Climbing up those stairs at night
I keep forgetting as I fall on my face
Because somebody forgot to wipe away
Bloodstains from the night before
When two men were fighting
Love was never there
Religion of despair
Tenement steps, tenement steps
Tenement steps, cemented
Ooh, ooh
Tenement steps, tenement steps
Tenement steps, cemented
Ooh, ooh
Someone's banging on the door
And I remember as I sit in the dark
Of a promise to tear my bones apart
I pick up a hatchet by the fireplace
Open the door and scar a face
I nearly killed a boy
I could have backed away
Tenement steps, tenement steps
Tenement steps, cemented
Ooh, ooh
Tenement steps, tenement steps
Tenement steps, cemented
Ooh, ooh
Whoa, tenement steps, tenement steps
Tenement steps, cemented
Ooh, ooh
Tenement steps, tenement steps
Tenement steps, cemented
Ooh, ooh
Whoa, tenement steps, tenement steps
Tenement steps, cemented
Ooh, ooh
Tenement steps, tenement steps
Tenement steps, cemented
Ooh, ooh
Climbing up those stairs at night
I keep forgetting as I fall on my face
Because somebody forgot to wipe away
Fade away, evaporate
Tenement steps, tenement steps
Tenement steps, cemented
Ooh, ooh
Tenement steps, tenement steps
Tenement steps, cemented
Ooh, ooh
Oh, tenement steps, tenement steps
Tenement steps, cemented
Ooh, ooh
Tenement steps, tenement steps
Tenement steps, cemented
Ooh, ooh
Whoa, tenement steps, tenement steps
Tenement steps, cemented
Ooh, ooh
Tenement steps, tenement steps
Tenement steps, cemented
Ooh, ooh
Whoa, tenement steps, tenement steps
Tenement steps, cemented
Ooh, ooh
Whoa, tenement steps, tenement steps
Tenement steps, cemented
Ooh, ooh
Whoa, tenement steps, tenement steps
Tenement steps, cemented
Ooh, ooh
Tenement steps, tenement steps
Tenement steps, cemented