It references this by talking about how adults will "rip up your heads, your aspirations to shreds" and it also tells you what they're turning teens into "another cog in the murder machine" In the second verse it goes on to describe how this has effected teenage social interaction and you can see that they are divided against one another and are verbally and physically abusive. And they know that people of that age tend to think for themselves, rather than blindly listen to authority figures. The song was released to radio on May 15, 2007. My Chemical Romance: Teenagers Meaning. This is the perfect song for demonstrating how society treats kids these days and how they fear they're own children because of media mongering. Jinx from ---, Nv okay, i have the mcr book about the songs, and it says that Teenagers is about Gerard feeling old. So far all of these have been wrong. All lyrics provided for educational purposes only. There talking about how teenagers scare most of society because of how troubled and uncontrollable the vast majority of teenagers are. The song is about how society tries to control teenagers and tell them how they should act and live. This can be seen as the mental breakthrough of either Gerard, releasing that he no longer fit in with that crowd, or the audience, realizing that they didn’t have to obey. i saw some one saying that pepole are hating on this song by reading the interpretations, but we are not and every ones interpretations are diffrent we all relate it to different things . "They're gonna clean up your looks with all the lies in the books to make a citizen out of you" Song Released: 2007. WHo is scared of Teenagers? Teenagers by MCR, what's the meaning? I agree with a lot of what is being said here but would like to address the line "Maybe they'll leave you alone, but not me" I personally believe this is a window into the message of the song it is a warning and some advice created from the perspective of someone trying to spare others the same pain he experienced as a teenager and that while it is to late for the person giving this warning it isn't too late for others and this is a message I can really understand it isn't fear of the kids like others are saying it's compassion and empathy for these kids and I think that these intentions are very very powerful and relatable
And this is coming from my 15 yr old perspective. It also says that Gerard came up with this song while he was on the subway train. We fuq you up if you go too far! It was the third United States single from the album, but the fourth released in the United Kingdom, the Philippines, Australia and Canada. This song also is actually about a young teens life. I think he means that all the teenagers are forced to look though and violent, because of all the others. It's not about how teenagers are scary, it's about how adults/society want everybody to be exactly the same and how that's bad and we should rebel. "make them pay for the things they did" going to kill the bullies. "The awful names at the stick, you're never gonna fit in much, kid" is the people mentioned above bullying the nonstereotypical students about how they'll never fit in or be accepted by society. Idk, that's probably just my more positive, feelsy romantic spin on it I suppose haha. All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners. While I did say that it is a front some people really are that dangerous so society is wary of them all. For me, the "So darken your clothes, or strike a violent pose / Maybe they'll leave you alone, but not me!" Get "Teenagers" on MP3: Get MP3 from Amazon Get MP3 from iTunes. I actually think the "Darken your clothes and strike a violent pose/ Maybe they'll leave you alone, but not me" means that you can be violent or scene all you like to scare adults and authorities off, but he's been there so he gets it. Tagged: School and Education | Youth Culture | Songs that Tell a Story | the Generation Gap | Teenagers. "they could care less as long as someone will bleed" as long as they kill one of the bullies they will be happy. Lastly, if your only going to hate on these guys dont even post here, they are great, and this is a good song, grow up... 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. It shows this in the lyrics too. The lyric 'but if you're troubled and hurt, what you got under your shirt' could refer to either trans people feeling uncomfortable about their body, or potential self-harm or suicide attempts. Teenagers Lyrics. When he was sitting down he was surrounded by a lot of teens and he started to feel sick and couldn't breath. All together now! "The boys and girls in the clique" refers to the stereotypical people: jocks, preps, stereotypical high school 'cool guys'. Some have been close. It ends with a riot of teenagers jumping on the stage and overthrowing the band.The cheerleaders in the music video can be seen wearing hazmat masks to possibly protect themselves from doing what society encouraged as if it were something like a poisonous gas.Halfway through the music video, the background falls to reveal an explosion symbol and the crowd who was previously sitting quietly stand up and progressively gets more out of control throughout the rest of the video.
Okay. If you are a teenagers and act softie or different you are likely to be bullied. That song Teenagers, by My Chemical Romance, is a pretty good song and i'm looking at the lyrics. Teachers?
Jk have a good day all MCR FOR LYFE Watch out for us teens! part is different than what others said. This song was started on a subway around a bunch of people dresses in hot topic stuff.
I think that 'Teenagers' is a song about how gay/lesbian/bi/pan/trans kids are being bullied, discriminated and cast out.