10 Songs You Probably Didn't Know Were Inspired By Horror Movies

10. My Chemical Romance – Early Sunsets Over Monroeville

My Chemical Romance's first album, 2002's I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love takes a full-on post-hardcore approach from the outset with screaming, raw vocals and even rawer guitar riffs. This should come as no shock to anyone who has listened to the record, or who knows that its conception - and the band's formation itself - was partially inspired by the events of 9/11.

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One of the few quieter moments on this album comes in the form of its eighth track, Early Sunsets Over Monroeville; a gentle, acoustic-led, five-minute track about the struggle of living without a loved one. Or is it?

Not really, no. In fact, Early Sunsets is about that sweetest and most lovelorn subject of all, George A Romero's 1978 zombie staple, Dawn Of The Dead. Yep, singer-songwriter Gerard Way himself has said that this one is an ode to the undead.

The clues actually begin in the title, as it is the Monroeville Mall where the film's action takes place. From thereon out, tender lyrics like 'And the whole time while always giving/Counting your face among the living' take on an entirely new meaning.

'But your body remains/And there's no room in this hell', anyone?

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