Just a little something to tide you guys over before i get over my laziness to post. hehe. This post is dedicated to MCR cos they will be coming to spore in dec to perform. And i don't have the cash to catch them. -brawl- I love their 1st and 2nd album more than their 3rd. 3rd album is more mainstream. i am unsure if mcr is looking to please more mainstream fans and earn more $ or they are really moving into another direction with no monetary motivations of that sort.
And wth did Gerard Way had to bleach his hair and choped it off???! GAH.
And for the record, My Chemical Romance is NOT emo. Their music is pop-punk. Yes, black parade looks damn emo. But it's meant to be dramatic. Screw you, mcr haters.
Demolition Lovers
Artist(Band):
My Chemical Romance Hand in mine, into your icy blues
And then I'd say to you we could take to the highway
With this trunk of ammunition too
I'd end my days with you in a hail of bullets
I'm trying, I'm trying
To let you know just how much you mean to me
And after all the things we put each other through and
I would drive on to the end with you
A liquor store or two keeps the gas tank full
And I feel like there's nothing left to do
But prove myself to you and we'll keep it running
But this time, I mean it
I'll let you know just how much you mean to me
As snow falls on desert sky
Until the end of everything
I'm trying, I'm trying
To let you know how much you mean
As days fade, and nights grow
And we grow cold
Until the end, until this pool of blood
Until this, I mean this, I mean this
Until the end of...
I'm trying, I'm trying
To let you know how much you mean
As days fade, and nights grow
And we go cold
But this time, we'll show them
We'll show them all how much we mean
As snow falls on desert sky
Until the end of every...
All we are, all we are is bullets I mean this
All we are, all we are is bullets I mean this
All we are, all we are is bullets I mean this
All we are, all we are is bullets I mean this
As lead rains, and pass on through
Our phantoms, forever, forever
Like scarecrows, that fuel this flame
We're burning, forever, and ever
Know how much I want to show you you're the only one
Like a bed of roses there's a dozen reasons in this gun
And as we're falling down
And in this pool of blood
And as we're touching hands
And as we're falling down
And in this pool of blood
And as we're falling down
I see your eyes
And in this pool of blood
I'll meet your eyes...
I mean this, forever
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I love the gradual change in mood. And later the intensy and desperation, spiralling down to insanity.
I wonder if the guy really managed to confess his feelings to the girl. And did he killed the girl and himself cos the girl rejected him or they can't be together? Like he said, dozen reasons on his gun.
Now, onto another track from their 1st album..
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Vampires Will Never Hurt You
Artist(Band):
My Chemical Romance And if they get me and the sun goes down into the ground
And if they get me take this spike to my heart and
And if they get me and the sun goes down
And if they get me take this spike and
You put the spike in my heart
And if the sun comes up will it tear the skin right off our bones
And then as razor sharp white teeth rip out our necks I saw you there
Someone get me to the doctor, someone get me to a church
Where they can pump this venom gaping hole
And you must keep your soul like a secret in your throat
And if they come and get me
What if you put the spike in my heart
And if they get me and the sun goes down
And if they get me take this spike and (Come on!)
(Chorus)
Can you take this spike?
Will it fill our hearts with thoughts of endless
Night time sky
Can you take this spike?
Will it wash away this jet black feeling?
And now the nightclub sets the stage for this they come in pairs she said
We'll shoot back holy water like cheap whiskey they're always there
Someone get me to the doctor, and someone call the nurse
And someone buy me roses, and someone burned the church
We're hanging out with corpses, and driving in this hearse
And someone save my soul tonight, please save my soul
(Chorus)
Can you take this spike?
Will it fill our hearts with thoughts of endless
Night time sky
Can you take this spike?
Will it wash away this jet black now?
And as these days watch over time, and as these days watch over time
And as these days watch over us tonight
(2x)
I'll never let them, I'll never let them
I'll never let them hurt you not tonight
I'll never let them, I can't forget them
I'll never let them hurt you, I promise
Struck down, before our prime
Before, you got off the floor
Can you stake my heart? Can you stake my heart?
Can you stake my heart? Can you stake my heart?
(And these thoughts of endless night
bring us back into the light
and this venom from my heart)
Can you stake my heart? Can you stake my heart?
(And these thoughts of endless night
bring us back into the light
kill this venom from my heart)
Can you stake me before the sun goes down?
(And as always, innocent like roller coasters.
Fatality is like ghosts in snow and you have no idea what you're up against
because I've seen what they look like.
Becoming perfect as if they were sterling silver chainsaws going cascading...)
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I love the hysteria in this one. More intense than demoliation lovers. I don't like the amv tho. Low budget, makes the quality bad. But it's not like they can help it. The facial expressions make up for the lousy quality and the stragetic placing of lights so they really look vampric.
Ok. Now the 2nd album. The lyrics are less interesting. But their band really improved. the music composition. Well, that's what i think cos not all the songs from the 1st album are nice. All the songs from the 2nd album are nice. But song lyrics from the 1st album are DEFINITELY more intriguing and unique.
And did you know that mcr albums are all about storytelling? The 2nd album carries off where the 1st left. And i am too lazy to elaborate on the story.
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I Never Told You What I Do for a Living
Artist(Band):
My Chemical Romance Stay out of the light,
Or the photograph that I gave you,
You can say a prayer if you need to,
Or just get in line and I'll grieve you,
can o see you,
Alone?
Another night and I'll see you,
Another night and I'll be you,
Some other way to continue,
To hide my face
Another knife in my hands,
A stain that never comes off,
The sheets
Clean me off,
I'm so dirty babe!
The kind of dirty where the water never cleans off the clothes,
I keep a book of the names and those
Only go so far,
'Til you bury them,
So deep and down we go
Touched by angels,
Though I fall out of grace
I did it all so maybe,
I'd live this everyday.
Another knife in my hands,
A stain that never comes off,
The sheets
Clean me off,
I'm so dirty babe!
It ain't the money and it sure as hell ain't just for the fame,
It's for the bodies I claim and those
Only go so far,
'Til you bury them,
So deep and down we go!
Down...
And down we go,
And down we go,
And down we go,
And we all, fall, down,
I tried!
I tried!
And we'll all dance alone,
To the tune of your death,
We'll love again,
We'll laugh again,
And it's better off this way...
And never again,
And never again,
They gave us two shots to the back of the head,
And we're all dead now...
Well never again,
And never again,
They gave us two shots to the back of the head,
And we're all dead now...
I tried,
One more night,
One more night,
We'll all,
Laugh out,
Cry out,
Laugh out loud!
I tried,
Well I tried,
Well I tried,
'Cause I tried,
But I lied,
But I...
I tried,
I tried,
I tried...
And we'll love again,
We'll laugh again,
We'll cry again,
And we'll dance again,
And it's better off this way,
So much better off this way,
I can't clean the blood off the sheets in my bed!
And never again,
And never again,
They gave us two shots to the back of the head
And we're all dead now...
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I suppose 3rd album is a fresh start since our hero and heroine died in the last track of the 2nd album? (for confused ppl: look at the last line of the above lyrics.) Fitting, since the 3td album is named the Black Parade. And did you know that lead singer, Gerard Way used to be artist? And when you see drawings in the 2nd and 3rd albumn, it's done by him?
As much as a fan I am, i think that MCR can have more improvements tho. Personally I prefer their older style, more punk please! The attempt to merge bubblegum pop and punk is well, commenable. And I get that they are trying more diversifications since listeners get bored listening to the same type of music over again and they are experimenting more. As seen from bubblegummy slash punk tracks to VERY mild screamos and melodic stuff. But... They didn't do it quite right. It's just... weird. Just...Nah.
I like their concept. But concepts are nothing without ability to fulfill it.
Ouch. Direct jab.
But I still love them. More so their older albums anyway.