Cemetery Drive
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| Song by My Chemical Romance | ||
| from the album Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge | ||
| Released | June 8, 2004 | |
| Recorded | 2004 | |
| Genre | Alternative rock Disputed subgenres |
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| Length | 3:08 | |
| Label | Reprise Records | |
| Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge track listing | ||
| "It's Not a Fashion Statement, It's a Deathwish" (11) |
"Cemetery Drive" (12) |
"I Never Told You What I Do for a Living" (13) |
"Cemetery Drive" is the twelfth track from My Chemical Romance's second studio album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, released in 2004. This song is known to have hidden messages. For more information, go here. Sample in the Stripped Songs section.
The band planned to make a video for this song, but chose to make one for "The Ghost of You" instead.
Many speculate that this song has a personal meaning for the band members. On My Chemical Romance's live album, Life on the Murder Scene, Gerard Way begins the song by saying, "This song is about the hardest drive me and Mikey and my band ever went on. We been on this long road now about four years." It is believed that there was a girl that the band was very close to prior to being signed (Gerard was especially close to her). The day after My Chemical Romance left for their very first tour, she committed suicide in her bathroom by shooting herself, and during his mourning, Gerard wrote this song.[citation needed]Some wonder if it is possible the same girl that Bert from The Used talks about in his linear notes from Love Or Death where he refers to a girl named Kate. Gerard had written to a girl referred to as "K' in the notes for Bullets, where he apologizes for always killing her in songs.
Quotes from 'Cemetery Drive' to support the theory above:[original research?] "I miss you, I miss you so far" "They found you on the bathroom floor" "Back home..." (She was left behind; at home) "Did you get what you deserve?" (Referring to suicide) "And the collision of your kiss that made it so hard" (Gerard kissed her before his departure)
The whispers or 'hidden messages' in this song also give off something supporting the above theory. The words, "Don't do it" are repeated several times, possibly meaning, "Don't commit suicide".
My Chemical Romance has cited Green Day as one of their biggest influences. In the song "Deadbeat Holiday," the lyric "cemetery drive" is used, possibly an inspiration for the song title.
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