TEENAGERS

TEENAGERS by MyChemicalRomance

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 give you a smirk 'Cause they got methods of keeping you clean They're gonna rip up your heads, Your aspirations to shreds Another cog in the murder machine

They said all teenagers scare the living shit out of me They could care less as long as someone'll bleed So darken your clothes or strike a violent pose Maybe they'll leave you alone, but not me

The boys and girls in the clique The awful names that they stick You're never gonna fit in much, kid But if you're troubled and hurt What you got under your shirt Will make them pay for the things that they did

They said all teenagers scare the living shit out of me They could care less as long as someone'll bleed So darken your clothes or strike a violent pose Maybe they'll leave you alone, but not me Ohhh yeah!

They said all teenagers scare the living shit out of me They could care less as long as someone'll bleed So darken your clothes or strike a violent pose Maybe they'll leave you alone, but not me All together now!

Teenagers scare the living shit out of me They could care less as long as someone'll bleed So darken your clothes or strike a violent pose Maybe they'll leave you alone, but not me {2}

Remember when you were a teenager? You felt like the whole world was after you for every little wrong that you did? According to my interpretation, this song is about teenagers who got “rejected” in the clique (the popular group of people in school) and took it really bad. This song “spoke” to me when I first listened to it because I know some people like this. Teenagers care so much about how people think of them and judge them. This song shows how horrible teenagers treat each other because of how they look or act. The song is in the point of view of all the parents who have teenagers like this.

“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”

This first section of the song is mainly about how the teachers and the parents are not satisfied of how the teenagers look. They are going to use all the lies they can think of so that they can be clean of what they did. They use lies to get rid of the dirty looks that people give them. The sleeping with a gun part is when they use violence to protect themselves against other people. ” And keep an eye on you, son, so they can watch all the things you do”. This means that they watch every thing that you do and hate on every part of it.

“Because the drugs never work They're gonna give you a smirk 'Cause they got methods of keeping you clean They're gonna rip up your heads, Your aspirations to shreds Another cog in the murder machine”

The second section means that the drugs or prescription don’t work on the teenagers. Parents put the kid on drugs because they think that they are psycho or crazy. The rip off your head part is about the how closer and closer teenagers get to do something violent to the other kids that they will regret. They are tired of the other kids getting the good part of life while they have to suffer in the dark, thinking about nasty things they are going to do to others.

“They said all teenagers scare the living shit out of me They could care less as long as someone'll bleed So darken your clothes or strike a violent pose Maybe they'll leave you alone, but not me”

The third section is about the parents are scared but they are not giving up. They will have to do what ever to get their teenagers back from the cruelty of the cliques. They are going to be tough. The teenagers don’t care what someone is doing as long as they got it their way. But, they will not hurt their own kind of teenagers but the parents. They feel that the parents do not understand them.

“The boys and girls in the clique The awful names that they stick You're never gonna fit in much, kid But if you're troubled and hurt What you got under your shirt Will make them pay for the things that they did”

The fourth section means that the teenagers in the clique are teasing the “rejected” teenagers. A clique is like a popular group of teenagers. They can be mean or hurtful towards others. Also, they laugh and mock to other kids. The “rejected” teenagers are hurt and troubled. Because of this constant feeling of hurt, they will bring a weapon in school and try to threaten them or even kill them. There are some cases reported in this. The under your shirt part is when the “rejected” kids have scars because they cut themselves. They are like emos or goths. They can also have weapon under their shirts, too.

In conclusion, this song has a lot to it. This song spoke to me and prevented me to do things. I know I will regret these things if I do them. I spoke to someone and try to keep these feeling form overcoming me. This is why I chose this song. In the interview with this band, one person said that he came up with this song while in the subway. He was sitting and a group of teenagers were near him and he was scared of them because of the things they were doing. So, he came up this song to send a message to all the teenagers.