My Chemical Romance: The Ghost of You Meaning

Song Released: 2005

The Ghost of You Lyrics

I never said I'd lie and wait forever
If I died we'd be together now
I can't always just forget her
But she could try

At the end of the world
Or the last thing I see
You are never coming home
Never coming home
Could I?
Should I?
And...

1. hell_kid

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   May 28th 2006 !⃝

   I love this song and specially the video because gerard is criying and that makes me extra happy but the song meaning is about when you lost someone that you love
2. anonymous

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   May 5th 2006 !⃝

   It's like when you lose (someone died) a family member, in this case his brother or girlfriend. That's what I think because in the video that's what they showed.
3. anonymous

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   Apr 23rd 2006 !⃝

   Um... ye so I think this song is about how hard it is to lose someone close to you. The reason war is mentioned is because gerard wanted to make a video about war. The song has nothing to do with war! lol luv me x x x
4. slitingthroats_tap16

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   Apr 13th 2006 !⃝

   I agree with geradlover123 that person has a good point.
5. anonymous

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   Mar 7th 2006 !⃝

   Yes this is about fear for losing a family member or friend. The song helena is about his grandmother ELENA, who passed away. gerard probably has the fear of losing someone again.
6. stjimmysdisciple

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   Feb 15th 2006 !⃝

   I like this song for the fact that, as we've all managed to discover, is about loss. It can be applied to whomever or whatever you like - a wonderful artist's tactic, as someone stated above. Whatever they intended it to be about when they wrote it, they also layered in this lovely anonymity about the whole thing so that it could be applied to other situations.
   
   My favorite thing about this song (besides the wonderfully possessed look in Gerard's eyes when they're in the bar) is the fact that the video is taken right out of the D-Day invasion scene from "Saving Private Ryan" - some parts are literally shot-for-shot, especially the stuff in the boat before they land. Check it out.
7. anonymous

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   Feb 10th 2006 !⃝

   I love this song. I think it is about losing someone- "If I died we'ed be together"
   They'd be in heaven/nirvana/limbo/neverneverland together.
   If you all believe in heaven/nirvana/limbo/neverland XP
   I think they used war to show the loss, like almost everyone else has said. :)
8. anonymous

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   Jan 28th 2006 !⃝

   It's about the fear of losing somebody you love, as in the video, they use a war scene where a lot of people are killed, and Gerard's brother Mikey is killed. Gerard said that the song was, in fact, about war and the fear of losing somebody.
   
   Thanks.
   
   By the way, I met them, and discussed the songs with them.
   
   I'm right.
9. DemolitionLover

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   Dec 30th 2005 !⃝

   This song is how Gerard views the fear of losing someone just like the video he loses his brother.
10. IloveGERARDway

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    Dec 19th 2005 !⃝

    It's about the fear of losing people.
11. anonymous

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    Dec 19th 2005 !⃝

    I agree that this song can be interpretated many ways, but they way it is by Gerard is that the song is about loss, and how hard it is to lose someone.
12. anonymous

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    Dec 15th 2005 !⃝

    Yeah, it's a song about loss, but not hair loss!??
13. anonymous

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    Nov 17th 2005 !⃝

    This song is definitely about loss. It could be anything, from the loss of a lover, to a friend, loss of a family member or even losing someone in the war, although that may just be the video idea. It can be interpreted for many different ways of loss. There is no one interpretation, especially for a song like this one.
14. anonymous

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    Nov 16th 2005 !⃝

    I think this song is about loss and losing sombody who you loved very much and the fact that they are gone. It could be a family member or a lover or a friend. Either way, the song is about loss. They chose the theme of war because many people lost loved ones and friends, that's why they chose the theme of the video that they did.
15. anonymous

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    Nov 6th 2005 !⃝

    This song is about Gerard's hair loss.

    This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway

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