three cheers for sweet revenge

  • ‘well, don’t i look pretty walking down the street in the best damn dress i own?’ / ‘what’d you call me? well, there’s no way i’m kissing that guy!’ — give ‘em hell, kid
  • ‘he’s not around, he’s always looking at men’ — to the end
  • ‘now, but i can’t and i don’t know how we’re just two men as god had made us—well, i can’t, well, i can! too much, too late or just not enough of this pain in my heart. for your dying wish, i’ll kiss your lips again’ / ‘they make me do push-ups in drag, but nobody cares if you’re losing yourself, am i losing myself?’ — you know what they do to guys like us in prison

the black parade

  • ‘here’s my resignation, i’ll serve it in drag’ — the end. (also: former ‘you’ve made your conclusion, just call me a f*g’)
  • ‘who walks among the famous living dead drowns all the boys and girls inside your bed’ — this is how i disappear
  • ‘juliet loves the beat and the lust it commands; drop the dagger and lather the blood on your hands, romeo. i’ve really been on a bender and it shows, so why don’t you blow me a kiss before she goes?’ — the sharpest lives
  • ‘you should’ve raised a baby girl, i should’ve been a better son’ — mama
  • ‘well, you can hide a lot about yourself, but honey, what’re you gonna do? (...) we are all a bunch of liars—tell me, baby, who do you wanna be? and we are all about to sell it ‘cause it’s tragic with a capital t’ — kill all your friends
  • ‘i’m at this old hotel, but can’t tell if i’ve been breathing or sleeping or screaming or waiting for the man to call—and maybe all of the above’ — heaven help us

danger days: the true lives of the fabulous killjoys

  • ‘remember when you were a mad man—thought you was batman and hit the party with a gas can? kiss me, you animal!’ — na na na (na na na na na na na na na)
  • ‘i am not the singer that you wanted, but a dancer—i refuse to answer, talk about the past, sir, wrote it for the ones who want to get away’ — sing
  • ‘street walking cheetah with a capital g’ — party poison
  • ‘terrified of what i’d be as a kid, from what i’ve seen every single day when people try to put the pieces back together just to smash them down’ — summertime
  • ‘get off the ledge and drop the knife—not a victim of a victim’s life because this ain’t a room full of suicides; we’re believers, i believe tonight’ / ‘for all of us who’ve seen the light, salute the dead and lead the fight’ — save yourself, i’ll hold them back
  • ‘i want annihilation, a new design for x and y—i want your violation; deflect the system with our mind’ — zero percent

the mad gear and missile kid

  • ‘medication and the way your eyes look into me. lubrication—can you turn off all the lights so i can’t see?’ — mastas of ravenkroft

conventional weapons

  • ‘i’m not asking, you’re not telling’ — boy division
  • ‘for every one of us, there’s an army of them but you’ll never fight alone’ / ‘these are the lies and the lives of the taken; these are their hearts, but their hearts don’t beat like ours—they burn ‘cause they are all afraid, but mine beats twice as hard’ — the world is ugly
  • ‘one day you're gonna have explaining to do: drag star, so cool—there’s only room for one man and the one is you, you, you’ / ‘got a taste for the cash and androgyny; anybody wanna come and rescue me?’ — make room!!!!
  • ‘did you take it? kissed all the boys in your city lights (...) can you fake it? i lost my way in your city lights’ / ‘we walked around in your city lights ‘cause it makes me who i am’ / ‘they always told me that you’ll never get to heaven with a life/love like yours—well, if you’re lost, little boy, oh, well, the cameras pull you right back down’ — burn bright
jun 21 2020 ∞
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