and if you would call me your sweetheart

GERARD WAY REVEALS THE AGONISING BREAK-UP THAT SHAPED 'THE BLACK PARADE'

"This is not something I've ever told anyone else. I had been in a long-term relationship and it fell apart during the making of "The Black Parade". I'm alone right now, for the fist time in 10 years. That's not something people know about me. It's really hard. I've had girlfriends since I was 17 or 18. Now I'm 29.
"It wasn't something that anybody did. It was a six year relationship that ended. It was practically marriage. It was with someone who knew me before the band. Halfway through recording - literally just when I had finished tracking the vocal parts and chorus line to 'Famous Last Words' - I realised that line ('I am not afraid to walk this world alone') was the truth. I broke up with her a week later. I hay to fly…