10 Happy Songs That Are Insanely Dark

Normally when you think of songs like these, they tend to trick you by having a lush backing track and sprinkle in the brutal lyrics. In the case of My Chemical Romance, we were treated to a reversal of the normal process.

From the look and presentation of The Black Parade's journey through death, we knew we were going to be in for a harsh listen. As the band talked the album up, they kept bringing up the concept of a man slowly withering away due to cancer, which is not exactly sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows. However, once the single "Welcome to the Black Parade" dropped, we were treated to one of the most magnetic stage performances the rock world had seen in a while.

Instead of using the dour subject matter to fuel the musical tone, this song turns the cold embrace of death into one of the most cheery singalongs of the 2000's, with the band amping up their sound to a level of grandeur that Queen would be comfortable with. For as much as a song like this centers around death, the actual tune that My Chemical Romance uses to present this harsh reality can make you feel immortal.