Not a Deathcult
Okay, I am seriously cheesed off right now. I was watching random YouTube videos and this video came up by a "concerned parent" trying to "stop the Chemical Romance from taking the lives of our children." Screw that! I wanted to scream, but it's way past midnight and I'd get caught on the computer.
I wanna cry, I really do. We're not a deathcult, we're the farthest thing from a deathcult! There's these people who tell me I'm emo because I'm in the MCRmy. I hate that! Gerard Way said that "Emo is just a pile of bullsh!t." MCR is not emo. And their lyrics? "I am not afraid to keep on living." "Things are better if I stay." Things like that are the things that people never notice. People can only ever notice the bad things about something.
I wear black eyeliner, I wear a studded belt, my black pants are occasionally tight, I'm not afraid to cry in public, I wear black nailpolish, and I listen to My Chemical Romance, Panic! At The Disco, and Fall Out Boy. But I'm not emo. Emo is a mindset. It's wanting to hurt yourself to fit in for some people. For others it's hopelessness to enstill hope in yourself. For others it's dressing like everyone else to be different. It doesn't matter. I don't hurt myself, I have hope, and I don't dress like anyone else intentionally. If someone wore the same pants as me last week, who cares? As long as I like them, why does it matter?
My Chemical Romance is far from a deathcult.
Then there were these videos that said that they were planning a mass suicide to show that we're not a deathcult. What the hell is that? So, to show them that we don't kill ourselves, we're going to kill ourselves, and if you don't do it you're not a real fan? What is that? Yeah, dishonoring MCR and making them feel like shit for what happened all because you're stupid enough to take your own life to prove that you don't do that kind of thing is real smart. Someone get these people a medal.
We're not a deathcult, we're an army. I know you've heard this a thousand times before, but we are. We are the MCRmy. I was walking down the halls and someone called me emo and told me to go kill myself and do everyone a favor. I said, "Watch it, f***er, or you'll be the next one to join the Black Parade." When someone asked me why I said that, I said, "I am a proud member of the MCRmy. I won't let anyone treat me like that. I'll straighten my hair with dignity and crash the cemetery gates with my head held high because I am not afraid to keep on living."
And I know plenty of people who do the same kinds of things. So tell me, does that sound like a deathcult to you?
I was about to kill myself, but I listened to an MCR song and found a reason to keep going. I found hope, a thousand reasons to keep living. I wasn't afraid, and I'm still not afraid to keep on living. I am not afraid to walk this world alone. And someone once told me to go die, so I said, "Nothing you can say will stop me going home." and walked off the bus in a dramatic head-held-high kinda way.
We aren't a deathcult, so why do people still say that?
Thanks for reading, and I'm sorry if anyone was offended. I haven't gotten much sleep lately.
I wanna cry, I really do. We're not a deathcult, we're the farthest thing from a deathcult! There's these people who tell me I'm emo because I'm in the MCRmy. I hate that! Gerard Way said that "Emo is just a pile of bullsh!t." MCR is not emo. And their lyrics? "I am not afraid to keep on living." "Things are better if I stay." Things like that are the things that people never notice. People can only ever notice the bad things about something.
I wear black eyeliner, I wear a studded belt, my black pants are occasionally tight, I'm not afraid to cry in public, I wear black nailpolish, and I listen to My Chemical Romance, Panic! At The Disco, and Fall Out Boy. But I'm not emo. Emo is a mindset. It's wanting to hurt yourself to fit in for some people. For others it's hopelessness to enstill hope in yourself. For others it's dressing like everyone else to be different. It doesn't matter. I don't hurt myself, I have hope, and I don't dress like anyone else intentionally. If someone wore the same pants as me last week, who cares? As long as I like them, why does it matter?
My Chemical Romance is far from a deathcult.
Then there were these videos that said that they were planning a mass suicide to show that we're not a deathcult. What the hell is that? So, to show them that we don't kill ourselves, we're going to kill ourselves, and if you don't do it you're not a real fan? What is that? Yeah, dishonoring MCR and making them feel like shit for what happened all because you're stupid enough to take your own life to prove that you don't do that kind of thing is real smart. Someone get these people a medal.
We're not a deathcult, we're an army. I know you've heard this a thousand times before, but we are. We are the MCRmy. I was walking down the halls and someone called me emo and told me to go kill myself and do everyone a favor. I said, "Watch it, f***er, or you'll be the next one to join the Black Parade." When someone asked me why I said that, I said, "I am a proud member of the MCRmy. I won't let anyone treat me like that. I'll straighten my hair with dignity and crash the cemetery gates with my head held high because I am not afraid to keep on living."
And I know plenty of people who do the same kinds of things. So tell me, does that sound like a deathcult to you?
I was about to kill myself, but I listened to an MCR song and found a reason to keep going. I found hope, a thousand reasons to keep living. I wasn't afraid, and I'm still not afraid to keep on living. I am not afraid to walk this world alone. And someone once told me to go die, so I said, "Nothing you can say will stop me going home." and walked off the bus in a dramatic head-held-high kinda way.
We aren't a deathcult, so why do people still say that?
Thanks for reading, and I'm sorry if anyone was offended. I haven't gotten much sleep lately.
By the sounds of it MCR is doing the opposite of what 'they' think it's doing.
MCR are telling people NO!
But weird idiots think otherwise...
And I seriously don't understand why people should yell 'slit your wrists' just coz someone wears skinny jeans and listens to different music.
As usual, I agree with you.
padfoot, December 31st, 2008 at 02:45:16pm
I would actually like to start a deathcult.
Because really, walking around saying: "Haii, this is my deathcult!" would get less bad attention than My Chemical Romance.
rawr i'm a toaster, December 31st, 2008 at 08:11:08am
No offense, but MCR is emo. What paper heart said, emo means emotional.
And like I've stated hundreds of times before, music wouldn't be music without emotion.
Emotions make the songs what they come to be.
Yeah it's stupid to think everyone's killing themselves over mcr, but you know what? The world is a stupid place right now.
If you pay attention to the news, you can find so many messed up things going on. So what if parents think MCR is making everyone kill themselves.
You don't have to listen to idiots :file:
captain america, December 30th, 2008 at 11:15:08am
emo = emotional
i cant stress this word enough.
full agree with your blog, couldn't have said it better myself.
problem is ppl need an underdog. for ages it was chavs.
then fashion changed and the new "breed" so to speak came to be unified under the label of emo. tbh its amusing because those listless kids, half of their heads, body gouged and broken, they are emotionaless hence the exact opposite of the word emo!
also another sardonic fact of life, lets use labels again.
Let's say a jock kills himself "he had everything to live for, pressure of school, team, races etc got to him".
A supposed "emo" kills themself "selfish ungrateful teenager strikes again due to music".
times like these when you see how unfair the world is, do what i do. Point and laugh and then laugh some more. At the end of the day these guys are gonna be the ones laughing from the otherside of their faces.
and whilst on the subject of emo, yes i once entertained in the whole drainpipes and studded belt and fringe, i reckon its something ppl grow into or out of, i dont see scene kids getting slandered as much , but then i suppose its cos they've got plastic cards most of them and well money can buy anything. not that im slagging off "scene kids" i know some myself, lovely folk they realy are.
Parents need to relise, if their kid tops themselves, most likely its [i] the parents fault[/i[ harsh i know but true.
All these supposed "emos" they come from homes where love is not the most apprent theme, its just a second thought. If you can bloody well make a kid and have it, you should damn well be prepared to go to all the costs to look after it. If the kid dies its your f*cking fault for not seeing or for causing their pain.
im sorry a little bit of vested anger at some adults i know.
yes its tragic, its even more tragic parents dont relise they're the ones pushing this "emo" secene into over drive.
Next time some one calls you emo kids, hold your head up high and tell them where to shove it. Tell them yes you may be emotional at times, i am and im damn proud of it, it shows we've got balls to stand up for our opinions, and we care enough about our loved ones to show them when we're hurting.
last note
emotions?
they're a wide spectrum of things. from sad to happy.
people need to start reading the dictionary.
paper heart., December 30th, 2008 at 06:44:58am
I love you, I love you, I love you.
This "emo" crap really annoys me, I'm gunna try to not swear D: Anyway, MCR are the opposite of a deathcult.
There is not much else I could say about this blog, I agree all the way.
I was just watching a warped tour video where Gerard said to the audience something like (I probably won't get it exact) "If you're racist, sexist, a homophobe or just a f*cking a$ GO HOME." Things like that, things that say that it's okay to be different, everyone is equal, everyone should be happy is the stuff that makes MCR the opposite of a deathcult.
Btw, I want that you tube video link so I can drop comment-bombs on it :file:
icegirl., December 30th, 2008 at 02:35:48am
I really dislike it when people assume things because of the music you listen to, yes.
Skippy., December 30th, 2008 at 02:35:37am
its just a youtube video, it will be ok. lol.
i get where your coming from though. MCR is my favorite band, they have helped me through so much! When i feel "emo" (like most people do occasionally...lol) i listen to MCR and it makes me happy, gives me hope! They are an amazing band. Don't listen to the stupid people who are too stupid to remember that "emo" is short for "emotional" and is to describe the sad people who need help, not the people who wear eyeliner and studded belts...
ugh.
i usually dress in mostly black band tees and tight pants, studded belts, and chucks.
so one day i dye my hair black with blue high lights...
then everyone starts calling me emo!!
its stupid.
suburban.zombie, December 30th, 2008 at 02:09:07am
I love you.
I agree with this blog.
I had/have the same situation. It was worse last year, I was told "Go slit your wrists, emo kid." repeatedly. My friend Amy slapped the pen out of my hand yelling, "DON'T DO IT!!!" when I was doodling a heart on my wrist.
MCR is treated so unfairly by parents and media, they're just looking for something to pin blame on.
I agree with you 100%
Good blog. =]
Tyler Durden, December 30th, 2008 at 01:35:54am