Welcome To The Black Parade
Lyrics:
[English]
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"
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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, ah, ha
Disappointed faces of your peers
Oh, ah, ha
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
Just a man, I'm not a hero
Just a boy, who had to sing this song
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 (we'll carry on)
Because the world will never take my heart (we'll carry on)
Go and try, you'll never break me (we'll carry on)
We want it all, we wanna play this part (we'll carry on!)
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Vocabulary in this song:
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boy /bɔɪ/ A1 |
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father /ˈfɑːðər/ A1 |
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city /ˈsɪti/ A1 |
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grow /ɡroʊ/ A1 |
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broken /ˈbroʊkən/ A2 |
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demons /ˈdiːmənz/ B2 |
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leave /liːv/ A1 |
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summer /ˈsʌmər/ A1 |
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black /blæk/ A1 |
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rise /raɪz/ A2 |
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fall /fɔːl/ A2 |
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bodies /ˈbɒdiz/ A2 |
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streets /striːts/ A1 |
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memory /ˈmeməri/ B1 |
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heart /hɑːrt/ A1 |
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dreams /driːmz/ A2 |
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misery /ˈmɪzəri/ B2 |
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hate /heɪt/ A2 |
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defeated /dɪˈfiːtɪd/ B2 |
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Grammar:
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When I was a young boy
➔ Past Simple Tense (was)
➔ Uses the past simple tense "was" to describe a state of being in the past. This is a fundamental tense for narrating past events or describing past conditions.
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My father took me into the city
➔ Past Simple Tense (took)
➔ Another example of the past simple tense, "took", used to describe a completed action in the past. This is used to narrate a sequence of events.
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Would you be the savior of the broken
➔ Conditional Sentence (Type 1 Implied) with "Would"
➔ "Would" expresses a hypothetical or conditional situation. The full implied conditional sentence is something like: 'If you grow up, would you be the savior...?'. Used to express a possibility or desire.
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The beaten and the damned?
➔ Past Participle as Adjective (beaten), Adjective (damned)
➔ "Beaten" is a past participle acting as an adjective to describe who the savior will save. "Damned" also functions as an adjective.
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Sometimes I get the feelin' she's watchin' over me
➔ Present Simple (get), Present Continuous (is watching), Noun Clause (the feelin' she's watchin' over me)
➔ Uses present simple to describe a recurring feeling and present continuous to describe what the character believes is currently happening. 'She's watchin' over me' is a shortened form of 'She is watching over me.' The whole phrase 'the feelin' she's watchin' over me' acts as a noun clause, functioning as the object of the verb 'get'.
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And when you're gone, we want you all to know
➔ Adverbial Clause of Time (when you're gone), Present Simple (want), Object + Infinitive (want you to know)
➔ "When you're gone" is an adverbial clause of time indicating the timing of the main clause. "Want you to know" uses the structure 'want + object + to + infinitive'.
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Your misery and hate will kill us all
➔ Future Simple Tense (will kill)
➔ "Will kill" is in the future simple tense, used to express a prediction or certainty about the future.
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Do or die, you'll never make me
➔ Imperative (Do, Die), Future Simple with "never" (will never make)
➔ "Do or die" are imperatives expressing a strong choice. "You'll never make me" uses the future simple with "never" to strongly deny something will happen.
