In the 24th edition of FIERCE Pop + Rock ๐ฅ๐ค, we highlight โCancerโ performed by My Chemcal Romance.
Bring on the bold, FIERCE tracks! FIERCE Pop + Rock ๐ฅ๐ค provides background information and insight into pop, rock, and metal songs that raise eyebrows and stir the pot.ย Featured records can be classic or brand new. In the 24th edition of FIERCE Pop + Rock ๐ฅ๐ค (2023), we explore ๐ต โCancerโ performed by ๐ My Chemical Romance.ย
โIf you could get me a drink / Of water โcause my lips are chapped and faded.โ Of course, of course โ that is not asking much. โCall my Aunt Marie / Help her gather all my things / And bury me in all my favorite colors.โ Um, bury? Uh-oh โ this is getting morbid! ๐ต โCancerโ is one of the best songs by ๐ My Chemical Romance.ย Arguably, it is the crowning achievement of their conceptual, 2006 album, ๐ฟ The Black Parade. Sometimes, the best songs are sad like โCancer,โ which finds ๐ Gerard Way portraying a character who is diagnosed with cancer ๐ข.ย The patient understands his cancer is terminal โย his death sentence.ย That is incredibly tough to cope with.
โCancerโ is filled with pain, which the listener perceives from Wayโs assertive performance as well as the dramatic lyrics.ย The lyrics donโt sugarcoat the experience โ they keep it ๐ฏ by all means.ย In the second verse, the patient sings, โNow turn away / Cause Iโm awful just to see / Cause all my hairs abandoned all my body / Oh, my agony / Know that I will never marry / Baby, Iโm just soggy from the chemo.โ After reading some annotations of this song, specifically regarding the second verse, it is notable that the patient shows some legit disappointment and sadness about his lot before blaming that vulnerable moment on chemotherapy. โBut counting down the days to go / It just ainโt living,โ the patient โ well Way โ sings in the chorus.ย Also, fittingly, he adds, in his goodbye message, โโCause the hardest part of this is leaving you.โ #Fuck Cancer feels appropriate here.
Appears in ๐ป:ย ย
๐ My Chemical Romance โข ๐ฟ The Black Parade โข ๐ท Reprise โข ๐ 2006ย
My Chemical Romance, โCancerโ: FIERCE Pop + Rock ๐ฅ๐ค No. 24 (2023) [๐ท: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Conna Lee, Madelin Berry, anna-m. w., Johan Duran, RODNAE Productions via Pexels; Pete Linforth via Pixabay]
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