TEXTY - 'THE BLACK PARADE'
THE END
Now come one, come all to this tragic affair
Wipe off that make up - what's in is despair.
So throw on the black dress, mix in with the lot
You might wake up and notice you're someone you're not.
If you look in the mirror and don't like what you see
You can find out firsthand what it's like to be me.
So gather ´round piggies and kiss this goodbye,
I'd encourage your smiles, I´ll expect you won´t cry.
Another contusion, my funeral jag,
Here's my resignation, I’ll serve it in drag.
You’ve got front row seats to the penitence ball,
When I grow up I want to be nothing at all!
I said yeah, yeah,
I said yeah, yeah,
C´me on, c´me on, c´me on.
I said save me!
Get me the hell out of here!
Save me!
Too young to die and my dear
You can't...
If you can hear me, just walk away and
Take me!
DEAD!
And if your heart stops beating,
I'll be here wondering
Did you get what you deserve?
The ending of your life.
And if you get to heaven,
I'll be here waiting babe.
Did you get what you deserve?
The end
And if your life won't wait
Then your heart can't take this.
Have you heard the news that you're dead?
No one ever had much nice to say
I think they never liked you anyway.
Oh take me from the hospital bed.
Wouldn't it be grand?
It ain´t exactly what you planned,
And wouldn't it be great if we were dead?
Oh, dead!
Tongue-tied and oh so squeamish,
You never fell in love.
Did you get what you deserve?
The ending of your life.
And if you get to heaven,
I'll be here waiting babe.
Did you get what you deserve?
The end
And if your life won't wait.
Then your heart can't take this.
Have you heard the news that you're dead?
No one ever had much nice to say.
I think they never liked you anyway.
Oh take me from the hospital bed.
Wouldn't it be grand to take a pistol by the hand?
And wouldn't it be great if we were dead?
And in my honest observation,
During this orperation,
Found a complication in your heart.
So long.
´Cause now you've got
Maybe just two weeks to live.
Is that the most the both of you can give?
La la la la la,
La la la la la la,
La la la la la la la
Well, come on!
La la la la la,
La la la la la la,
La la la la la la la.
Oh motherfucker!
If life ain't just a joke
Then why are we laughing?
If life ain't just a joke
Then why are we laughing?
If life ain't just a joke
Then why are we laughing?
If life ain't just a joke
Then why am I dead?
Dead!
THIS IS HOW I DISAPPEAR
To unexplain the unforgivable,
Drain all the blood and give the kids a show.
By street light this dark night,
A seance down below.
There's things that I have done, could never,
Should never know.
And without you is how I disappear,
And live my life alone forever now.
And without you is how I disappear,
And live my life alone forever now.
He walks among the famous living dead,
Drowns all the boys and girls inside your bed.
And if you could talk to me,
Tell me if it's so,
That all good girls go to heaven.
Well, heaven knows,
That without you is how I disappear.
And live my life alone forever now.
And without you is how I disappear,
And live my life alone forever now.
Can you hear me cry out to you?
Words I thought I'd choke on figure out.
I'm really not with you any more.
I'm just a ghost, so I can't hurt you any more,
So I can't hurt you any more.
You wanna see how far down I can sink?
Let me go!
So - you can - well now so - you can
I'm so far away from you.
Well now so - you can
And without you is how I disappear,
And without you is how I disappear,
Forever
Forever now.
THE SHARPEST LIVES
Well it rains and it pours when you're out on your own.
If I crash on the couch can I sleep in my clothes?
´Cause I´ve spent the night dancing, I'm drunk I suppose.
If it looks like I'm laughing I'm really just asking to leave
This alone, You're in time for the show,
You're the one that I need, I'm the one that you loathe.
You can watch me corrode like a beast in repose,
Cause I love all the poison, away with the boys in the band.
I've really been on a bender and it shows,
So why don't you blow me a kiss before she goes?
Give me a shot to remember,
And you can take all the pain away from me.
A kiss and I will surrender,
The sharpest lives are the deadliest to lead.
A light to burn all the empires,
So bright the sun is ashamed to rise and be
In love with all of these vampires,
So you can leave like the sane abandoned me
There's a place in the dark where the animals go,
You can take off your skin in the cannibal glow.
Juliet loves the beat and the lust it commands,
Drop the dagger and lather the blood on your hands Romeo.
I've really been on a bender and it shows,
So why don't you blow me a kiss before she goes?
Give me a shot to remember,
And you can take all the pain away from me.
A kiss and I will surrender,
The sharpest lives are the deadliest to lead.
A light to burn all the empires,
So bright the sun is ashamed to rise and be
In love with all of these vampires,
So you can leave like the sane abandoned me
Give me a shot to remember,
And you can take all the pain away from me.
A kiss and I will surrender,
The sharpest lives are the deadliest to lead.
A light to burn all the empires,
So bright the sun is ashamed to rise and be
In love with all of these vampires,
So you can leave like the sane abandoned me
WELCOME TO 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?"
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 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 your 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, Will carry on.
And in my heart I can't contain it,
The anthem won’t explain it.
A woman sends you reeling
from decimated dreams.
Your misery and hate will kill us all.
So paint it black and take it back,
And let's shout out loud and clear.
Defiant to the end, we hear the call.
To carry on, We'll carry on
And though your dead and gone, believe me,
Your memory will
Carry on, Will carry on.
And though you're broken and defeated,
Your weary widow marches on.
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,
You'll never make me.
Because the world
Will never take my heart.
Go on 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 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 had to sing this song.
I'm just a man,
Not a hero.
I - Don’t – Care!
We´ll carry on, We'll carry on
And though your dead and gone, believe me,
Your memory will
Carry on, Well carry on.
And though you're broken and defeated,
The weary widow marches on.
I DON'T LOVE YOU
Well when you go
Don't ever think I'll make you try to stay
And maybe when you get back
I'll be off to find another way
And after all this time that you still owe
You're still the good-for-nothing I don’t know
So take your gloves and get out
Better get out
While you can
When you go
Would you even turn to say
"I don't love you
Like I did
Yesterday"
Sometimes I cry so hard from pleading
So sick and tired of all the needless beating
But baby when they knock you
Down and out
It's where you oughta stay
And after all the blood that you still owe
Another dollar's just another blow
So fix your eyes and get up
Better get up
While you can
When you go
Would you even turn to say
"I don't love you
Like I did
Yesterday"
Well, come on. Come on
When you go
Would you have the guts to say
"I don't love you
Like I loved you
Yesterday"
I don't love you
Like I loved you
Yesterday
HOUSE OF WOLVES
I know a thing about contrition,
Because I got enough to spare.
And I'll be granting your permission,
'Cause you haven't got a prayer.
Well, I said, hey, hey, hallelujah,
I am come on sing the praise.
So let the spirit come on through ya,
We got innocence for days!
Well, I think I’m gonna burn in hell,
Everybody burn the house right down.
And I'll say, ha, what I wanna say!
Tell me I’m an angel,
Take this to my grave.
Tell me I’m a bad man,
Kick me like a stray.
Tell me I’m an angel,
Take this to my grave.
You play ring around the ambulance,
Like you never gave a care.
So, get the choir boys around you,
It's a compliment, I swear.
And I said, ashes to ashes, we all fall down,
I wanna hear you sing the praise,
I said, ashes to ashes, we all fall down,
We got innocence for days!
Well, I think I’m gonna burn in hell,
Everybody burn the house right down.
And I'll say, ha, what I wanna say!
Tell me I’m an angel,
Take this to my grave.
Tell me I’m a bad man,
Kick me like a stray.
Tell me I’m an angel,
Take this to my grave.
You better run like the devil,
'Cause they’re never gonna leave you alone!
You better hide up in the alley,
'Cause they’re never gonna find you a home!
And as the blood runs down the walls,
You see me creepin' up these halls.
Get a bad motherfuckers,
Tell your sister I'm another!
And I should say what I wanna say.
Tell me I’m an angel,
Take this to my grave.
Tell me I’m a bad man,
Kick me like a stray.
Tell me I’m an angel,
Take this to my grave.
Tell me I’m a bad, bad, bad, bad man.
Tell me I’m a bad, bad, bad, bad man.
Tell me I’m a bad, bad, bad, bad man.
Tell me I’m a bad, bad, bad, bad man.
So get up
So get down
Yes I, yes I, yes I am!
CANCER
Turn away,
If you could get me a drink,
Of water cause my lips are chapped and faded.
Call my Aunt Marie.
Help her gather all my things,
And bury me in all my favorite colors.
My sisters and my brothers still,
I will not kiss you.
'Cause the hardest part of this,
Is leaving you.
Now turn away,
Cause I’m awful just to see.
Cause all my hair’s abandoned all my body,
Oh, my agony.
Know that I will never marry.
Baby, I’m just soggy from the chemo,
But counting down the days to go.
It just ain’t living.
And I just hope you know,
That if you say goodbye today,
I’d ask you to be true.
'Cause the hardest part of this,
Is leaving you.
'Cause the hardest part of this,
Is leaving you.
MAMA
Mama, we all go to hell.
Mama, we all go to hell.
I'm writing this letter and wishing you well,
Mama, we all go to hell.
Oh well, now, Mama, we're all gonna die.
Mama, we're all gonna die.
Stop asking me questions, I'd hate to see you cry,
Mama, we're all gonna die.
And when we go don't blame us, yeah.
We let this fire just bathe us, yeah.
You made us, oh, so famous.
We’ll never let you go.
And when you go don't return to me my love.
Mama, we're all full of lies.
Mama, we're meant for the flies.
And right now they're building a coffin your size,
Mama, we're all full of lies.
Well, Mother, what the war did to my legs and to my tongue,
You should've raised a baby girl,
I should've been a better son.
If you could counter the infection they can amputate at once.
You should’ve been,
I could've been a better son.
And when we go don't blame us, yeah.
We let this fire just bathe us, yeah.
You made us, oh, so famous.
We’ll never let you go.
She said, "You ain't no son of mine,
For what you've done
They're gonna find a place for you,
And just you mind your manners when you go.
And when you go, don't return to me, my love.’
That's right.
Mama, we all go to hell.
Mama, we all go to hell.
It’s really quite pleasant except for the smell,
Mama, we all go to hell.
Mama, mama, mama
Mama, mama, mama,
Mother War: And if you would call me your sweetheart,
I'd maybe then sing you a song.
But there´ shit that I've done with this fuck of a gun,
You would cry out your eyes all along.
We're damned after all.
Through fortune and fame we fall.
And if you can stay that I’ll show you the way,
And return to the ashes you call.
We all carry on,
When our brothers in arms are gone.
So raise your glass high for tomorrow we die,
and return from the ashes you call.
SLEEP
Some say now suffer all the children and walk away a saviour,
Or a madman and polluted from gutter institutions.
Don't you breathe for me, undeserving of your sympathy,
´Cause there ain't no way that I'm sorry for what I did.
And through it all how could you cry
For me?
´Cause I don't feel bad about it.
So shut your eyes, kiss me goodbye,
And sleep.
Just sleep.
The hardest part is letting go of your dreams.
A drink for the horror that I'm in, for the good guys,
And the bad guys, for the monsters that I’ve been.
Three cheers for tyranny, unapologetic apathy,
´Cause there ain't no way that I'm coming back again.
And through it all how could you cry
For me?
Cos I don't feel bad about it.
So shut your eyes, kiss me goodbye,
And sleep.
Just sleep.
The hardest part is the awful things that I've seen.
TEENAGERS
They’re gonna clean up your looks,
With all the lies in the books,
To make a citizen out of you.
Because they sleep with a gun,
And keep an eye on you, son,
So they can watch all the things you do.
Because the drugs never work,
They’re gonna give you a smirk,
Cause they’ve got methods of keeping you clean.
They’re gonna rip off your heads,
Your aspirations to shreds,
Another cog in the murder machine.
They said all teenagers scare the living shit out of me,
They could care less as long as someone’ll bleed.
So darken your clothes,
Or strike a violent pose,
Maybe they’ll leave you alone, but not me.
The boys and girls in the clique
The awful names that they stick
You’re never gonna fit in much, kid.
But if you’re troubled and hurt,
What you got under your shirt,
Will make them pay for the things that they did.
They said all teenagers scare the living shit out of me,
They could care less as long as someone’ll bleed.
So darken your clothes,
Or strike a violent pose,
Maybe they’ll leave you alone, but not me.
DISENCHANTED
Well I was there on the day they sold the cause for the Queen,
And when the lights all went out we watched our lives on the screen.
I hate the ending myself, but it started with an all right scene.
It was the roar of the crowd that gave me heartache to sing.
It was a lie when they smiled and said ‘you won't feel a thing.’
And as we ran from the cops, we laughed too hard, it would sting.
If I'm so wrong
How can you listen all night long?
And will it matter after I'm gone?
Because you never learned a goddamned thing.
You´re just a sad song with nothing to say
About a life long wait for a hospital stay.
And if you think that I'm wrong,
This never meant nothing to you.
I spent my high school career spit on and shoved to agree,
So I can watch all my heroes sell a car on TV.
Bring out the young guillotine, we'll show 'em what we all mean.
If I'm so wrong [so wrong, so wrong]
How can you listen all night long? [night long, night long]
Now will it matter long after I'm gone?
Because you never learned a God damned thing.
Your just a sad song with nothin' to say
About a life long wait for a hospital stay.
Well, if you think that I'm wrong
This never meant nothing to you.
So go, go away,
Just go, run away
But where did you run to?
Where did you hide?
Gol find another way.
Price you pay
You´re just a sad song with nothing to say
About a life long wait for a hospital stay.
And if you think that I'm wrong,
This never meant nothing to you.
Come on.
You´re just a sad song with nothing to say
About a life long wait for a hospital stay.
Andl if you think that I'm wrong,
This never meant nothing to you.
At all.
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
Now I know that I can't make you stay,
But where's your heart?
But where's your heart?
But where's your...
And I know there's nothing I can say,
To change that part.
To change that part.
To change...
So many bright lights they cast a shadow,
But can I speak?
Is it hard understanding
I'm incomplete?
A life that's so demanding,
I get so weak.
A love that's so demanding,
I can't speak.
I am not afraid to keep on living.
I am not afraid to walk this world alone.
Honey, if you stay I'll be forgiven.
Nothing you can say could stop me going home.
Can you see? My eyes are shining bright
'Cause I'm out here on the other side
Of a jet black hotel mirror.
And I'm so weak.
Is it hard understanding
I'm incomplete?
A love that's so demanding,
I get weak.
I am not afraid to keep on living.
I am not afraid to walk this world alone.
Honey, if you stay I'll be forgiven.
Nothing you can say could stop me going home.
I am not afraid to keep on living.
I am not afraid to walk this world alone.
Honey, if you stay I'll be forgiving.
Nothing you can say could stop me going home.
These bright lights have always blinded me.
These bright lights have always blinded me.
I said
I see you lying next to me.
With words I thought I’d never speak.
Awake and unafraid.
Asleep or dead
'Cause I see you lying next to me.
With words I thought I’d never speak.
Awake and unafraid.
Asleep or dead?
I am not afraid to keep on living.
I am not afraid to walk this world alone.
Honey, if you stay I'll be forgiven.
Nothing you can say could stop me going home.
BLOOD
Well they encourage your complete cooperation,
Send you roses when they think you need to smile.
I can't control myself because I don't know how,
And they love me for it honestly, I'll be here for a while.
So give them blood, blood, gallons of the stuff!
Give them all that they can drink and it will never be enough.
So give them blood, blood, blood.
Grab a glass because there’s going to be a flood!
A celebrated man amongst the gurneys
They can fix me proper with a bit of luck.
The doctors and the nurses they really adore me so,
But it's really quite alarming cause I'm such an awful fuck. (Oh thank you!)
I gave you blood, blood, gallons of the stuff,
I gave you all that you can drink and it has never been enough.
I gave them blood, blood, blood,
I'm the kind of human wreckage that you love.
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