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I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
This article is part of a Series
Singles from this album
  1. Honey, This Mirror Isn’t Big Enough for the Two of Us” (2002)
  2. Vampires Will Never Hurt You” (2002)
  3. Headfirst for Halos” (2004)
  4. Our Lady of Sorrows” (2004)
Track Listing
  1. Romance” – 1:02
  2. Honey, This Mirror Isn’t Big Enough for the Two of Us” – 3:51
  3. Vampires Will Never Hurt You” – 5:26
  4. Drowning Lessons” – 4:23
  5. Our Lady of Sorrows” – 2:07
  6. Headfirst for Halos” – 3:28
  7. Skylines and Turnstiles” – 3:23
  8. Early Sunsets Over Monroeville” – 5:05
  9. This Is The Best Day Ever” – 2:12
  10. Cubicles” – 3:51
  11. Demolition Lovers” – 6:06
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Skylines and Turnstiles is the 7th track from 2002 album I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love. It is credited as being the first My Chemical Romance song ever written.

This song is about September 11th. Gerard saw it happen, when he was meeting in New York with Cartoon Network pitching an idea for one of the cartoons he helped co-create, "The Breakfast Monkey". Witnessing the event changed his life, leading him to start the band. After the event he and Matt wrote the song.

Gerard Way Star-Ledger - Skylines and Turnstiles

Gerard (far left, with cream coloured coat and black shoulder bag) witnessing the 9/11 attacks, published by New Jersey newspaper The Star-Ledger (found on https://www.instagram.com/p/CAJ9ToCjjKW/)

Audio[]

Skylines_and_Turnstiles-_My_Chemical_Romance

Skylines and Turnstiles- My Chemical Romance

Lyrics[]

You're not in this alone
Let me break this awkward silence
Let me go
Go on record
Be the first to say I'm sorry
And hear me out
And if you take me down
Would you lay me out?
And if the world needs something better
Let's give them one more reason now

We walk in single file
We light our rails and punch our time
Ride escalators colder than a cell

This broken city sky
Like butane on my skin
And stolen from my eyes
Hello, Angel
Tell me, where are you?
Tell me where we go from here
This broken city sky
Like butane on my skin
And stolen from my eyes
Hello, Angel
Tell me, where are you?
Tell me where we go from here
Tell me we go from.

And in this moment we can't close the lids
On burning eyes
Our memories blanket us with friends we know
Like fallout vapor
Steel corpses stretch out towards an ending sun
Scorched and black
It reaches in and tears your flesh apart
As ice cold hands
Rip into your heart
That's if you've still got one that's left
Inside that cave you call a chest
And after seeing what we saw
Can we still reclaim our innocence?
And if the world needs something better
Let's give them one more reason now

This broken city sky
Like butane on my skin
And stolen from my eyes
Hello, Angel
Tell me, where are you?
Tell me where we go from here
This broken city sky
Like butane on my skin
And stolen from my eyes
Hello, Angel
Tell me, where are you?
Tell me where we go from here
Tell me we go from here

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