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 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 feelin' She's 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 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 anthem won't 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 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 carry through the fears Oh, oh, oh Disappointed faces of your peers Oh, oh, oh Take a look at me, 'cause I could not care at all 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 I won't explain or say I'm sorry I'm unashamed, I'm gonna 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 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 You'll carry on And though you're broken and defeated Your weary widow marches, oh 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!)

Watch your tongue or have it cut from your head Save your life by keeping whispers unsaid Children roam the streets, now orphans of war Bodies hanging in the streets to adore Royal flames will carve a path in chaos Bringing daylight to the night Death is riding into town with armor They've come to take all your rights Hail to the king Hail to the one Kneel to the crown Stand in the sun Hail to the king (Hail, hail, hail!) The king Blood is spilt while holding keys to the throne Born again, but it's too late to atone No mercy from the edge of the blade Dare escape and learn the price to be paid Let the water flow with shades of red now Arrows black out all the light (light) Death is riding into town with armor They've come to grant you your rights Hail to the king Hail to the one Kneel to the crown Stand in the sun Hail to the king (Hail, hail, hail!) The king There's a taste of fear When the henchmen call Iron fist to tame the land Iron fist to claim it all Hail to the king Hail to the one Kneel to the crown Stand in the sun Hail to the king Hail to the one Kneel to the crown Stand in the sun Hail to the king (Hail, hail, hail!)

You have never been in love Until you've seen the stars Reflect in the reservoirs And you have never been in love Until you've seen the dawn rise Behind the Home for the Blind We are the pretty petty thieves And you're standing on our streets Where Hector was the First of the gang with a gun in his hand And the first to do time The first of the gang to die, oh my Hector was the first of the gang With a gun in his hand And the first to do time The first of the gang to die, oh my You have never been in love Until you've seen the sunlight thrown Over smashed human bones We are the pretty petty thieves And you're standing on our streets Where Hector was the first of the gang With a gun in his hand And the first to do time The first of the gang to die Such a silly boy Hector was the first of the gang With a gun in his hand And a bullet in his gullet And the first lost lad To go under the sod And he stole from the rich and the poor And the not very rich and the very poor And he stole all hearts away He stole all hearts away He stole all hearts away Away... He stole all hearts away Away...

See the low fires burning at the Feast of St John See the heroes returning, all but one And I'll be with you brother if good fortune allows 'Cause all that was east is west of me now And oh don't go down when you're lit on by sorrow Oh don't take that shit on Oh, oh like birds of bad weather Oh, oh here they come Oh, oh may they all fall together Oh monsters begone Hope we won't have to wait 'round forever See a man of good standing Pushed to the ground And his lover attending and her arms all around And her anger, and her ire, and her blood raging full Muster, muster to the depths of your soul And oh don't go drowning when they drag you down in the hollow Oh don't take their shit on And oh, oh let them circle, let them hover Oh, oh here they come And oh, oh they all deserve one another Oh monsters begone I was all boogie boogie till you came along Oh, oh like birds of bad weather Oh, oh here they come Oh, oh may they all fall together Oh monsters begone We should have seen it coming See the low fires burning at the Feast of St John See the heroes returning, all but one

[Unintelligible grunts] Cut the fat off the back of a baboon Boil it down to a pound, get a spoon Scoop the eyes from a fly flying backwards Take the jaws and the paws off a 'coon Take your time, ain't life for good cookin' Cause the rest of this mess ain't good lookin' Take the fleas from the knees of a demon Tell your pals and gals and come screamin' To the feast with the beast of the Mau Maus They make wine from the spine of their bulldog It's a test for the best for who stays At the feast with the beast of the Mau Maus Brush your teeth with a piece of a goose toenail After death steal a breath from a drunk in jail Pull the skin off your friend with a razor blade And tonight change tomorrow bring back yesterday Shake your hip, bite your lip, shoot your mother-in-law Put on your gorilla suit, drink some elbow soup and have a ball Get it straight, don't be late, it's time for mad fun Feast of the Mau Maus has begun At the feast with the beast of the Mau Maus They make wine from the spine of their bulldogs It's a test for the best for who stays At the feast with the beast of the Mau Maus At the feast with the beast of the Mau Maus "How they talk, man?" They go like this: [Unintelligible grunts] "And how do the women talk?" [Higher-pitched unintelligble grunts] "What you want when you wanta tell 'em you want some more to eat, man?" Well how 'bout gimme some more of that meat there And pass me some of the inside of that thigh And spread some spread on it, you know, in between the toes, yeah, sock it to me there, ooh Sure tastes good, man Gimme some more of that inside soul, yeah That--what you mean you ain't got no more soul? Keep on eating, yeah Feast of the Mau Mau They make wine from the spine of their bulldogs They stick their thumb in their eyeballs And make heathen olives Yeah, that's what's happenin' Reach into his chest and pull out his ribs, man Let me bite on that cat's bone Sock it to me one time Evil, brother EVIIIL! Inside thigh, please Can I have a fried ear?