Welcome to the Black Parade

When I was a young boy

My father took me into the city

To see a marching band

He said, "Son when you grow up

Would you be the savior of the broken

The beaten and the damned?"

He said, "Will you defeat them

The demons and all the non-believers

The plans that they have made?

Because one day I'll leave you a phantom

To lead you in the summer

To join the black parade"

When I was a young boy

My father took me into the city

To see a marching band

He said, "Son when you grow up

Would you be the savior of the broken

The beaten and the damned?"

Sometimes I get the feeling

She's watching over me

And other times I feel like I should go

Then through it all, the rise and fall

The bodies in the streets

And when you're gone we want you all to know

We'll carry on

We'll carry on

And though you're dead and gone believe me

Your memory will carry on

We'll carry on

And in my heart I can't contain it

The ever-winding strainin'

A world that sends you reeling

From decimated dreams

Your misery and hate will kill us all

So paint it black and take it back

Let's shout it loud and clear

Defiant to the end we hear the call

To carry on

We'll carry on

And though you're dead and gone believe me

Your memory will carry on

We'll carry on

And though you're broken and defeated

Your weary widow marches

On and on we'll carry through the fears

Oh, oh, oh

Disappointed faces of your peers

Oh, oh, oh

Take a look at me 'cause I could use your love

Do or die, you'll never make me

Because the world will never take my heart

Go and try, you'll never break me

We want it all, we wanna play this part

Won't escape, I say I'm sorry

I'm unashamed, I'll never show my scars

Give a cheer for all the broken

Listen here, because it's who we are

I'm just a man, I'm not a hero

I'm just a boy, who had to sing this song

I'm just a man, I'm not a hero

I don't care

We'll carry on

We'll carry on

And though you're dead and gone believe me

Your memory will carry on

We'll carry on

And though you're broken and defeated

Your weary widow marches on

Do or die, you'll never make me

Because the world will never take my heart

Go and try, you'll never break me

We want it all, we wanna play this part

(We'll carry on)

Do or die, you'll never make me

Because the world will never take my heart

Go and try, you'll never break me

We want it all, we wanna play this part

(We'll carry on)