Annotations for Sister to Sleep Live

Lyric: Welcome to this institution
Annotation:
This institution is likely some kind of psychiatric hospital. Judging by the nature of this song, the narrator may be suffering from some kind of mental disorder, similar to the I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love song This Is The Best Day Ever.

Lyric: I will take this ferris wheel
Annotation:
A reference to the I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love song “This Is the Best Day Ever”. One line in that song says “set this Ferris wheel ablaze”. Also on the back of the CD cover, it shows a Ferris wheel on fire.

Lyric: I’m put on this medication
 Rolls down my throat
Annotation:
Also alludes to Gerard’s own struggles with medication. Xanax addictions and later alcohol characterised the band’s image as having a literally chemical romance.

