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!