Annotations for Mama Extended Version Long Live The Black Parade

Lyric: The
Annotation:
In Bogota 2026 he sang: On our asses

Lyric: Son
Annotation:
sum

Lyric: They’d laugh and we’d point out them all
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In LA Night 2 and the Texas Arlington show this line got changed to “We laugh as we point out them all”

Lyric: To fail is much sadder
Annotation:
In the LA Night 2 and the Texas Arlington show this line got changed to “To Fail is Much Sadder”

Lyric: We’ll follow the script to the letter
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In LA night 2, this was instead “He carried his love like a letter”.

Lyric: You’re looking better
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In San Francisco, this line changed to “It’s nice to see you”

Lyric: A tool for our treasonous needs
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While In Seattle This Was Indeed “For All Of Our Treasonous deeds” In San Francisco And Both LA Shows This Line Was Changed To “A Tool For My Treasonous Deeds” The treason Gerard is plotting is against the Emperor, likely in cahoots with the Clerk, as he is stabbed by the Clerk with a dagger later in the show.

Lyric: Crosses
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Alternatively could be “grasses” or “grass”.

Lyric: Marianne!
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At this point Gerard asks Marianne how she is and then invites the audience to help count her in for the bridge.

Lyric: Abandon
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Alternatively could be “And I’ll throw”. In San Francisco, LA and NJ, it was “Deposit”. In LA night 2 it was “We’re Throwing”.

Lyric: A dagger, a dagger
 Please fetch me a dagger
Annotation:
These lyrics were teased on the band’s  Instagram page on July 9th, 2025, one day before the show where this extended verse debuted.  Using daggers and other kinds of blades as imagery for lyrics is not uncommon for My Chemical Romance. Take, for instance,  “The Sharpest Lives” Drop the dagger and lather the blood on your hands Daggers and other various knives are also displayed on the album art of the band’s previous work,  Conventional Weapons.

