Vampires Will Never Hurt You

Infobox Single
Name = Vampires Will Never Hurt You
Artist = My Chemical Romance


from Album = I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
B-side =
Released = 2002
Format = CD
Recorded = May 2002
Genre = post-hardcore
Length = 5:27
Label = Eyeball Records
Writer = My Chemical Romance
Producer = Geoff Rickly
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us"
(2002)
This single = "Vampires Will Never Hurt You"
(2002)
Next single = "Headfirst for Halos"
(2004)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Back cover
Type = single

"Vampires Will Never Hurt You" is the second single and third track from My Chemical Romance's debut album, "I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love".

Track listings

Tracklist
title1 = Vampires Will Never Hurt You
note1 = rough mix
length1 = 5:28
title2 = Skylines and Turnstiles
length2 = 3:25
title3 = Cubicles
note3 = demo
length3 = 3:53

Music video

The music video consists of My Chemical Romance tightly packed into a room where they play their instruments in very little color. In the video, Frank Iero is seen with dreadlocks and singing backup for Gerard along with lead guitar player Ray Toro, who has short hair compared to the present where he has his hair long. Gerard has said this song and "Headfirst for Halos" are the two most important tracks on the album. Though the video was shown at the record release show for My Chemical Romance's first album (as apparent by the circulating recording), it was only officially released when the album "I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love" was re-released in 2005. The re-release included this music video, as well as the one for "Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us". The re-release also had an Eyeball Records CD included along with it.

Meaning

The meaning of the song's lyrics was explained by the band as a metaphoric critique to society. The "vampires" represent the greedy and ambitious human beings. In the concept story, though, this song is the part where vampires take over the town that the two main characters live in. The diseased man then asks his lover to murder him before he becomes sick again at sunset and kills her.Gerard has said that he used vampires as a metaphor for people who want to use others for their own gain. He went on to say that there is always something about the living dead which will make people clinically depressed.

External links

* [http://drinkingsouls.co.uk/ My Chemical Romance fansite]
* [http://www.imnotokay.net/my-chemical-romance/lyrics/vampires-will-never-hurt-you/ "Vampires Will Never Hurt You" lyrics]
* [http://www.imnotokay.net/my-chemical-romance/song-meanings/vampires-will-never-hurt-you/ "Vampires Will Never Hurt You" song meaning]