My Chemical Romance: Skylines and Turnstiles Meaning
Skylines and Turnstiles Lyrics
Let me break this awkward silence
Let me go
Go on record
Be the first to say I'm sorry
And Hear me out
And if you take me down
Or would you lay me out?
And if the world needs something better
Let's give them...
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#1 top rated interpretation:Any hard core my chem fan will know this song was written about sept. 11. but this is my interpretation lyrics after lyrics.
"You're not in this alone, let me break this awkward silence."
I imagine at first Gerard is saying to himself you're not the only one you felt so bad others have people that they love in inside of those two buildings so figure how they feel and then he gets inspired to write this song by breaking his silence about the whole event.
"go on record, be the first to say I'm sorry. Here me out"
go ahead and record this song and others who lisen to this song will hear how sorry he is for what happened and telling thm to just shut up and listen to what he has to say.
"and if you take me down would you lay me out"
if I die will the world and the people in it lay me to rest in peace.
"and if the world needs something better, lets give them one more reason now"
i kind of think that he is being sarcastic saying that the world does not need war to live in peace.
"we walk in single file we light our rails and punch our time ride esclators colder then a cell"
is describing the people who worked in those buliding and saying that they did not deserve to die they were just working and did not do anthing wrong.
"this broken city sky like butane on my skin stolen from my eyes"
describes the feeling how gerard felt by watching the building go down and the bodies falling.
"hello angel tell me where are you tell me where we go from here"
is about how people in the building who had a chance of survival were praying and crying out to the angels and asking where to go.
"and in this moment we can't close the lids on burning eyes"
by lids I think he is talking about eye lids and you can't just go to sleep and shut your eyes because you see disaster beind them them.
"our memories blanket us us with friends we know like fall out vapor"
that the poeple who had survivde the tragedy and the people who saw it happen after the tragic affaire people then felt comfort and then there are times were people still look back on that day and mourn.
"steel corpses stretch out towards an ending sun, scorched and black,"
i think the steel corpses are the statues they made for the people who died from the event or the tomb stones that they now have.
it reaches in and tears your flesh apart as ice cold hands rip into your heart"
is saying how upsetiing I is when you look at the the statues or their tombs.
"that's if you still got one last left inside that cave you call a chest"
i think this line is adressed to binladdin or what ever his name is. That how can such a person can do things like this knowing that he would be the cause for someones death.
and it can be addressed to the people who don't feel bad about it.
"and after seeing what we saw, can we still reclaim our innocence"
a lot of Americans felt guilt and so this line is asking will this feeling ever go away. cause people felt sorry even when they had nothing to do with it.
"and if the world needs something better let's give them one more reason"
I think this is probably the most important line and the second time he sings it makes it have a different meaning then when he said it the first time.
when he sings in the second time he sounds more angry then sarcastic
and wanting to make a change in the world by touching others with his music.
this is what I take from the song and about 9 11 others who had a lived one in that building can have a whole complete intake on this song. -
It doesn't take much for a fan to know this was Gerard's feelings during the aftermath of 9/11 which Gerard saw from his new York office and he is telling him self he is not the only person there who saw it and was effected by is but also from the perspective of the people who died towards the terrorists and that shows as the song goes on.
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Yeah, it doesn't take much to know this song is about the 9/11. Gerard was there, and saw the bodies fall.
This is about anything tragic or life-changing that happens, and about moving on. It's about starting a new life, fresh.
One of the best songs ever written. -
I don't know why he wrote the song but it help me. "And after seeing what we saw, can we still reclaim our innocence
And if the world needs something better, let's give them one more reason now." that basicly explanes my life. -
Gerard Was on a ferry on the way to work in New York when 9/11 happened. After seeing the bodies fall he decided he wanted to do something with his life that could help other people as well as himself, so he started MCR. Skylines And Turnstiles was their very first song and was Gerard's way of getting over 9/11.
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Its the first song that they did it was about the September 11 tradedy and they wrote this song for our generation coz they knew we where going to be mucked up Gerard wanted to do something meaningful with his life.
And if the world needs something better lets give them one more reason know ! -
Gerard was on his way to work as his job in animation in NYC when he saw the plain crash into the World Trade Center. It is said that he saw bodies falling from teh buildings. After this he quit his job and started MCR and this was their first song.
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Gerard Way wrote this song after 9/11. He watched as the towers fell and it hit him hard that he wanted to do something with his life. I think he feels saddened by what happened and he had to get it how. This
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This song is a serious song about the 9/11 attacks which Gerard saw first hand and felt deeply emotional effected by.
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This song is about 9/11. Gerard saw it happen in New York when he was working at Cartoon Network.
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This was the first song written and performed by my chem. It was about the sep. 11 attacks. Gerard was on a fairy going to Manhatten and saw the bodies fall and he wrote his emotions down. It's a very kick ass song!:)
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^^^like butane on my skin..
And yes, it is about the 9/11 attacks.. It was the first ever mcr song... -
Gerard way wrote the song a little while after 9/11. He saw the twin towers go down, and he wrote this song to tell people how awful it was("as cold hands rip in and tear out your heart..." and "this broken city sky like butane on my eyes..")
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