Heaven Help Us
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| XanythingXyouXwantX Killjoy  Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 92 | |
| Catastrophic Dreams Jazz Hands  Age: 29 Gender: Female Posts: 307 | XanythingXyouXwantX:I completly agree |
| MCR FREAK Fabulous Killjoy  Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 113 | I think its about being confused about your religion and notices gaps in your religion |
| tragic affair. Killjoy Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 76 | i take it as a questioning of God or a religious figure. |
| Go fuck yourself Devil's Got Your Number  Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 37823 | i think this song is about how we all lose our way and need some help to get back on the path, but we sometimes can't do it by ourselves so gerard is asking if gods out there and willing to help now after all of the things hes done and what happened to him. and if your not gonna help him back on the path just put him out of his misery, but he wants to live because he bleeds to "wipe away the tears of blood agian" |
| am_I_OK? Killjoy Age: 30 Gender: - Posts: 23 | why? oh WHY did they not put this song on their album? It was a type of suicidal STUPIDITY! I listened to the song about a week ago and I cried, It really is a beautiful song, But then again, I cry to all of their songs... |
| GasolineRainbow Jazz Hands  Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 330 | 'pray for me' is such a strong line. It's like he wants help. We should all go help him  GROUP HUG. |
| sparklinggrey Jazz Hands  Age: 34 Gender: Male Posts: 327 | Gerard'sAngel: Ur religious or your not. You believe in something or you dont. |
| Veeolin Jazz Hands  Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 315 | I just think it's about people in depression hoping for someone to help them. I don't think it's even directly connected to religion. Because "Heaven help US now". It's a message for anyone whose gone through rough patches. Maybe wondering where Heaven and God were when they needed to believe. |
| Go fuck yourself Devil's Got Your Number Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 37823 | ^ thats a way better summary then i could come up with. also you can't really tell someones faith without knowing them actually |
| Go fuck yourself Devil's Got Your Number Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 37823 | ^ thats a way better summary then i could come up with. also you can't really tell someones faith without knowing them actually sorry i accidently double posted. |
| Bellacide Awake and Unafraid  Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 13337 | When I first heard this song, I thought it was something aimed toward a plea to the Heavens to help this fucked up world. But he[gerard] decides that even though he asked for help everyone was going to burn in hell anyways because no one is going to save them(you dont know a thing about my sins, how the misery begins, you dont know, so I'm burning, I'm burning). ahh, that's all I could think of without rambling about the existance of religion or stuff like that. I'm not very good at dechipering lyrics or poems. =/ |
| firephoenix0013 Killjoy Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 16 | Hear the sound - listen The angels come screaming Down your voice I hear you've been bleeding - The angels are mourning your pain/hurt/suffering Make your choice - As in live or die, heaven or hell They say you've been pleading "Someone save us" - The person speaking (probably Gerard) doesn't believe in God. They are calling for someone to save them, anyone human or heavenly, and they're not calling on God specificly Heaven help us now Come crashing down - Bring paradise. Bring heaven down to Earth. We hear the sound As you're falling down - You fall to your knees to pray. He hears paradise is near(er) when he prays In this old hotel - MCR is still playing with the horror movies. Hotels are always the source of death or the end. He's either dying inside or outside or is at the end of his rope Can't tell if I've been breathing, or sleeping, or waiting For the man to call Or maybe all of the above - He doesn't know what he's doing. He just waiting for God to call on him. 'Cause mostly I've been Spralled on these cathedral step While spitting out the blood and screaming - I take this as a Catholic point of view because I think Elena Rush (their grandma) was Catholic. Catholics has confession where they confess their sins to the priest. The blood is probably refering to his sins or what he takes as his wrongdoings. "Someone save us" - This isn't satisfying his spiritual needs so he's still calling for someone to save him. And will you pray for me? Or make me say your name? - Talking to Jesus or God. He doesn't quite believe in either of them so he wants to know if he has to address them when he prays/ And will you lay for me? - He's asking Jesus to die for his sins. And make a saint of me? - He's asking to have his soul made immortal in Heaven when he dies. 'Cause I'll give you All the nails you need Cover me in gasoline - The tone changes. He's no longer begging for forgiveness from the heavens. He's telling Jesus he can die all he wants for his sins, but he'll never going to erase certain sins/guilt and they're going to be fuel for him burning in hell Wipe away those tears of blood again - Some Catholic statues of the Virgin Mary are known to cry tears of blood. The Virgin is a big part of being Catholic, so he's telling Mary/God/Jesus not to cry for him. The tears of blood could also refer to pain/suffering/hurt/ You don't know a thing about my sins Or how the misery begins - He's telling the priest/Mary/God/Jesus that they don't know anything about his sins or his miseries or how they began. You don't know a thing So I'm burning, burning - No one knows anything so no one can help him. Finally he says, "screw this. I'll burn in hell anyway." So I'll give you all the nails you need Cover me in gasoline again - Jesus can die all he wants, but the sins he's covered with are gonna add fuel to the fire in hell. |
| firephoenix0013 Killjoy Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 16 | sparklinggrey: In a interview, Mikey and Gerard say they no longer practice the religion |
| morphine Killjoy Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 3 | im thinking its about the end of the world and they want to be saved or helped or maybe he wants some1 close to him to be saved "i here u'v been bleeding" idk thats what I think erm i have a question why do u all think its always about gerard like "omg! gerard this and gerard that" why cant it be like some1 else for a change like edgar allen poe his storys wernt about him they were about fictional ppls back to mcr maybe gerard was going threw a rough spot and he was having a hard time but thats in the past maybe his songs arnt ALWAYS about him sure Helena was but for once why dont we all step back and take a good look at the lyrics and think hey maybe thats about some1 else jeez i dont think gerard is THAT self centered to where ALL of his song are about him what are u gonna do when he writes a song about suicide "OMG GERARD IS GONNA KILL HIM SELF WE HAVE TO TELL HIM WE LOVE HIM MORE" some crap like that? well for all u who think that t(''t) give mcr a break they dont need all u teenie jacking w/ them |
| Veeolin Jazz Hands Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 315 | Gerard write the lyrics (at least for the most part) and he's said something like "You have to write about what you've gone through". That isn't exactly right, but it was something along those lines. I think it's kind of out of line for you to call people on the thread teenies because they suggested it might have some relation to Gerard. |
| CarryingOn23 Killjoy  Age: 35 Gender: Female Posts: 95 | I've heard that this song is about Joan of Arc. Which makes sense imo. How true it actually is that Gerard meant it that way, I have no idea. But I like thinking about it that way. And I know Gerard thinks she's really cool and looks up to her. But I think it could also be about religion. I don't think Gerard necessarily follows a specific religion or believes in 'God' persay. But I do think he believes in 'a higher power'. And I think this song could be a direct cry that this world needs help. |
| killyourfriends1 Killjoy Age: 29 Gender: Female Posts: 11 | I think it's about the end of the world, or about some kid(teen) who's life has just "taken a plunge down the shit-hole" as my mom would say, and the teen is imagining a conversation wit his/her gaurdian angel. The end of the world reasons: "Hear the sound The angels come screaming"- it's kinda like the nuclear bomb coming down, i think. "Heaven help us now Come crashing down And hear the sound As your falling down"- Gerard is asking someone, not anybody in particular, to come and save everyone, bringing heaven onto the earth. "But I can’t tell if I’ve been breathing or sleeping or screaming or waiting For the man to call or maybe All of the above"- he has been waiting for a while to get some sort of sign. "Someone save us"- as i said, he's calling out to someone, not god, or jesus, just anybody who can save us. "And will you pray for me Make them say your name Will you lay for me And make a saint of–"- it sounds like, in the song, he has died or he isn't doing well, because of the way the music is playing(its all peaceful and then it gets all rock again.) "Cover me in gasoline Wipe away those tears of blood again"- he knows that no matter how many times jesus dies for everybody's sins, nobody will be saved. and as for the tears of blood, in staues and paintings Mary is crying tears of blood. "And the punch line to the joke is asking Someone save us" - Gerard realizes that nobody is going to help us. "You don’t know a thing about my sins How the misery begins You don’t know"- i think gee got pissed off at a priest depressed teen w/ gaurdian angel: "Hear the sound The angels come screaming Down your voice I hear you’ve been bleeding Make your choice They say you’ve been pleading"- the angel is starting the conversation "Someone save us"- teen is asking the angel to help him/her. "Heaven help us now Come crashing down And hear the sound As your falling down"- teen expands on the phrase 'somone save us' for the angel. "Cause mostly I’ve been sprawled on these cathedral steps While spitting out the blood and screaming Someone save us"- teen tried to kill himself/herself(jumped off a cathedral roof) but just got really badly hurt, and started asking for help from angel. "And will you pray for me Make them say your name Will you lay for me And make a saint of–"- teen died in the hospital, from the fall, while talking to someone she/he deeply cares about, asking the loved one to pray for him/her so he/she could get better, therefore getting cut off of the phrase ' and make a saint of-' i think....... |
| Bartowski. Demolition Lover  Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 16456 | *Brings Topic Back From The Dead* This song to me is about asking God to help you even though you feel so lost from Him at the moment. The line "And the punchline to the joke is asking, someone save us" means thinking "What am I doing, how could I be forgiven?" "I'm at this old hotel, but can't tell if I've been breathing or sleeping or screaming or waiting for the man to call" sounds like being stuck in the haunted hotel, or any tough situation, and not knowing if you're about to die. The end of the song (You don't know a thing about my sins, I'm burning...) means refusing to believe that you can be saved. All in all, it's a beautiful song, that's open to interpritation. |
| followill. In The Murder Scene  Age: 29 Gender: Female Posts: 23274 | oh I love this song! I think it means he needs help from god or well heaven!  _____________ R U N F O R Y O U R L I F E |
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