[Intro: Tim Lambesis]

The lies, the weight

Deceit, decay

The lies, the weight

It's clear I lost my way

Deceit, decay

Decomposing

[Verse 1: Tim Lambesis & Josh Gilbert]

I thought I was an architect

But I was just moving dirt

Stacking mud over malice, covered-up forming

Nothing but a pile of hurt

I hadn't been building (Building)

The time was spent digging (Digging)

Boring the barriers that kept others away (Away)

The deeper the walls, the less anyone could hear, (Hear me) fall

[Pre-Chorus: Tim Lambesis]

So now I know

There is no one else to blame

[Chorus 1: Josh Gilbert & Tim Lambesis]

Buried alive inside of my own grave

And there's no one else to blame

Buried alive inside of my own grave

Inside of my own grave

[Verse 2: Tim Lambesis & Josh Gilbert]

Beneath my lies

Delusional enough to think

I'd designed something great

Like a giant headstone inscribed

To describe my shameful fate

I hadn't been building (Building)

The time was spent digging (Digging)

An ugly truth from which there was no way to escape (Escape)

Nowhere left to hide and then finally forced to face what I'd become

[Chorus 2: Josh Gilbert & Tim Lambesis, both]

Buried alive inside of my own grave (My grave)

And there's no one else to blame

Buried alive inside of my own grave (My grave)

What I'd become

Buried alive inside of my own grave

[Post-Chorus: Tim Lambesis]

Beneath my pride crushing me

Beneath my lies collapsing

But we are still alive

We are still alive

[Bridge: Josh Gilbert, Josh Gilbert & Tim Lambesis]

Buried alive inside of my own grave

And there's no one else to blame

Buried alive inside of my own grave

My own grave

[Chorus 3: Josh Gilbert & Tim Lambesis, both]

Buried alive inside of my own grave

And there's no one else to blame

The lies and the weight, I know I lost my way (My way)

What I'd become

Buried alive inside of my own grave (My grave)

And there's no one else to blame

Buried alive, buried alive

[Outro: Tim Lambesis]

Finally forced to face what I'd become

What I'd become in my own grave (Buried)

In my own grave (Alive)