hi i’ve been thinking about nothing but the version of desert song they played in chile in 2008 for the last like. 11 hours or so specifically because they changed 2 of the words in it... fluid and blood to flame and blame. anyway 2 questions. one. do u have thoughts in your head from this fact or is that just me. 2 do u know if there were other desert song performances this happened at or was it like. a one time occurrence. um also hows it going?
okay so the answer is that i don’t know off the top of my head because i go a little crazy when i watch mcr songs that i love live so i don’t do it very often. i think i tried to watch desert song once and just <3 could not do it it was too much <3 so i don’t know if they ever did this again (i bet mack @awsugar probably knows if anyone he watches more live shows than anyone else ik). i did just go watch this though and i did cry... gerard sounds really good also, i think this song is really in a sweet spot in his range.
anyway though this is a REALLY interesting change... to me it sounded a lot like “cartilage and fame” but you’ve listened to it a lot more than i have. so assuming it is flame, i mean there’s already a huge theme in mcr’s lyrics with flame, fire, light, etc. i think that the flame/blame makes the like... guilt...? associated with the song clearer. because “carry on through cartilage and fluid / and did you come to stare or wash away the blood” could be the speakers’ cartilage and fluid and blood, like they’re the one who’s been injured. but “carry on through... flame” brings to mind like. hell. and a lot of lyrical parallels to mama too. and then “wash away the blame” definitely makes it more obvious that the speaker is looking for someone to take away their guilt and their sins.
i’m feeling totally normal and fine about this natasha hbu :))))))
