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 saviour 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 And 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 saviour 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. And through it all, the rise and fall of the bodies in the streets, and when you're gone, we're what you want to know. We'll carry on, we'll carry on, and there we are together. God, believe me, your memory will carry on, you'll carry on, and you are what I can't contain and the answer won't explain it. A woman sends you wheeling 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 there we are together. God, believe me, your memory will carry on, you'll carry on, and there we are, broken and defeated, you're weary with our marches. I did not re-carry through the tears, oh, I just held my dead faces out of your fears, oh. God, believe me, you cannot carry. Till we die, you'll never make me, because the world will never take my heart. Though we try, you'll never break me, we want it all, we wanna play this, but I won't explain or say I'm sorry, I'm unashamed, I'm gonna show my spark. In the chair, for all the broken, missing hair, because it's who we are. Just a man, I'm not a hero, just a boy, I'm gonna sing this song. Just a man, I'm not a hero, I don't care. We'll carry on, we'll carry on, and there we are together. God, believe me, your memory will carry on, you'll carry on, and there we are, broken and defeated, you're weary with our marches. Till we die, you'll never make me, because the world will never take my heart. Though we try, you'll never break me, we want it all, we wanna play this, but I won't explain or say I'm sorry, I'm unashamed, I'm gonna show my spark. Till we die, you'll never make me, because the world will never take my heart. We'll carry on, we'll carry on.