My Chemical Romance – Mama lyrics

I love this song so much! I believe that it means how a son went off to war to fight, but the mother didn't want him to go because she didn't want him to kill other people since she believed you will go to hell for doing so. The son disobeys and leaves and then comes back, finding that his mother despises his actions of participating in the violence of war. This angers the son since he nearly died out there and all she could think of is how he will go to hell. Therefore the "Mama, we all go to hell" is him saying that to her out of anger.

Well. In answer to harlequin015, maybe the reason why the title is "MAMA" is because this song is addressed to his mom. The topic may not be about the mother but the 1st person (the singer) is speaking to his mom and he's sharing how sinful his life became and what he had realized after doing all those things. The 1st person obviously lived a miserable life, and of course if we live a miserable life, the person who's going to be hurt the most is our mom, is that correct?
Because everything that we do will backfire to our parents, especially our mom because mothers are responsible for bringing up their children. So that's about it.
Maybe it's also a reflection how the guy was brought up by his parents.
Well, I dunno if you'll accept this explanation. It's just my opinion.

This song is about a man who is committing suicide Well mother, what the war did to my legs and to my tongue,
You should have raised a baby girl,
I should have been a better son.
If you could
Coddle the infection
They can amputate at once.
You should have been,
I could have been a better son.
This means he is sorry because when Gerad Way says ;Mama we all go to hell,
Mama we all go to hell.
I'm writing this letter and wishing you well,
Mama we all go to hell.
that's a suicide letter. -Amber.

This song is like what I need to tell my mum. She needs to here this song and actually listen to the lyrics.
Anyway, to some extent I agree with foreverme. Like his mum is angry at him for the things that he's done in his life, saying he'll go to hell, but he's turning around and saying "mama, we all go to hell". It's kind of spitting in her face with the "it's really quite pleasent exept for the smell" but then again, she's not being the best mother, so he kind of has the right.
This is the way I would tell it to my own mother:.
"mama, we all go to hell.
I'm writing this letter and wishing you well".
My mum found out I self harmed and id say this like don't worry about me because we all go to hell anyway. What I'm doing isn't going to change anything. And "im writing this letter and wishing you well" I mean this in the nicest and most respectful way possible, like I'm wishing you well.
"mama, we're all gonna die,.
Stop asking me questions I hate to see you cry".
This is like stop asking me why I do this, you can't understand unless you've been through it yourself. I would tell you but I can't, I hate to see you cry (believe me, seeing your mother cry is one of the worst things in the world).
The chorus is like when I leave you, either running from home, getting emancipated, commiting suicide or just becoming so distant from everything it's like I'm not there anymore, don't blame yourself, I don't want you to be sad because of me. "we'll let the fires just bathe us" ill be happy when I go, i'll be in a better place. Note that it's we let the fires bathe us, like we want it to happen.
"she said 'you ain't no son of mine',
For what you done they're gonna find, yeah,.
A place for you and just you mind,.
Your manners when you go.
And when you go don't return to me my love. "
This was like my mums reaction when she found out I cut, like at first she was like "no. My daughter wouldn't do this, you aren't my daughter. And then soon after she tried to make me see a therapist and she told me to be nice. For alot of people that would've helped, but not for me. Idk, it's complicated.
"well mother, what the war did to my legs and to my tongue,.
You should have raised a baby girl,.
I should have been a better son.
If you could coddle the infection.
They can amputate at once.
You should have been,.
I could have been a better son. "
This is basically what I'm gonna do when I'm sick of her messing with my life. Like this will be my response out of anger. Ill be like "going through this made me change, you have a problem with my attitude, but it's not my attitude it's just me (what the war did to my legs and tounge. War like the battle against myself). If i wasn't a good daughter, if i disappointed you, maybe you shouldv'e raised a different daughter (basically blaming it all on her). I shouldv'e been a better kid, well guess what? Im not who you want me to be. "
"and if you would call me your sweetheart,.
I'd maybe then sing you a song. "
This'd be my mum responding to the above being like if you could just love me again, i'll be nice to you, ill sing you a song.
"but the s*t that I've done,.
With this f*k of a gun,.
You would cry out your eyes all along. "
And me again, saying like if you knew all the s*t that I've actually done you would cry out your eyes all along.
Wow this is really long and pointless haha, but yee: 3.

When I first heard this song, I didn't like it. But then again, when I first heard mcr I didn't like them (i know! Don't kill me, I was mad). I'd lost two of my best friends to mcr, and they weren't talking to me much, it was like they found me boring because I didn't know anything about mcr, and using all these in-jokes to make fun of me. I just didn't understand.
I think that this song is about a boy who goes off to war, and is writing home to his mother. He thinks he'll go to hell for all the people he's killed, and the lies he's told his mother. He doesn't really want to talk about it, but he knows that he's going to die, like all the other guys who got killed in the war.
I love mcr more than I have words for!