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) 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