{"id":8214,"date":"2020-02-26T12:39:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T18:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=8214"},"modified":"2020-02-26T12:40:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T18:40:02","slug":"summertime-by-my-chemical-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2020\/02\/26\/summertime-by-my-chemical-romance\/","title":{"rendered":"Summertime by My Chemical Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Summertime&#8221; 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&#8217;t want to leave. It&#8217;s an almost indescribable feeling.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ITIPYRcKbKI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Released in 2010 on My Chemical Romance&#8217;s album <em>Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys<\/em>, &#8220;Summertime&#8221; was written by Gerard Way for his wife,\u00a0Lindsey Ann Way\u00a0(Lyn-Z). They wrote what would later become the lyrics to Summertime on their bodies during their shows in the early 2000s.<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8399 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/run-away-with-me-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/run-away-with-me-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/run-away-with-me.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 345px) 85vw, 345px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lyn-Z, bassist of Mindless Self Indulgence<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gerard Way, lead vocalist of MCR<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffb5b5; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">When the lights go out \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">Will you take me with you<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">And carry all this broken bone<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">Through six years down in crowded rooms<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">And highways I call home? \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">Something I can&#8217;t know &#8217;til now<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">&#8216;Til you pick me off the ground<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">With a brick in hand, your lip-gloss smile<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">Your scraped-up knees<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The entire song is very specific to the couple it&#8217;s written about. Gerard was on tour with My Chemical Romance for six years, thus the &#8220;six years&#8221; and &#8220;highways I call home&#8221; line. Lyn-Z was known for wearing lip gloss and falling on her knees during solos.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffb5b5; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">And if you stay, I would even wait all night \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">Or until my heart explodes \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">How long?\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">&#8216;Til we find our way \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">in the dark and out of harm<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">You can run away with me anytime you want<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\"><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">Terrified of what I&#8217;d be<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">As a kid from what I&#8217;ve seen<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">Every single day when people try<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">And put the pieces back together<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">Just to smash them down<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">Turn my headphones up real loud<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">I don&#8217;t think I need them now<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">&#8216;Cause you stopped the noise<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8396\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/drive-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/drive-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/drive-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/drive.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 513px) 85vw, 513px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>One of the reasons I love this song is that enough though it&#8217;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.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\"><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">And if you stay I would even wait all night<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">Or until my heart explodes<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">How long?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">&#8216;Til we find our way in the dark and out of harm<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">You can run away with me anytime you want<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb\"><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">Well, anytime you want<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">Don&#8217;t walk away<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"ujudUb WRZytc\"><span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">&#8216;Cause if you stay I would even wait all night<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">Or until my heart explodes<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">How long?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">Until we find our way in the dark and out of harm<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">You can run away with me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace; color: #ffb5b5;\">You can write it on your arm<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffb5b5; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">You can run away with me anytime you want<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8220;You can write it on your arm&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s insane to me how much two people can love each other. It&#8217;s insane to me how much love a human being is capable of. That&#8217;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&#8217;t matter what the love is about, it always seems to remind me of the people I love. It&#8217;s rare for me too fine a single song that can mean this much.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8397\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/train-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/train-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/train.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 459px) 85vw, 459px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It also makes me feel like I&#8217;m in a coming-of-age movie.<\/p>\n<p>The end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Summertime&#8221; 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&#8217;t want to leave. 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