Welcome to the Black Parade
My Chemical Romance · 2006
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Your memory will carry on
- We'll carry on
- And in my heart, I can't contain it
- The anthem won't explain it
Echo the hook
- 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
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
When I was a young boy
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Would you be the savior of the broken
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
The plans that they have made?"
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
To lead you in the summer
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
She's watchin' over me
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
When I was a ? boy
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
The ? that they have made?"
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
We'll ? on, we'll carry on
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Let's ? it loud and clear
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Go and try, you'll never ? me
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "carry" in the whole song?
"carry"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "we'll" in the whole song?
"we'll"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Disappointed faces of your peers
- The bodies in the streets
- When I was a young boy
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Because the world will never take my heart
- My father took me into the city
- Your misery and hate will kill us all
Exercise 26
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Welcome to the Black Parade" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 27
If you could ask My Chemical Romance one question about "Welcome to the Black Parade", what would it be and why?
Exercise 28
Rewrite the chorus of "Welcome to the Black Parade" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
i'll→she's→you're→we'll→can't→won't→
Exercise 30
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Welcome to the Black Parade", what would happen instead?