You the great pretenders, blood to paint your pictures While you’re stepping over fallen people lying in the streets You the great offenders, only your views matter While your heart grows colder, I wish that you could open up and feel
For a while see if you can take it Feel, you’re alive and this is all part of it Feel, could it be that we’re all afraid ′Cause it feels like a rainy day parade
We the great believers, blood is legal tender I will not surrender what it was our fathers died to bear We the people stated, not negotiated Just to be forgotten, I wish that you could open up and see
For a while see if you can take it See, you’re alive and this is all part of it See, can’t you see that we’re all afraid ‘Cause it seems like a rainy day parade
What I see is all too real What I need is what you steal And all I reap is what you take Upon my back on which you break I just wish that we could rise above and feel
For a while see if you can take it Feel, you’re alive and this is all part of it Feel could it be that we’re all afraid ‘Cause it feels like a rainy day parade
In the middle of nowhere When we′re looking for something Then we raise our heads for the colour red I am too a spirit and a wonderer And I welcomed the dew as much as you did
When we′re looking for brushwood In the nearest neighbourhood Then we follow the sky with the eye We search vegetation And surprised by the rain We′re stumbling, tripping home again
In the middle of nowhere When we′re looking for something Then we raise our heads for the colour red I am too a spirit and a walker And I welcomed the dew as much as you did
We found the little man And his aeroplane But we never located the animal Examined the dirty ground Like it never been done Modern exploring of 1991
Lost and alone I′m out of the stone ?? this process everyday Nothings my own The dreams that I′ve grown I won′t control and throw away
I need to make the decisions I need to make it right I need to lead the parade Or this shit will fucking take my life
I want to kill the decisions I want to make it right I want to pass this test And complete my tormented life
This curse is my own It follows me home Its like a child that wants to play The thoughts in my brain The subconscious pain Makes me think why do I stay
I need to make the decision I need make it right I need to lead the parade Or this shit will take my life
I want to kill the decisions I want to make it right I want to pass this test And complete my tormented life
I want to kill the decisions I want it to be right I want to pass this test And complete this tormented life
Happy, everything was wonderful So happy, it′s beautiful
I need to make the decision I need to make it right I want to kill the decisions I want to make it right I want to pass this test And complete my tormented life I want to kill the decisions I want to make it right I want to pass this test And complete my tormented life
I′m happy, I knew you′d make it right Everything is wonderful
When I was back there in seminary school There was a person there Who put forth the proposition That you can petition the Lord with prayer Petition the lord with prayer Petition the lord with prayer You cannot petition the lord with prayer!
Can you give me sanctuary I must find a place to hide A place for me to hide
Can you find me soft asylum I can′t make it anymore The Man is at the door
Peppermint, miniskirts, chocolate candy Champion sax and a girl named Sandy There′s only four ways to get unraveled One is to sleep and the other is travel, da da One is a bandit up in the hills One is to love your neighbor ′till His wife gets home
Catacombs Nursery bones Winter women Growing stones Carrying babies To the river
Streets and shoes Avenues Leather riders Selling news The monk bought lunch
Ha ha, he bought a little Yes, he did Woo! This is the best part of the trip This is the trip, the best part I really like What′d he say? Yeah! Yeah, right! Pretty good, huh Huh! Yeah, I′m proud to be a part of this number
Successful hills are here to stay Everything must be this way Gentle streets where people play Welcome to the Soft Parade
All our lives we sweat and save Building for a shallow grave Must be something else we say Somehow to defend this place Everything must be this way Everything must be this way, yeah
The Soft Parade has now begun Listen to the engines hum People out to have some fun A cobra on my left Leopard on my right, yeah
The deer woman in a silk dress Girls with beads around their necks Kiss the hunter of the green vest Who has wrestled before With lions in the night
Out of sight! The lights are getting brighter The radio is moaning Calling to the dogs There are still a few animals Left out in the yard But it′s getting harder To describe sailors To the underfed
Tropic corridor Tropic treasure What got us this far To this mild equator?
We need someone or something new Something else to get us through, yeah, c′mon
Callin′ on the dogs Callin′ on the dogs Oh, it′s gettin′ harder Callin′ on the dogs Callin′ in the dogs Callin′ all the dogs Callin′ on the gods
You gotta meet me Too late, baby Slay a few animals At the crossroads Too late All in the yard But it′s gettin′ harder By the crossroads You gotta meet me Oh, we′re goin′, we′re goin great At the edge of town Tropic corridor Tropic treasure Havin′ a good time Got to come along What got us this far To this mild equator? Outskirts of the city You and I We need someone new Somethin′ new Somethin′ else to get us through Better bring your gun Better bring your gun Tropic corridor Tropic treasure We′re gonna ride and have some fun
When all else fails We can whip the horse′s eyes And make them sleep And cry
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 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 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. Through it all, the rise and fall, The bodies in the streets. When you′re 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 Carry on We′ll carry on And in my heart I cant contain it The anthem wont explain it.
A world that sends you reeling from decimated dreams You′re misery and hate will kill us all So paint it black and take it back Lets shout it loud and clear Defiant to the end we hear the call We hear the call To carry on We′ll carry on And though your 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 Ooh oh ohhhh Disappointed faces of your peers Ooh oh ohhhh Take a look at me cause I could not care at all
Do or die You′ll never make me Cause the world, will never take my heart Go and try, you′ll never break me We want it all, We want to play this part I wont explain or say i′m sorry I′m not ashamed, I′m gonna show my scar You′re the chair, 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′s meant to sing this song Just a man, I′m not a hero I don′t care Carry on We′ll carry on Though your dead and gone believe me Your memory will carry on We′ll carry on And though you′re broken and defeated You′re weary widow marches on
Do or die You′ll never make me Cause the world, will never take my heart Go and try, you′ll never break me We want it all, We want to play this part [x2]
three sleepless nights this isn′t how it′s supposed to be but you′re so good at taking your time to get back to me
i will wait for you forever if you would just ask me i thought that i could change you but you changed me
but it doesn′t feel right holding someone else′s hand together on phone lines and living at two opposite ends
it scares me to think that you could find takers other than me and better than me
but your head is elsewhere and i′m talking enough for both of us when will you see it′s not (it′s not)so easy for me
you careless and whispered insulting and bruising
and i thought that you said things were improving
these laces are untied but my feet are still walking away away
(i am far from your eyes, your eyes i trusted, you said forever) i never thought that you could say these words is this really happening? (don′t say that we can still be friends)
erase my name from this page how can you take all these days (what is inside me what have i done) and throw them away (is this the only way that you will notice me) as i sit here waiting for you (dead words for closed ears all this is sung for you) i stay up nights (if you are still pretending this is what′s right) until stars leave the sky (why can′t you look atme can you only see) knowing what my dreams can take away (sides, your side, can take away)
I wish you well I hope you survive I hope you live, oh baby, so I can watch you cry.
′Cause I know in time you′ll see what you did to me And you′ll come running back.
I′m gonna rain on your parade No, I won′t take it again And I′ll keep raining, raining, raining over you.
I′m gonna rain on your parade. No, I won′t take it again. And I′ll keep raining, raining, raining over you.
I pity the fools who bathe in you ′Cause I know someday now, they′ll see your colours too. And if you see a smile, besides my face, no I′m doing good. Since you′ve been erased.
′Cause I know in time you′ll see what you did to me And you′ll come running back.
I′m gonna rain on your parade. No, I won′t take it again. And I′ll keep raining, raining, raining over you.
I′m gonna rain on your parade. No, I won′t take it again. And I′ll keep raining, raining, raining over you.
I′m gonna rain on your parade. No, I won′t take it again. And I′ll keep raining, raining, raining over you.
I′m gonna rain on your parade. No, I won′t take it again. And I′ll keep raining, raining, raining over you.
I′m gonna rain on your parade. No, I won′t take it again. And I′ll keep raining, raining, raining over you.
Just a voice inside you head Whispering all the hope is dead All the times you had to prove That no one really loves you
I found you in a reflection You didn′t want me to see I will give you all I have Just look up, break down and believe
This is a glass parade A fragile state And I am trying not to break And the stars are shining The moon is right And I would kill to be with you tonight
Wish you told me all the truth So afraid to face an absolute All the fights you had to lose All the fear was put upon you
I found you when you were broken Too many cracks of deceit I will give you all I have Just look up, break down and believe
This is a glass parade A fragile state And I am trying not to break And the stars are shining The moon is right And I would kill to be with you tonight
This is the feeling, falling So much I want to say Show me the same emotion Show me what′s at stake And how much can you take When you realize your fate?
Hold me now as the car lights fade And we are dancing in the glass parade Dancing in the glass parade We are dancing in the glass parade