[Verse 1]
Ever since I've started out, I keep on sinkin' in the pit
As times changed, called my name, told me that I'd grow out of it
Out of step and time, ain't worth a dime, or they told me so
I'll stay a wrong sided hit, I don't like what's on the radio
Torn down and been condemned like a tenement row
But in the trap door cellar, there's still a special lamp glow
And still a step down deeper where you cannot see with eyes
Is the ramp to the damp where the sub-basement cries
(No escape, no escape)
(No escape, no escape)

[Verse 2]
Through the years and the tears, under black cloud skies
Seems the lower that I go is where my true heart lies
And when I'm stuck in the thick of it, there's no need to roam
Some think of me as fried but it's a choice of my own
I've been called a dinosaur relic, stuck in the twilight zone
But stickin' in the sub-basement keeps me lit to the bone
Like the bats hanging dormant in their nocturnal fleet
I'm still around underground, gettin' my peace without sleep, yeah

[Bridge]
(No escape, no escape)
(There's no way out, no way out)
(No doubt, no doubt)
(There's no way out, no way out)
[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
So when the strands on the spiders loom cast a glow in the room
Won't be long for the web has caught a new prey for doom
And there ain't no worry about no fee or any rent
Long as cement songs are climbin' out of the sub-basement
Ain't no worry about no fee and there ain't any rent
Long as cement songs keep climbin' out of the sub-basement

[Outro]
(No escape, no escape)
(There's no way out, no way out)
(No escape)
(No doubt)
(Sssshhhh)
(Aaaahhhh)