PSYCHOTHERAPIST REACTS to My Chemical Romance- Cancer 

The album this song is from “The black parade” is one of the greatest albums ever.

I'd argue when he says "the hardest part of this is leaving you," he doesn't simply mean death. This whole album, the Patient (and the reaper who both mocks his grief and tries to encourage him to fight for life) are pushing their loved ones away, not wanting them to see him weak and wasted and embarrassed, not wanting them to suffer his final moments with him, so his death can be at a distance to them. The hardest part is making the actual final moments of communication happen, and he thinks it will be worse if he doesn't get them to move on before he's even dead. Which is ALSO that hard. The first verse is more practical, more bargaining. "I'll let you help me, but you have to accept this is happening." The second verse is the more raw frustration of facing death. "Stop looking at me, I'm disgusting and you should want to get away."

Haven’t touched this album since my mom died. Tears won’t stop lol. Funny how I conceptualized death at such a young age, only to be helped by the emotional intelligence later on. The whole album is really moving, and deserves a consecutive listen. Thanks for this.

Man, I was stoked for this one. Glad to see MCR on the channel! I hope you keep branching out with different music. :)

I'm a simple man, I see "My Chemical Romance" I click

I have been living with depression for a long time, but lately I feel like I lost hope and something inside me went completely off and I don't enjoy anything. I no longer want help or anything, I just wait for what has to happen. I just wanted to say that I found this channel today and it made 8:45 minutes of my day. MCR is my favorite band, I hope you make more reactions to their videos, and if not, I wish you luck in your future videos.

I cried listening to this yesterday. Not a human, but my cat died of cancer 2 months ago. Cancer SUCKS no matter which form or who it affects

I lost my mom to brain cancer a year ago November after a violent 6 month assault from cancer. Feel this song and missing her SO terribly!

You'll fall into the rabbit holes with this band

My mother worked as a nurse, so accompanying her to work when 7 was natural, and there I saw the first dead person. I agree fully that it is important to experience death, so many ppl go through life for years and bam tragedy strikes and they have no idea how to process. When my mother died when I was 21 I had a hard time naturally, but when my dad died several years later I knew how to deal. Grief is part of us, missing ppl will always hurt. But...that's just life. Sorry for rant, it was therapeutic 😉

Even if you don’t react to it, you gotta listen to Welcome To The Black Parade! Also by My Chemical Romance. It’s the greatest of all time and is the song they’re most known for.

Ive never heard this song before and i can relate. My mom had cancer.

At age 13 my friend died from an inoperable brain tumor. I was exposed to death at that young age but I never went through the grief process, I just held it all in because I didn't know how to handle it. Over time it was repressed into my subconscious mind and it wasn't until I was about 26 that it started to resurface. I was looking at pictures of my friend and had an all out mental breakdown of the most agonizing magnitude I cant put into words. I saw a therapist and they helped me find healthy ways to cope and deal with the loss, even after all those years. Seek help if you need it, we all do from time to time. Thank you sir for your work in this profession.

Every time I hear this song it makes me think of my dad who passed away from cancer in 2017

First time hearing this song since I was diagnosed. It hits a lot harder now. Thanks for the insight. I wouldn't have taken it the same without your commentary

I love that you’re an instant fan bc they really are amazing! 10+ years later & I never get tired of MCR’s music

Linkin park has a song called One more light which is written from the perspective of someone left after their loved one has died from cancer. It’s so amazing but so sad because after Chester passed away, all I can hear from the song is suicide and not cancer.

Bro this guy be hitting only bangers I love it, I love this channel. Glad to be one of the ogs, but fr. Every single video is a good song.

Rock song, especially alternative song is the tool that make me can through my teenage live. Thank you, Green Day, Oasis, Nirvana, Blur, Radiohead, etc. You have save my life.

Cancer is such a sad song. I can't even listen to the song anymore because my best friend died from cancer this last february from melanoma. He died so quickly and when I saw him last we held each other. He cried so hard I've never heard someone cry so hard in my entire life. He then called me his guardian angel and when he went to the hospital, by the time I got off work to go see him, he was dead. So this song makes me cry every time I hear it.

The Emo national Anthem is "Welcome to the Black Parade" by MCR

Absolutely love you see you branching out into different genres of music. Also love the reactions as always. Keep doing what you do, you help many people with these videos

I’m 20 years old and I can relate to this song too much, I have been through this twice with my mom and my dad both passing from cancer and me being around them and taking care of them in their last days. The grief never gets easier you just learn how to live with it

i just watched your twenty one pilots videos and i definitely suggest learning about the dema/trench lore and how it links to mental health and their songs :)

I love this band and funny enough my music taste evolved from this into artists like juice wrld. I couldn't help but smile though when MCR got back together because so many of their songs were so beautiful. I highly recommend listening to the song "welcome to the black parade"

I just found this channel and i can't believe there's only one reaction for MCR in 2 years

my papaw/adopted dad died of lung and pancreatic cancer on 2/29/2024, i appreciate the sad eyes. at 24 i have sad eyes with a smile too. ill miss him every day. i didnt experience it soon enough. thank you for the comfort.

This song always got me in tears. Reminds me of some sad moments in life. Twenty One Pilots did another version of this song, and it's very beautiful yet desperate at the same time. You should try to listen to it, Twenty One Pilots - Cancer Thank you, have a good one

My niece is battling Leukemia, but even before the diagnosis this is one of my favorite all time songs. Now it’s almost too painful to listen. Just shows how powerful this song is

Damn, makin' it real by talking about working with actual cancer patients and their families. Kudos, yo. I don't know if I could do that. I have a hard time consoling _myself_ sometimes, so I doubt that I've got the strength to help others make their way through that level of pain. You have my respect, good sir.

I have a huge extended family and used to go to funerals every year (sometimes even twice or three times in one year) when I was younger. Idk just a lot of aging family members from both sides I guess. But I think it really helped me for when my grandfather passed away. Even years after, I’ve learned various ways for coping with loss thanks to just watching others go through it all. On a side note, totally stoked you got around to reacting to Cancer! It’s such a great song :)

I just discovered this channel through the Melanie Martinez series, please go through more my chemical romance songs, their music is so powerful and life changing I have some lyrics from their song "famous last words" tattooed because of how deeply the lyrics have spoken to me. This album specifically tells the story of a cancer patient passing on and it is absolutely beautiful

10 years ago I was diagnosed with ewing sarcoma, rare in itself mine was a random gene mutation that presented in an extremely rare location. Its supposed to be a long bone cancer but mine presented in my face. Its a very aggressive bone cancer that metastasizes into lung cancer, after taking a sample before we knew what it was it metastasized and took over more than half my face. I was a huge fan of this album. My survival is an absolute miracle, I lived in a hospital for 3 years and was told "in the next 24 hours you may die from the bacteria in your own body," many times just from the amount of times i had neutropenic fevers, which was 2 times a month for 2 years and each lasted about a week for me. 3 years of having family and friends basically saying goodbye then surviving has really been had an impact of my thinking and im still not sure what to think, its like dying but coming back to life and having to keep living.

If you haven't got around to hearing it. "Disenchanted " is another great at one that I think you'd like.

I have a friend with cancer and my aunt die due cancer, and everytime I hear this song it reminds me of them. You should react to more MCR songs, Helena is another great classic

Oh I hate injustice with a passion!! Fills me with a rage that has no direction

I would request the songs : "I dont love you" "ghost of you." By My Chemical Romance. Honestly anything MCR and im gonna click at light speed, i love reactions who pull things apart and think about them. I like reactions where people are like omg it sounds so good but i hate seeing people miss the lyrics. I will be back with requests after thinking of some more! So glad i found this channel

Another good my chemical romance song is helena. It was named after the bassist mikey way and lead singer gerard way's deceased grandmother.

"Skylines and Turnstiles" is about 9/11 and the Lead Singer Gerard Way was working across the bay doing comics. He witnessed the crashes as well as seeing people falling from the buildings But "The Ghost of You" is my favorite

Oh! And your next MCR reaction should be to the song Mama.

Another My Chemical Romance song that I find quite emotional is The Light Behind Your Eyes. I’d love to see your reaction to that one

You can see that he smiles for the first note before his face abruptly shifts.

please do more of my chem! i love them and this album so much. keep it up!

mcr has always been one of my top fav emo bands, i love them sm another great band is pierce the veil and i would really love for u to check out “hold on til may” by them, i think you’ll have some interesting things to say abt it :)

You should check out the song "Edward Benz, 27 times" by La Dispute; it's about Schizophrenia and the complications that it creates within a family unit. Really, any song from "Wildlife" by La Dispute would definitely belong on your channel. "A Broken Jar" is another.

Hey just wanted to say that I love ur channel and i rlly like ur input on these songs. Was really surprised to see My Chemical Romance on ur channel, they’re one of my favourite bands! I’d suggest reaction to some songs from Alice in Chains, maybe songs like Dirt or What The Hell Have I? or even Slidge Factory Anyways, keep up the great work we love ur vids!!

I've noticed a lot of these bands I grew up with went through a "Sgt. Pepper" phase, I would definitely say this song is from their album in that style. Another example would be Panic at the Disco's "Pretty Odd" album.

You mentioned here all my fav bands since childhood- the beatles and MCR. Im glad i've found this channel. Thanks for your videos! Btw im sure it would be interesting to react to i'm not okay by my chemical romance or any other their song from the black parade album

MCR has been the only emo band I've liked, literally so good.

I lost my grandma to brain cancer when I was 5, it was terminal with Very little time left by the time they found it This song is very upsetting for me, but it helped me understand and work through my grief

The voice is emotional what makes the song hit different....

It's cool to see you're professional insight on the artist * enjoyed the lil peep video too - One of my fav 🖤 bands M.C.R - great songs of theirs" their videos are also amazing ~ please try My chemical romance "Helena and Black parade" 🕯🌹🙏🕊

I just discovered this channel today and i gotta say, this is great! :D if i can make a suggestion, it might be really worth to look into some Grunge and Alternative Rock bands, like Soundgarden, The Smashing Pumpkins, Mad Season, and especially Alice In Chains! :)

My chemical romance is one of my favorite bands. Welcome to the black parade is an amazing song

That album that the song is listed in tells a story. If u want spoilers look up a channel called Wendigoon covered it

I think that being exposed to significant loss at a young age helped and hurt me. It helped me deal with loss later in life, but almost made me numb to loss.

just subscribed to your channel after watch your 21p videos!! love this take as well - if I could make a suggestion for another 21p song I would do Neon Gravestones! It's about how we glorify people only after they pass away

OMG! I was just discussing this with my daughter. I knew that Twenty One Pilots version was a cover, but I had no idea it was My Chemical Romance. Thank you for your channel!

This black parade album got me an A* in performing arts. I LOVE this album. We knew that to get an A we had to get the examiner’s to laugh or cry, we got both out of all three. We knew the examiner would probably be middle aged and probably had teenagers. NO parent can not be moved by childhood cancer. And we were 💯 right! 😂We acted out his life good and bad and gave the audience the chance to vote on what the ending would be… Would he go to heaven hell or purgatory… or would he survive… They voted for him to survive… Of course. Then out of curiosity they doubled our time to watch the other endings. I adore this album and was lucky enough to get to see them perform it live at the time, it was his speech about children and teenagers going through cancer that inspired us to do it. They’re so underrated. You definitely need to check out more of their music. I would LOVE to see you react to I’m not okay and teenagers. You would also probably like I don’t love you. It’s kinda like this song.

Now that you've seen the original, you should listen to the Twenty One Pilots cover of this song. They sound completely different.

I love your channel and your voice, I just subscribed c: everything you say is really insightful and am ecstatic to see what's next c: I personally listen to a lot of sad music, maybe it's a coping thing (albeit a potentially unhealthy amount) and would love to reccomend a few of my favorite bands and their songs. I never really see any reactions to them and they deserve more recognition. Here is 3, and dont worry about reacting if you don't find interest, I'm just glad to share them c: 1. Andrew Jackson jihad- junkie church 2. Crywank- drippy droopy pigeonhole 3. Destroy boys- Piedmont

i loved ur reaction so much. if you ever wanna do more of MCR, you can check out these songs: the light behind your eyes, i don’t love you, the ghost of you, cemetery drive or welcome to the black parade

This song hurts me on a level I cant even explain, I lost an aunt to cancer and my mother and 10 year old cousin have it

This album and band is awesome. Love MCR soo much. This song tugs at your heart strings for sure. You gotta listen to more.

The sad part for me is that this is probably one of the shortest songs My Chemical Romance but it's lead singer Gerald Way who's hugely influenced by Liza Minnelli. He even got her to come in for one of his songs mama lovely vocals from both actually. You can analyze hit his music or you can analyze his television show The Umbrella Academy which is based on his comics. But this is a lovely song the original video had a little girl actually who cuts her hair because she has an older sibling who has cancer and she wants to make them feel better. It hits you right in the chest even if the song wasn't sad.

One of the greatest rock albums of all time

Mate. MCR - Early Sunsets Over Monroeville is insane - especially lyrically. Their first album is totally overlooked. Incredible record.

Twenty one pilots did a cover of this song, very very emotional!

Death has always been a weird topic for me, a lot of people or animals I’ve known are starting to die and it doesn’t bother me, I feel as if that’s a horrible thing to say but on top of that I’d rather have my kids be happy to continue living without me then being in a dark seeded hole of depression. I can still feel the feelings of what I would feel if I was younger but I’m able to relax and tell myself it’s okay, it’s inevitable and i just accept where life takes me.

lovely reaction! you definitely need to check out some more MCR. i suggest reacting to "Welcome to the Black Parade" by them. (:

Cage - Ballad of Worms, you have to!

They have so much good stuff. Some other good ones from that album are famous last words and sleep. Helena is one of their most popular, and its a song about the leads grandmother who passed away

My favorite album of all time!

You should react to snuff by slipknot if you get a chance. Would love to see it. Love the channel :)

Capital steez black petunia, steez died in 2012 after jumping off a building in New York one of my favorite rappers.

When my Grandmother got cancer on 2020 I wasn’t able to listen to this song cuz it was too accurate & I still can’t listen to this song without crying

Hey Tom, Couldn't find anywhere to message you after the live stream the other day but I'm one of the people who donated, after looking around a bit I thought I night as well just comment on the newest video. , my exact stream message was "Sorry if this was answered before since I just joined but will you ever release the lean wit me reaction in any way? Even if edited to avoid takedown?" looks like it's getting premiered soon tho, so that's exciting. As for my song requests I was sending, I heard you talking about Eminem and I have 3 by him, you of course don't have to do all 3 but I thought it would be a good idea to give you options to pick from. 1. "Stan" Stan is a completely fictional story that revolves around an obsessive fan, it's one of Eminem's best examples of storytelling in his music, it's overall loved by fans and can be used to bring up a dialogue about hyper fixation by fans on famous people. 2. Drug Ballad: This is one of Eminem's more open yet upbeat songs, it basically shows his perspective on the drugs he was doing at the time in the early 2000's, his perspective on the drugs he's been taking has changed since then and that can be seen on the new Juice WRLD album in an audio clip on the album called "Eminem Speaks". 3: "Kim" I'm gonna warn you this one is brutal, it's a fictional story but is 100% influenced by what Eminem was going through at the time, Eminem was going through custody battles over his daughter Haley with his Ex wife Kim at the time, and you can hear the rage and anger he had at the time over the whole situation in the song, and what he describes, I really kept this one vague since I didn't want to spoil anything abut this song One last note, Eminem was heavily censored back in the day so any song by him on his main channel would not be his 100% genuine thoughts, with words or whole sentences either changed or cut out, you can get around this by searching up the name of the song then "Explicit Lyrics". React to all 3 or react to none of them, either way ill be happy, again thanks tom for the great content keep up the great work, I love it :)

Yes...This is one of the GREATEST albums ever made.

React to Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever, Juice Wrld - Can't die, The Kid Laroi - Selfish, XXTENTACION - Revenge

I'm pretty sure that there is a possibility that this comment will be missed since this video is so old. But here it goes.... I found this channel from a Jelly Roll video that you did. I lost my father to cancer in 2014 and I was his primary caregiver when I was 24, working as well trying to raise my 2 year old son. This reaction as well this song is one of many to hit home to me, but I still feel like Keep Talking by Pink Floyd is still how I feel about the whole ordeal about the day I lost my best friend/Dad. Maybe just maybe I would like to see you do a reaction to that song, or even maybe Jelly Roll Smoking Section.

increadible reaction, really interesting takes. a niche video topic but very good even so

Literal hardest song to listen to would be Korn's "Daddy". Fair warning.. it is graphic and deeply disturbing.

You should react to "The Light behind your eyes" by mcr... It's just simply breath taking and I would love to see your reaction to it

You'll be excited to hear that Twenty One Pilots does an excellent cover of this one. A beautiful rendition, makes me cry every time. 💛

That smile went away real quick lol

Some good Mac songs to react to: 1. Good News 2. Happy Birthday 3. 2009 4. Grand Finale 5. Weekend (feat. Miguel)

I will also recommend Louis Capaldi if you not heard him I've had several people say who hurt that man. Because it has such a ring of Truth in it that cannot be faked. Beautiful music Beautiful Soul and he's a Scottish singer.

I don’t love you is my favorite song of there’s even though its repetitive. It has a lot of feeling. Of course black parade, teenagers, and I’m not okay are all staples.

You should definitely do "Drunk Again" by Reel Big Fish. So much to unpack in that song

Idk if you read comments from older videos but they just released a new song! It's pretty fantastic.

Ths song breaks me every time. My brother was 22 when he was diagnosed. He didnt make it to 23.

Pleeeeeeeeeease please please do more MCR. 🖤🖤🖤 it never gets old watching people react to "Welcome To the Black Parade" for the first time - their staple hit.

Just wondering what artists and music genres do you listen to outside of RU-vid reactions? And have you found yourself listening to any of the songs you’ve reacted to in your normal life?

You mentioned the Beatles, the Beatles helped me a lot with my mental health , maybe react to some heart felt Beatles songs my friend , there’s so many younger people watching you who don’t really know who the Beatles are ! Jealousy by queen is good too !

Honestly, if there was a MCR song that should be reviewed for sure is, Cemetery Drive!

Mama by My Chemical Romance is also a great one

Please do more of my chemical romance

Black parade by my chemical romance is good too or Helena, but if u do either of those you should watch the videos if you can

I love these reactions! Continue these videos! They're the best. Could you do This Is Home by Cavetown next?? I'd really really appreciate it if you could do it!!

And now you HAVE to see the version done by Twenty One Pilots... I dare say it's even more impactful and sad. I mean you HAVE to see it.