[Verse 1]
            
When I was a y

/
oung boy, 
            
My father took

 
 me into the 
          
city to see a 

            
marching band.

    
 

             
He said, "Son 

            
when you grow 


up, 
            
would you be t

             
he saviour of 

             
the broken, th

           
e beaten and t

            
he damned?" 
             
He said "Will 

     
you defeat the

m, 
            
your demons, a

             
nd all the non

             
 believers, th

           
e plans that t

            
hey have made?

   
" 
             
Because one da

       
y I'll leave y

ou, 
           
A phantom to l

             
ead you in the
          
summer, to joi

             
n the black pa

      
rade." 

[Instrumental]
             

[Verse 2]
            
When I was a y

/
oung boy, 
            
My father took

 
 me into the 
          
city to see a 

            
marching band.

    
 

             
He said, "Son 

            
when you grow 


up, 
            
would you be t

             
he saviour of 

             
the broken, th

           
e beaten and t

            
he damned?" 

[Instrumental 2]
               

[Verse 3]
             
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 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.

 

[Verse 4]
             
A woman sends 

          
you reeling fr

            
om decimated d

 
reams 
              
Your misery an

             
d hate will ki

       
ll us all. 
             
So paint it bl

        
ack and take i

t back 
            
Lets shout it 

         
loud and clear

 
             
Defiant to the

  
 end 
              
We hear the ca


ll 

[Chorus]
             
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 though you

             
're broken and

  
 defeated 
             
Your weary wid

        
ow marches 

[Bridge]
             
On and on we c

              
arry through t

    
he fears 

Ooh oh ohhhh 
             
Disappointed f

             
aces of your p


eers 

Ooh oh ohhhh 
             
Take a look at

            
 me cause I co

uld not care a

t all 


Do or die 

You'll never m

ake me 
            
Because the wo

     
rld, will neve

r take my hear

t 
           
You can try, y

ou'll never br

eak me 
             
You want it al

             
l, you wanna p

          
lay this part 

             
I won't explai

    
n or

Say I'm sorry
            
I'm unashamed,

  
 I'm gonna sho

w my scars 
             
Give a cheer, 

             
for all the br

oken 
            
Listen here, b

 
ecause it's wh

o we are 

             
I'm just a man

   
, I'm not a he

ro 
           
I'm just a boy

   
, who's meant 

to sing this s

ong 
             
I'm just a man

   
, I'm not a he

ro 
            
I -- don't -- 


care 

[Chorus]
             
We'll carry on

    
 
           
We'll carry on

    
 
             
And though you

             
're dead and g

one believe me

 

Your memory wi

ll

             
Carry on 

 
             
You'll carry o

#          
n 
             
And though you

             
're broken and

                   
 defeated 
       
Your weary wid

ow marches on 

[Outro]
           
(Do or die You


'll never make

 me 
           
Because the wo

      
rld, will neve

r take my hear

t 
             
You can try, y

ou'll never br

eak me 
             
You want it al

              
l, you wanna p


lay this part)
           
(Do or die You


'll never make

 me 
           
Because the wo

      
rld, will neve

r take my hear

t 
             
You can try, y

ou'll never br

eak me  
             
You want it al

              
l, you wanna p

             
lay this part)