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 saviour of the broken,
The beaten and the damned?"
He said
"Will you defeat them, your 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 saviour 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. When 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 your dead and gone believe me Your memory will carry on
We'll carry on
And in my heart I cant contain it
The anthem wont explain it.

the world that sends you reeling from decimated dreams
Your misery and hate will kill us all
So paint it black and take it back
Lets shout it loud and clear
Dafiant to the end
We hear the call
To carry on
We'll carry on
Though your dead and gone believe me Your memory will carry on
We'll carry on
And though you're broken and defeated You're weary widow marches

On and on we carry through the fears
Ooh oh ohhhh
Disappointed faces of your peers Ooh oh ohhhh
So take a look at me
Cause I could not care at all
Do or die
You'll never make me
Cause the world, will never take my heart
GO and try, you'll never break me
We want it all,
We wanna play this part
Wont explain, or say i'm sorry
I'm unashamed,
I'm gonna show my scar
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
Just a boy, Who has to sing this song
Just a man,
I'm not a hero
I -- don't -- care
We'll carry on
We'll carry on
Though your dead and gone believe me Your memory will carry on
We'll carry on
And though you're broken and defeated You're 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
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 (fade to ending of song)