When I was a y

oung boy
            
My father took

            
 me into the c

ity
             
To see a march

          
ing band.
             
He said "Son w

          
hen you grow u

p
            
Will you be th

             
e saviour of t

   
he broken,
             
The beaten and

             
 the damned?"
             
He said "Will 

       
you defeat the

m
            
Your demons an

             
d all the non-

   
believers,
             
The plans that

            
 they have mad

    
e?
             
Because one da

        
y I'll leave y

ou
            
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 w

          
hen you grow u

p
            
Will you be th

             
e saviour of t

   
he broken,
             
The beaten and

             
 the damned?"

(faster pace)
     

             
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 wan

             
t you all to k

now

            
We'll carry on
           
We'll carry on
             
And though you

            
're dead and g

    
one believe me
             
Your memory wi

         
ll carry on
           
We'll carry on
           
And in my hear

             
t I can't cont

ain it
    
The anthem won

't explain it

             
A world that s

             
ends you reeli

            
ng from decima

    
ted 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 t

   
he call

         
To carry on
           
We'll carry on
             
And though you

            
're dead and g

    
one believe me
             
Your memory wi

         
ll carry on
           
We'll carry on
             
And though you

            
're broken and

    
 defeated
     
Your weary wid

ow marches

            
On and on we c

              
arry through t

    
he fears
(Woah-oh-oh~)
            
Disappointed f

             
aces of your p


ears
(Woah-oh-oh~)
             
So take a look

              
 at me, cause 

  
I could not ca

re at all~

          
 Do or die, yo

u'll never mak

e me
            
 Because the w

    
orld will neve

r take my hear

t
           
 You can try, 

you'll never b

reak me
             
 We want it al

  
l, we want to 

play this part
             
 I won't expla

  
in or say I'm 

sorry
            
 I'm unashamed

 
, I'm gonna sh

ow my scars
            
 Give a cheer,


 for all the b

roken
            
 Listen here, 

because it's w

ho we are

             
 I'm just a ma

  
n, I'm not a h

ero
            
 I'm just a bo

  
y, who wants t

o sing this so

ng
          
 I'm just a ma

n, I'm not a h

ero
            
 I -- Don't --

 
 CARE.


         
To carry on
           
We'll carry on
             
And though you

            
're dead and g

    
one believe me
             
Your memory wi

         
ll carry on
           
We'll carry on
             
And though you

            
're broken and

    
 defeated
     
Your weary wid

ow marches on~

          
 Do or die, yo

u'll never mak

e me
            
 Because the w

    
orld will neve

r take my hear

t
           
 You can try, 

you'll never b

reak me
             
 We want it al

  
l, We want to 

play this part

 (We'll carry 

on)

          
 Do or die, yo

u'll never mak

e me (We'll ca

rry on)
            
 Because the w

    
orld will neve

r take my hear

t (We'll carry

 on)
           
 You can try, 

you'll never b

reak me (We'll

 carry on)
             
 We want it al

  
l
         
 To carry on~