[Verse 1] We left another lead out bleeding Under lights that would not blink The bus was quiet as a chapel Nobody knew what not to think The twelfth one sat between us With its elbows on its knees Wearing every kind of silence That can bring a strong room to its knees [Pre-Chorus] But there is a glove beside the doorway There is tape around the pain There is chalk under our fingernails That says we came here again [Chorus] Twelve in the dust, twelve on the wall Twelve times hearing the same bell call But the field keeps asking for blood and breath And we ain't signed our names to death Twelve in the dust, twelve in the bone Still we walk back out alone Spit in the glove, carry the rust Leave one more shadow in the dust [Verse 2] The scoreboard learned to judge us With a cold electric grin Every zero looked holy Every error looked like sin I saw a rookie fold his jersey Like a flag from a losing war Then hang it back up slowly Like he still believed in more [Bridge] [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] Tomorrow has no mercy But it has an open gate It does not read the paper It does not negotiate So wake the bats from their coffins Let the clay take what it must We are more than what has happened We are twelve inside the dust [Final Chorus] Twelve in the dust, twelve on the wall Twelve times hearing the same bell call But the field keeps asking for blood and breath And we ain't signed our names to death Twelve in the dust, twelve in the bone Still we walk back out alone Spit in the glove, carry the rust Leave one more shadow in the dust
