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* "Dead" at first seems to be singing about how joyful dying is (which helped fuel the 'they encourage suicide' claims by the Daily Mail and the like). Then you realize the song is sarcastic; The Patient knows they're dying, and they're venting their frustration. It really becomes clear towards the end.

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* "Dead" "Dead!" at first seems to be singing about how joyful dying is (which helped fuel the 'they encourage suicide' claims by the Daily Mail and the like). Then you realize the song is sarcastic; The Patient knows they're dying, and they're venting their frustration. It really becomes clear towards the end.



* "Mama" can also be particularly wrenching. It's got that ''very'' My Chem, "and man, am I pissed!", gas-masks-and-angst thing going on - but you can't get away from the fact that it's about a boy going to war and struggling to come to terms with the fact that he's become a killer, and that his mother is going to have to accept that he probably won't come home.

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* "Mama" can also be particularly wrenching. It's got that ''very'' My Chem, "and man, am I pissed!", gas-masks-and-angst thing going on is built around taking WarIsHell literally - but see [[GallowsHumor "We'll let the fires just bathe us"]] - so whatever else you can't get away were expecting, leave it at the door.
** The final "Mama, we all go to hell!" refrain is different
from the fact two that it's about a boy going came before - up to war this point, the song has swapped between polka and struggling to come to terms with metal, but now, as Patient!Gerard assures us Hell is [[Main/BlatantLies "really quite pleasant"]], ''the metal infects the fact that polka''. The guitars are wranging all over the goddamn place as Patient!Gerard completely loses it - and then, of course...
** ...the breakdown. Air raid sirens, the heaviest point in the song, and Patient!Gerard screaming for his mother.
** Patient!Gerard sounds like
he's become a killer, and on the verge of Main/{{Inelegant Blubbering}} when he screams "But [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone the shit that his mother is going to have to accept that he probably won't come home.I've done]] with this ''fuck of a gun''..."
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* The song "Cancer". "Because the hardest part of this is leaving you..." If you've had a relative die from cancer then you really can relate.

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* The song "Cancer"."[[TheTopicOfCancer Cancer]]". "Because the hardest part of this is leaving you..." If you've had a relative die from cancer then you really can relate. The song also lacks a lot of the bombastic theatrics and BlackComedy the rest of the album has, consisting almost entirely of a piano track, Gerard's vocals, and nothing else aside from the typical drums and bass; no thunderous guitar work or blistering solos to be found here. And The Patient's suffering, admission that he has little left to live for, and regrets about his still living family are all played 100% seriously.

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Oh boy...if Gerard and co. were paid to write a [[TearJerker songs of darkness and dismay]], they would be superstars...wait a minute...



Oh boy...if Gerard and co. were paid to write a [[TearJerker songs of darkness and dismay]], they would be superstars...wait a minute...

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** The ''video''. Specifically the look on Gerard's face as he watches Mikey die, and the fact that the others are literally dragging him back so he doesn't get shot too. It can really break one's heart.

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** The ''video''.[[https://youtu.be/uCUpvTMis-Y?si=hRC8ahCUWXzgQWgS ''video'']]. Specifically the look on Gerard's face as he watches Mikey die, and the fact that the others are literally dragging him back so he doesn't get shot too. It can really break one's heart.

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* As face-meltingly punk/metal as "I Never Told You What I Do For A Living" is, the way Gerard howls ''"I TRIIIIIIIIIIIIED!!!"'' before the guitar-drop sounds like he's crossed the DespairEventHorizon and [[RageAgainstTheHeavens screaming for another chance.]]

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* As face-meltingly punk/metal as "I Never Told You What I Do For A Living" is, the way Gerard howls ''"I TRIIIIIIIIIIIIED!!!"'' before the guitar-drop sounds like he's crossed the DespairEventHorizon and [[RageAgainstTheHeavens screaming for another chance.]]]] And how hopeless sound the final words...
--> And never again, and never again, they gave us two shots
--> To the back of the head and we're all dead now...



* As face-meltingly punk/metal as "I Never Told You What I Do For A Living" is, the way Gerard howls ''"I TRIIIIIIIIIIIIED!!!"'' before the guitar-drop sounds like he's crossed the DespairEventHorizon and [[RageAgainstTheHeavens screaming for another chance.]]

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* As face-meltingly punk/metal as "I Never Told You What I Do For A Living" is, the way Gerard howls ''"I TRIIIIIIIIIIIIED!!!"'' before the guitar-drop sounds like he's crossed the DespairEventHorizon and [[RageAgainstTheHeavens screaming for another chance.]]



[[folder:''Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys'']]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTgnDLWeeaM The video for "SING"]] - well the end of it anyway, the rest of the video is SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome
** The end of the ''Na Na Na'' video is bad too, considering it sets up the events of ''SING''.
* "The Only Hope For Me Is You"
* If you take a moment to [[LyricalDissonance actually listen to the words]] of [[HeroicSacrifice "Save Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back"]], it becomes quite depressing.
** The video to SING shows the situation this song is talking about in regards to the storyline of the album; Fun Ghoul (Frank) has a chance to get out of the building with Jet-Star (Ray) and Girl, but instead stays inside to, as the title says, hold the bad guys back.
* "Summertime"



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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTgnDLWeeaM The video for "SING"]] - well the end of it anyway, the rest of the video is SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome
** The end of the ''Na Na Na'' video is bad too, considering it sets up the events of ''SING''.
* If you take a moment to [[LyricalDissonance actually listen to the words]] of [[HeroicSacrifice "Save Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back"]], it becomes quite depressing.
** The video to SING shows the situation this song is talking about in regards to the storyline of the album; Fun Ghoul (Frank) has a chance to get out of the building with Jet-Star (Ray) and Girl, but instead stays inside to, as the title says, hold the bad guys back.



* "Famous Last Words". It can also be read as a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} due to its life-affirming message (''I am not afraid to keep on living...'') and its backstory (being written for/to Mikey Way, who had temporarily left the band for [[CreatorBreakdown mental health reasons]]).
* "The Only Hope For Me Is You"
* "Summertime"

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* The song "Cancer". "Because the hardest part of this is leaving you..." If you've had a relative die from cancer then you really can relate.
** It doesn’t pull any punches about the physical effects of chemotherapy, either—literal lyrics aside, the general consensus is that Gerard sounds like he’s in a LOT of pain.


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* The song "Cancer". "Because the hardest part of this is leaving you..." If you've had a relative die from cancer then you really can relate.
** It doesn’t pull any punches about the physical effects of chemotherapy, either—literal lyrics aside, the general consensus is that Gerard sounds like he’s in a LOT of pain.

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* The first song ever written by Gerard Way and preformed by the band, ''"Skylines and Turnstiles"'', was based on the 9/11 tragedy that Gerard witnessed first-hand in New York.
* Much of ''Music/TheBlackParade'' RockOpera about a terminally ill patient, could be considered DeusAngstMachina or even {{Narm}}. Nevertheless, "Sleep" really is genuinely sad: "The hardest part is letting go of your dreams".
* "Mama" can also be particularly wrenching. It's got that ''very'' My Chem, "and man, am I pissed!", gas-masks-and-angst thing going on - but you can't get away from the fact that it's about a boy going to war and struggling to come to terms with the fact that he's become a killer, and that his mother is going to have to accept that he probably won't come home.
* "Welcome to the Black Parade" is another. The [[LyricalDissonance oddly upbeat melody and lyrics]] make it worse, not better.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xNnPmnkNzg This video]] manages to make the TearJerker moments from ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' even worse by setting them to "Welcome to the Black Parade".
** Similarly, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QErF0vqV_Y this]] video does the same with ''Franchise/HarryPotter''. So does [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebpXj09xrGY this one.]]
* "The Ghost of You".
** The ''video''. Specifically the look on Gerard's face as he watches Mikey die, and the fact that the others are literally dragging him back so he doesn't get shot too. It can really break one's heart.
* The song "Cancer". "Because the hardest part of this is leaving you..." If you've had a relative die from cancer then you really can relate.
** It doesn’t pull any punches about the physical effects of chemotherapy, either—literal lyrics aside, the general consensus is that Gerard sounds like he’s in a LOT of pain.

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[[folder:''I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love'']]
* The first song ever written by Gerard Way and preformed by the band, ''"Skylines and Turnstiles"'', was based on the 9/11 tragedy that Gerard witnessed first-hand in New York.
* Much of ''Music/TheBlackParade'' RockOpera about a terminally ill patient, could be considered DeusAngstMachina or even {{Narm}}. Nevertheless, "Sleep" really is genuinely sad: "The hardest part is letting go of your dreams".
* "Mama" can also be particularly wrenching. It's got that ''very'' My Chem, "and man, am I pissed!", gas-masks-and-angst thing going on - but you can't get away from the fact that it's about a boy going to war and struggling to come to terms with the fact that he's become a killer, and that his mother is going to have to accept that he probably won't come home.
* "Welcome to the Black Parade" is another. The [[LyricalDissonance oddly upbeat melody and lyrics]] make it worse, not better.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xNnPmnkNzg This video]] manages to make the TearJerker moments from ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' even worse by setting them to "Welcome to the Black Parade".
** Similarly, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QErF0vqV_Y this]] video does the same with ''Franchise/HarryPotter''. So does [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebpXj09xrGY this one.]]
* "The Ghost of You".
** The ''video''. Specifically the look on Gerard's face as he watches Mikey die, and the fact that the others are literally dragging him back so he doesn't get shot too. It can really break one's heart.
* The song "Cancer". "Because the hardest part of this is leaving you..." If you've had a relative die from cancer then you really can relate.
** It doesn’t pull any punches about the physical effects of chemotherapy, either—literal lyrics aside, the general consensus is that Gerard sounds like he’s in a LOT of pain.
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* "Disenchanted" is an incredible song, especially the line "It was a lie when they smiled/And said 'you won't feel a thing'". Heartbreaking.
* There is also "Helena". When you realise Helena was Gerard and Mikey Way's grandmother, it suddenly gets a lot more meaning.

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* "Disenchanted" is an incredible song, especially the line "It was a lie when they smiled/And said 'you won't feel a thing'". Heartbreaking.
* There is also "Helena".
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*"Helena".
When you realise Helena was Gerard and Mikey Way's grandmother, it suddenly gets a lot more meaning.meaning.
* "The Ghost of You".
** The ''video''. Specifically the look on Gerard's face as he watches Mikey die, and the fact that the others are literally dragging him back so he doesn't get shot too. It can really break one's heart.
* The song "Cancer". "Because the hardest part of this is leaving you..." If you've had a relative die from cancer then you really can relate.
** It doesn’t pull any punches about the physical effects of chemotherapy, either—literal lyrics aside, the general consensus is that Gerard sounds like he’s in a LOT of pain.



* "Cemetery Drive"
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[[folder:''The Black Parade'']]
* "Dead" at first seems to be singing about how joyful dying is (which helped fuel the 'they encourage suicide' claims by the Daily Mail and the like). Then you realize the song is sarcastic; The Patient knows they're dying, and they're venting their frustration. It really becomes clear towards the end.
-->''If life ain't just a joke\\
Then why am I laughing?\\
[[PunctuatedForEmphasis If. Life. Ain't. Just. A joke.]]\\
Then why am I dead?
* "Welcome to the Black Parade" is another. The [[LyricalDissonance oddly upbeat melody and lyrics]] make it worse, not better.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xNnPmnkNzg This video]] manages to make the TearJerker moments from ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' even worse by setting them to "Welcome to the Black Parade".
** Similarly, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QErF0vqV_Y this]] video does the same with ''Franchise/HarryPotter''. So does [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebpXj09xrGY this one.]]
* "Mama" can also be particularly wrenching. It's got that ''very'' My Chem, "and man, am I pissed!", gas-masks-and-angst thing going on - but you can't get away from the fact that it's about a boy going to war and struggling to come to terms with the fact that he's become a killer, and that his mother is going to have to accept that he probably won't come home.
* Much of ''Music/TheBlackParade'' RockOpera about a terminally ill patient, could be considered DeusAngstMachina or even {{Narm}}. Nevertheless, "Sleep" really is genuinely sad: "The hardest part is letting go of your dreams".
* "Disenchanted" is an incredible song, especially the line "It was a lie when they smiled/And said 'you won't feel a thing'". Heartbreaking.
* "Famous Last Words". It can also be read as a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} due to its life-affirming message (''I am not afraid to keep on living...'') and its backstory (being written for/to Mikey Way, who had temporarily left the band for [[CreatorBreakdown mental health reasons]]).
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* "Dead" at first seems to be singing about how joyful dying is (which helped fuel the 'they encourage suicide' claims by the Daily Mail and the like). Then you realize the song is sarcastic; The Patient knows they're dying, and they're venting their frustration. It really becomes clear towards the end.
-->''If life ain't just a joke\\
Then why am I laughing?\\
[[PunctuatedForEmphasis If. Life. Ain't. Just. A joke.]]\\
Then why am I dead?
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxRxpnHqfCE This video]] manages to make the TearJerker moments from ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' even worse by setting them to "Welcome to the Black Parade".

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxRxpnHqfCE com/watch?v=5xNnPmnkNzg This video]] manages to make the TearJerker moments from ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' even worse by setting them to "Welcome to the Black Parade".
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** This song was sad enough. Then Music/TwentyOnePilots did [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw6i1SAHetc a cover.]]
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** Similarly, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QErF0vqV_Y this]] video does the same with ''Franchise/HarryPotter''. So does [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebpXj09xrGY this one.]]
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* Despite the flood of {{Squee}}ing at the news of the band's reunion, sections of the UnpleasableFanbase are complaining yet again that Gerard looks "fat/ugly" [[InformedDeformity when he just stopped dying his hair and wearing flamboyant clothing.]] The other complaint is that ''they're not doing enough concerts,'' conveniently ignoring how [[CaptainObvious they're already flying around the world]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe three out of four members have young children now.]]

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* Despite the flood of {{Squee}}ing at the news of the band's reunion, sections of the UnpleasableFanbase BrokenBase are complaining yet again that Gerard looks "fat/ugly" [[InformedDeformity when he just stopped dying his hair and wearing flamboyant clothing.]] The other complaint is that ''they're not doing enough concerts,'' conveniently ignoring how [[CaptainObvious they're already flying around the world]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe three out of four members have young children now.]]
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* Despite the flood of {{Squee}}ing and [[AndTheFandomRejoiced rejoicing]] at the news of the band's reunion, sections of the UnpleasableFanbase are complaining yet again that Gerard looks "fat/ugly" [[InformedDeformity when he just stopped dying his hair and wearing flamboyant clothing.]] The other complaint is that ''they're not doing enough concerts,'' conveniently ignoring how [[CaptainObvious they're already flying around the world]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe three out of four members have young children now.]]

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* Despite the flood of {{Squee}}ing and [[AndTheFandomRejoiced rejoicing]] at the news of the band's reunion, sections of the UnpleasableFanbase are complaining yet again that Gerard looks "fat/ugly" [[InformedDeformity when he just stopped dying his hair and wearing flamboyant clothing.]] The other complaint is that ''they're not doing enough concerts,'' conveniently ignoring how [[CaptainObvious they're already flying around the world]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe three out of four members have young children now.]]
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* Despite the flood of {{Squee}}ing and [[AndTheFandomRejoiced rejoicing]] at the news of the band's reunion, sections of the UnpleasableFanbase are complaining yet again that Gerard looks "fat/ugly" [[InformedDeformity when he just stopped dying his hair and wearing flamboyant clothing.]] The other complaint is that ''they're not doing enough concerts,'' conveniently ignoring how [[CaptainObvious they're already flying around the world]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe three out of four members have young children now.]]

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