i actually think that this is an adult point of view on teenagers, saying how scared of them he/she are, and this part they are saying that if you show something pacific or relaxing to a teenager they would give a shit, but if you show them something violent and bloody they would think its super cool

I think it states that the adults won’t care about teens unless if they are badly injured.

I feel like this is also a form of satire. The “scary” teenager is mocking a typical adult for “not caring less as long as someone will bleed”, when it’s that exact hubris that constantly targets the same teenagers they fear so much.

Adults believe teenagers are carless and violent.

If you “could care less” you’re not caring as little as possible. It should be “couldn’t care less” but MCR gets this wrong. So the lyrics are correct, but the grammar isn’t, good times.

It could also go from a bully’s point of view. They want you to bleed and suffer.

I believe there are 2 possible interpritaions of this song.

1. From an adult point of view – teenagers are scary and violent nowadays. When I was young things were much better. (Generation gap etc.).
2. From a young loser (outcast, rebel) point of view – other guys are bullying me. I’m different and I’m suffering. They (popular people) don’t understand me because I have different hobbies etc.

P.S. Gerard claimed that he was really scared by teenagers. He said that he realized that he’s not that young anymore and ceased to have any sort of connection with the young ones (or something like that).

@Anime-Animia The older videos are most definitely wrong. Genius has the most correct lyrics. Several other sites back up Genius on this, as well as the official lyrics booklet. Anyone that listed it the way you listed it was completely off the mark.

Um I was looking at all of the original videos for this song and they all said “They can kill us, as long as someone obliged! ” is Genius lyrics wrong or hear it incorrectly?

I also think that this line provides the contrast between “could care less” and the proper “couldn’t care less.” The adults hating on teenagers are inadvertantly revealing the truth- teenagers care a lot about everything

I think as if he is saying that all the other people excluding teenagers are reckless. All teens really want to do is have a little bit of fun and freedom. And anyone like a parent or someone above them is making them hurt a great deal, because they can’t enjoy themselves.

I think it goes a stage further, saying that teenagers are purposely setting out to do harm, that they don’t really care what they do as long as it does harm and destruction. In other words, parents and adults think that teenagers are dumb fucks who just want to ruin everything.

I fell like he’s saying more like throwing caution to the wind and doing what ever you want no matter who you hurt. (This makes note of typical teenage behavior.)

It could be seen as the speaker (in this case, likely another teenager, likely in a higher grade) talking to a teenager with a mental disorder like ADHD. “The drugs never work,” The teenager is taking drugs for their disorder, but they are ineffective. “They’re gonna give you a smirk, cause they got methods of keeping you clean.” An authority figure with a grudge against the teen can now antagonize this teen, who is “misbehaving” due to their disorder. The authority figure is “smirking” because they can excuse their overly antagonistic “methods” as making sure the child is “well-behaved” and “clean”.

Drugs are a teenage act that dont work, both because they don’t really help, and because adults can keep people from doing it pretty easily.

“Cause they got methods of keeping you clean-”
What about that?

Also Gerard Way was addicted to drugs and spiralled into depression, nearly killing himself before being talked down.

This could be saying that drugs don’t work because they actually make everything worse – with drugs like alcohol and Xanax (both of which Gerard Way used) being depressants which make you feel even worse after taking them than you did before.

It could also mean that all the adults are scared because the (medical) drugs don’t work on the teenagers and that’s a method to keep them “clean” of the misbehavior and their teenage ways.

I think that “the drugs” referred to here are those things you do to try to liberate yourself from the pressure, expectations (or society in general) that you have to deal with, like when go out and get drunk to try and forget all your responsibilities. However, it won’t last and you soon will have to take care of your responsibilities again or everything will start to fall down (for example if you ignore school like you want, you then won’t get into college). So “they’re gonna give you a smirk” ‘cause they know that they’ve already got you under they’re thumb no matter how you try to escape.

The Drugs are what the GOVERNMENT gives to you so they can try to FIX you but it never works. Watch TEDEx talks on this subject.

I think when you take certain drugs like ADD medication you develop a twitch aka a smirk.

Not sure if this was intended, but I’ve always noted the emphasis on the word “METHod.” Perhaps this is a clever drug pun.

I read this as the parents giving their kids fake drugs; they know they can’t control their kids, so they keep em clean by making sure the drugs they get their hands on are ineffective. They “smirk” because they just turned that little rebellion around.

Chickenhead is also slang for someone who likes to give head to guys