Summertime by My Chemical Romance

“Summertime” by My Chemical Romance feelings like the end of a good movie. Like walking out the theater with your back turned to the screen as the credits roll. You got to watch your favorite characters grow and learn lessons and eventually get their happily ever afters. You almost don’t want to leave. It’s an almost indescribable feeling.

Released in 2010 on My Chemical Romance’s album Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, “Summertime” was written by Gerard Way for his wife, Lindsey Ann Way (Lyn-Z). They wrote what would later become the lyrics to Summertime on their bodies during their shows in the early 2000s.

Lyn-Z, bassist of Mindless Self Indulgence

 

 

Gerard Way, lead vocalist of MCR

 

 

When the lights go out                                     Will you take me with you
And carry all this broken bone
Through six years down in crowded rooms
And highways I call home?                             Something I can’t know ’til now
‘Til you pick me off the ground
With a brick in hand, your lip-gloss smile
Your scraped-up knees

The entire song is very specific to the couple it’s written about. Gerard was on tour with My Chemical Romance for six years, thus the “six years” and “highways I call home” line. Lyn-Z was known for wearing lip gloss and falling on her knees during solos.

And if you stay, I would even wait all night                  Or until my heart explodes                                  How long? ‘Til we find our way                               in the dark and out of harm
You can run away with me anytime you want

Terrified of what I’d be
As a kid from what I’ve seen
Every single day when people try
And put the pieces back together
Just to smash them down
Turn my headphones up real loud
I don’t think I need them now
‘Cause you stopped the noise

One of the reasons I love this song is that enough though it’s about a couple, it can make you think of anyone you love. Anyone you love enough to run away. When I first heard this song, it made me think about who in my life I would take with me. It made me realize that I was lucky to have so many good people in my life.
And if you stay I would even wait all night
Or until my heart explodes
How long?
‘Til we find our way in the dark and out of harm
You can run away with me anytime you want
Well, anytime you want
Don’t walk away
‘Cause if you stay I would even wait all night
Or until my heart explodes
How long?
Until we find our way in the dark and out of harm
You can run away with me
You can write it on your arm

You can run away with me anytime you want

“You can write it on your arm”

It’s insane to me how much two people can love each other. It’s insane to me how much love a human being is capable of. That’s why I love this song so much. Not only is it a great song, but it also gives me a great feelings. It doesn’t matter what the love is about, it always seems to remind me of the people I love. It’s rare for me too fine a single song that can mean this much.

It also makes me feel like I’m in a coming-of-age movie.

The end.

Author: Addison Laird

Just a Media trying her best