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Welcome To The Black Parade

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Welcome To The Black Parade

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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 savior 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've 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 savior 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

And 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 world that sends you reeling from decimated dreams

Your misery and hate will kill us all

So paint it black and take it back

Let's 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, ooh, ooh

Disappointed faces of your peers

Ooh, ooh, ooh

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

Go and try, you'll never break me

We want it all, we 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 who we are

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

Just a boy, who had 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

Go and try, you'll never break me

We want it all, we wanna play this part (we'll carry on)

Do or die, you'll never make me

Because the world will never take my heart (we'll carry on)

Go and try, you'll never break me

We want it all, we wanna play this part

(We'll carry on!)

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