MY CHEMICAL ROMANCEThe Ultimate Guide

Eleven Years of the best band around

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240,000

copies in its first week of “The Black Parade” Album

#1

4 Drummers

9.6m Likes on Facebook

133performances of The Black

Parade World Tour

in 5 continents

7 Officially released Cover Songs

Chart Ranking in the Official UK Chart of “Welcome to the Black Parade”

#6 Chart Ranking in the Official NZ Chart of “Teenagers“

IN NUMBERS////

MCR: THE FIRST ELEVEN YEARS

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407,949 Number of Followers Gerard Way has on Twitter

9/11/2001 Date which influened

MCR’s formation

83 Award Nominations

23 Award Wins

6 Kerrang! Awards

1 Yo Gabba Gabba!appearances

4 Studio Albums

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Song Lyrics////

Zero PercentI 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!

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 hideOccupations, the opportunity to see yourself in our lights

And all the city firesAnd the tabloid liesAnd the television guidesFor the missions and the boulevardsAnd the way it is when money’s all you got

Stop and stareAt the accidents and stars that bore youWe don’t dare, sing another song for, California

AnywhereWhere the city lights are hopeless for youWe don’t care, or need another song for, Cali-fornia

Shut up and give me a shotOn vacation, to the places that you never want to dieOn the station, everybody hears but no one needs to try

On the telephone, on the methane dareEvery minute that you scream

For the errant scars and the dying starsEvery second that you take to fake your life

Stop and stareAt the accidents and stars that bore youWe don’t dare, sing another song for, California

AnywhereWhere the city lights are hopeless for youWe don’t care, or need another song for, Cali-fornia

Stop and stareAt the accidents and stars that bore youWe don’t dare, sing another song for, California

AnywhereWhere the city lights are hopeless for youWe don’t care, or need another song for, Cali-fornia

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Song Lyrics////

Boy Division

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

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 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 moneyFell in love with a vampireYou wanna get it for freeThen say hello to the brush fire, babyYou gotta take it from meI’m gonna take it from youSay hello to the good timesAnd say hello to the sunThey’re sitting back on an empireWhile the world lays backPuts a kid behind that gun If we crash this timeThey got machines to keep us aliveWhen the mix tape playsChoke down the words with no meaning I stopped bleeding three years agoWhile you keep screaming for revolutionMe and my surgeons and my street walking friendsWe got no heroes ‘cause our heroes are dead Yeah! Say hello to the programWe’re gonna give it for freeHook up the veins the antibodiesGot it with the diseaseWe’re gonna give it to youSay goodbye to the good timesYou’re loading up with the fameYou’re dressing up like a virusBut the words get lost when we all look the same If we crash this timeThey got machines to keep us aliveWhen the mix tape playsChoke down the words with no meaning I stopped bleeding three years agoWhile you keep screaming for revolution

Me and my surgeons and my street walking friendsWe got no heroes ‘cause our heroes are dead Fell in love with a vampireTops off? to the empireSay hello to the brush fireThe microphone’s got a tap wire Fell in love with a vampireTops off to the empireSay hello to the brush fireThe microphone’s got a tap wire Yeah, if we crash this timeThey got machines to keep us aliveWhile the army wivesChoke down the war with no meaningI stopped bleeding three years agoWhile you keep screaming for revolution Because rebellion ain’t a t-shirt you sellYou keep your money and I’ll see you in hell

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Song Lyrics////

gun. Well, as soon as I get my gunI’ll point it out the window at the setting sun

As soon as I get my gunI’ll tell you all about it when you fall in love

As soon as I get my gunI’m gonna make a call

Well as soon as I get my gunGet my gun

Well the uniform isn’t funThey make it like we give ‘em out to anyoneAs soon as we get your gun

A pistol is a lot of funIt’s just the kind of place we runBecause the governmentBecause the government wants your gunWants your gun Whoa

Well, if I’m old enough to die for your mistakesLet’s goCan we bleed enough to fill up what the engine takes?We don’t knowBut if you’re watching, up aboveThey’re teaching me to killWho’s teaching me to love?Now babyIsn’t it crazy?

Well as soon as I’ve got my gun Put me on vacation underneath the sunAs soon as I get my gunI’ll holler and flash it at my belting bloodOut on the sandWe’re like a hold from a IED‘Cause I’m holding up my gun

Holding up my gunYeah

And if I’m old enough to die for your mistakesLet’s goCan we bleed enough to fill up what the engine takes?We don’t knowAnd if you’re watching, up aboveThey’re teaching me to killWho’s teaching me to love?Now babyIsn’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 - NAnd now I’m never gonna have a S - O - N

And if I’m old enough to die for your mistakesLet’s goCan I bleed enough to fill up what the engine takes?We don’t know And if you’re watching, up aboveThey’re teaching me to killWho’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 IAs soon as I get my gun

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SONG LYRICS///

AMBULANCEAah 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 mis-takes 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

“THE THING ABOUT MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE IS THAT WE

NEVER WANTED TO BE COOL” Gerard Way