“The Black Parade” is a timeless, relatable album

My favorite album of all time is “The Black Parade,” by My Chemical Romance.

When I was in the sixth grade, I bought the album and fell in love with it. The music, the lyrics and the song arrangements all drew me in.

I could understand what the band was trying to portray through their music just from that album with 14 tracks. It was pure poetry to me.

As I got older, the album spoke to me even more. Through my phases of being an emotional, annoying teenager to me being the person I am today, the album has never failed to relate to me somehow.

I used to grace them with every being in my body. “The Black Parade” was my first real album, but it was a gateway into the rest of MCR’s music. Nothing could compare to “The Black Parade.”

Back in March 2013, My Chemical Romance broke up.

I sat there the night I heard of their disbandment and thought that I would never in my life be able to relive the moments of listening to them freely and enjoying every nanosecond of their music, because it would never be the same.

A band I had listened to since I was 11 was just done. “The Black Parade” would bring back painful memories instead of the carefree, joyous ones.

I can’t even declare a favorite song off the album, because I love it as a whole too much. One song, “Disenchanted,” always gets to me because it focuses a lot on MCR and their music career. Not only that, but it’s beautiful.

It’s been a long while since I’ve fully listened to the album. It’s just hard, because, as I said, it’s difficult listening to a group that no longer exists.

They’ll never make another album like “The Black Parade,” and it hurts.

I see that album sitting in my mediocre CD case and I become nostalgic.

Fourteen songs changed me. All of them are perfectly constructed. They all flow with each other. They all convey a message only MCR could pull off.

I’ve had the same “The Black Parade” album since I was in sixth grade. It’s scratched, the lyric sheet has seen better days and some of the tracks will indeed get jumpy every now and then.

Regardless if I can never listen to that album without tearing up, I can reminisce in how MCR produced such a beautiful album. I can’t thank them enough for all these years of listening to “The Black Parade.”