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by American

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band

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, and the third and final single from their second album '' Set the World on Fire''. Lead vocalist Andy Biersack explained the meaning of the song in an interview with ''

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'' magazine: "That song is about the idea of finding something that you can run to, about making that

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in your head and doing what you can to bust out and get there." The song won the

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Music video

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for the song was released on

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on October 19, 2011, directed by Patrick Fogarty, who also directed the "

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," " Perfect Weapon," "

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," "

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", and other Black Veil Brides music videos. A majority of the music video was shot in front of the

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. A six-minute

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of the video was released on

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on their second EP, ''

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''. The music video depicts a couple who rebel against the girl's father by sneaking out and running away. The video also shows a fight, but doesn't give much explaining. In the director's cut version, it is revealed that the girl's name is Marilyn, and that she didn't know the man, or his name before that day, but she doesn't want to wait for her dad to pick her up, so she goes for a drive with him. They go out and see a movie. After that, he offers to take her back home, but she insists on dropping her off at the park so her dad doesn't see him. She gets out, and begins walking across the park, when three unknown men confront her and try to attack her, tearing her shirt. All of a sudden, the man she met jumps out and attacks them, and a fight ensues (which is the unexplained fight in the original video). She runs back home and bangs on the door, and her father comes out. He grows furious, and has an

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in his hand, which implies that he is drunk. The man drives up, and her father slaps her face and yells at her to get inside the house. Her father then yells at him, and goes back inside to deal with his daughter, but she escapes out the window and runs to the man's car and they drive away, then

begin to play the song in front of the same movie theater that the couple went to at the beginning of the video. At the very end of the video, it shows that Marilyn and her new boyfriend sent her father a photo of her kissing him, and her boyfriend giving her dad the finger ''(which is

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out in television airings and the director's cut)''. Marilyn's boyfriend's name is never revealed.

Track listing

;CD single

Personnel

;Black Veil Brides * Andy Biersack –

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* Jake Pitts –

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Jinxx Jeremy Miles Ferguson, (born January 7, 1981) better known by the stage name Jinxx, is an American musician best known as guitarist, violinist, cellist, pianist, songwriter, and composer of American rock band Black Veil Brides. History Jinxx ...

–

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* Ashley Purdy –

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, backing vocals * Christian "CC" Coma –

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;Music video production * Patrick Fogarty -

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References

{{Kerrang! Award for Best Single 2011 singles Black Veil Brides songs Lava Records singles Songs written by Andy Biersack Song recordings produced by Josh Abraham Universal Republic Records singles