[Intro] (Heavy 808 drop, atmospheric synth drone, distant church bell, vinyl crackle) (Stuttering vocal sample: necropolis… necropolis… wake up…) (Ad-lib: I'm not dead, I'm just getting started) [Verse 1] I woke up on a cold slab, the moon was bleeding neon blue The city smelled like frankincense and gasoline, and I knew This wasn't heaven, wasn't hell, it was someplace in between A graveyard with a pulse, a nightmare with a dream The tombstones had graffiti, the ghosts were wearing gold And a voice inside the static said, "This city's yours to hold" I stumbled to my feet, my boots were caked in ash And I could hear the DJ spinning somewhere in the past [Pre-Chorus] They call this place the Necropolis, the city of the dead But I've been dead before, and I'm still standing in my head How am I alive? How am I still breathing? Maybe that's the point—the dark is only sleeping [Chorus] Welcome to the Neon Necropolis Where the graves glow bright and the dead all dance I didn't come to haunt, I came to rule I'm the ghost with a pulse, and I'm nobody's fool Neon Necropolis, the city's calling my name Every shadow in the street is just a player in the game I woke up with a fire where my fear used to be This city's full of ghosts, and they're all looking at me [Verse 2] The neon lights were flickering like candles in a crypt Every corner held a secret, every secret held a script I saw a woman with black wings and a crown of twisted wire She said, "Boy, you're not a visitor—you're the one we've been required" I said, "I'm just a man who crawled out of his own grave" She said, "That's exactly why the city chose to save Your voice is made of thunder, your heart is made of stone And you're the only soul who's ever made this place feel like home" [Pre-Chorus] They call this place the Necropolis, the city of the dead But I've been dead before, and I'm still standing in my head How am I alive? How am I still breathing? Maybe that's the point—the dark is only sleeping [Chorus] Welcome to the Neon Necropolis Where the graves glow bright and the dead all dance I didn't come to haunt, I came to rule I'm the ghost with a pulse, and I'm nobody's fool Neon Necropolis, the city's calling my name Every shadow in the street is just a player in the game I woke up with a fire where my fear used to be This city's full of ghosts, and they're all looking at me [Bridge] (Stripped back, piano and distant choir-like pads) I used to be afraid of what the darkness held Until I realized the darkness was the place I'd always dwelled Now I'm walking through the graveyard with my head up high And the moon is just a spotlight for the king who didn't die [Final Chorus] (Full energy, gang vocals on "Neon Necropolis") Welcome to the Neon Necropolis Where the graves glow bright and the dead all dance I didn't come to haunt, I came to rule I'm the ghost with a pulse, and I'm nobody's fool Neon Necropolis, the city's calling my name Every shadow in the street is just a player in the game I woke up with a fire where my fear used to be This city's full of ghosts, and they're all looking at me [Outro] (Distant church bell, stuttering vocal sample: Necropolis… wake up… king…) (One final 808 hit, then silence)
