Headfirst for Halos
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| Single by My Chemical Romance from the album I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love |
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| B-side | Our Lady of Sorrows (live) | ||||
| Released | 2002-2003 | ||||
| Format | 7" vinyl CD |
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| Recorded | May 2002 | ||||
| Genre | Pop punk | ||||
| Length | 3:30 | ||||
| Label | Eyeball Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | My Chemical Romance | ||||
| Producer | Geoff Rickly | ||||
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"Headfirst For Halos" is the sixth track from My Chemical Romance's debut album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love. The cover of the single was seen in the "old school" music video for the song "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)".
[edit] Track listing
| # | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Headfirst for Halos" | 3:30 |
| 2. | "Our Lady of Sorrows" (live) | 3:05 |
[edit] Song meaning
The song is about depression and contemplating suicide. The lyrics, "Now the red ones make me fly, and the blue ones help me fall" may refer to antidepressants. Another possibility, perhaps too specific for some fans, could be that the red pills are either Adderall or its generic form, named Amphetamine Salts, which are both red (though the generic are better described as orange). These pharmaceuticals are being prescribed considerably often as treatment for ADHD in adolescents and in some cases even pre-adolescent children but are a Schedule II narcotic in the U.S., and are very similar to methamphetamines, and therefore have a very high abuse potential. Another possible blue pill is the popular non-narcotic sleeping pill Ambien, which is widely prescribed and advertised in many forms of media. According to lead vocalist Gerard Way, "This song is about suicide - don't do it." He also referred to the song before as being about "dancing your life away." It is a song that originally started off as a joke within the band, but the lead singer Gerard felt, that if they could pull it off it would allow them to take their music anywhere they choose to. "...it gave us such freedom," Gerard said. The line "think happy thoughts" refers to suicide and thinking happy thoughts to stop yourself committing suicide. It may also makes joking reference to Gerard's title role in a school musical as Peter Pan, where with the aid of 'pixie dust' and 'happy thoughts' the children are lifted into the air and learn to fly.
Though the song was actually started as a joke, Gerard believes that is the most important song in the album. The song was made for Frank Iero since during that time he was high on drugs and the song talks about that time.
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