Give me a shot to remember And you can take all the pain away from me A kiss and I will surrender The sharpest lives are the deadliest to lead A light to burn all the empires So bright the sun is ashamed to rise and be And I'm in love with all of those vampires So you can leave like the sane abandoned me

Also while in elementary school the glam metal band Bon Jovi was instrumental in forming his love of music. In 2007 Way began writing the comic-book miniseries The Umbrella Academy. Since then an eight-page story has been publiGerard Wayd on MySpace entitled "Safe & Sound".

He is the executive producer of the band LostAlone's second album I'm a UFO in This City and the writer of the Eisner Award-winning comic book The Umbrella Academy.