when i was a boy

believe what you said

you said that someday i would rise from the dead

like samson of old

i shaved my head

put out my teeth and my mouth bled

broke my will

you called me a slave

you broke all my bones and threw me into the grave

six feet of mud

sure can be frightening

don't stand next to me

unless you wanna be struck by lightning

thunderstruck

thunderstruck

like a black boy who's been drag

behind the pick up truck

cold steel against pavement

sparks started flying

felt this rope around my neck started timing

it's the fourth of july

rockets was shining

you stood next to me

'cause you wanted to be struck by lightning

thunderstruck

thunderstruck

like a boy kissed a boy

got beaten and tied to a fence

frozen and stood

thunderstruck

thunderstruck

like a freight train through one

i just ran into my luck

like flesh against wood nails

hammers have struck

and i was a boy

believe what you said

said that someday i would rise from the dead