Desert Song lyrics by My Chemical Romance

but did gerard have the drug addiction when life on the murder scene was released?

Not sure with this one either but Go0d GuRl BaD is like a philospher when it comes to these MCR songs lol!

I think at first it means that we all have the strength to face and overcome our weaknesses. whether it be addiction (like gerard), etc. 'We hold in our hearts the sword and the faith' and there's a way through everything 'And through it all, we'll find some other way
To carry on through cartilage and fluid' then I think it talks about gerard's past (his drinking problems) 'From the lights to the pavement
From the van to the floor
From backstage to the doctor'
and that if he didn't overcome it he could have died. 'From the Earth to the morgue, morgue, morgue, morgue ' and then he's wondering if his death will 'ever come' and that he could play for the rest of eternity for the dead. 'Spend the rest of your days rocking out
Just for the dead '
and he's saying eventually, we all die anyways.
'All fall down
Well after all...'

This was written for the Life on The Murder Scene soundtrack