The Zombie Barricades

Lyrics

Intro
Ash on the door
Iron in the teeth
We built the wall
With the dead beneath
Drown the night
Seal the seam
Hear them count
Hear them dream

Verse 1
Hands on the nails
Blood in the mortar
You fed the fire
Now it hungers harder
Bones in the windows
Mud in the chain
Every locked gate
Calls out my name
I smell your fear
In the broken wood
You pray for dawn
I prayed it would
Come too late
Come unmade
Your holy ground
Will be a grave

Pre-Chorus
The ground keeps crawling
Under your feet
The lock keeps screaming
For the reek
Your breath gets shorter
Your eyes grow wide
When the dead all gather
Right outside

Chorus
Zombie barricades
Zombie barricades
Hold if you can
Hold if you can
Zombie barricades
Zombie barricades
We are the swarm
We are the end
(We are the end)

Verse 2
Rats in the rafters
Clawing the tin
Mothers and martyrs
Let the rot back in
You board up the guilt
With a cross and a curse
But every white lie
Makes the hunger worse
I hear your names
Through the splintered boards
Like knives on glass
Like unsheathed swords
No safe room left
No saint survives
When the blackened crowd
Starts feeling alive

Pre-Chorus
The ground keeps crawling
Under your feet
The lock keeps screaming
For the reek
Your breath gets shorter
Your eyes grow wide
When the dead all gather
Right outside

Chorus
Zombie barricades
Zombie barricades
Hold if you can
Hold if you can
Zombie barricades
Zombie barricades
We are the swarm
We are the end
(We are the end)

Bridge
Kneel to the crack
In the prayer you made
Taste the rust
Of the vows you trade
I was the fever
You named the plague
Now I wear your panic
Like a chain
When the final beam
Splinters apart
I will step through
With your own dark heart
Doom in the throat
Mud on the blade
Say my name
And be afraid
(afraid)

Solo
[Two lead guitars trade harmonized phrases over a crushing breakdown]
Lead guitar one: scream
Lead guitar two: answer
Lead guitar one: burn
Lead guitar two: descend

Verse 3
Now the house is breathing
With a thousand mouths
Floorboards bending
Let the shadows out
Your barricade
Is a coffin door
And I brought the keys
And I brought more
One by one
The candles die
One by one
You learn why
The dead don’t sleep
They only wait
For the last brave pulse
At the gate

Pre-Chorus
The ground keeps crawling
Under your feet
The lock keeps screaming
For the reek
Your breath gets shorter
Your eyes grow wide
When the dead all gather
Right outside

Chorus
Zombie barricades
Zombie barricades
Hold if you can
Hold if you can
Zombie barricades
Zombie barricades
We are the swarm
We are the end
(We are the end)

Outro
Ash on the door
Iron in the teeth
We built the wall
With the dead beneath
Zombie barricades
Zombie barricades
Hold... hold... hold...
(We are the end)