[Instrumental]

Can't you hear it? the big uneasy calls! can't you see it comin'?
They paint their doors red while another man falls
His world is lost now, somewhere between mercy and misery
I watch him fall, hold my breath and see - this man is me
So i'm down on my knees, pulled the shortest straw again
Can't you hear it? the big black backwards calls! can't you see it comin'?
They dig their graves deep while another world falls
This world is lost now, somewhere inbetween these lines
I watch it fall, hold my breath and find - this world was mine
So i'm down on my knees, pulled the shortest straw again
I'm right down on my knees,
Won't you let me wear this ball and chain
In mercy and misery I wear this ball and chain

Face down in the gutter I crawl and see there's a time to bleed and there's a time to breathe
Every thought electric, every bone sore, I keep crawling though I can't crawl anymore
Now here comes the rain to wash away this grinning stain... and the leper cries my name
Tonight I follow the leper, this ride will leave me deaf, dumb and blind
Tonight I follow the leper, this life is lost, now erase and rewind
Face down in the gutter I try to breathe, but all hopes stick like mud when life lies through its dirty teeth
Every word electric, every thought bleeds, inhale this darkness now and smile wearing the weeds
Now here comes the rain to wash away this grinning stain... and the leper cries my name
Tonight I follow the leper, this ride will leave me deaf, dumb and blind
Tonight I follow the leper, this life is lost, now erase and rewind

One jump over the edge, we΄re the rat nation and we keep our pledge
Our blood's now turning into pitch, as we drain life right down the ditch
Rat nation rise! in this land of men and mice
One cut, wicked and deep, we΄re the rat nation and our pledge we keep
Our veins now all pumping ice, we΄re the rat nation, and now we will rise
Rat nation rise! in this land of men and mice
Rat nation rise! with rusty blades to cut all ties!

Nowhere to go for you but down, no smile did ever brighten up this dead man's bitter frown
This life is rotten to the bone, misery loves company, so don΄t leave her alone
Take a look around, now who is on your side when dead is the new alive?
Take a look around, nobody out there tonight when dead is the new alive
Nothing left no more, alright, all alone you hide in the tunnel at the end of the light
An empty stare where eyes once shone, misery loves company, so don΄t leave her alone
Take a look around, now who is on your side when dead is the new alive?
Take a look around, nobody out there tonight when dead is the new alive
Dead is the new alive, dead is the new alive, we weren't built to last, tomorrow we're shades from the past
Dead is the new alive, dead is the new alive, right on, my friend, right here, right now, never again

A pale night, an empty page, a word that lies awake,
A word that tries to give the hope that i΄m about to take
A doped tongue, some thick red ink, another leaden cry,
Another word that tells me life΄s just a four letter lie - so listen...
Where i΄ll go, i΄ll go alone, writing letters to the living - tears and ink all spilled in vain...
Won΄t speak, won΄t shout, but my words will mute the world,
Line by line the letters death and pestilence will hurl
But letters to the living are letters left for dead,
And letters like the ones i΄d write should better stay unread - so listen...
Where i΄ll go, i΄ll go alone, writing letters to the living - tears and ink all spilled in vain...

Between this prayer and its lie, there is more than meets the eye
Between all mercy and its prey, there is more than words can say
Now you better run and tear a hole right in the sun
Now you better run and get right back to where you had begun
Between all virtues and their graves below, yeah there is more than one could know
Between our martyries and their dues, there is so much more than death to choose
Now you better run and tear a hole right in the sun
Now you better run and get right back to where you had begun
Ghosts of the tongue have torn a hole in the sun
Back to where we belong, a hole in the sun, a fuckin' hole in the sun

Right down the drain we go, with a wicked grin and nothing left no more
Just like they did before, with hollow hearts and a minus score
Just one more death ahead, now make up ground and strike the flag
Just one more grave to dig, now break this black soil and be quick
Yeah down the drain we throw our loves and hopes so they may grow
Silence is the song that remains, now mute the world and save the sane
Just one more death ahead, now make up ground and strike the flag
Just one more grave to dig, now break this black soil and be quick
So the end may come, tell the world it doesn΄t hurt, all things be undone
Take these words and run, what life became ain΄t worth its name, all things be undone
Now burn what you΄ve adored, adore what you΄ve burned, the path is set, the page is turned
Whisper a prayer for all things undone, mercy upon us when we΄re gone

A rusty rainbow crawls throughout this leaden sky,
At its end no gold to be found but a lie
A four letter word, the meanest to say,
A burnt offering when life drowns in grey
Vultures circle above, below a black snake moan,
In its mouth no truth to be found but a drone
A four letter word, the cheapest to say,
A burnt offering when push comes to pray
A four letter word that led me astray,
A burnt hope when life fades away

It΄s written in waters, it΄s all carved in sand,
With vultures above us it΄s us versus life until the very end

A dead story crawls throug feathers and tar,
At its end no smile to be found but a scar
A four letter word, the meanest to say,
A burnt offering when life drowns in grey
Vultures circle above, below a hungry grave,
In its mouth lies nothing but the home of the brave
A four letter word, the cheapest to say,
A burnt offering when push comes to pray
A four letter word that led me astray,
A burnt hope when life fades away

It΄s written in waters, it΄s all carved in sand,
With vultures above us it΄s us versus life until the very end

Life is just a four letter lie, no truth,
No love, no second try
Life is just a four letter cry,
A blessed trip when blood has run dry

Three zero nine, a season in the ditch,
Who sets the path who throws the switch?
Three zero nine, a hopeless tug of war,
Cause who the fuck shall I pull for?
Three zero nine, the end is the beginning is the end,
This world is going down again
Three zero nine, no hope to spend,
This world is going down again
Some broken bones every now and then,
This world is going down again
Three zero nine, this rope is burning at both ends,
And all that΄s left is blisters on my hands

The day my knuckles turned from white to red and my eyes turned from brown to dead
My hopes they all fuckin΄ turned from black to worse, right, this damn low life is but a curse
Now we are lost, we are lost again
Our names are next on the black list, all our names are next
The day my words all turned from grey to blue, and my dry mouth turned from sore to sewn
My life it all yeah turned fuckin΄ upside down, well, what goes around, comes around
Now we are lost, we are lost again
Our names are next on the black list, all our names are next on the black list