DEAD MEAT WALK (NDC)

[Intro] [Verse 1] Woke up on a roof with a bent crowbar City stinks like a butcher’s jar Street below chews on its dead Teeth like glass, eyes like lead I count my bullets, count my sins Kick the ladder, no one wins I spit black, throat tastes tin Smile anyway. Bad day begins. [Riff] [Verse 2] Stairwell breath like a sewer’s prayer Hands on rail—skin ain’t there Basement chorus, hungry moans Some got jaws, most got bones I bait the door with a shopping cart They pile on—fall apart Crack a skull with a coffee can Breakfast served—eat if you can. [Chorus] DEAD MEAT WALK — I don’t run DEAD MEAT WALK — hit and done DEAD MEAT WALK — chew or choke DEAD MEAT WALK — city’s joke [Riff] [Verse 3] Find a lighter in a priest’s front pocket Saint’s got no head, but he guards the locket Gas can piss on the rectory floor Blue flames laugh, kick the door Jaws in the smoke, fingers twitch One still crawls, mean as a witch I boot the face till silence sticks Mercy’s dead—that’s the trick. [Chorus] DEAD MEAT WALK — I don’t run DEAD MEAT WALK — hit and done DEAD MEAT WALK — chew or choke DEAD MEAT WALK — city’s joke [Riff] [Verse 4] Subway howls like a rusted lung Turnstile ribs where the meat got hung Battery stash in a cop car trunk Radio spits out holy junk “Stay inside”—yeah, good plan Walls taste great to a starving man I drink warm water from a busted sink If it kills me first—I’ll thank the thing. [Riff] [Verse 5] Corner store altar—rat-tail wine Cash still perfect, world ain’t fine I buy nothing, steal a map Circle home, erase the trap Someone taped a prayer to a plywood gate It reads “have faith”—I choose hate Hate is clean, keeps hands warm Faith’s no use in a feeding storm. [Chorus] DEAD MEAT WALK — I don’t run DEAD MEAT WALK — hit and done DEAD MEAT WALK — chew or choke DEAD MEAT WALK — city’s joke [Outro] Sun won’t rise, I don’t care I’ll still be here, breathing air Dead meat walks, dead meat falls I keep score. I break jaws. [Bridge] Breathe. Break. Shove. Shake. Hook. Smash. Rip. Trash. [Riff] [Verse 6] Night comes fast, teeth get brave Every alley’s a shallow grave I nail the door with a splintered crib Hear them gnaw, I hear a rib I talk to God through a mattress spring He don’t answer, that’s his thing So I answer for him—steel and fire Dead keep coming. I get higher. [Chorus x2] DEAD MEAT WALK — I don’t run DEAD MEAT WALK — hit and done DEAD MEAT WALK — chew or choke DEAD MEAT WALK — city’s joke [Outro] Sun won’t rise, I don’t care I’ll still be here, breathing air Dead meat walks, dead meat falls I keep score. I break jaws. [end]