Is there a softer version of My Chemical Romance, "Welcome to the black parade?"?

Question

The regular version is a little too hard rock for me in spots and I would like to know if there is a softer version of the song?

By the way....what is the meaning of this song?

Answer 1

I don't think they have a softer version
uhh..they are talking about ...how they will remember all the friends and family members they lost

Answer 2

the answer is No, but the song is about a patient and this is a description of the song. its long


After learning of his illness, reflecting on his life, and dealing with all the issues of mortality, the Patient's own mortality is quickly coming to an end. This illness could be cancer, referring to the song "Cancer", but the doctor tells the Patient that he has two weeks to live after finding a complication in his heart, so he probably died of a heart problem. Here the Patient is drifting between life and death, and so death is coming for him in the form of his strongest memory. The Patient's fondest memory is of his father taking him to town as a boy to see a parade ("when I was a young boy, my father took me into the city, to see a marching band"). The Patient's father asks him as a boy "Son, when you grow up, would you be the savior of the broken, the beaten, and the damned?", perhaps preparing the Patient for his future illness, and asking him if he will have what it takes to mentally overcome it and be an example for others who follow in his footsteps to be strong. The Patient's father also tells him "someday I'll leave you a phantom, to lead you in the summer, to join the Black Parade." This hints that the Patient's father most likely died before the Patient, and will help him join the Black Parade (in other words be there when he dies to help him in the afterlife). The song also shows that the Patient most likely had a very good relationship with his father, since his fondest memory in life occured when he was with his father. This may be the opposite of the relationship he has with his mother, which is further detailed in the song "Mama". However, the band has stated that "Mama" represents Mother War, a mother who lost her child(ren) in war. She also represents loss, and so may simply be another figure in the Black Parade.

The Patient passes into a realm of life and death, and sees the Black Parade. The Black Parade seems to take place in the city that he saw the marching band in his youth, only now the city is barren, and more macabre. He sees the performers of the Black Parade, only they too are more macabre than those of the parade he saw in his youth, and seem to represent emotions and other parts of his life. The Black Parade tell him of "the disappointed faces of your peers", which have no effect on the Patient, as he states he "could not care at all", showing he will no longer let anyone dictate his actions, and hasn't quite repented yet (as he does in Famous Last Words). He still doubts himself ("I'm just a man, I'm not a hero" in reference to his father's question at the beginning of the song). He is still firm in his doubt of the world ("you can try, you'll never break me"). Finally The Black Parade assures him that his "memory will carry on", and though he may be dead and defeated his "weary widow marches on." Thus trying to encourage him that he isn't as evil as he thinks, and that if he joins them what he leaves behind in life will be fine.

The song visually represents the entire story (somewhat) in its music video (one flaw, if the Patient did die because of cancer and not a heart problem, is that the Patient has hair, when a cancer patient suffering from chemo would be bald and the character in the album art is bald and paler).

Answer 3

Well the beginning of the song is nice and quiet.:D

Answer 4

that song is NOT hard rock you pansy! compared to some of MCR's other songs(ex. Bury Me In Black), welcome to the black parade is one of their softest songs ever!!!!