Welcome to the black parade

When I was a young boy

My father took me into the city

To see a marching band

He said "Son when you grow up

would you be the saviour of the broken

the beaten and the damned?"

He said "Will you defeat them

your demons and all the non believers

the plans that they have made?"

Because one day I'll leave you

A phantom to lead you in the summer

To join the black parade"

When I was a young boy

My father took me into the city

To see a marching band

He said "Son when you grow up

would you be the saviour of the broken

the beaten and the damned?"

Sometimes I get the feeling

she's watching over me

And other times I feel like I should go

And through it all the rise and fall

the bodies in the streets

When you're gone we want you all to know

We'll carry on

We'll carry on

And though you're dead and gone believe me

Your memory will carry on

We'll carry on

And in my heart I can't contain it

The anthem won't explain it

A woman sends you reeling from decimated dreams

Your misery and hate will kill us all

So paint it black and take it back

Lets shout it loud and clear

Defiant to the end

We hear the call

To carry on

We'll carry on

And though you're dead and gone believe me

Your memory will carry on

We'll carry on

And though you're broken and defeated

Your weary widow marches

On and on we carry through the fears

Ooh oh ohhhh

Disappointed faces of your peers

Ooh oh ohhhh

Take a look at me cause I could not care at all

Do or die

You'll never make me

Because the world will never take my heart

You can try you'll never break me

You want it all you wanna play this part

I won't explain or say I'm sorry

I'm unashamed I'm gonna show my scar

Give a cheer for all the broken

Listen here because it's only you

I'm just a man I'm not a hero

I'm just a boy who's meant to sing this song

I'm just a man I'm not a hero

I -- don't -- care

We'll carry on

We'll carry on

And though you're dead and gone believe me

Your memory will carry on

You'll carry on

And though you're broken and defeated

Your weary widow marches on

(Do or die

You'll never make me

Because the world will never take my heart

You can try you'll never break me

You want it all you wanna play this part)

We'll carry on

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