The Black Parade

My Chemical Romance

2006 Released

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The End.

01 : 52

Dead!

03 : 15

This Is How I Disappear

03 : 59

The Sharpest Lives

03 : 20

Welcome to the Black Parade

05 : 11

I Don’t Love You

03 : 58

House of Wolves

03 : 04

Cancer

02 : 22

Mama

04 : 39

Sleep

04 : 43

Teenagers

02 : 41

Disenchanted

04 : 55

Famous Last Words

04 : 59

Blood

02 : 53

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Track Lyrics

The End. Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Now, come one, come all to this tragic affair

Wipe off that makeup, 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

[Interlude]

[Verse 2]

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

[Bridge]

I said yeah, yeah

Come on, come on, come on, I said

[Outro]

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)

Take me (Walk away, yeah)

Dead! Lyrics

[Intro]

Yeah

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 1]

And if your heart stops beating

I'll be here wondering

Did you get what you deserve?

The ending of your life

[Pre-Chorus]

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

[Chorus]

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?

[Post-Chorus]

Oh, dead

[Verse 2]

Tongue-tied and oh, so squeamish

You never fell in love

Did you get what you deserve?

The ending of your life

[Pre-Chorus]

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

[Chorus]

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?

[Bridge]

And in my honest observation, during this operation

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?

[Guitar Solo]

[Breakdown]

One, two, one, two, three, four

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

[Outro]

(La la la la la, la la la la la la, la la la la la la la)

If life ain't just a joke, then why are we laughing?

(La la la la la, la la la la la la, la la la la la la la)

If life ain't just a joke, then why are we laughing?

(La la la la la, la la la la la la, la la la la la la la)

If life ain't just a joke, then why are we laughing?

(La, la, la, la, la, la, la)

If life ain't just a joke, then why am I dead?

Dead

This Is How I Disappear Lyrics

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

To un-explain the unforgivable

Drain all the blood and give the kids a show

By streetlight, this dark night, a séance down below

There's things that I have done

You never should ever know

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 2]

Who 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 the good girls go to Heaven

Well, Heaven knows

[Chorus]

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

[Bridge]

Can you hear me cry out to you?

Words I thought I'd choke on, figure out

I'm really not so with you anymore

I'm just a ghost, so I can't hurt you anymore

So I can't hurt you anymore

[Breakdown]

And now

You wanna see how far down

I can sink?

Let me go, fuck

So you can

Well, now, so you can

I'm so far away from you

Well, now, so you can

[Chorus]

And without you is how I disappear

(Whoa, whoa, whoa) And without you is how I disappear

(Whoa, whoa, whoa) And without you, forever, forever now

The Sharpest Lives Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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 askin' 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

[Pre-Chorus]

I've really been

On a bender, and it shows

So why don't you blow me

A kiss before she goes?

[Chorus]

Give me a shot to remember

And you can take all the pain away from me

Your 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

[Verse 2]

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

[Pre-Chorus]

I've really been

On a bender, and it shows

So why don't you blow me

A kiss before she goes?

[Chorus]

Give me a shot to remember

And you can take all the pain away from me

Your 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

[Interlude]

[Chorus]

Give me a shot to remember

And you can take all the pain away from me

Your 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 Lyrics

[Intro]

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?"

[Verse 1]

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, the bodies in the streets

And when you're gone, we want you all to know

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 2]

A world that 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 it loud and clear

Defiant to the end, we hear the call

[Chorus]

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

[Bridge]

On and on, we carry through the fears (Oh, ha, ha)

Disappointed faces of your peers (Oh, ha, ha)

Take a look at me, 'cause I could not care at all

[Breakdown]

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 scar

And 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

[Chorus]

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 on

[Outro]

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)

We want it all, we wanna play this part (We'll carry on)

I Don’t Love You Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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

[Pre-Chorus]

And after all this time that you still owe

You're still a good-for-nothing, I don't know

So take your gloves and get out

Better get out while you can

[Chorus]

When you go, and would you even turn to say

"I don't love you like I did yesterday"?

[Verse 2]

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

Is where you oughta stay

[Pre-Chorus]

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, whoa, whoa, whoa

[Chorus]

When you go, and would you even turn to say

"I don't love you like I did yesterday"?

[Post-Chorus]

Well, come on, come on

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]

When you go, would you have the guts to say

"I don't love you like I loved you yesterday"?

[Outro]

I don't love you like I loved you yesterday

House of Wolves Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Well, 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, hallelujah

I'm gonna, come on, sing the praise

And let the spirit come on through you

We got innocence for days

[Pre-Chorus]

Well, I think I'm gonna burn in Hell

Everybody burn the house right down

[Chorus]

And 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, yeah, go

[Post-Chorus]

S-I-N, I S-I-N

[Verse 2]

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

[Pre-Chorus]

Well, I think I'm gonna burn in Hell

Everybody burn the house right down

[Chorus]

And 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, yeah

[Bridge]

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 (Blood runs down the wall)

You see me creeping up these halls (Creeping up these halls)

I've been a bad motherfucker, tell your sister I'm another

Go, go, go

[Chorus]

And I said, 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

[Post-Chorus]

Tell me I'm a bad, bad, bad, bad man

[Outro]

So get up

So get out

S-I-N, I S-I-N

Cancer Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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

[Chorus]

My sisters and my brothers, still

I will not kiss you

'Cause the hardest part of this is leaving you

[Verse 2]

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

[Chorus]

But counting down the days to go

It just ain't living

And I just hope you know

[Outro]

That if you say (If you say)

Goodbye today (Goodbye today)

I'd ask you to be true (I'd ask you to be true)

'Cause the hardest part of this is leaving you

Mama Lyrics

[Verse 1: Gerard Way]

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

[Chorus: Gerard Way]

And when we go, don't blame us, yeah

We'll let the fires 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

[Verse 2: Gerard Way]

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

[Pre-Chorus: Gerard Way]

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 coddle the infection, they can amputate at once

You should've been, I could have been a better son

[Chorus: Gerard Way]

And when we go, don't blame us, yeah

We'll let the fires just bathe us, yeah

You made us oh so famous

We'll never let you go

[Post-Chorus: Gerard Way]

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

[Verse 3: Gerard Way]

Mama, we all go to Hell

It's really quite pleasant except for the smell

Mama, we all go to Hell (One, two, three, four)

[Breakdown: Gerard Way]

Mama, Mama, Mama

Mama, Mama, Mama, Ma

[Bridge: Liza Minelli & Gerard Way]

"And if you would call me a sweetheart

I'd maybe then sing you a song"

But there's shit that I've done with this fuck of a gun

You would cry out your eyes all along

[Outro: Gerard Way]

We're damned after all

Through fortune and flame, we fall

And if you can stay, then I'll show you the way

To return from the ashes you call

We all carry on (We all carry on)

When our brothers in arms are gone (When our brothers in arms are gone)

So raise your glass high, for tomorrow, we die

And return from the ashes you call

Sleep Lyrics

[Intro]

"They're, they're these terrors

And it's like, it feels like as if somebody was gripping my

They're these terrors

And it's like, it feels like as if somebody was gripping my throat

Night, uh, they're not like tremors, they're worse than tremors, they're, they're these terrors

Like last night, uh, they're not like tremors, they're worse than tremors, they're, they're these terrors

And it's like, it feels like as if somebody was gripping my throat and squeezing and

It's like, as if like somebody was gripping my throat"

[Verse 1]

Some say now suffer all the children

And walk away a savior

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

[Pre-Chorus]

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

[Chorus]

And sleep

Just sleep

The hardest part

Is letting go of your dreams

[Verse 2]

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

[Pre-Chorus]

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

[Chorus]

And sleep

Just sleep

The hardest part's

The awful things that I've seen

[Interlude]

"Sometimes, I see flames

And sometimes, I see the people that I love dying

And it's always—

—I see flames

And sometimes, I see the people that I love dying"

Just sleep

"And it's always—

—I see flames

And sometimes, I see the people that I love dying"

Just sleep

"And it's always—"

[Bridge]

Just sleep

Wake up

[Outro]

"Falling, and sometimes when I sleep and I can't

I can't ever wake up"

Teenagers Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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 got methods of keeping you clean

They're gonna rip up your heads, your aspirations to shreds

Another cog in the murder machine

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 2]

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

[Chorus]

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, oh, yeah

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]

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

All together now

[Chorus]

"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

"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 Lyrics

[Intro]

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 alright scene

[Verse 1]

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 so hard, it would sting

Yeah, yeah, woah

[Pre-Chorus]

If I'm so wrong (So wrong, so wrong)

How can you listen all night long? (Night long, night long)

Now, will it matter after I'm gone?

Because you never learned a goddamn thing

[Chorus]

You're just a sad song with nothing to say

About a lifelong wait for a hospital stay

And if you think that I'm wrong

This never meant nothing to you

[Verse 2]

I spent my high school career spit on and shoved to agree

So I could watch all my heroes sell a car on TV

Bring out the old guillotine, we'll show 'em what we all mean

Yeah, yeah, woah

[Pre-Chorus]

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 goddamn thing

[Chorus]

You're just a sad song with nothing to say

About a lifelong wait for a hospital stay

And if you think that I'm wrong

This never meant nothing to you

[Post-Chorus]

So go, go away

Just go, run away

But where did you run to?

And where did you hide?

Go find another way

Price you pay

[Bridge]

Woah-oh

Woah-oh, woah-oh, woah-oh

[Chorus]

You're just a sad song with nothing to say

About a lifelong 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 lifelong wait for a hospital stay

And if you think that I'm wrong

This never meant nothing to you

[Outro]

At all

Famous Last Words Lyrics

[Intro]

Now, I know that I can't make you stay

But where's your heart?

But where's your—

And I know there's nothing I can say

To change that part

To change

[Verse 1]

So many bright lights to cast a shadow

But can I speak?

Well, 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

[Chorus]

I am not afraid to keep on living

I am not afraid to walk this world alone

Honey, if you stay, you'll be forgiven

Nothing you can say can stop me going home

[Verse 2]

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

[Chorus]

I am not afraid to keep on living

I am not afraid to walk this world alone

Honey, if you stay, you'll be forgiven

Nothing you can say can 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, you'll be forgiven

Nothing you can say can stop me going home

[Guitar Solo]

[Post-Chorus]

These bright lights have always blinded me

These bright lights have always blinded me, I say

[Bridge]

I see you lying next to me

With words I thought I'd never speak

Awake and unafraid

Asleep or dead (How can I see, I see you lying)

'Cause I see you lying next to me (How can I see, I see you lying)

With words I thought I'd never speak (How can I see, I see you lying)

Awake and unafraid (How can I see, I see you lying)

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

'Cause I see you lying next to me

With words I thought I'd never speak

Awake and unafraid

Asleep or dead

[Chorus]

I am not afraid to keep on living

I am not afraid to walk this world alone (Or dead)

Honey, if you stay, you'll be forgiven

Nothing you can say can stop me going home (Or dead)

I am not afraid to keep on living

I am not afraid to walk this world alone (Or dead)

Honey, if you stay, you'll be forgiven

Nothing you can say can stop me going home (Or dead)

I am not afraid to keep on living

I am not afraid to walk this world alone (Or dead)

Honey, if you stay, you'll be forgiven

Nothing you can say can stop me going home

Blood Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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

[Chorus]

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

[Verse 2]

A celebrated man amongst the gurneys

They can fix me proper with a bit of luck

The doctors and the nurses, they adore me so

But it's really quite alarming, 'cause I'm such an awful fuck (Oh, thank you)

[Chorus]

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 you blood, blood, blood

I'm the kind of human wreckage that you love

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Track Lyrics

The End. Lyrics

Dead! Lyrics

This Is How I Disappear Lyrics

The Sharpest Lives Lyrics

Welcome to the Black Parade Lyrics

I Don’t Love You Lyrics

House of Wolves Lyrics

Cancer Lyrics

Mama Lyrics

Sleep Lyrics

Teenagers Lyrics

Disenchanted Lyrics

Famous Last Words Lyrics

Blood Lyrics