There is certain music I was hooked on while reading DT7. To this day, when I listen to it, I can still remember exactly how I felt when I finished that story. Its like a little time capsule of that part of my life. I love it.
And may I know which music it is?
My Chemical Romance / The Black Parade cd.
There's a song that's chorus is:
I am not afraid to keep on living
I am not afraid to walk this world alone
Honey if you stay I'll be forgiven
Nothing you can say will stop me going home.
Everytime i listen to that, I still picture Roland starting his quest in the desert.
The Song she's referring to here is actually NOT the song "Welcome to the Black Parade", (which is my favorite MCR song ever), but the CD's final track, "Famous Last Words." I'll post the video and lyrics in a bit.
[ame="http://youtube.com/watch?v=HKgVAIwTGBU"]YouTube - My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words[/ame]
Lyrics:
FAMOUS LAST WORDS- MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
Now I know,
That I can't make you stay.
But where's your heart?
But where's your heart?
But where's your,
And I know.
There's nothing I can say.
To change that part.
To change that part.
To change.
So many,
Bright lights to cast a shadow,
But can I speak?
Well is it hard understanding?
I'm incomplete.
A life that's so demanding,
I get so weak.
A love that's so demanding,
I can't speak.
I am not afraid to keep on living,
I am not afraid to walk this world alone
Honey if you stay you'll be forgiven,
Nothing you can say can stop me going home.
Can you see?
My eyes are shining bright,
'Cause I'm out here, on the other side,
Of a jet black hotel mirror,
And I'm so weak.
Is it hard understanding?
I'm incomplete.
A love that's so demanding,
I get so weak.
I am not afraid to keep on living,
I am not afraid to walk this world alone
Honey if you stay you'll be forgiven,
Nothing you can say can stop me going home.
I am not afraid to keep on living,
I am not afraid to walk this world alone
Honey if you stay you'll be forgiven,
Nothing you can say can stop me going home.
These bright lights have always blinded me.
These bright lights have always blinded me.
I say.
I see you lying next to me,
With words I thought I'd never speak
Awake and unafraid,
"Asleep or dead?"
'Cause I see you lying next to me,
With words I thought I'd never speak
Awake and unafraid,
"Asleep or dead?"
'Cause I see you lying next to me,
With words I thought I'd never speak
Awake and unafraid,
"Asleep or dead?"
'Cause I see you lying next to me,
With words I thought I'd never speak
Awake and unafraid,
"Asleep, or dead?"
I am not afraid to keep on living,
I am not afraid to walk this world alone
Honey if you stay you'll be forgiven,
Nothing you can say can stop me going home
I am not afraid to keep on living,
I am not afraid to walk this world alone
Honey if you stay you'll be forgiven,
Nothing you can say can stop me going home.
I am not afraid to keep on living,
I am not afraid to walk this world alone
Honey if you stay you'll be forgiven,
Nothing you can say can stop me going home.
In an interesting trivia note, the pyre burning behind the band is indeed the parade float from the "Welcome to the Black Parade" video.
and, from wikipedia, something fans of the band will already know, but others will be surprised to learn:
This is the video that caused vocalist Gerard Way and drummer Bob Bryar to sustain severe injuries. Bryar received a 3rd degree burn to the leg which subsequently turned into a staph infection, and Way tore all of the ligaments in his foot when Frank Iero got spooked by the bursting flames and tackled Gerard when Gerard was kneeling on the floor. The aftermath of these injuries forced the band to cancel a handful of their 2006 dates.
susan was burning and sobbed when she yelled out "roland i love thee"
i cried when eddie died. but i think suz's reaction to it was more devastating for me; and the knowing it was coming and not being able to do a damn thing about it.
i totally lost it when jake died. and oy's reaction to made it even worse. i had to put the book down for the night and i cried myself to sleep.
i was miserable when oy died. i loved that little guy so much. so brave, so devoted, so much a part of the tet. oh great, now i'm crying again.
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" -Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
I cried through out the series. I cried for Sheemie, He was a sweet boy. I cried for Jake and Eddie when they died, also for Susannah who was grief stricken.
But oy's death was the saddest for me. I love that little bumbler.
I'm not a crier, for the most part, and I didn't cry at all during the series.
But that doesn't mean I didn't feel anything, either--I definitely felt that heavy feeling that accompanies the crying. Just no tears, no lump in the throat, etc.
I'm not a crier, for the most part, and I didn't cry at all during the series.
But that doesn't mean I didn't feel anything, either--I definitely felt that heavy feeling that accompanies the crying. Just no tears, no lump in the throat, etc.
I don't know why....
we each cry in our own way. we each mourn in our own way. we each feel our losses in our own way. ponder it not my tet mate, ponder it not.
we each cry in our own way. we each mourn in our own way. we each feel our losses in our own way. ponder it not my tet mate, ponder it not.
Yeah, you're right.
The only thing bugging me is that I did get a lump in my throat when I finished reading Felix Salten's Bambi, but not at all during The Dark Tower (though, again, I did feel the heaviness a few times, especially toward the end).
But still, you're right, we all have our own ways.
I cried through all the deaths DT7 brought, especially Jake's, but most of my tears were spilt during the ending.
At first it was tears of happiness as Roland shouted out all the names.
Then it was tears of sadness as I realized the journey was finally coming to a close.
Finally my tears were tears of utter bewilderment and shock at the ending. Frustration and disbelief also. Even pity.
Ahhhh, it was such an emotional journey for me.
It's so unique.. to read that you guys cried. I mean I can't imagine men crying reading a book. In fact it's hard to imagine that men cry at all. I know it's very childish I know that men can cry but still..
Men are strong and unbreakable creatures in my mind.
Roland calling out the names of the fallen at the tower.
Above listed is probably my most emotional part of the book.
I can name a few other times.
Spoiler:
Jake dying.
Then Oy sitting at Jake's grave.
Eddie dying. Oh gosh, yea. That hurt.
Oy dying. Brave Oy.
And part happiness and relief... Roland coming up the tower stairs.
I can't imagine not getting emotional. I mean, especailly after being so involved with all the characters, after learning about them and caring about them. How can you not be moved?
Oh yeah, my girl, she cried too, lots.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert... ...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
Remember, Remember, The Fifth of November, The Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot.
It's so unique.. to read that you guys cried. I mean I can't imagine men crying reading a book. In fact it's hard to imagine that men cry at all. I know it's very childish I know that men can cry but still..
Men are strong and unbreakable creatures in my mind.
Crying isn't a sign of weakness or fragility. It's a sign of humanity.
The Awesomest fled across the desert and The Awesomer followed.
If you rescue me
I’ll be your friend forever
I wish that I could write fiction, but that seems almost an impossibility. -howard phillips lovecraft (1915)
I just can't help it, my imagination is active, and along with that comes intensely emotional connections to literature.
Me and Jayson cried during the "I, oy, eld, thankee" part.
I cried during the final shuffle of Drawing of the Three. This is the most beautiful passage for me, when Roland realizes he isn't alone anymore, that he has completed the time of drawing (well, not including Jake #2).
I didn't cry during the deaths of Dt 7, bc King foreshadows far too strongly- it pisses me off sometimes. I was expecting everyone to die, and well, they did for the most part.
I think I cried in Wizard in Glass when Eddie and Susannah were crying at the gunslinger crying at the end of his story. Lot of crying going on there. I found the Mejis story emotional because Roland did, I understood the significance of Susan being his first sacrifice for the tower.
There were others, but I'll stop here. The Dark Tower has always been cathartic for me, in so many ways...
It's so unique.. to read that you guys cried. I mean I can't imagine men crying reading a book. In fact it's hard to imagine that men cry at all. I know it's very childish I know that men can cry but still..
Men are strong and unbreakable creatures in my mind.
I...hope you're a woman, saying that....
I have cried (more lately than I used to), but not at The Dark Tower.
It's so unique.. to read that you guys cried. I mean I can't imagine men crying reading a book. In fact it's hard to imagine that men cry at all. I know it's very childish I know that men can cry but still..
Men are strong and unbreakable creatures in my mind.
I...hope you're a woman, saying that....
I have cried (more lately than I used to), but not at The Dark Tower.
Yeah, I am. (Or that's what I would like to think.)
And don't misunderstand me. It comes from my childhood I think. I know that men can cry and I don't mind it at all -moreover- but altough I am over my childhood it's still hard for me to imagine men crying. That's all.
We all need to cry sometimes. Age and gender don't matter.
I know what you mean, though, about getting certain images out of (or into) one's mind. It can be hard, especially if you've grown up with certain images (or without them).
Jake and Oy. I still wish Oy had said "Ake" instead of "Olan".
Haha, it would have been amusing to see, a 15 year old boy crying in his bed in the early hours of the morning.
I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men.
When Eddie died, when I reread Jake's death, and when Susannah and Eddie discuss Susan's death. I don't really know why for the last one, it just brought home Roland's fragility with regards to the Mejis story.
Originally Posted by Girlystevedave
My Chemical Romance / The Black Parade cd.
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