He was the high school's dead beat All the kids called him the town freak Had a face full of scars from his Daddy Had a heart full of rage and envy He'll burn down their world of fantasy Turn their perfect lives to misery Won't stop until he makes them bleed How 'bout the prom king and queen? Yeah They strayed far from lover's lane Now it's tears, blood and shallow graves Yeah, not much of them remains A lock of hair and a promise ring, so God rest the youth Because a killer's on the loose And he's gonna see it through So God Rest the Youth Well his hunger grows in threes It feeds his Christ mockery All bodies missing teeth The bread of life, they can't eat, yeah Three found floating in the creek Another three left hanging in a hickory Much too close to Main Street So they know they better not sleep, yeah God rest the youth Because a killer's on the loose And he's gonna see it through So God Rest the Youth God rest the youth Because a killer's on the loose And he's gonna speak his truth So God Rest the Youth You can't tame the beast Whose ready for his feast He's got his eye on something sweet Like the daughter of the Police Chief A delicious treat, carved up like a turkey They'll search the woods for weeks and weeks and weeks Yeah God rest the youth Because a killer's on the loose And he's gonna see it through So God Rest the Youth God rest the youth Because a killer's on the loose And he's gonna speak his truth So God Rest the Youth