[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 t

             
he savior of t

      
he broken,
             
The beaten and

        
 the damned?"
             
He said "Will 

       
you defeat the

m,
            
Your demons, a

             
nd all the non

   
-believers,
             
The plans that

             
 they have mad


e?"
             
"Because one d

           
ay 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 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
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


[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, 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 had to s

ing this song
            
I'm just a man

   
, I'm not a he

ro

I Don't Care!


[Chorus 2]

             
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


[Bridge/Outro]

           
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.

           
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.
(We'll carry on!)