Backstory

The Black parade follows the story of a character called "The Patient". The Patient has a terminal illness that ends up killing him. This album follows his story of death. The first song on the album being called "The End." symbolizes that he is now dead. A quote from mychemicalromance.fandom.com says,"The story is inspired by Gerard's belief that you are met, upon death, by a prominent memory from your life."

The 5th track on the album, Welcome to the Black Parade, has a backstory to it also. The story behind this song is that once The Patient dies, he is brought to the afterlife by what his best memory is. His best memory is going to a parade in the city with his father as a child. This is why the first few lines of the song are "When I was a young boy, my father took me into the city to see a marching band." when death comes for The Patient, he is picked up by this huge parade with a band playing. the name of the band is "The Black Parade". The My Chemical Romance members all changed their appearances and everything to play as this new band for this album.