<P> NME declared that the song was one of the "20 Greatest Goth Tracks" and that it was "a pivotal moment in cross-fertilising goth with emo" and that "MCR spawned a hybrid that ensured black clothes and eyeliner became, once again, teenage rebellion's default setting". </P> <P> The music video was shot on - location in the Immanuel Presbyterian Church on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, directed by Marc Webb, and choreographed by Michael Rooney . The video has a simple plot, with Gerard Way as a very emotional mourner at a funeral where the band is performing . There are also mourners who dance and mourn the death of Helena . Near the end, the dead body of Helena (played by actress and dancer Tracy Phillips) rises and dances down the nave representing crossing over into the afterlife . After she falls back into the casket, the pallbearers (also played by My Chemical Romance and a fan named Cameron) carry the casket to the hearse (in the pouring rain), surrounded by a phalanx of dancing men and women with umbrellas . </P> <P> Though the song in general is about the band members Gerard Way and Mikey Way's late grandmother, it was stated in an interview that the video told a different story . The music video shows the funeral of a girl, who, according to Gerard Way, died tragically (possibly in a car crash, with the line in the bridge of the song, "When both our cars collide .") The sixth pallbearer and the majority of the mourners are fans who'd received emails from the band asking if they'd like to be in the video . </P> <P> During the "Making Of ..." video, found as a bonus on the Life on the Murder Scene CD / DVD, it was noted that Frank Iero, while joking about being "4'9" ", didn't actually carry any weight of the casket, and that it rested on the other band members and their 6th pallbearer to carry the weight . Also noted was that the rain used in the sequence between the church and the hearse wasn't planned for, but the director used it to his advantage, as it set the mood of a funeral . </P>

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