Among the Dead

Blood sucking vampires
 Crawling out of graves
 To live on the bodies
 Of helpless victims
 Is the secret to eternal life
 Just around that corner?
 Among the dead
 Among the dead
 Among the dead
 We will rise
 Among the dead
 Among the dead
 Among the dead
 We will rise
 If you count me out
 You better think again
 You better realize now
 That I ain't stoppin'
 This is where I start
 This where I begin
 This is where you stop
 This is where you end
 I woke up in a downtown street
 We were crashed out livin' in rubble
 Broken bones, broken homes
 Broken kids livin' in the jungle
 1987 in the East Bay
 Cold as hell it's the middle of summer
 Me and Jesse and Matt and Dave Mello
 He was the drummer
 My momma said "you better watch your back boy
 Keep your head up and be a shot blocker"
 On the outside lookin' in
 With the freaks and the thugs
 And all the punk rockers
 So I'm outta step in this world
 So step back man, I ain't gonna warn ya
 Here's a message for the disenfranchised
 East Bay, California
 Among the dead
 Among the dead
 Among the dead
 We will rise
 Among the dead
 Among the dead
 Among the dead
 We will rise
 
 (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
 Let me tell you somethin' about the East Bay
 It's California, but it ain't sunny
 All my dreams came crashin' down
 I'm outta home, my street got no money
 Ain't got no band, ain't got no one around
 And all the music is gone, man
 Nowhere to sleep, on the graft
 Wonderin' what the fuck went wrong now
 Know what it's like to walk among the dead?
 I'm alone in total isolation
 No one's there
 Is this my final destination?
 Old man preachin' 'bout war and peace
 And the path and total damnation
 I always seem to get up and get out and survive
 In every situation
 Among the dead
 Among the dead
 Among the dead
 We will rise
 Among the dead
 Among the dead
 Among the dead
 We will rise
 (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
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 And then one day Matt says
 "Let's get the band together
 Let's do this one more time, son"
 Ok, that sounds good
 Let's give it a try
 Let's give it one more run
 We got garage
 We got the drums
 We got guitars
 We got the songs
 We got the songs
 We got the songs
 We got the songs
 All night long
 Among the dead
 Among the dead
 Among the dead
 We will rise
 Among the dead
 Among the dead
 Among the dead
 We will rise
 Ooh, ooh
 Ooh, ooh, ooh
 Ooh, ooh
 
 Ooh, ooh, ooh