Millions

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A hopeful-yet-bittersweet kick of a song as well as the start of a new era in Gerard Way’s music, “Millions” was the third single from Gerard Way’s debut solo album… Read More

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Millions Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You twist my arm
I’m twisting fate
You’ll leave alone, or crazy great
Or break into a million pieces, all your reasons
Let's live alone
And out of state
Let's make up everything and wake up breathing
Don’t give a damn about the wreck you leave in

[Pre-Chorus 1]
You can use my friends
But that depends

[Chorus]
On what they're for
And while we’re laying on the floor
My mouth is sore
I’m keeping score
A million reasons but I need a million more

[Verse 2]
You believe in love
I believe in faith
They’ll believe in anything, you make up villains
A trillion legions of the damned and William
It was really me
It was really you
There was really nothing I could do
Until then
Let's use our magic powers with the children

[Pre-Chorus 2]
You don’t understand
We don’t hold hands

[Chorus 2]
Come catch me, run
'Cause I’m not having any fun
I think you’re sore
I think I’m done
A million reasons
Can I be your number one?
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Can I be your number one?
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
But I need a million more

[Outro]
With love
We all shine through
We all get through somehow

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A hopeful-yet-bittersweet kick of a song as well as the start of a new era in Gerard Way’s music, “Millions” was the third single from Gerard Way’s debut solo album, Hesitant Alien, but the first solo material to be showcased to the public after the split of his former band, My Chemical Romance. Its lyrics were posted by Way in July 2013 after saying via Twitter that he dreamed he had posted them on an NME message board.

The initial single artwork was also previewed via Twitter in 2013. The song was played in full for the first time after a live interview as part of the 2013 GRAPHIC festival at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia. In another Twitter reveal, Way noted that his brother, Mikey Way, sang the line “it was really me!,” in the second verse.

The music video for “Millions” was posted to YouTube on October 11, 2014. It features abstract mime-dancing and lo-fi production quality as a result of its being recorded on vintage equipment with director Jennifer Juniper Stratford.