Welcome To The Black Parade ― My Chemical Romance

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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?"
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.
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 reeling 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
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
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
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, 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
We'll carry on
And though you're broken and defeated
Your weary widow marches on

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)

★初めに申し上げておきますが、ワタクシ、このビデオの冒頭は苦手でございます
　静止画を見ていただいて分かるように、彼らはすでに骸骨化しております‥。　

　ただしビデオは歌詞に沿った内容で作られていますのでなんとも‥

下記にもあるとおり、この曲も
「ヴァンパイアや死を用いたオカルト的とも取れる世界観の歌詞」ではありますが、
私は『Welcome To The Black Parade』を
どんなことがあっても、
どんな辛いことがあっても、進んでいくんだ！
というふうに取りましたが、皆さんはいかが？

マーチングのスローテンポから始まり、パンキッシュへ移る曲調、
サビの最後のドラムス、そしてまた小太鼓でフェードアウト。
こういった作風は好きです。

　　　　　　　　　


マイ・ケミカル・ロマンス（My Chemical Romance）は、
アメリカ合衆国ニュージャージー州出身のロックバンド。
パンク・ロック、ハードコアを基調とした音楽性はクイーンやブラック・フラッグ、アイアン・メイデン、グリーン・デイ、ミスフィッツなどから影響を受けている。ヴァンパイアや死を用いたオカルト的とも取れる世界観の歌詞は賛否両論である。 ―Wikipediaより