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 nonbelievers 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
refrain
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
interlude
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 oh oh oh
disappointed faces of your peers oh oh oh
take a look at me ’cause i could not care at all
post
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 scars
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 we’ll carry on and though you’re
broken and defeated your weary widow marches
post
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 we’ll carry on
because the world will never take my heart we’ll carry on
go and try you’ll never break me we’ll carry
we want it all we wanna play this part we’ll carry on
drum
Artist: My Chemical Romance
Year: 2006
Decade: 00s
Language: en
Word Count: 238