Intro: (single notes)   ,   ,   ,  

             
When I was a y

 
oung boy
            
My father took

             
 me into the c


ity
             
To see a march

       -  
ing band
             
He said, "Son,

             
 when you grow

 up
            
Would you be t

             
he savior of t

        
he broken
             
The beaten and

         -  
 the damned??
             
He said, "Will

        
 you defeat th

em
            
Your demons an

             
d all the non-

   
believers
             
The plans that

            
 they have mad

  -  
e?
             
Because one da

          
y, I'll leave 

you
            
A phantom to l

             
ead you in the

    
 summer
             
To join the Bl

         -  
ack Parade
       

             
When I was a y

 
oung boy
            
My father took

             
 me into the c


ity
             
To see a march

       -  
ing band
             
He said, "Son,

             
 when you grow

 up
            
Would you be t

             
he savior of t

        
he broken
             
The beaten and

         -    -  
 the damned?? 
       

*Verse 1*
             
Sometimes I ge

       
t the feeling
            
She's watching

       
 over me
              
And other time

             
s I feel like 

           
I should go
             
And through it

              
 all, the rise


 and fall
            
The bodies in 

       
the streets
              
And when you'r

             
e gone we want

              
 you all to kn


ow

*Chorus*
             
We'll carry on

             
, we'll carry 

    
on
             
And though you

             
're dead and g

     
one, believe m

e
             
Your memory wi

             
ll carry on, w

             
e'll carry on
            
And in my hear

      
t, I can't con

tain it
    
The anthem won

't explain it

*Verse 2*
             
A world that s

          
ends you reeli

ng
            
From decimated

      
 dreams
              
Your misery an

             
d hate will ki

        
ll us all
             
So paint it bl

            
ack and take i

t back
            
Let's shout it

             
 loud and clea

r
              
Defiant to the

             
 end, we hear 

      
the call

*Chorus*
             
to carry on, w

            
e'll carry on
             
And though you

     
're dead and g

one, believe m

e
             
Your memory wi

             
ll carry on, w

            
e'll carry on
             
And though you

             
're broken and

 
 defeated
             
Your weary wid

        
ow marches

*Bridge*
             
On and on we c

              
arry through t

       
he fears. (Ahh

 Ahh Ahh)
             
Disappointed f

              
aces of your p

   
eers. (Ahh Ahh

 Ahh)
           
Take a look at

 me
              
'Cause I could

             
 not care at a

ll
          
Do or die, you

'll never make

 me
            
 Because the w

             
orld, will nev

             
er take my hea

rt.
            
Go and try, yo

u'll never bre

ak me
             
 We want it al

             
l, we wanna pl

         
ay this part.
              
I won't explai

             
n or say I'm s

    
orry
             
I'm unashamed,

              
 I'm gonna sho

      
w my scar
             
Give a cheer, 

for all the br

oken.
            
 Listen here, 

              
because it's w

        *(   
ho we are.
              
I'm just a man

             
, I'm not a he

  
ro
             
Just a boy who

              
 had to sing t

     
his song
          
Just a man, I'

m not a hero
 
I   don't   ca

re!

*Chorus*
             
We’ll carry on

           
, we'll carry 

on
             
And though you

     
're dead and g

one, believe m

e
             
Your memory wi

             
ll carry on, w

            
e'll carry on
             
And though you

             
're broken and

 
 defeated
             
Your weary wid

        
ow marches(do 

or die,)
         
Do or die, you

'll never make

 me
            
 Because the w

             
orld, will nev

             
er take my hea

rt.
            
Go and try, yo

u'll never bre

ak me
             
 We want it al

             
l, we wanna pl

         
ay this part. 

         

Do or die, you

'll never make

 me
            
 Because the w

             
orld, will nev

             
er take my hea

rt.
            
Go and try, yo

u'll never bre

ak me
             
 We want it al

             
l, we wanna pl

         
ay this part. 

              

         (We'l

l carry on)