My Chemical Romance: Teenagers Meaning

Song Released: 2007

Teenagers Lyrics

They're gonna clean up your looks
With all the lies in the books
To make a citizen out of you

Because they sleep with a gun
And keep an eye on you, son
So they can watch all the things you do

Because the drugs never work
They're gonna...

1. anonymous

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   Aug 3rd 2008 !⃝

   Teenagers are so crazy these days and they're pretty risky and willing to try anything and are completely out of control. Therefore adults are afraid. but MCR are not teenagers, but we still go crazy for them. because they dress dark and "scary" and we like it. So we're more obsessed with them, then annoyed like we are with other adults.
   
   "so darken your clothes
   or strike a violent pose
   maybe they'll leave you alone
   but not me"
   
   get it?
2. anonymous

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   Jul 2nd 2008 !⃝

   I think this song is about how teenagers are more violent. And Just like everyone has been saying how when Frank was on the train he would get scared of them, because maybe it also brought back memories of him being bullied at school.
   
   But The song has been set in a situation of a kid at school, a social outcast, and how they are saying to the kid, "Your never gonna fit in much kid" and they suggesting maybe you should stand up, and not care what people think, and take your revenge, lets face it My Chemical Romance Love Revenge! (3 Cheers For Sweet Revenge). It's all about how school is divided up now in to cliques, and darkening you clothes will scare the shit out of the jocks! Just like how when we are self conscious Jocks scare the shit out of us! It Also fits in with my favourite quote from Gerard Way "Are you gonna be individual like us, or be like them, and throw footballs at our heads"
3. anonymous

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   Jun 21st 2008 !⃝

   Well, if you watch the Making of Teenagers video, Gerard clearly states that the song portrays that adults in general think that teens are dangerous people. They made the video with the cheerleaders holding batons and wearing gas masks to show what adults see them as.
4. anonymous

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   Jun 16th 2008 !⃝

   This may sound weird but I kinda believe it is about joining the military. Because at 18 you are still a teenager but you are able to join the military. What makes me think of this is the "another cog in the murder machine" but I also agree with the Columbine gun violence thing.
5. anonymous

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   Jun 10th 2008 !⃝

   This song is just basically about violent teens. At the end of the music video, It says something about getting help for violent teens. The music Video itself is an explanation. Gerard is scared of teens because he never knows what they could do to him (Or anyone else for that matter) He's not saying that he hates them. He's not even scared of all of them, just the violent ones.
   
   - Emmy Von Kaulitz (WE NEED TOKIO HOTEL INTERPRETATIONS!)
6. anonymous

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   May 31st 2008 !⃝

   If anyone here hasn't had the shit scared out of them by teenagers at some point or another, raise your hand!
   
   Pretty straightforward lyrics- teenagers can be stereotypical, violent, and mean. My friends and I love this song.
7. FrankiesProperty

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   May 8th 2008 !⃝

   As stated in the making of Teenagers this song is about every bands fear of teenagers taking over the stage and causing riots at concerts... you should check out the making of that video.
8. anonymous

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   Apr 9th 2008 !⃝

   I don't like the people who say it's about teenagers not caringa bout anything! we do care, but its not like we don't have problems. So what if we question everything? it helps us understand (sometimes) and makes us grow up. geez people! lay off the teenagers.
9. anonymous

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   Apr 4th 2008 !⃝

   This song is about different aspects of teenage lives
   
   "There gonna clean up your looks,
   With all the lies in the books
   To make a citizen out of you "
   And the rest of that begging bit (before the first chorus) is sort of saying adults are trying to control them by keeping them of drugs etc.
   
   The the chorus
   
   "Teenager scare the living shit outta me.." Basically teenagers only worry is themselves (which is true , I am one )
   
   The part about
   
   "The boys and girls in the cliques ..." Thats saying that teenagers again only look out for themselves and that people have to adapt to fit in to the certain "cliques"
   
   I LOVE MCR!!
10. anonymous

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    Mar 31st 2008 !⃝

    This song is ace. It shows how we teenagers don't care about any of you adults.haha. Although some of the song can relate to teenagers being very violent towards their elders. Oh well who cares, it's a great song!
11. anonymous

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    Mar 13th 2008 !⃝

    Heh, this song always struck me as being heavily ironic. It's talking about the way older people perceive teenagers, and that they think we're all violent pot-heads. I think the song is partially saying that you don't have to give in to those labels.
    
    Also, the part about the school violence seemed to be ironic too, like "Uh, kid, there's other ways of handling your problems."
    
    I dunno. Maybe I'm just projecting my own views onto the song, but I never even thought that the song was meant to be serious until I read some of the other interpretations on here. It's always seemed to be kinda funny to me, and kinda making fun of the views of teenagers, and also making fun of teenagers that take themselves too seriously. I've always interpreted the message of the song to be something like "Don't give in to authority, be your own person, don't do something just because everyone else is (like shooting up schools)."
12. anonymous

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    Mar 4th 2008 !⃝

    I think this song is saying that the government wants to raise these teenagers exactly alike, the women grow up to be housewives and the men go to war. I came to that conclusion when I heard the line "Another cog in the murder machine" (War is often referred to as the murder machine). So the parents encourage the teenagers to be like the crowd, to fit in with the popular clique and so on
13. anonymous

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    Jan 29th 2008 !⃝

    This song tells you about what teens are like, they can be good when they want to be but they can also be very rebellious.
14. truth07

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    Jan 29th 2008 !⃝

    You are all wrong.. The "TEENAGER" - "A Devilish Song" a From my chemical romance is not referring to real teenager but for all people here in the world why?
    
    In the first stanzas of the song is
    "They're gonna clean up your looks
    With all the lies and the books
    To make a citizen out of you
    Because they sleep with a gun
    And keep an eye on you,son
    So they can watch all the things you do"
    - the book that my chemical romance was said to be "can clean up you're looks " and you know what book can clean your looks and can make a citizen out of you- of course the Holy Bible
    
    the band says that it from that book(The Holy Bble) was full of laws that you must obey in this stanza "Because they sleep with a gun
    And keep an eye on you,son
    So they can watch all the things you do"
    
    And in the interpretation of the whole song was the band wants to say continue to be bad... and be bad "So darken your clothes
    Or strike a violent pose
    Maybe they'll leave you alone, but not me " )
    and in the last words of stanza "Maybe they'll leave you alone, but not me " they all gonna leave you.. If you'll be bad "but not me" - in those words "ME" reffering to Devils or lucifer/Satan..
    
    If you'll have comments or violent reactions just send me in my e-mail on friendster www.friendster.com/kamotero
    And I'm willing to explain to you the truths of the songs of chemical romance... John Robert Macapagal.. Manila, Phillipines Asia
15. ablack13

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    Jan 17th 2008 !⃝

    Well, the way I see it, the song is about getting old and not being able to relate with teenagers anymore, and being scared about it.. About how teenagers today try to solve every problem in a violent way, and about not fitting in with the "murder machine" that are teenagers.
    Also, legend says (actually, I read it somewhere (: ) that the famous teenagers form the subway were actually listening to their music, so they werent that scary anymore (:.

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