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5chwuffi · 2 months

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okay so, before i fully get into it a few things.

i think the patients lover is more important to the story than most people make them out to be. i think more of the songs have aspects that include them than i usually see people talking about.

my main thing, and what mostly even gave me the idea to really look at the story, are certain themes. the first one is religious imagery. the songs on the album that fit this the most are house of wolves and mama. house of wolves, from what i currently understand, talks a lot about the patients guilt; this is connected to another theme. mama talks a lot about hell, guilt as well. i think mama shows the guilt from the parader (or death, but i believe the parader to be a soldier who died in the field. i think his guilt made him unable to move on, made him stuck traveling the world as a spirit who has to guide lost souls.) i think he feels guilt over his actions during the war (wwI most likely).

the second theme is crime. the patient seems to have a rough past, and his lover seems to be involved. i think teenagers shows a lot of this, as well as the sharpest lives. my working theory ties emily into this. i think the patient, his lover and their friends were in some way involved in crime, and he feels guilt over his actions. especially considering the fact that his father wanted him to be a savior to the broken, and instead he became a criminal. his lover doesn't seem to feel the same way, which causes a lot of strain in their relationship.

the last theme is being lost/not finding a way home. there are multiple songs with lyrics that suggest that the patient, or even more his lover seem to be lost and can't go home. this would also make sense with the parader. he died overseas and never got to go home, he feels lost. this could also be a reason for why he wasn't able to move on into the afterlife.

now, this might be far fetched, but i think each of these themes has a specific song from the b-sides/single that represents it.

heaven help us - religious guilt

kill all your friends - his criminal past

my way home is through you - home

this is most likely coincidence but i still think it's very interesting to look at.

my initial thoughts on the story: i think the patient had a rough past. he wasn't accepted by his parents or peers (teenagers, "you were always born a crime" (my way home is through you) etc. show this for me) and this made him fall in with the wrong crowd. he found his lover and her friends, and they became criminals. he seems to have been more hesitant about this life of theirs, she seems to have been more confident. when his diagnosis comes, he wants to make amends. he thinks back on his life, on the wrongs he's done. i think he was raised religious which leads to his religious guilt. he feels like a sinner, like exactly the type of person his father wanted him to save. he feels hopeless. the parader, who's job it is to guide him into the afterlife, can empathize with him. he relates to the patients strained relationship with his parents as he had a similarly strained relationship with his mother. he relates to the guilt the patient feels and the way that he feels lost, unable to come home. as the patient thinks about his life, all the choices he made, everything he did, the parader helps him accept his past and find peace. the patient talks to his lover and they part ways, not necessarily in a good way. when he finally dies, the parader appears to him in the form of the black parade. the parader leads him through his death and helps him move onto the afterlife. he reassures the patient that he will be fine, that he is no longer afraid to walk this world alone and help these souls, that he has accepted his fate. the patient manages to forgive himself, and moves on into the afterlife.

mind you, i haven't really done my analysis yet, this is just what i currently think could've happened. idk. it's a complicated album but it is what i love so much about it.

(p.s. i believe that the songs we got with living with ghosts are more abt the lover. the patients father talks about appearing to him as a phantom, and i think living with GHOSTS means that these songs are about the lover, and her having to live with the ghosts of her past aka the patient.)

#the black parade #my chemical romance #mcr

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5chwuffi · 2 months

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the black parade is my favorite album of all time. but i never Really truly understood the story with all its context. i used to just go with wendigoons theory, because i do like that interpretation, but it never felt quite right. so i hung up all the lyrics in my room to try and help me see if i can find out what is truly going on in this album. but first lets establish some things:

i am not sure how far ill come with this. i might get bored in two days. i might never figure out anything new. but im on summer break and im bored and also not normal about this album.

i don't think ill ever truly grasp everything going on in this album. unfortunately i am not gerard way so i will never be able to catch everything he put into it. im not even sure if i can make a coherent story out of it. but ive always had a lot of thoughts on this album so why not give it a shot? but i love seeing different peoples perspectives and their unique interpretations of each song :D

i included b-sides and living with ghosts. since those songs were also written for this album/during the time this album came into existence, they might help me understand the story. from what i know, gerard built an entire world in his mind where this story plays. i could never replicate that exactly, but these extra songs might help in giving me context, since they were written in the same world if that makes sense??

i am doing this for me. if anyone else finds this interesting that's cool, but im mostly just posting this here to not clog up my notes app. these posts are mostly for me to look back on. but i figured id do a little explanation anyways :3

also i don't use tumblr usually so this is gonna be a learning process istg 😭

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