Does My Chemical Romance really Save Lives?

because sometimes people thinkk they're all alone in the world. They're afraid and they're disconnected from their families, classmates, etc. Its tough being alone and being different. When you find yourself at the edge, you can't think of everyone you'll leave behind, you can't think about getting help, all you know is that knife (pills, beer whatever) you have in your hand and the "escape" you'll get once the deed is done.

But then you find out that you're not alone. That someone somewhere knows exactly what you're going though. You know you can make it though because you know they're there right beside you. You can survive because someone somewhere knows what its like and knows you can get through it.

When you think about it, My Chem does save lives, because if it wasn't for them, I would have taken that extra step, I would have killed myself.

They're my own personal angels. They saved me. And I continually thank whoevers up there in the sky for bringing them to me everyday

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because sometimes people thinkk they're all alone in the world. They're afraid and they're disconnected from their families, classmates, etc. Its tough being alone and being different. When you find yourself at the edge, you can't think of everyone you'll leave behind, you can't think about getting help, all you know is that knife (pills, beer whatever) you have in your hand and the "escape" you'll get once the deed is done.

But then you find out that you're not alone. That someone somewhere knows exactly what you're going though. You know you can make it though because you know they're there right beside you. You can survive because someone somewhere knows what its like and knows you can get through it.

When you think about it, My Chem does save lives, because if it wasn't for them, I would have taken that extra step, I would have killed myself.

They're my own personal angels. They saved me. And I continually thank whoevers up there in the sky for bringing them to me everyday

I agree with everything you just said and i could have said itbetter myself

Not so long ago I really wanted to end my life.
I was really depressive and suicidal (i still am though), I thought I was useless to everyone. My parents and my (ex)boyfriend were not helping me, they were all thinking that I wasn't serious...

I was, and I still feel alone in this world. But there is one thing that keep me alive, and its music. And among all the bands i listen to, AFI and My Chem are the most significative.

I was lisentening to Welcome to the Black Parade while I was having very dark thoughts and then the lyrics sounded sort of different to me.

The disappointed faces of your peers
I was and i'm still feeling misunderstood by everyone around me. People think either i'm stupid or that i'm always doing wrong choices.

[...]

Take a look at me 'cause I could not care at all
Do or die
You’ll never make me
Because the world will never take my (heart)
Go and try; you’ll never break me

''No matter what shit people say about me, I must be stronger and smarter than them. They'll never get me, i'll never break out in front of them'' (that's what i kept telling myself)
[...]
I won’t explain, or say I’m sorry
I’m unashamed, I’m gonna show my (scar)

I won't feel guilty anymore if I tell people to go fuck themselves.


Give a cheer, for all the broken

At this point, I was, and I still think i'm part of the ''broken'', which are the outcasts, the rejected, etc??

Listen here, because it’s who we are

This is who I am, no matter what anyone think
[...]
I
Don't
Care

And then. I just felt better. I'm still deppressed and everything, but feeling accepted among other people who feel the same as me makes me feel better.
I'm sorry if my post sounds weird, its past midnight...

My pointis that its not only mcr who saved my life, its almost every band i listen to. It just makes me feel alive. might sounds stupid or weird, but its how i feel about it.

good night now...

They have never saved my life, mostlty because I've never been to the point where it's needed saving. But they have had a huge impact on it so I can totally understand when people say that MCR saved them.

Their music is powerful, it makes you feel things, it makes you realise things about yourself and it simply makes you feel better when you feel like shit. Like Gerard said:

'it's alright to be messed up coz there are 5 dudes out there that are just as messed up as you, and we have overcome that to do what we do'

That might not be it exactly but it was along those lines. It's nice to feel like someone understands. Plus music is a distraction I guess it kind of takes you away from your own shitty life

These boys are the five most insperational angels on this earth, Like ^ X_pansy said i have never been at that point in which some of you have been, but i do understand as i had a very close friend who was at breaking point, according to her, i saved her life. But yes they can save your life

Not for me. But when I was younger the best advice I ever heard about suicide was, "Just wait until the next day and it's not so bad." And, surprise, that advice came from a musician I greatly admire. Go Darren.

My Chem has saved my life. The music helps me when i feel like i'm alone in the world.

The lines, It isn't that much fun, staring down a loaded gun

I am not afraid to keep on living
I am not afraid to walk this world alone and

Awake and unafraid
Asleep or dead

have all helped me with things i deal with in life. Plus after watching LOTMS and learning about what Gerard went through let me know if he can get through all that then i can get through my life and survive.

I think they can and have. I mean the amount of people on here who have said that they have saved their lives, I don't think any of them are lying.
Personnaly they haven't saved my life but they've made it a hell of a lot better.

well, as Gerard said on LOTMS, thats what MCR is for: saving lives. It saved his! MCR's music really helped me get through depression. and Gee also said that people dont have to feel alone cuz theres 5 guys in the world that are just as messed up.
I found Gerard's voice very soothing when i was depressed last year, and still whenever I'm stressed i listen to them. When i watched LOTMS the first time i kinda saw myself in Gerard becuz i was addicted to something (i wont say what it is of course, but i can tell you its not alcohol or pills) and he kinda let me know in a way that i wasnt alone and that ill get through it cuz he got through it.
Music is a form of therapy for me, because when I'm depressed, I write songs. And a lot of the songs i write are a lot like MCR's music so I kinda see myself in them.
So yeah, I think they kinda saved my life. I might've ended up killing myself by now if it wasnt for them not letting me feel alone.

It's become too overused. It's like people just try to say it to be cool now.

Oh, I know. I just hate seeing these people who have had no problems in their life going "omG MRC totally sved mi lyfe".

I think they do save lives, when you feel like you just want it all to end when everything is terrible and you have nowhere to turn, their music will never let you down, MCR's music makes me feel like i'm not alone and there are plenty of other people who are going through the same things. i mean in a literal way, no they did not save your life, but their music will never let you down.

MCR didn't just save my life, they are still saving my life.

They save lives.
Done.

they have saved my life i was really depressed for a long time and then i heard their song our lady of sorrows and i just sat there and cryed and i realized that if i was to kill myself everything wouldnt just change. I was having so many troubles and i thank them all the time cuz if it wasnt for them i would not be here