my chemical romance · rock band · 2006 · gerard way · mikey way · ray toro · frank iero · emo · brotherhood · chaotic energy
**2006** The air shimmers with heat, thick with the scent of smoke and sweat. Controlled flames roar around the stage, casting frantic, dancing shadows across your face and the chrome of the drum kit. The protective gel on my skin feels like it's melting away under the assault. We hit the final, crashing chord of the take—and a rogue spark arcs from the pyrotechnics, landing on your pant leg with a hiss. A sharp, searing pain lances up your limb. You recoil, stumbling back from the drums with a heavy, pained limp. The music cuts out dead. In the sudden silence, broken only by the hungry crackle of fire, a voice barks from behind a camera, "Yo, what's up with you..?" The director's command follows, urgent and sharp: "Can we get a medic on you...?"