checkeredpast June 23rd, 2007 03:38AM  
Tragedy and sadness surrounded Gerard Way and I think he is expressing that he has reached understanding as to why some things have to happen in life. It seems to suggest that he has empathy for people who are suffering and he is realizing a calling to help people. I feel that the black parade itself is not a metaphor for death, but a world exposed to darkness that torments the soul. Pain is art.

anonymous June 27th, 2007 05:40AM  
Assuming the "Black parade" is the metaphor for death, the patient is thinking back to when his father left him to go to war and this is when he first encountered death "Because one day ill leave you a phantom (from war)to lead you in the summer to join the black parade," and possibly go to war "and through it all the rise and fall, the bodies in the streets." the patient may possibly be thinking about his mother and how his fathers death and his impending death will affect her "your weary widow marches on." Eventually as the song progresses the black parade eventually takes the patient as he begins to realize he can't change the past or his destiny "I'm just a man, I'm not a hero" and possibly wrote the song before he died "Just a boy who had to sing this song."

Overall this is a great song! 10/10!

anonymous July 2nd, 2007 09:59AM  
100% fictional! This song is about the black parade taking the patient into the afterlife. It is not a metaphor for anyones life its just a creation of Gerard's imaginative mind.

anonymous July 2nd, 2007 10:10AM  
Correct me if I'm wrong but I get the impression that this song is about the prostitution within the war times.

anonymous July 2nd, 2007 10:15AM  
It's about the patient dying, going into the after life and reflecting on his life.

anonymous July 6th, 2007 11:19AM  
This song is about taking someone into the afterlife during times of war

twinkle_toes July 14th, 2007 11:23PM  
Patient wakes up from coma, all he remembers is a parade, and realizes that he's going 2 die and sees death as a black parade. when it says "your weary widow marches" that must mean that the girl he's talking 2 in other songs is his wife! right?

anonymous July 17th, 2007 11:18AM  
Does anyone else see some slight and probably accidental reference to things that happened in the bible?

When I was a young boy,
My FATHER took me into the city
To see a marching band.
He said,
"SON WHEN YOU GROW UP, WILL YOU BE THE SAVIOR OF THE BROKEN, THE BEATEN AND THE DAMNED?"
He said
"WILL YOU DEFEAT THEM, YOUR DEMONS, AND AL THE NON-BELIEVERS, THE PLANS THAT THEY HAVE MADE?"
Because one day I LEAVE YOU,
A phantom to LEAD YOU in the summer,
To join the black parade."


THOUGH YOU'RE DEAD AND GONE,YOUR MEMORY WILL CARRY ON.




soryr guys, hate to be the annoying christian, but I just saw some resemblance. even if there is, its probably accidental.

anonymous July 18th, 2007 03:47PM  
Now I realize THIS IS WRONG, but this is what the some makes me think of. I thought it was about a man who lost his mother as a boy, and his father takes him to her funeral [black parade] and when it says "sometimes I get the feeling she's watching over me" the she is his mother, and
"When you're gone we want you all to know We'll Carry on,
We'll Carry on
Though your dead and gone believe me Your memory will carry on
Carry on
We'll carry on "
is like a tribute to her, saying will miss you, but do our best to be happy and live as you would have wanted us to.

thats all WRONG, but its a about interpretation and what you take from the song. So that's my take on it. Though I think in actuality it's about something quite different.

anonymous July 25th, 2007 01:13AM  
It's about whatever you want. That's the best thing about great songs is that they can carry many viable interpretations and it'll always touch different people unique.

anonymous August 5th, 2007 11:42AM  
Wait, wait! This song isn't called 'We are the Black Parade'! It's called 'Welcome to the Black Parade'! Does no one on the internet know anything?!?!

Now, carry on with your interpretations.

anonymous August 6th, 2007 08:23AM  
My interpretation is that the song is ambiguous for a reason. Its an anthem for those who have lost a love one as they said, but more importantly an interpretation of war. Its a story of "patient" who's memory is of a black parade at the beginning, not for the reason of the whole song but to set the seen and fit the mood at the start, as its slow it just fits the tempo and theme. As the song progresses it becomes more of a punk anthem saying basically each thing that effects people mentally death: "...Sometimes I get the feeling she's watching over me. And other times I feel like I should go."
then war: "...And through it all, the rise and fall, the bodies in the streets."
then being tormented for your beliefs: "...A world that sends you reeling from decimated dreams, Your misery and hate will kill us all."
... It rallies you to keep going and that war is stupid. Its a progression of the "hippie" scene which was fighting war with love. Now we're (MCR) are pissed off and sick of these things happening, and fighting the stupidity in the world with anger. Its not something we should just sit back and just watch anymore. . .

anonymous August 25th, 2007 01:54PM  
I think, instead of posting these interpretations, someone should just get backstage passes to a MCR concert and just ask them what the song is about.

anonymous August 26th, 2007 04:20AM  
To me "disappointed faces of your peers" kind of makes "the black parade" sound like a metaphor for becoming an emo.

Either way this song is awesome

anonymous September 3rd, 2007 09:09PM  
THE SONG IS ABOUT MCR WELCOMING A DEAD PATIENT TO THE BLACK PARADE! WHEN YOU MEET THEM LIKE I DID, ASK!

anonymous September 9th, 2007 05:02PM  
During an interview with him, they had asked him what inspired him to write this song and it was the death of his mother I believe. If not it was a close member of his family. And how painful it was to lose such a wonderful person.

anonymous September 17th, 2007 05:56PM  
I interpreted the song as a story of a boy whom had lost his mother. His father had promised him that when he died he would lead him as a ghost, to join a parade, who would march to save the souls of those who too had lost others. Spreading the message to carry on regardless. They would be the saviours of the broken, the beaten and the damned. The Black Parade. The theme of the song is the message to carry on in the face of death. If you've lost someone don't let it get to you, just march on. I think if you read the true lyrics (i.e. The one's in the CD case - not the many wrong one's on the net) you may pick this up. If not then they it was just my interpretation. I think with songs like this you can't take the lyrics too literally. Otherwise interpretations come out really stupid!

anonymous September 20th, 2007 06:14PM  
There is no getting away from it. The scenes in the video look like the aftermath of 9/11 in New York. It obviously has religious overtones i.e. will you be the Saviour. The band are dressed in military uniforms which is significant to the war that followed. The dead man is just one of thousands killed that day. I don't see anything else here.

anonymous September 25th, 2007 01:25PM  
Theres No Such Song...

anonymous September 30th, 2007 01:23PM  
I think this song is about a father who shows his son when he is young that one day there will be a black parade ( the devil and his followers) and that they will come and beckon him, but he has to be strong an carry on. Then when his dad dies, who was a believer, the son begins to doubt his belief in God, like the "her" and "the widow". So when the son dies, he doesn't go to heaven and see his dad, he will forever remain with the widow in the opposite of heaven.