Genius Meanings
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My Chemical Romance – Helena
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“Helena” (sometimes titled “Helena (So Long & Goodnight)” on digital retailers like iTunes) was written as a tribute to Gerard and Mikey Way’s late grandmother. She was called
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My Chemical Romance – Helena (Live at Starland)
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[Verse 1] / Long ago, just like the hearse you die to get in again / We are so far from you / Burning on, just like the match you strike to incinerate / The lives of everyone you
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My Chemical Romance – Helena (AOL Sessions)
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[Verse 1] / Long ago, just like the hearse you die to get in again / We are so far from you / Burning on, just like the match you strike to incinerate / The lives of everyone you
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My Chemical Romance – Helena (Live At Launch)
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Hey, we're My Chemical Romance and this song is called Helena / Long ago, just like the hearse you die to get in again / We are so far from you / Burning on / Just like the match
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Halocene, Lauren Babic & Violet Orlandi – Helena
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[Verse 1] / Long ago / Just like the hearse you die to get in again / We are so far from you / Burnin' on, just like the match you strike to incinerate / The lives of everyone you
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My Chemical Romance – Helena Samples
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See all of “Helena” by My Chemical Romance’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Social Repose – Helena
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[Verse 1] / Long ago / Just like the hearse you die to get in again / We are so far from you / Burning on / Just like the match you strike to incinerate / The lives of everyone you
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Vitamin String Quartet – Helena
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[Instrumental]
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Unlike Pluto – Helena
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[Verse 1] / Long ago / Just like the hearse, you die to get in again / We are so far from you / Burn-ning on just like the match you'll strike to incinerate / The lives of everyone
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My Chemical Romance – The Ghost of You
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With some of the most extreme grief and powerful vocals from Three Cheers, “The Ghost of You” explores the heartbreak one feels with the unexpected loss of a loved one.
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My Chemical Romance – I Don't Love You
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A heart-wrenching ballad and one of the band’s most literal attempts at capturing heartbreak, “I Don’t Love You” is thought to follow the album’s main figure, the Patient, as they
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My Chemical Romance – Cemetery Drive
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“Cemetery Drive” is a downcast track telling the story of the protagonist’s lover—who has killed herself—and the aftermath of the event.
It’s introduced in Life on the Murder
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Chasing Safety – Helena
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Long ago / Just like the hearse you die to get in again / We are so far from you / Burning on just like a match you strike to incinerate / The lives of everyone you know / And what
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My Chemical Romance – I'm Not Okay (I Promise)
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The story of this song is about a girl with interpersonal problems (such as her boyfriend sharing her naked photos) asking for help from her friend, the narrator. The narrator is
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My Chemical Romance – Give 'Em Hell, Kid
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“Give ‘Em Hell, Kid” is a fast-paced track told from the perspective of the primary narrator’s lover. She is unaware that her companion has made a deal with the devil, and is
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My Chemical Romance – Famous Last Words
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The final “proper” track on the album lets the listener decide whether or not The Patient does die. “Famous Last Words” is the ultimate power song from the famous concept album The
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Johnnie Guilbert – Helena
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[Verse 1] / Long ago / Just like the hearse you die to get in again / We are so far from you / Burning on / Just like the match you strike to incinerate / The lives of everyone you
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My Chemical Romance – Desert Song
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“Desert Song” was intended on being an unreleased track. It was written while Gerard Way was suicidal and recorded while he was drunk.
Gerard introduced the song in a live show
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Saphir – Helena
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[Verse 1] / Long ago / Just like the hearse you die to get in again / We are so far from you / Burning on / Just like the match you strike to incinerate / The lives of everyone you
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First to Eleven – Helena
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[Verse 1] / Long ago / Just like the hearse you die to get in again / We are so far from you / Burning on / Just like the match you strike to incinerate / The lives of everyone you
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Ruston Kelly – Helena
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[Verse 1] / Long ago / Just like the hearse you die to get in again / We are so far from you / Burning on / Just like the match you strike to incinerate / The lives of everyone you
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My Chemical Romance – Disenchanted
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Now that The Patient will die soon he says that he’s not enchanted by his life experience and that life is kind of overrated.
The Patient also finds that within his attempts to
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