Welcome to the Black Parade (triple j Like A Version) - Alex Lahey

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!)

Black fingernails, red wine I wanna make you all mine! A lot of people underground You wanna get there You gonna go straight down Straight down There's a culture everywhere Smoke clouds hang in the air It's so loud, can't hear you talk You and I should take a walk downtown Straight down Downtown Straight down The argument over God continues In this house All of us stand and point our fingers At the ground All of us stand and point our fingers Woah, straight down, woah Red-letter day, black heart It's gonna tear you all apart It's so loud, can't hear you call You and I are gonna fall straight down Straight down Downtown Straight down Down, down The argument over God continues In this house All of us stand and point our fingers At the ground The agument over all continues In this house All of us stand and point our fingers Woah, straight down Woah, straight down Woah straight down Down, down Black fingernails, red wine I wanna make you all mine A lot of people underground You wanna get there You gotta go straight down Where the wine is all red and fingernails paint in black The argument over God continues All of us stand and point our fingers At the ground (The argument over God continues) black fingernails, red wine I wanna make you all mine (All of us stand and point our fingers) a lot of people underground You wanna get there You gonna go straight down (all of us stand and point) You gonna go straight down

No one gave you license to sit in my backseat And tell me everything that's on your mind You know that usually you have my time of day But to be honest, you have crossed the line I need space because I'm tired but I'm not gonna deny you Your own sense of importance If it were anyone but you, I would not hesitate to Let you know that I'm not listening You've got champagne taste on a beer can budget You say you like things when you really just judge it You live in this world, that I think it's such a shame That you feel like that there is value placed on people's last names Everything you throw at me is coming out of nowhere Like bruises from the night before You're an old Hotmail account that will never be renounced 'Cause you hold things that can't be ignored You know my credit card is maxed and I'm behind on my tax But you still try to draw blood from the stone I need a minute to relax, so pretty please get off my back I'm breathing with my hands on my knees We both know that you know better You don't get five when you put two and two together I'm not convinced you have a lack of empathy You're just a misery guts, taking it all out on me

I stayed in the shower To avoid doing some useful shit My fingers went wrinkly And my hair had had enough of it Oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh Oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh I slept in this morning 'Cause your bed is so much better than mine You had left for uni So I changed my phone's alarm time Oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh Oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh You're on my mind And you're all mine You're the best night's sleep I've ever had I think you'll find If we rewind That trouble never finds A place to land Every day with You's my lucky day... We went to the movies Because I know you like Wes Anderson You held my hand the whole time And, no joke, you have the softest skin Oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh Whoa-oh Oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh Whoa-oh You're on my mind And you're all mine You're the best night's sleep I've ever had I think you'll find If we rewind That trouble never finds A place to land Every day with You's my lucky day... Take it day by day You could be the one to drive me home Sitting in your car We're telling stories in a no-standing zone Oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh Whoa-oh, oh... You're on my mind And you're all mine You're the best night's sleep I've ever had I think you'll find If we rewind That trouble never finds A place to land Every day with You's my lucky day...

I don't want another heartbreak I don't need another turn to cry I don't want to learn the hard way Baby hello, oh no, goodbye But you got me like a rocket Shooting straight across the sky... It's the way you love me It's a feeling like this It's centripetal motion It's perpetual bliss It's that pivotal moment It's impossible This kiss, this kiss (Unstoppable) This kiss, this kiss Cinderella said to snow white How does love get so off course? All I wanted was a white knight With a good heart, soft touch, fast horse Ride me off into the sunset Baby, I'm forever yours It's the way you love me It's a feeling like this It's centripetal motion It's perpetual bliss It's that pivotal moment It's unthinkable This kiss, this kiss (Unsinkable) This kiss this kiss You can kiss me in the moonlight On the rooftop under the sky You can kiss me with the windows open While the rain comes pouring inside Kiss me in sweet slow motion Let's let every thing slide You got me floating You got me flying It's the way you love me It's a feeling like this It's centripetal motion It's perpetual bliss It's that pivotal moment It's subliminal This kiss, this kiss (So criminal) This kiss, this kiss

You're the kind of person Who likes going to the movies alone You only drink cider And you're aching to move out of home I don't know much more about you But it seems to me that you're my kind I get so excited when I hear That you are coming 'round It used to surprise me when You'd say that you weren't homeward-bound I don't know much more about you But it seems to me that you do Things that people only do When they think that they like me too I want you Even when you're out of town Even when we're up and down I want you Even when I'm all alone Even when we're on the phone I want you Even though you'll never know From the day you said hello I want you You make me feel happy I don't know what I do that keeps you around If we were in high school You would have more friends than me, no doubt I don't know much more about you But it seems to me that you do Things that people only do When they think that they like me too I want you Even when you're out of town Even when you're up and down I want you Even when I'm all alone Even when we're on the phone I want you Even though you'll never know From the day you said hello I want you I want you Even when you're out of town Even when we're up and down I want you Even when I'm all alone Even when we're on the phone I want you Even though you'll never know From the day you said hello I want you

Someone save me the front seat at the funeral Life and death has become so consumable Hear the warnings but I'll think about it later Take or leave it, yeah, cause nothing lasts forever Things look bad but hopefully not terminal Buy it up before it's unaffordable Won't look now cause there's always someone watching My metadata's gonna tell me what I want Jesus Christ, I am scrolling all the time I'm just used to it I swear I'm fine I'm a sucker I'm a sucker I'm a sucker I'm a sucker for punishment I'm a sucker I'm a sucker I'm a sucker I'm a sucker for punishment Drag my feet because I hate responsibility I'm generationally lacking anonymity Feel the algorithm, move your body with me We're all the same and I'm so fucking tasty Jesus Christ, I am scrolling all the time I'm just used to it I swear I'm fine I'm a sucker I'm a sucker I'm a sucker I'm a sucker for punishment I'm a sucker I'm a sucker I'm a sucker I'm a sucker for punishment I'm a sucker I'm feeling so good I'm feeling so good I'm a sucker for punishment I'm a sucker I'm a sucker I'm a sucker I'm a sucker for punishment I'm a sucker for punishment I'm a sucker, sucker, sucker, sucker Sucker, sucker, sucker, sucker Sucker, sucker, sucker, sucker Sucker, sucker, sucker, sucker Sucker, sucker, sucker