Well, you can walk for miles In the evening to clear your head But still wake up each day Oh, in the city of the dead ♪ So many things you can't undo Well, you can only push through And turn all your dirt over Until the thing that grows is new
Remake the world under yellow skies Cover your nose and open your eyes At the clock ticking and start digging A hole big enough to bury these guys Yeah ♪ Now there's a Halloween flood That's filling up the basement And there's a wild wind upstairs It's rattling the casements ♪ But I'll still make the coffee And we still make the beds And the kids are scarred but smarter Oh, in the city of the dead Yeah, in the city of the dead ♪ Remake the world when the old one dies Cover your mouth and open your eyes Build your pyramids tall and your avenues wide 'Cause colonial dirt that you can't fertilize You take world under orangey skies Cover your face when you need a disguise Unleash the storm and the season To bring back the butterflies! ♪ Unleash the storm and the season To bring back the butterflies