MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE The Ultimate Guide Eleven Years of the best band around
IN NUMBERS////
MCR: THE FIRST ELEVEN YEARS
#1
Chart Ranking in the Official UK Chart of “Welcome to the Black Parade”
7
Officially released Cover Songs
#6
Chart Ranking in the Official NZ Chart of “Teenagers“
133
performances of The Black Parade World Tour in
5 continents
4 Drummers 240,000 9.6m copies in its first week of “The Black Parade” Album
2
Likes on Facebook
83
Award Nominations
23
Award Wins
6
Kerrang! Awards
1
Yo Gabba Gabba! appearances
4
Studio Albums
9/11/2001
Date which influened MCR’s formation
407,949
Number of Followers Gerard Way has on Twitter
3
Song Lyrics////
Zero Percent I don't like being alone Run up these streets Turn up the stereo Synthetic animals like me never have a home I'm not the one you will be walking through And if you kill him for me Well, then I'll kill him for you I'll meet you down at the metro station 'Cause motherf***ers got the motivation Now I'm gonna show you how much I love you Oh, my magazine is full of ugly things Don't need the system We can kill them if we try Shoot up everything we see And we'll find it on the wall I hope you die Manipulation Just to form an alibi You're the one that's right for me And if heaven wants to take us they can try Oh ah Sometimes I sleep I like to talk about television Oh, I'm so glad right now Heartbreak, heartbeats Got the eyes on you And give us something to say 'Cause I got something to prove I don't have much of an education But I got a knack for elimination Now turn up the dial Hit the tires that screech Let's go Right here Right now This is the bonus stage!
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Don't need the system We can kill them if we try Shoot up everything we see And we'll find it on the wall I hope you die Manipulation Just to form an alibi You're the one that's right for me And if heaven wants to take us they can try I want annihilation A new design for X and Y I want your violation Deflect the system with our mind Exterminate the dream Extermination you can buy Don't need the system We can kill them if we try Shoot up everything we see And we'll find it on the wall I hope you die Manipulation Just to form an alibi You're the one that's right for me And if heaven wants to take us they can... I hate you Kill everybody! I hate you Kill everybody!
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Song Lyrics////
We Don’t Need Another Song About California
Give up and give it a shot. Dedication, to the places that you never need to hide Occupations, the opportunity to see yourself in our lights
On the telephone, on the methane dare Every minute that you scream
And all the city fires And the tabloid lies And the television guides For the missions and the boulevards And the way it is when money’s all you got
Stop and stare At the accidents and stars that bore you We don’t dare, sing another song for, California
Stop and stare At the accidents and stars that bore you We don’t dare, sing another song for, California Anywhere Where the city lights are hopeless for you We don’t care, or need another song for, California Shut up and give me a shot On vacation, to the places that you never want to die On the station, everybody hears but no one needs to try
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For the errant scars and the dying stars Every second that you take to fake your life
Anywhere Where the city lights are hopeless for you We don’t care, or need another song for, California Stop and stare At the accidents and stars that bore you We don’t dare, sing another song for, California Anywhere Where the city lights are hopeless for you We don’t care, or need another song for, California
Song Lyrics////
Boy Division I buy my enemies rope to hang me And the knives to gang me You can watch them stab me On your television Stalk the halls Because the bathroom walls Would have a lot to say About the lines you’re putting down
If all my enemies threw a party Would you light the candles Would you drink the wine While watching television Watch the animals All the tragedies Sell your arteries And buy my casket gown It better be black It better be tight It better be just my size I’m stalking these metro malls And airport halls And all these schoolgirls say I’m not asking You’re not telling He’s not dead he only looks that Way out nowhere Take me out there Far away and save me from my Self destruction Hopeless for ya Sing a song for California
It better be white It better be cut It better be just my size Until my capillaries burst from boredom I’ll be waiting I’m not laughing You’re not joking I’m not dead, I only dress that Way out nowhere Take me out there Far away and save me from my Self destruction Hopeless for ya Sing a song for California Wherever you are, Wherever you are Whoever you are, Whoever you are We got the bomb, we got the bomb, let’s go (x4) Way out nowhere Take me out there Far away and save me from my Self destruction Hopeless for ya Say a prayer for California We got the bomb (x3)
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Song Lyrics////
tommorow’s money Fell in love with a vampire You wanna get it for free Then say hello to the brush fire, baby You gotta take it from me I’m gonna take it from you Say hello to the good times And say hello to the sun They’re sitting back on an empire While the world lays back Puts a kid behind that gun If we crash this time They got machines to keep us alive When the mix tape plays Choke down the words with no meaning I stopped bleeding three years ago While you keep screaming for revolution Me and my surgeons and my street walking friends We got no heroes ‘cause our heroes are dead Yeah! Say hello to the program We’re gonna give it for free Hook up the veins the antibodies Got it with the disease We’re gonna give it to you Say goodbye to the good times You’re loading up with the fame You’re dressing up like a virus But the words get lost when we all look the same If we crash this time They got machines to keep us alive When the mix tape plays Choke down the words with no meaning I stopped bleeding three years ago While you keep screaming for revolution
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Me and my surgeons and my street walking friends We got no heroes ‘cause our heroes are dead Fell in love with a vampire Tops off? to the empire Say hello to the brush fire The microphone’s got a tap wire Fell in love with a vampire Tops off to the empire Say hello to the brush fire The microphone’s got a tap wire Yeah, if we crash this time They got machines to keep us alive While the army wives Choke down the war with no meaning I stopped bleeding three years ago While you keep screaming for revolution Because rebellion ain’t a t-shirt you sell You keep your money and I’ll see you in hell
Song Lyrics////
gun. Well, as soon as I get my gun I’ll point it out the window at the setting sun As soon as I get my gun I’ll tell you all about it when you fall in love As soon as I get my gun I’m gonna make a call Well as soon as I get my gun Get my gun Well the uniform isn’t fun They make it like we give ‘em out to anyone As soon as we get your gun A pistol is a lot of fun It’s just the kind of place we run Because the government Because the government wants your gun Wants your gun Whoa Well, if I’m old enough to die for your mistakes Let’s go Can we bleed enough to fill up what the engine takes? We don’t know But if you’re watching, up above They’re teaching me to kill Who’s teaching me to love? Now baby Isn’t it crazy? Well as soon as I’ve got my gun Put me on vacation underneath the sun As soon as I get my gun I’ll holler and flash it at my belting blood Out on the sand We’re like a hold from a IED ‘Cause I’m holding up my gun
Holding up my gun Yeah And if I’m old enough to die for your mistakes Let’s go Can we bleed enough to fill up what the engine takes? We don’t know And if you’re watching, up above They’re teaching me to kill Who’s teaching me to love? Now baby Isn’t it crazy? As soon as I get my gun (Don’t even have a gun!) As soon as I get my gun (Don’t even have a gun!) As soon as I get my G - U - N (Don’t even have a gun!) I’m standing out in the S - U - N (Don’t even have a gun!) I’m never gonna have a son (Don’t even have a gun!) She’s never gonna have a son (Don’t even have a gun!) I’m never gonna have a S - O - N And now I’m never gonna have a S - O - N And if I’m old enough to die for your mistakes Let’s go Can I bleed enough to fill up what the engine takes? We don’t know And if you’re watching, up above They’re teaching me to kill Who’s teaching me to love? Now baby, Isn’t it crazy? As soon as I get my gun (Don’t even have a gun) [x7] Well, as soon as I As soon as I get my gun
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SONG LYRICS///
AMBULANCE Aah aah aah aah... You don’t know a thing about this life And we are up for everything it takes to prove we’re not the same as them And we will wear our masks again out after dark ‘Cause we are up for everything it takes and we are not the same ‘Cause we are not afraid And we are not ashamed And if you save my life I’ll be the one who drives you home tonight And if they ever let you down I’ll be the one who drives you home tonight Remember, once you walked this kind of life Quietly I’ll slip behind the wheel and passing every face you see The first time, sticking every piece as you walk by Proving that with all of my mistakes that we are not the same ‘Cause we are not the same And we are all to blame
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And if you save my life I’ll be the one who drives you home tonight And if they ever let you down I’ll be the one who drives you home tonight You home tonight It’s dropping you down It’s dropping you down It’s dropping you down It’s dropping you down It’s dropping you down ‘Cause it’s dropping you down And it’s dropping you Dropping you down You don’t know a thing about this life And you don’t know a thing about this life And you don’t know a thing about this life ‘Cause you don’t know a thing about me You don’t know a thing And if you save my life I’ll be the one who drives you home tonight If they ever let you down I’ll be the one who drives you home tonight You home tonight Drives you home tonight ‘Cause it’s dropping you down ‘Cause it’s dropping you down ‘Cause it’s dropping you down ‘Cause it’s dropping you Dropping you Dropping you down
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“THE THING ABOUT MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE IS THAT WE NEVER WANTED TO BE COOL” Gerard Way