[Intro]

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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 

             
the savior of 

       
the broken?"
             
"The beaten an

           
d the damned?"
             
He said, "Will

        
 you defeat th

em?"
            
"Your demons a

             
nd all the non

   
-believers."
             
"The plans tha

            
t they have ma

    
de?"
             
"Because one d

         
ay, I'll leave

 you."
            
"A phantom to 

             
lead you in th

    
e summer."
             
"To join the B

         -  
lack Parade."


[Interlude]

       

          
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 

             
the savior of 

       
the broken?"
             
"The beaten an

           
d the damned?"


[Interlude]

      


[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 1]

             
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 2]

             
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.


[Verse 3]

             
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


[Bridge]

          
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 all

             
, we wanna pla

         
y 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
             
You're weary w

              
idow marches o


n- do or die, 

-

 you'll never 

make me
           
 Because the w

             
orld, will nev

            
er take my hea

rt.


[Bridge/Outro]

Go and try, you'll never break me
             
 We want it al

              
l, we wanna pl

         
ay this part
 We'll carry on
         
Do or die, you

'll never make

 me
           
 Because the w

             
orld, will nev

            
er take my hea

rt

Go and try, you'll never break me
             
 We want it al

              
l, we wanna pl

         
ay this part
                         We'll carry on