Cancer Lyrics
If you could get me a drink
Of water 'cause my lips are chapped and faded
Call my Aunt Marie
Help her gather all my things
And bury me in all my favorite colors
My sisters and my brothers still
I will not kiss you
'Cause the hardest part of this
Is leaving you
'Cause I'm awful just to see
'Cause all my hairs abandoned all my body
Oh my agony
Know that I will never marry
Baby I'm just soggy from the chemo
But counting down the days to go
It just ain't living
And I just hope you know
That if you say (if you say)
Goodbye today (goodbye today)
I'd ask you to be true (I'd ask you to be true)
'Cause the hardest part of this is leaving you
'Cause the hardest part of this
Is leaving you

Fuck all of you who say this song is gross and Gerard knows nothing about it, and this is a "shitty" band and this song isnt deep and your a fucking pansy to cry about it. And this isnt recycled you tards. Number one: It isn't gross, its about cancer. Number tow: How the fuck do you know Gerard doesnt mknow about cancer? If you hate them, about you know shit about how his life has been. He knows about DEATH and cancer can be used as a metaphor. Number 3: They ARENT shitty, i hate hate people who think that "They're SO much more lyk hardcore and better" because they listen to metal bands, wtf? Number 4: Anyone who says this song isnt deep and you cant cry at it are stupid! Your being hyopcriitical, i bet anyone who said that hasnt had cancer either! So you're saying your on expert on cancer, but Gerard isnt? And lastly: How is it recycled? wtf?
I love this song, it's sad, yes it is sad to all haters with no lifes.

I listened to a commentary by the band about this song. This is an in-your-face, burn it to the ground song about CANCER. Cancer affects 1 in 3 people, either to you or a loved one. I am still surprised when I cry every time I hear it, and I haven't experienced that emotional pain like I read in some other posts on the site. This is a POWERFUL song, as powerful as any edgy, hardcore punk tune. There's anger, remorse, regret, and just overwhelming sadness in this song. I have never in my life experienced such a song that causes such emotion in me.

my best friend sang this song to me when they told him he only had a couple months to live. unfourtunatley he died sooner than that butyea. this is an awesome song.
@jackizzle805 I feel for you. :( <3
@jackizzle805 I feel for you. :( <3

The album "Welcome to the Black Parade" is about a cancer patient who is dying and is reliving his past. This song is "The Patient" telling his loved ones or one that he doesn't want to leave them. But he's dying, so he has to. He's pushing them away (he statesmen he will not kiss who he's talking to) because he doesn't want them to be hurt by his death. This song is deep and just amazing
@Jadenisgerardsbae that makes a lot of sense actually
@Jadenisgerardsbae that makes a lot of sense actually
@Jadenisgerardsbae I think “I will not kiss you” is a statement that he is on chemo. They discourage a chemo patient from kissing others
@Jadenisgerardsbae I think “I will not kiss you” is a statement that he is on chemo. They discourage a chemo patient from kissing others

It is plain and beautiful and painful at the same time. The way Gerard sings it gives it even deeper meaning. Fear of death, sorrow of leaving everyone he loves behind, anger at being weak and hopeless... It is a very touching piece.

Although I love tyler and josh as if they are my own two sons, I think the original was way better. twenty one pilots's cover sounds like the song is coming from an outer space. the repeat on "kiss you" is unnecessary in my opinion. his soft voice only represents the tiredness cancer causes. in the original, gerard managed to make me feel the fear, agony and anger a terminal cancer patient might feel. BUT, both are beautiful.

i love this song so much.
when i saw it live at hammersmith i cried.
its beautiful.

guys listen to Red Hot Chilli Peppers all their songs contains CALIFORNIA THEY are the ones who are recycling
MCR is just growing and please, keep your mouths shut if you don't like my chem

I absolutely love this song. For so long I had claimed Prison as my favorite song. Heh. But I think that Cancer has taken that role now. I first heard it at the Hammersmith gig. Lots of people were crying, myself included, and my mum had to step outside, heh. So, it is such an emotional song, and it's a hundred times more emotional when you hear it live, I think. My grandpa recently died from cancer, so this song means so much to me. It hurts every time to listen to it because I'm definitely not over his death. But even though it's painful to think about, this song is so brutally honest that it's just the kind of song I need.

the correct lyrics are as following:
turn away if you could get me a drink of water cause my lips are chapped and faded call my aunt marie help her gather all my things and bury me in all my favorite colors my sisters and my brothers still i will not kiss you
cause the hardest part in this is leaving you
now turn away cause i'm awful just to see cause all my hair's abandoned all my body oh my agony know that i will never marry baby, i'm just soggy from the chemo but counting down the days to go it just aint livin and i just hope you know that if you say goodbye today i'd ask you to be true
cause the hardest part of this is leaving you cause the hardest part of this is leaving you
i got that from the $2 show. if you can't figure out the meaning of this song than i don't know what to tell you. it's so blunt. and i can't listen to it without holding back tears. it's just so brutally honest. wow. kudos to mcr for making yet another song. much f*ing love