Lyricist : David Shaw/Zack Feinberg

Composer : David Shaw/Zack Feinberg

I walked downtown to get my fortune read

She took one look and this is what she said

Hey, kid

Just sing the songs that wake the dead, then

You keep them ringing in your head, yeah

You gotta get it off your chest

Don't worry 'bout the mess

I must confess, I took a hit, I'm in a bad condition

With all the chatter, where's the truth? I find it hard to listen

They want it loud, they want it now, they want it now

Just get it out, just get it out, just give it out

Hey, kid

Just sing the songs that wake the dead, then

You get that darkness out your head, yeah

You had it with you from the start

The lightning in your heart

Yeah, it's gonna take me out

Yeah, it's gonna bring me down

But I'm just living for the spirit now

I'm out of luck, on the floor, every siren's ringing

It's not the same anymore, I hear them trumpets singing

They want it loud, they want it now, they want it loud

Just get it out, just get it out, just get it out

As much as everything changes, everything stays the same

I've been going through phases, turning the page in my brain

That glow up ahead in the distance, it's never looking the same

I'm going through changes, going through phases

Walking through mazes, wrecking my brain, so

Hey, kid

Just sing the songs that wake the dead, then

Just get that darkness out your head, yeah

It's the blessing and the curse

The dying and the birth

Yeah, it's gonna take me out

Yeah, it's gonna bring me down

But I'm just living for the spirit now

I'm just living for the spirit now

I'm just living for the spirit now