I get it now. I get it so much now. I’ve had 2 years to mull over the MCR breakup, 2 years to find more music, 2 years for the guys to start their lives apart from each other, 2 years for me to grow up, 2 years for it all to sink in.
I’m not, and I never was, a member of this band. I’m also young. I was almost 3 years old when I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love came out. But… I think I get it.
MCR started because Gerard was stuck. He wasn’t doing good, he wasn’t in a good place in his life. And when 9/11 happened, it was a wake up call for him. He realized, if he’s not the bad guy, then what is he?
Comic books weren’t working for him. Nothing else seemed to be working. So he wrote Skylines And Turnstiles with everything he was feeling at the moment, and that was the start of the rest of his life.
I mean, I don’t want to be speaking for Gerard or any of the guys, but from the way I see it, My Chemical Romance was a way for the guys to discover themselves. It was a way for them to get better. It was their artistic outlet. It became their heart and soul. It was this well-oiled machine, as Gerard called it. And they played it out.
They were broken. Bullets.
They were angry. Revenge.
They were reborn. Parade.
They got better. Killjoys.
And this was their story. Their story was documented in hit singles, music videos, fan art, fans themselves, fanfiction, interviews, photos, lives saved, smiles, tears, laughter, singing, covers….
And it’s over. They’re done growing up. They’re done finding themselves. They’ve gotten so much better. If they would have stayed in the band, it would have started to hold them back. So now that the band is gone, they can live on and reach higher highs and better places and more smiles, more inspiration, more greatness.
My Chemical Romance was a way for the guys to get to the other side.
So, don’t hate, guys. They’re so much happier now. Wouldn’t you rather them be happy anyways?
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