Among the Dead - Intellectual

[Intro]

(Blood-sucking vampires

Crawling out of graves to live on the bodies of helpless victims

Is the secret...)

[Chorus]

Among the dead

We will rise

Among the dead

We will rise

[Verse 1]

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

[Refrain]

I woke up in a downtown street

We were crashed out livin' in rubble

Broken bones, broken homes

Broken kid's 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

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 of East Bay California

[Chorus]

Among the dead

We will rise

Among the dead

We will rise

[Verse 2]

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

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

I know what it's like to walk among the dead

I'm alone in total isolation

No ones 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

[Chorus]

Among the dead

We will rise

Among the dead

We will rise

[Verse 3]

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

They got no rides

We got drums

We got guitars

We got the songs

All night long

[Chorus]

Among the dead

We will rise

Among the dead

We will rise