Not Dead

12 years and 4 albums later My Chemical Romance broke apart leaving the crowd of alternative music devastated. But thefans weren't left unaccounted for. Lead singer Gerard Way left his comment in a letter:

"My Chemical Romance is done. But it can never die. 
It is alive in me, in the guys, and it is alive inside all of you. 
I always knew that, and I think you did too.
Because it is not a band- it is an idea."

The idea still carries on. And after a year, it's not over.

Tomorrow is a new day with a release of My Chemical Romance's May Death Never Stop You. A compilation of 19 tracks from their previous release Conventional Weapons, fans will hold on to what is left.

Even if there's no more performances or signings, or merchandise,  pop in the CD and all the memories flood back.

It's not dead, for it's an idea.

Trending?

My Chemical Romance. . . . . . saving lives since 2001

All time Low. . . . . . . . . . . . . . saving lives since 2003

Bring Me the Horizon. . . . . . . saving lives since 2004

Mayday Parade. . . . . . . . . . . . saving lives since 2005

Pierce the Veil. . . . . . . . . . . . . saving lives since 2007

You and Me at Six. . . . . . . . . . saving lives since 2008

Asking Alexandria. . . . . . . . . . saving lives since 2008

Of Mice and Men. . . . . . . . . . . saving lives since 2009

Sleeping with Sirens. . . . . . . . . saving lives since 2009

Obviously "Saving Lives" has been a trend throughout the years. And my guess is that all of us have either said it aloud or at least thought that a song, a band has saved our lives. I know I have.

But Chris Motionless of Motionless in White sheds a new light to this trend in his blog post. The "inspirational messages" bands and companies promote is overrated, according to Motionless. It's lost sincerity as the people promoting are well aware of marketing and how to sell product.

As an artist Motionless writes for himself, and himself only. His goal is neither to inspire or  discourage people. He has quit those onstage rants and everything else that could potentially tie into inspirational messages.

Motionless believes that YOU saved yourself--not the music, not the artist, not the band. YOU decided not to cut yourself and throw yourself over the ledge of despair. We as people, though, don't want to say we saved ourselves, we want to attribute our belief in life, our saving moment to someone else.

For a fact, I know it's difficult to give ourselves credit for saving our own lives. But not in this particular aspect.

When we are asked to describe ourselves, we downgrade or fall short of who we are. Instead of looking at ourselves and defining our uniqueness, we want to find other peoples "flaws" and "perfect characteristics"--raising our self-esteem or becoming overwhelmed with jealousy. We have always had little self-reflection. Therefore, the natural reaction to saving yourself is to give the credit to someone else

But the most annoying part for Motionless is to see the disingenuous people; only saying "Your music saved my life," to grab the attention. The façade is easy to see through.

In my opinion, not only does being disingenuous hurt the artist, but if you are not being truthful, to whom are you being truthful with?

No one. Not even yourself.

On the flip side, if you truly connect with the lyrics of a song, that is not bad or wrong. The intention, however, for Motionless is not written for the listener.

I find meaning in a plethora of songs and countless inspiring stories behind the artist. Yet, I also understand Motionless' view upon the subject.

So, I'm not sure where I'm standing.

But after reading Recess is Over, what are your thoughts on the matter?