Land of the dead

Intro

Welcome to the other side...

Verse 1

I opened my eyes to a colorless dawn

Where the living don't venture and hope has withdrawn

The streets are familiar but twisted and wrong

I've been here forever, or have I been gone?

Faces I recognize stare without sight

They're moving like shadows, avoiding the light

I'm screaming but no one can hear what I say

I'm trapped in the kingdom where the dead come to stay

Melody Change

Verse 2

The air tastes of decay and memories fade

Every step that I take, I'm digging my grave

The clock on the wall doesn't move anymore

Time is a concept that died at the door

I reach for the living but pass through their skin

I'm pounding the entrance but they won't let me in

This isn't a nightmare that ends when I wake

This is my sentence for every mistake

Build

Pre-Chorus

I'm caught between worlds, neither here nor there

A ghost in the machine, gasping for air

The reaper won't take me, I'm stuck in between

Living in death, the worst place I've been

Chorus

In the land of the dead, where the lost souls roam

Where the light doesn't reach and you're never going home

I'm a prisoner of purgatory, chained to this hell

In the land of the dead, where the living can't dwell

In the land of the dead, I'm forgetting my name

Every face looks the same, we're all playing the game

No escape, no redemption, no stories to tell

In the land of the dead, this is my living hell

Build-up

Verse 3

I see my reflection but it's not my face

Someone else is living in my former place

They're sleeping in my bed, they're wearing my clothes

They're living my life while I decompose

The city is breathing but I have no lungs

I'm speaking in riddles with a phantom tongue

The ground is collapsing beneath my feet

I'm falling forever down dead end streets

Interlude

Guitar Solo

Verse 4

There's a girl that I loved in another life

Now she's dancing with death, she's the reaper's wife

I called out her name but she walked right through

She's one of them now, and I'm one of them too

Breakdown

We're all just echoes of who we once were

The lines between real and unreal start to blur

I'm losing my grip on what's false and what's true

In the land of the dead, the dead are losing you

Pre-Chorus

I'm caught between worlds, neither here nor there

A ghost in the machine, gasping for air

The reaper won't take me, I'm stuck in between

Living in death, the worst place I've been

Chorus

In the land of the dead, where the lost souls roam

Where the light doesn't reach and you're never going home

I'm a prisoner of purgatory, chained to this hell

In the land of the dead, where the living can't dwell

In the land of the dead, I'm forgetting my name

Every face looks the same, we're all playing the game

No escape, no redemption, no stories to tell

In the land of the dead, this is my living hell

Bridge - Breakdown

Bury me deeper! (Deeper!)

I'm already gone! (Already gone!)

The reaper's a liar! (Liar!)

Death goes on and on! (On and on!)

I'm clawing through the walls!

I'm climbing through the holes!

I'm screaming in silence!

I'm dying alone!

Interlude

Guitar Solo

Verse 5

They say that the dead tell no tales

But we're screaming our stories through the veil

We're the warnings you ignore in the night

We're the shadows that dance outside of your sight

One day you'll join us, you'll walk where we tread

You'll learn what it means to be living, but dead

And when that day comes, you'll finally see

The land of the dead was inside you and me

Final Chorus

In the land of the dead, where the lost souls roam

Where the light doesn't reach and you're never going home

I'm a prisoner of purgatory, chained to this hell

In the land of the dead, where the living can't dwell

In the land of the dead, I'm forgetting my name

Every face looks the same, we're all playing the game

No escape, no redemption, no stories to tell

In the land of the dead...

Tempo Change

Outro

We're all just ghosts...

Living in the land of the dead...

You'll join us soon...

Everyone does...