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B1.2·rock·5:11

Welcome to the Black Parade

My Chemical Romance · 2006

Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance (2006) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 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

Fill the blank in this line:

When I was aboy

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Yourand all the non-believers

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Andit all, the rise and fall

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Thewon't explain it

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

And though you'reand defeated

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

We want it all, weplay this part

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:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

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.

carrywe'llneveryou'll

Exercise 27

If you could ask My Chemical Romance one question about "Welcome to the Black Parade", what would it be and why?

carrywe'llneveryou'll

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).

carrywe'llneveryou'll

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?

carrywe'llneveryou'll