My Chemical Romance: Thank You For The Venom Meaning
Song Released: 2004
Thank You For The Venom Lyrics
And you never had a chance
Love it or leave it
You can't understand
A pretty face but you do so carry on, and on, and on
I wouldn't front the scene if you paid me
I'm just the way that the doctor...
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#1 top rated interpretation:Sure at the surface this song is about a nun meeting a criminal and trying to change him. It fits into the story of this concept album. But there are few interpretations that see beneath the surface. This song is about tenacity. When a person chooses a path for themselves to pursue. Often times, close friends and loved ones will attempt to sway this person from their goals and paths. The people who attempt to change a person's mind are tenacious in trying to tell a person how to live their life and what is best for them. But the speaker in this song is tenacious as well. In fact, he or she takes the nasty, damaging things that people say and and uses it strengthen himself internally and pursue his path even more. It is nearly impossible to change a person and this speaker is saying that what he believes in, what he is pursuing, the way he lives is a part of him, just as his hands or feet are a part of him. He is not embarrassed anymore and is choosing to go against the grain, the people around him who want to change him.
At the same time this song is also about pride. Being able to show those people who told you couldn't, being able to show the world who said it was impossible, that it is possible and that a person can be happy and successful.
Finally this song is about passion. Anyone who has chosen a path that others disagree with can relate to this song. Gays and lesbians who are not accepted by their families. People who get married at a young age. People who pursue their passion that others disagree with. -
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#2 top rated interpretation:In my opinion this song is about liberation and freedom for your own cause, regardless of what that may be. Those who preach, believing they can only be the ones that are right, are ironically and ignorantly doing this to some-one who is also as just as strong minded as them but remains open to other concepts; however unlikely it may be that he would accept them.
These preachers only spurn him further to believe in his own convictions and hence he thanks them for the venom. -
It's connected to the story of Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, About a couple (Unless I am mistaken, the same demolition-loving couple from Bullets), who die, and the man has to find the souls of 1000 evil men to save her. I'm probably wrong.
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Sister, I'm not much a poet, but a criminal
And you never had a chance
- A start of a dialogue between a nun and an atheist-
Love it, or leave it, you can't understand
A pretty face, but you do so carry on
And on
And on
- Religious people knocking on your door,judging you, won't ever love anyone else only those who believe in the same thing as they are-
I wouldn't front the scene if you paid me
- He wouldn't accept the invite to visit the church-
I'm just the way that the doctor made me, on
And on
And on
And on
- He is resisting being one with those people, he believes he is just the way as he should be, he was born this way. I assume it reffers homosexual or trans people as well-
Love is the red of the rose on your coffin door
What's life like, bleeding on the floor
The floor
The floor
- I always though it is reffering to 9/11 where suicidal terrorist carried out an attack to the U.S. These people were were the part of the al-Qaeda, they were killing in the name of their God. So Gerard says they make the unforgivable sin avaliable to people just because it's for a good cause , from their point of view and killing innocent people just because they don't want to be the same as them. Also gave me the idea to think about what happened in Romeo and Juliet where she wanted to end her life bc she wouldn't want to marry Paris ,as her last attempt Juliet was asking for help from Friar Lawrence,who gave the idea of the sleeping potion trick which lead to the death of the star crossed lovers.
You'll never make me leave
I wear this on my sleeve
Give me a reason to believe
- They cannot serve 1 good example or reason to follow their lead ,to follow and join any religion
So give me all your poison
And give me all your pills
And give me all your hopeless hearts
And make me ill
You're running after something
That you'll never kill
If this is what you want
Then fire at will
- This is the answer what the leader would say to a person who is deciding to join or not. Come and join us ,because we will help you with your addictions ,take all your pain away. Even though joining a religious group won't make the world a better place ,faith does it only. They will create these groups with people who's thinking as one, like a cult, they are taking orders from the leaders and carrying out all those terrible attacks. They are almost laughing at our face who are atheist ,or to those who are trying to make a difference in the world , trying to wake people up from the sleep, that you cannot kill that you did not create. Ergo they created all of this mess and we have no power over them. And you can even fire at them they are almost untouchable.
Preach all you want but who's gonna save me?
- That's the response of the atheist. Who is gonna save him/her when he believes in no God. And also reffering to all the homosexual and queer people who are judged by believers, who's going to save them ,even if they believe in God,they can't practise their religion in a church for example bc they 'll think they are evil(true example unfortunatly)
I keep a gun on the book you gave me, hallelujah, lock and load
-Killing in the name of God literal example 9/11
Black is the kiss, the touch of the serpent sun
It ain't the mark or the scar that makes you one,
And one,
And one,
And one
-al-Qaeda requers killing as proving their worth to whorship Allah and join the cult. So basically cult members have a mark (when someone had a teardrop tattoo under their eye ,it meant they killed someone) or a scar.
You'll never make me leave
I wear this on my sleeve
-So basically Gerard say what he wants to say, and no one could shut him up , he speaks about his beliefs openly.
Give me a reason to believe
So give me all your poison
And give me all your pills
And give me all your hopeless hearts
And make me ill
You're running after something
That you'll never kill
If this is what you want
Then fire at will
You'll never make me leave
I wear this on my sleeve
You want to follow something
Give me a better cause to lead
Just give me what I need
Give me a reason to believe
-He says he follows his path. After Gerard saw 9/11 from the train ,he had an existantial crisis about his life. His purpose is open up people eyes with his lyrics, even though he wants to escape from these thought and memories, he would like to have a different base for his creativity. Unfortunetly trauma fuels creativity and helps to cope with it but Gerard is tired of people who are not better than the persons who caused 9/11 are taking a chance to lure him in. He wants to lead people with a different cause but in the end it's not optional.
So give me all your poison
And give me all your pills
And give me all your hopeless hearts
And make me ill
You're running after something
That you'll never kill
If this is what you want
Then fire at will
So give me all your poison
And give me all your pills
And give me all your hopeless hearts
And make me ill
You're running after something
That you'll never kill
If this is what you want
Then fire at will -
I think that it’s a song about a guy who has done some bad things in the past. Then a girl comes along and she is trying to change him for the better. Though he has no hope that he will ever be any better he can’t and won’t stop her from trying.
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To me, this song seems like it's about the guy having been a criminal. When he falls in love he wants to be a better person but he doesn't know if he can do it. When it comes to the chorus the girl is basically saying that she doesn't really care about who he used to be and she believes that he can change for the better. The guy is scared and is telling her to give it up before she lands in trouble with some enemies he made over the years coming to get him. The 'enemies' part isn't really necessary to the who thing, but I thought it'd make more sense. That's just my interpretation, it makes a lot of sense to me but don't get mad at me if I'm wrong please. Love MCR!
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I believe this song is about a man who is into drugs etc with a love interest and they're both trying to convince each other to quit.
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It's just a song for who you risk your own life to make better other.
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i'd just like to point out one line; "i wouldnt front the scene if you paid me" i think this songs about being considered weird or evil for having like or dislikes that people dont approve of (for instance, i hate dubstep and screamo, so now that i've said that, people will probably only give this comment 1 star ;)) but yeah, mcr has always been about doing whatever the fuck you want, they show that on every album and they do it gloriously, i think this song could just be illustrating that, maybe?
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This song is about someone who is in love with someone who will never love them back "you'll never make me leave". He will do anything for their love, even let her kill him "if this is what you want, then fire at will" He is happy to die "give me all your poison, and give me all your pills" because he loves her that much.
I think some people are taking it too literally, but maybe the person he loves is also religious, but he doesn't believe in what she preaches "preach all you want, but who's gonna save me?" "sister, I'm not much a poet but a criminal".
But despite knowing that she doesn't love him, he is not afraid to deny his love, "I wear this on my sleeve"
Any way you look at it, it is sad, bitter, but passionate. And what's more, it is a fantastic song! -
I know this most likely has nothing to do with how the lyrics were intended to be interpreted, but here goes:
This song reminds me of my younger sister. I've caused her a lot of unnecessary pain, and now all I want is to make it better for her. It had nothing to do with her; she was just the person that got all of the consequences ("You never had a chance"). I want to take away all of her pain ("Give me all your poison...make me ill"). She is still pissed, though. And rightly so. Even though being mad won't change anything, it if helps, then she can be angry all she wants ("You're running after something...fire at will"). I will never harm her again ("I wouldn't front the scene if you paid me").
I know that wasn't the way the song was supposed to be taken, but music can be personal, so this was my take. -
It's about religion about people trying to force you to believe what they want you to. Gerard way is an atheist and got tired of people trying to pressure him into believing in God. This is one of the few songs on the album that he solely wrote by HIMSELF the translation is really quite LITERAL actually.
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This is obviously about a nun(sister) or other churchly person trying to convert a "nonbeliever" and he wants nothing to do with it and believes there is no God "im just the way the doctors made me" here he is saying that science has come so far babies can be made in a lab he doesn't think thier is even a need for God the "poison and pills" are symbols for all the Christian biblical stuff they r shoving down his throat "I keep a gun in the book you gave me" the book is aparently a bible
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It is about religion, someone (don't know if it's a killer, but it could be) who doesn't want to believe in it, he considers it all just poisonous bullshit.
"Preach all you want but who's gonna save me?
I keep a gun on the book you gave me, hallelujah, lock and load"
The book he mentions is the bible, I'm sure, the "hallelujah" makes me quite sure of it. -
I think its a crack at modern medicine because it says "Your running after something you'll never kill" Its like when doctors are hunting a disease they can't cure.
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'So give me all your poison and give me all your pills and give me all your broken hearts to make me ill your running after something that you'll never kill if this is what you want than fire at will'
That there meaning that he can't get rid of his burdens he has to live with this and he'll do anything to get rid of them. He'd take alcohol, pills, and anything to save his own arse -
I think that "Black is the kiss, the touch of the serpent's son/it ain't the mark of the scar that makes you one" means something rather different, compared to the rest of you. I think it means that black is meant for evil, the "Serpent's Son" being like the devil or a demon. People usually wear black to funerals. This has nothing to do with evil.
The only people at funerals are those that are unhappy about the person passing. It is a deep wound that will take time to heal, it's a "scar" that makes them "one." They are one because they share the sorrow. "It's not the mark of the scar that makes you one." "Black is the kiss, the touch of the Serpent's Son. Tell me what you think.
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