BLACK MARRIAGE w/ graphics

[Jeffersons Ghost]

An uncle stared into her past with eyes as black as coal

She offered up her heart but instead they stole her soul

Computers control the masses; stopping protests by the score

No one goes to protest if they don't care to find the door

Nothing really matters when we’re lost inside a dream

No one really hears her cry or cares much when we scream

It’s just some games they let us play to keep minds off the war

Profiteers are lining up like that conflict fought before

Perhaps no one will notice as dark lords hide the score

Who cares how many died today or if we’ll ever find a way

To save future generations from the price that they must pay

[tjwash]

1. Let me be the first to rec you Ghost.

Well done as always...

[Jeffersons Ghost]

2. Here's some lyrics that inspired this work and a yougsters spin on them...

< Welcome To The Black Parade lyrics found on http://www.completealbumlyrics.com >

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, will 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, will 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
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.

And we will send you reeling from decimated dreams
Your misery and hate will kill us all
So paint it black and take it back
Lets shout it loud and clear
Do you fight it to the end
We hear the call to
To 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

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
You can try, you'll never break me
Want it all,
I'm gonna play this part
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 only..
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
We'll carry on
We'll carry on
We'll carry on
We'll carry
We'll carry on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6f3Upe81Wo

[Jeffersons Ghost]

3. Other inspiration comes from these lyrics:

Highwayman JOHNNY CASH
(feat. Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson lyrics
I was a highwayman. Along the coach roads I did ride
With sword and pistol by my side
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade
The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty-five
But I am still alive.

I was a sailor. I was born upon the tide
And with the sea I did abide.
I sailed a schooner round the Horn to Mexico
I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow
And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed
But I am living still.

I was a dam builder across the river deep and wide
Where steel and water did collide
A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
They buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound
But I am still around..I'll always be around..and around and around and
around and around

I fly a starship across the Universe divide
And when I reach the other side
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
Perhaps I may become a highwayman again
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
But I will remain
And I'll be back again, and again and again and again and again..

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

8. I heard that song the other day.

It's on Nelson's "Evergreens" album, which I just bought. It's not my favorite, but when you hear Johnny Cash belt out that last verse, man it gets to you.

[baldguy]

9. Liberty has been secured!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. hello old friend

:hug:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

5. lol we hit each others post at the same time!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

6. simpatico

is cool. :)

[Jeffersons Ghost]

7. yep it sure is