#seriously thank u sooooo much im always frothing at the mouth to talk abt these. especially emily & drugstore perfume

[butchviking]

Very new mcr fan here, what did u mean when u said he calls himself "she" in songs?? Any examples? Genuinely curious that sounds fascinating

drugstore perfume is my prime example, but altho that's a solo project song it has always, to me, been a sister song to emily. which is ALSO a sister song to not that kind of girl. and then there is drowning lessons which they never perform live bc theyve had tech troubles when playing it but also bc its "too personal". they're not like, explicitly calling himself she i guess, but theyre songs about women where the woman clearly represents like, the feminine part of himself, u know? emily is about killing the little girl within himself when he was young and longing for her back. drowning lessons is similar but not about childhood. drugstore perfume is about when theyre older and abt her walking away from him because she won't and can't change and she like.... won't settle for less than to be honoured for who she is. and, so similarly to emily, him wishing he could work it all out and she'd come back and he could be forgiven. not that kind of girl is the happier one in the bunch & is abt him falling back in love with her again and promising to never let her down again.

there are others that i think could perhaps fit into this theme as well but these 4 are for sure top of the list, and they're 4 of my absolute favourites ever for this reason. just fucking. punches u in the heart. i get it man. sometimes you do things you need to do to survive. but take me with you this time. he just fucking Gets it jesus christ

thank u sm for asking ive been waiting to go off abt these songs im fucking obsessed w them. well. not drowning lessons so much tho i do love it deeply & dearly, it's got its own thing going on. the others are a trio to me tho like they are literally a narrative from emily to drugstore to ntkog u CANNOT separate them.

ooh and i nearly forgot but maya the psychic too! a song (solo project again not mcr) he wrote about when he was hearing voices & sort of comforted/deluded himself that it was bc he was psychic. in which he says "she's busy hearing voices again". that one is probably the most explicit abt it lmao.

#ask #anonymous #seriously thank u sooooo much im always frothing at the mouth to talk abt these. especially emily & drugstore perfume #drugstore is so FUCKING underrated. she might come back to say that im not sure u know my name thats fine... but take me with u this time.. #GOD. ripping my lungs out and beating myself over the head with them