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 of this,
Is leaving you. [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/m/my_chemical_romance/cancer.html ]
Now turn away,
Cause I'm awful just to see
Cause all my hair's abandoned all my body,
All 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)
Good-bye today, (Good-bye today)
I'd ask you to be true (I'd ask you to be true)
Cause the hardest part of this,
Is leaving you...
"cancer" depicts the most emotional point in the patient's story. Here the patient is tired and bedridden from the cancer that is surely killing him. He is starting to come to terms with the fact that he will die, and begins to make arrangements and requests for his inevitable death, ("call my aunt marie, help her gather all my things, and bury me in all my favorite colors"). As he is doing so, he realizes that there is still something he just can't quite accept, and that is having to part with the one who loves him the most, his lover ("the hardest part of this is leaving you"). He tells his lover that he will not kiss her, possibly because he wants to sever his connection with her as much as possible to make it easier for him to cope with having to leave her. Also he may be regretful of being spiteful to her like he was in "i don't love you", and may feel that he does not deserve her forgiveness, which is a point that is touched on more in "sleep". He goes on to somewhat apologize for his erratic behavior, saying he's just "soggy from the chemo". Finally he asks her that even if she were to leave him at this moment, he requests just one thing of her, that she'll never marry. ("and if you'd say goodbye today, i'd ask you to be true"). "cancer" shows that the patient still has the potential to go to heaven, and that he isn't all bad. This foreshadows his eventual change of attitude in "famous last words".
Yes a sad song really.. So hard to leave them, having a couple of days remaining in your life.. Having cancer... And trying to bury in his favorite memories.. ^^
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by Unregistered on Jan 30th 2012 2:08 am
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I love the ending,' cause the hardest part of this is leaving u'. This says everyting; bt sometimes hard to listen cause too much emotional!
by Unregistered on Jan 20th 2012 5:22 pm
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Some thing that lives inside you that you wish you never had... God bless you xxx
by Unregistered on Jan 4th 2012 6:13 pm
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It's sad when you're so sick all you do is count down the days until you're gone. The song is right, it isn't living, an incurable curse that drains you until your gone. You don't want to leave you're fam. You'll never grow up. Never marry, have kids, get a job, or watch your sister walk down the aisle. It's a hopelss cause but i hope there will someday be a cure. I love you kids who keep trying and holding on to that frayed rope with all of your might(:
by Unregistered on Dec 31st 2011 8:22 pm
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Very sad... Gerard has a soft spot in my heart :( i really know where this song is coming from. I have lost several family members to different types of cancer, including my dearly loved brother to lukemia and my mother, bless her heart, to the saddest of all cancers, breast cancer. R. I. P mommy :)
by Unregistered on Dec 24th 2011 8:57 am
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This song makes me cry. My chemical romance is my favourite band ever. They are all so talented and write amazing, emotional lyrics. I want to thank them for inspiring me in everything i do and making me feel like i belong somewhere, even if it's just for those few minutes the song is playing. Thanks, i love you guys.
by Unregistered on Dec 16th 2011 2:44 am
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Makes me so sad,i always cry when i play this song.. :(
by Unregistered on Dec 12th 2011 1:50 pm
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This song is very heart felt and has a stronger meaning then even i can grasp. My chemical romance captured the veiws of cancer perfectly.
by Unregistered on Dec 8th 2011 10:03 am
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Cancer is sad day for many people in the world lol
Im not going to quote the song or agree with someone like halfthe people on this website. Im not going to say that this song is about cancer either because thats what everyone else would talk about. This song to me isnt about cancer. This song is about saying goodbye and leaving everything behind. Its about knowing things will never be the same but going with it because there is nothing else you can do about it.