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 Your demons and all the nonbelievers The plans that they have made Because one day Ill 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 feelin Shes watchin over me And other times I feel like I should go And through it all the rise and fall The bodies in the streets And when youre gone we want you all to know Well carry on we'll carry on And though youre dead and gone believe me Your memory will carry on Well carry on And in my heart I cant contain in The anthem wont explain it A world that sends you reelin 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 Defiant to the end we hear the call To carry on we'll carry on And though youre dead and gone believe me Your memory will carry on We'll carry on And though youre broken and defeated Your weary widow marches On and on we carry through the fears Disappointed faces of your peers Take a look at me cause I could not care at all Do or die youll never make me Because the world will never take my heart Go and try youll never break me We want it all we wanna play this part I wont explain or say I'm sorry I'm unashamed Im gonna show my scars Give a cheer for all the broken Listen here because its who we are Just a man Im not a hero Just a boy who had to sing this song Just a man Im not a hero I don't care Well carry on well carry on And though youre dead and gone believe me Your memory will carry on Youll carry on And though youre broken and defeated Your weary widow marches Do or die youll never make me Because the world will never take my <3