Album: The Black Parade (2006)
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  • Well, they encourage your complete cooperation
    Send you roses when they think you need to smile
    I can't control myself because I don't know how
    And they love me for it, honestly, I'll be here for a while

    So give them blood, blood, gallons of the stuff
    Give them all that they can drink and it will never be enough
    So give them blood, blood, blood
    Grab a glass because there's going to be a flood

    A celebrated man amongst the gurneys
    They can fix me proper with a bit of luck
    The doctors and the nurses they adore me so
    But it's really quite alarming 'cause I'm such an awful fuck (oh, thank you)

    I gave you blood, blood, gallons of the stuff
    I gave you all that you can drink and it has never been enough
    I gave you blood, blood, blood
    I'm the kind of human wreckage that you love Writer/s: Bob Bryar, Frank Iero, Gerard Way, Michael Way, Ray Toro
    Publisher: BLOW THE DOORS OFF CHICAGO, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 24

  • Gooberd from Noi was recently discharged the psych ward, and the song very much reminds me of my experience there in a lot of ways. I assumed it was about all the blood from self injury, and not being able to control yourself/being inpatient because of it.
  • Ash from Nonya, CoI was thinking in an asylum, or how ppl expect so much from others.
  • Emotrash from The Voidi wanna know who is making the ghost noises in the back....
  • Thatgayjacketslutokay but i just wanna know:
    who did the opera singing in the background? because if it was gerard...that's the best thing I've ever heard
  • MargotI was in the hospital for four days because I had been walking around with Diabetes type 1 for months without knowing, and this song describes my experience so literally, I can't even explain my love for it.

    The hospital "fixed me proper" so I should be grateful, and I am, but "honestly I'd be there for a while" if it was up to them. I joked that they kept postponing my release because "the doctors and the nurses they adore me so." I needed help with everything, getting dressed, eating, showering, so I really was the "kind of human wreckage that they love". Also, I was the youngest and most fit person on the ward by far and they all kept complimenting how fast I learned and recovered, "a celebrated man amongst the gurneys." And every two hours, day and night, they came to collect my blood. Gallons of the stuff!

    Of course I love them for all their hard work (they really worked tirelessly on me), and without them I'd be dead, but it remains the strangest and most helpless experience of my life that I don't ever want to go through agan. They didn't force me to do any of it, but they strongly "encouraged my complete cooperation," so there I was. At their complete mercy.

    Now tell me, mister Way, how did you know all this so well? What were /you/ hospitilized for?

    This song managed to make me laugh as if the band were in the bed next to me going through the same charade as I was. I thank them for it <3
  • They Can Fix Me Proper With A Bit Of Luck from The Docters And They Nurses They Adore Me Soone of the best songs on black parade (my favorite is famous last words) so now i know never to trust the song list on the back of a cd because there might be a hidden track favorite line: but it's really quite alarming cause i'm such an awful f--k (Oh thank you)
  • I Gave You Blood from Dr. And Nurses Adore Methis song is so amazing i honestly thought it was about vampires Favorite lines: I gave you blood, blood, gallons of the stuff,
    I gave you all that you can drink and it has never been enough
    I gave you blood, blood, blood,
    I'm the kind of human wreckage that you love
  • Floofy from Nowhere You Would Know :)I thought it was about someone in a asylum:’D
  • Valentine from TexasI personally think this song is about a person in a mental hospital and how the nurses constantly draw your blood.
    Favorite Line: " Cause I'm such an awful f*ck"
  • Moose from NoThis song was also intended to provide a bit of comic relief after the heave tone of their album.
  • Georgie from Liverpool, United KingdomThis was the first song they sung on there black parade tour in Mexico when they announced "THE BLACK PARADE IS DEAD" <3
  • Rae from Buxton, NcThis song reminds me of Broadway
  • M from Asdfjkl;, Ilmy favorite line is "I'm the kind of human wreckge that you love" GO MCR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Vicky from Chesapeake, Vamy fave line is" grab a glass there's going to be a flood " , ahhh every time he says that i just become quite cheerful.....quite cheerful indeed mwahhahaha mwaha mwahahahaha mwahhhaaaaaahhhhhaaaaaa. okay im done now, with my evil laugh! hehe.............. TEEHEE !
  • Michelle Lee from London, OnI heard this song was about the lead singer donating his blood?
  • Indigo from Adelaide, AustraliaMy sister adores this song because awhile back she was really sick and had to have a lot of blood tests. she said this songs perfectly sums up how she felt and used to sing it in her head while they stuck the needle in. i like the idea that the song is about crazy fans always wanting more though.
    Favourite Line: "I can't control myself because i don't know how"
  • Angela from Cartersville, Georgiawow i had no idea what this song was about, but i think gerard has a point in this song even if it's only a minute or so...
  • Tricia from East Stroudsburg, Pato Justing in orlando, they are not european, the are from jersey.
  • Whocares from Atlantis, ParaguayIts not about crazy fans, its about Donating Blood! "The Doctors and the nurses they adore me so" certainly does not have anything to do with crazy fans, its about donating so much blood that the doctors and nurses love you for it and all the sick people need lots, hence the line..."Give them all that they can drink and it will never be enough." But the doctors and the nurses dont know how messed up he really is.
  • Carol from Toronto, OnFirst few times i heard this song.
    I HATED IT. absolutely hated it,
    But then when i got an MCR CD, and that song was on it (i only listen to that CD now)
    I started to like it. NOW I ABSOLUTELY UTTERLY LOVE IT! i know all the lyrics :D
    you cant help but like all MCR songs (well axcept for some) but who care?! WOO . GO MCR
  • Justing from Orlando , FlWhen I first heard this song, (First song I heard by MCR and I didn't know who MCR was) I thought it was about Vampires. (Cuz of the blood.) The voice of the singer tipped me off that it was a European.
  • V-starr from ??????, Miwhen i hear this song, i think of mcr making pizza and singing this song.
  • Courtney from Harrah, OkI think the guy in the asylum would be a superficial meaning.
  • Cadence from Smyrna, TnI always thought it was about a guy in an asylum.
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