Lyrics Teenagers

Teenagers by My Chemical Romance was inspired by lead singer Gerard Ways experiences with New York public transport. Watching how teenagers grouped and interacted, Way reflected on the intimidating nature that teenagers can have when in groups. The song deals with themes of conformity, violence, and the feeling of alienation experienced during adolescence.

They're gonna clean up your looks
With all the lies in the books
To make a citizen out of you
Because they sleep with a gun
And keep an eye on you, son
So they can watch all the things you do
Because the drugs never work
They gonna give you a smirk
Of keeping you clean
They're gonna rip off your heads
Your aspirations to shreds
Another cog in the murder machine

They said, all teenagers scare the living shit out of me
They could care less as long as someone'll bleed
So darken your clothes
Or strike a violent pose
Maybe they'll leave you alone
But not me

The boys and girls in the clique
The awful names that they stick
You're never gonna fit in much, kid
But if you're troubled and hurt
what you got under your shirt
will make them pay for the things that they did

They said all teenagers scare the living shit out of me
They could care less as long as someone'll bleed
So darken your clothes
Or strike a violent pose
Maybe they'll leave you alone
But not me
* oh yeah *

They said all teenagers scare the living shit out of me
They could care less as long as someone'll bleed
Teenagers scare the living shit out of me
They could care less as long as someone'll bleed
So darken your clothes
Or strike a violent pose
Maybe they'll leave you alone
But not me, waaaaah!
Teenagers scare the living shit out of me
They could care less as long as someone'll bleed
So darken your clothes
Or strike a violent pose
Maybe they'll leave you alone
But not me