THE UNDEAD CARAVAN [Intro] [Wind • Horse Hooves • Wagon Wheels • Distant Raven] [Cajun Accordion] [Deep Tribal Toms Begin] [Ghost Choir – soft "Hey... Hey..."] [Male Narrator – deep, weathered] If you hear the wagons after midnight... Don't lock your door... Throw another log on the fire... We've got room for one more. --- [Verse 1] [Male Lead] [Accordion • Banjo • Resonator Guitar • Hoof Percussion] We roll where the old roads disappear, Through swamp and snow from year to year. Bayou fog to mountain stone, No traveler walks this world alone. A skeleton fiddler steals the show, A ghost keeps time nice and slow. The gumbo's hot, the whiskey's strong, Everybody knows the songs. --- [Pre-Chorus] [Male Lead + Female Ghost Harmonies] [Drums Building] They whisper... "They're cursed..." We smile... Pull up a chair... By sunrise... They're singing with us. --- [Chorus] [Full Gang Vocals] [Heavy Toms • Massive Bass • Distorted Guitar • Choir • Accordion] Roll on... The Undead Caravan! Raise 'em high if you still got hands! Sing loud! Let the whole world understand! Death ain't strong enough To stop this band! Drink tonight! Dance while the campfires stand! Every stranger leaves a friend... With the Undead Caravan! [Ghost Choir] Hey! Hey! Hey! --- [Verse 2] [Male Lead] [Fiddle • Nyckelharpa • Mandolin • Dark Synth Pulse] Old Saint Peter lost at cards, Still laughs louder after dark. A Viking smith still pounds his steel, Swears these bones can always heal. Headless rider wins each race, Never needed half his face. The swamp witch cheats at every hand... Nobody cares... She's family, friend. --- [Instrumental Break] [Dark Trap Beat • Glitch Mob Textures • Tribal Toms • Cajun Accordion Solo • Fiddle Duel • Choir] --- [Breakdown] [Dark Trap Beat] [Hoof Stomps • Whisper Choir • Deep Bass Pulse] Ride... Ride... Ride... [Male Lead] No Heavens... No Hells... No Graves... No Chains... Can touch us. Only the road... Only the ride. [Ghost Choir] Forever rolling... Forever roaming... Forever together... The Undead Caravan. --- [Bridge] [Everything Drops to Accordion & Soft Choir] [Young Girl – softly] Are you... Monsters? [Old Skeleton – warm, smiling] Some are... We just ain't them. [One Beat of Silence] --- [Final Chorus] [Entire Caravan] [Everything at Full Power • Choir • Gang Vocals • Hoof Stomps] Roll on... The Undead Caravan! Raise your mugs across the land! Sing until the sunrise calls! Dance until the stars all fall! Laugh so loud the ravens fly! Lift your voices to the sky! If death's the end... Somebody forgot... To tell... US! --- [Outro] [Male Lead] [Accordion • Wagon Wheels • Wind • Soft Choir] So if your road grows cold someday... And no one remembers your name... Listen... You might hear wagon wheels. When you do... Bring another bottle. We'll save you a seat. [Horse Hooves Fade] [Ghost Choir Humming] [Single Raven]
