustasadsong12
07-25-2007

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[Obviously I like this song, look at my username. hah] This is definitely my favorite song from the Black Parade, and possibly my favorite MCR song of all tiime. It's definitely up there. Gerard just puts so much emotion into singing it.

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damloser
07-29-2007

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I think that this song is a self-reflection of one's life, in the first and third person point of view, which is caused by a near death experience.

The person is recalling specific days in his life, the first part of the song is about the day he gave up on his dream/sold them out.
"Well I was there on the day
They sold the cause for the queen"

He almost died and the experience is caused him to look back on his life. And he hates the way his life turned out.
"And when the lights all went out, we watched our lives on the screen
I hate the ending myself,
But it started with an alright scene"

Then he recalls his day in hih school and how he was treated like shit because he wasn't like everyone else.

And in the end he realizes that he is "just a sad song with nothing to say".

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mychemromance#1
07-31-2007

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He's looking back on all of his experiences that he had in high school and it kinda touches on him dying in the hospital from cancer. The song is great one of my faves!

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lany656
08-03-2007

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yeah, i think this is about Bert because i read that Bert and Gerard had a falling out after Gerard became sober. So, the lyrics make sense with it... we all know that Bert does drink a lot and who knows what else and that's what it probably means by "You're just a sad song with nothing to say about a life long wait for a hospital stay" and probably the part about never learning a goddamn thing probably refers to the fact that Gerard went and got help while Bert won't go get help and how he never learned anything from Gerard trying to set a good example. I don't know, it just makes sense to me that way.. I still think it's about Bert and Gerard's falling out.

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6_prison_6
08-16-2007

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Yeah. I think there's album wars going on between gerard and Bert at the moment. I hope they'll make it up.

And yes. It says 'You're just a sad song with nothing to say about a life long wait for a hospital stay', and bert did/does drugs a lot, and it'll end up killing him or making him ill.

It is reflecting on their friendship. They met on tour, and the first 'memory' is Gerard on stage.

And then at the end he's saying that Bert ran away. Did he run away when Gerard turned him down? (I deduced - but i could be wrong - that Bert wanted more from Gerard than just friendship and kissing and all that, and Gerard turned him down. There would be suitable reasons for that, like his girlfriend and homophobes, and so now Bert has sort of ran away from him. Yeah.)

(BTW, this is not my account, it is my sister's.I don't have an account...)

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maroonsaltire
09-08-2007

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I think this song is a guy looking back on his life, and how everyone always said life would be easy "it was a lie when they smiled, and said you won't feel a thing." and now he's at the end he realise he wasted his life although there were good parts of it "i hate the ending myself but it started with an alright scene". All through high school he was forced to be a part of the crowd just to be disappointed in the end and disillusioned with everything. And to me the most depressing part of the song, is the fact he realises none of this even matters anymore "Just a sad song with nothing to say". I don't know who he is singing to but whoever it is obviously dosen't see how the singer feels and although keeps listening dosen't get the message

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Shaddix
09-27-2007

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I don't care what they say this song is about Bert, they couldn't have wrote it during the Bullet sessions because this version was wrtten within the last two years (there was an original version that they played two years ago on stage and Gerard said then that this was the first time ever) and they didn't like it so they rewrote it. I've already explained the Shut up and Play version in its section so I'm just gonna explain the appendices here. I think Gerard realized once he calmed down that Shut up and Play was very harsh so he rewrote it but it's still about bert I don't give a fuck what that dude says (I'm not a MCR fan at all, and I only like the old shit from the Used but I do spend alot of time in the music scene)


Well i was there on the day
They sold the cause for the queen (Bert and Gerard did a Queen cover, Under Pressure, they did it to raise money for the tsunami)
And when the lights all went out, we watched our lives on the screen (it was televised)
I hate the ending myself, (hates how their friendship ended)
But it started with an alright scene (but it started in a cool way)

It was the roar of the crowd that gave me heartache to sing (he's a fucking emo singer, obviously)
It was alive when they smiled and said,
"You won't feel a thing" (It's common knowledge in the music scene that when you're on stage it doesn't matter if your mom just died you don't feel anything because 'you sing it out')
And as we ran from the cops we laughed so hard It would sting

Yeah Yeah, Oh

If i'm so wrong (so wrong, so wrong)
how can you listen all night long? (Gerard was trying to get Bert off the drugs Bert would pretend to listen and then as soon as he would leave Gerard he would do exactly what Gerard told him not to)
(night long, night long)
How will it matter after i'm gone? (Bert was doing this for Gerard's benefit but Gerard's saying how did that even matter)
because you never learned a goddamned thing (because Bert is still in trouble even after they stopped being friends he hasn't learned his lesson)

You're just a sad song with nothing to say
About a life long wait for a hospital stay
Well if you think that i'm wrong,
This never meant nothing to you

I spent my high school career
Spit on and shoved to agree
So I could watch all my heroes sell a car on tv
Bring out the old guillotine
We'll show 'em what we all mean
(this part has nothing to do with Bert I agree I think this is just saying how he finds the passion needed to sing, becuase he was pushed around in school)

But I still don't believe that this is in no way about Bert it just fits too well. I haven't heard this song, just read the lyrics and it just feels like it. I know that Shut Up and Play was about Bert, and this is just a softer version the only part of Shut Up and Play he kept in here was the chorus. Newsflash! Bands lie in interview, all the time if something is too personal or embarrasing or they don't want certain people to read it then they lie.

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JordaNthegreat
11-03-2007

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The only good song on their new CD

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thestoebz
11-05-2007

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This song is definitely about Bert... As for the "Album Wars" (6 prison 6), it seems they both are saying they still care about each other but they are having disagreements. But through it all, out of all the songs, it seems like they just miss the shit out of each other. Very good song though.

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ThisIsTheBestDayEvr
11-08-2007

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of all the songs on the black parade this is the most difficult one for me to understand completely cuz there are so many ways you can understand it, which makes it really mysterious but still really open

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Vampire_Highxx
11-24-2007

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i think the song is about a kid
well, almost adult, near teenage year i guess who is dying.
their now looking bak on life, all the stupid things they did.

the beggining is saying how it sucks how he is dying
but atleast the days before and everything were fun "it started with an alright scene"

the second part is a flashback of a sort
to that day
the hospitol in which he is in now
and runninf rom the cops, his "playtime"

then how he always had his crowd who listned
but noone else ver believes him
and he is wondering y it matters so much if he dies
becuz no one ever learned a goddamn thing from him, wen he really knew this

then how he is trying to tell u guys
but no one will listen
or live there life
so ur just waiting for ur hospitol stay

now how everything is amounting out to nothing
but they dont wana end up that way
he refuses to end up that way
and so far and watever
and this was his alst speech before he died

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silverdoorinacastle
12-17-2007

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i guess it's

"Now where did you run to? and where did you hide?
Go find another way...
Price your pay..."

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nisetalceciv
12-28-2007

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love this song

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Paladin777
01-08-2008

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I think Shaddix has it right about the first verse. I think many poems and songs get generated when a specific scene from our lives strikes a more universal theme; this one actually follows the writer's train of thought. It might also be an attempt to reach back out to the still-addicted friend across common ideological ground:

> I spent my high school career
> Spit on and shoved to agree
> So I could watch all my heroes sell a car on tv

Common theme in punk music about how we're all programmed in High School to conform to corrupt social institutions; the powers that be try to harness the power of youth to prevent the death of what they created.

> Bring out the old guillotine
> We'll show 'em what we all mean

Meaning 1: Maybe a little real live blood-and-guts death will wake them up (as it has with the Iraq war), after all, doesn't MCR often talk about facing horrible death as a way of facing life? (So does Buddhism but their music isn't as cool)
Meaning 2: We're really all about the same thing here, can't we do it together?

> If i'm so wrong
> How can you listen all night long?

Meaning 1: Shaddix pretty much had it. Some of us are familiar with these interminable conversations with addicted friends and others who are flushing their own lives down the toilet.
Meaning 2: Why is anyone else still listening to this song, still listening to it, given the inherent wrong-ness of what the movement represents?

> How will it matter long after i'm gone
> Because you never learned a god damned thing

Again, the attempt to dig the addict out coming to nothing the moment the intervener walks out of the room, whether it's one friend addicted to alcohol or a whole world addicted to conformity.

> You're just a sad song with nothing to say about a > life long wait for a hospital stay

Your life is wholly meaningless and empty as long as all you ever try to do is run from it, either into the bottle or into your illusions - he's not *just* talking to Bert now, is he?

> Well if you think that i'm wrong,
> This never meant nothing to you

Meaning 1: Until the addict understands this, he'll never see eye to eye with his friend.
Meaning 2: Until everyone understands this, they'll never understand anything the band or the whole movement has been trying to say.

> So go,
> Go, just go, run away.
> Now where did you run to? and where did you hide?
> Go find another way...

In other words, wherever you go, there you are. Many genres and generations have a song that says exactly this.

Apropos, I love MCR but have never really gotten into The Used.

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engenius
02-05-2008

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if i can go out on a limb...
i think its very kurt cobain-esque in a more straightforward manner.
if u know what i mean.

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*ghost in the snow*
02-25-2008

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some great insight here, guys...

i think its about the patient looking back on his life, and accepting everything that has happened, demons and all.

i also think it is gerard saying to all those "fans" that listen to them all night long, but still dont grasp the true meaning of the lyrics. ie- they never learned anything...

this reminds me of im not okay- the part where he says "you sing the words but don't know what it means"

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mrs-frank-iero
03-05-2008

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to be honest, i cant really say what this song's about


i can only feel it


i think it's an amazing song! and gerard sings it so well, like everything else!


its probably my favourite song on the black parade album, n i was really annoyed when they didnt play it at the sheffield concert in november :(

its so inspiring, n i feel i can relate to it, even though i dont really know how


lol

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sheela_l
03-15-2008

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To me, the reference to band itself was very obvious. Who knows what will be of MCR in 10-15 years? I often hear comments about the MCR that "they'll be forgotten soon enough just like very other fad", and I think Gerard realizes this is what many people think. It's a cynical recognition and waving off of criticism of all the people who hate MCR.

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XXbennettXX
04-13-2008

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lyrics are it was a lie not alive when they smiled

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mcrallie
06-10-2008

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I love this song. It's just awesome. One of my favorites of The Black Parade.

I agree with XmYdAiLyCaNvAsX about the people you grow up with in high school and the life long wait for a hospital stay thing.

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Doyoudreamforlong
07-19-2008

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This is my favourite MCR song hands down.

It just sounds to me like it's about someone who's just been living their whole lives to die, and maybe about people who said they didn;t like MCR's songs.

Haha, that makes more sense in my head.

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just_another_cog
07-30-2008

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I think this is my favorite song in the entire world; the meaning is so strong to me. Here's my interpretation of what it means:


"Well I was there on the day
They sold the cause for the queen
And when the lights all went out, we watched our lives on the screen
I hate the ending myself,
But it started with an alright scene"

.......... I think this part is talking about how so many people's lives are molded together, and no one is unique - "we watched our lives on the screen." I also think this part is about stereotyping, and when he says "they sold the cause for the queen," he's saying that the people lost the meaning in life to follow the crowd.



It was the roar of the crowd that gave me heartache to sing
It was a lie when they smiled and said
"You won't feel a thing."
And as we ran from the cops we laughed so hard It would sting

........I think when he says "it was the roar of the crowd... heartache to sing," he's talking about the shallow bands/singers out there who just perform for the fame. When it says "it was a lie when they smiled..." he's saying that they told kids in particular that if you go with what everything else is doing, it'll all be perfect... but it's really not.



If I'm so wrong (so wrong, so wrong)
how can you listen all night long?
(night long, night long)
Now will it matter after I'm gone?
because you never learned a God-damned thing

... I think this part is talking about MCR themselves. They're asking, "If we're so dark, so bad, so WRONG, how can all of these fans truly care about us and say we save lives?" And when it says "Now will it matter..." it is saying that when they're long gone and not famous anymore, the people who don't dare to be different won't learn anything from their messages.



You're just a sad song with nothing to say
About a life long wait for a hospital stay
Well if you think that I'm wrong,
This never meant nothing to you

... this part, I believe, is about the bands who don't really have a message ("you're just a sad song") and the "life-long wait for a hospital stay" is about people not living life to its fullest and not making a difference in the world.

I spent my high school career
Spit on and shoved to agree
So I could watch all my heroes sell a car on TV.
Bring out the old guillotine
We'll show 'em what we all mean

... This part always makes me want to cry. Their tal

Yeah, Yeah, Oh

If i'm so wrong (so wrong, so wrong)
How can you listen all night long?
(night long, night long)
How will it matter long after i'm gone
Because you never learned a god damned thing

You're just a sad song with nothing to say about a life long wait for a hospital stay
Well if you think that i'm wrong,
This never meant nothing to you

So go,
Go, just go, run away.
Now where did you run to? and where did you hide?
Go find another way...

Woah oh, Woah oh...

You're just a sad song with nothing to say about a life long wait for a hospital stay
And if you think that i'm wrong, this never meant nothing to you, come on

You're just a sad song with nothing to say about a life long wait For a hospital stay
And if you think that i'm wrong, this never meant Nothing to you

At all...
At all...
At all...

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just_another_cog
07-30-2008

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Eh, sorry... I accidentally submitted it before I was done...

I spent my high school career
Spit on and shoved to agree
So I could watch all my heroes sell a car on TV.
Bring out the old guillotine
We'll show 'em what we all mean

... This part always makes me want to cry. It's taking about when you are in high school, things are cruel, and there's a lot of peer pressure to become who you aren't and to have heroes that really don't deserve to be heroes - uncaring celebrities that are just in it for the money. And when you decide to be unique, they "bring out the old guillotine" and try to bring you down as much as possible.

Basically, I believe this song is about, literally, being "Disenchanted" when you escape the safety of your homes when you are young. You grow up doing what everyone else does to get in and you look up to people who don't deserve to be heroes in anyone's eyes, and then when you get out in the real world, you see all the ugliness, the in-acceptance this world has to offer. This is such a beautiful song, and every time I hear it it just makes me want to cry. MCR really gets a lot of things... they're amazingly clever, and this song just proves it.

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