[Verse 1]
Kept in the guard of Mother Nature's womb
Resting in the safety of their tomb
Sheltered by six feet of soil and rock
The spade is the key with which their gate we'll unlock

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Why should they be resting so peacefully
When we're up above in pure misery
I don't care that they've already died
That's not enough to make me satisfied

[Verse 2]
So we wait till the stroke of the midnight hour
Then we'll unleash the darkest of power
Hell's gates will open a new judgment day
Now is the time that the dead will pay

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Why should they be resting so peacefully
When we're up above in pure misery
I don't care that they've already died
That's not enough to make me satisfied

[Chorus 1]
Waking the dead, waking the dead, waking the dead
,waking the dead, waking the dead, waking the dead
,waking the dead, waking the dead
All rise!

[Verse 3]
Hell's gates open the earth trembles and shakes
Now their pardons are over they pray for their mistakes
Mausoleums firebombed now rage in flames
When the dead come out their bodies we'll maim

[Pre-Chorus 2]
(Rob!) robbing their graves stealing their bones
(Bang!) banging our heads to their screams and their moans
(Fix!) fixing the wounds that even time cannot heal
(Soon!) soon we will know how good it feels

[Verse 4]
This is not damnation or an act of God
Now the dead they rise ripping through the sod
Purgatory has to wait, but how can this be
The dead are free, the dead are free!

[Pre-Chorus 2]
(Rob!) robbing their graves stealing their bones
(Bang!) banging our heads to their screams and their moans
(Fix!) fixing the wounds that even time cannot heal
(Soon!) soon we will know how good it feels
[Chorus 1]
(Waking the dead!) you said that it wouldn't be
(Waking the dead!) you said that we wouldn't see
(Waking the dead!) you said it was all lies
(Waking the dead!) now the dead stand before our own eyes

(Solo)

[Verse 5]
Silence is blaring the earth opens wide
History repeats, reburied they die
Darkness descends through nature's pores
They return to their sleep on earth's basement floor
Now they rest not so peacefully
As they've had a taste of our misery

[Pre-Chorus 3]
I didn't care that they'd already died
That wasn't enough to make me satisfied

[Verse 6]
Return back to their tombs now they lay
This is no game for the novice to play
Repeat not a word lest ye be forewarned
The punishment of Hell's darkness and scorn
Repeat not a word of the sermon said
A prayer for the dead, don't play with the dead
Don't try to comprehend what's going on
You can't understand, please don't understand
[Chorus 2]
(Waking the dead!) and we'll be
(Waking the dead!) (waking the dead!) all rise now
(Waking the dead!) (waking the dead!) we're gonna wake the dead (waking the dead!) (waking the dead!)
(waking the dead!)

[Verse 7]
I said the words (waking the dead) what have I done
I thought it cool, (waking the dead) I thought it fun
The words I say (waking the dead) they start to change
The syllables (waking the dead) now rearranged
A language (waking the dead) I can't comprehend
I shut my mouth (waking the dead) it doesn't end
The bowels of nature (waking the dead) open wide
I cannot move I (waking the dead) cannot hide
I can't believe (waking the dead) the things I see
The dead are free, (waking the dead) the dead are free
I close my eyes (waking the dead), pray it's not real
Their presence close (waking the dead) coldness I feel
What have I done (waking the dead) Lord please forgive
Once they died, (waking the dead) but now they live
I wake the dead, (waking the dead) I wake the dead, I wake the dead, (waking the dead) I wake the dead!

[Outro]
Cleanse the lepers
Cast out the demons
Wake the dead!
(Waking the dead) (waking the dead) (waking the dead)
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