[Intro / Chorus] Scorched earth! Scorched earth! Destroy anything of worth! Scorched earth! Scorched earth! Bring the innocent forth! [Verse 1] I tear apart familiar flesh, I pull the weakness free I hollow out my bleeding chest, Leave it for all to see I burn like a witch, I rattle like a chain, I hurt like a bitch, And wallow in the pain [Pre-Chorus] Load em up! (Load em up) Prep the load! Th whole dams thing's In overload [Chorus] Scorched earth! Scorched earth! Destroy anything of worth! Scorched earth! Scorched earth! Bring the innocent forth! [Verse 2] I rip the pictures from the walls, And blacken every name, I hear the last foundation fall, And feed it to the flame. I spit on every promise made, I grind it into dirt, I turn the love I couldn't save, Into another hurt. [Pre-Chorus] Load em up! (Load em up!) Prep the load! The whole damn thing's In overload! [Chorus] Scorched earth! Scorched earth! Destroy anything of worth! Scorched earth! Scorched earth! Bring the innocent forth! [Verse 3] I stand inside the empty square, Where all the good things died, And scream that I don't fucking care, With nothing left to hide. The silence comes to collect its debt, The smoke begins to clear, And everything I tried to forget, Is standing with me here. [Bridge - Building, Aggressive] Burn the bridges! Salt the ground! Tear the fucking houses down! Break the windows! Crack the stone! Make damn sure you're left alone! No white flags! No retreat! Nothing left beneath my feet! No way out! No rebirth! ALL THAT'S LEFT IS SCORCHED EARTH! [Pre-Chorus - Screamed] LOAD EM UP! (LOAD EM UP!) PREP THE LOAD! THE WHOLE DAMN THING'S IN OVERLOAD! [Final Chorus - Full Band] SCORCHED EARTH! SCORCHED EARTH! DESTROY ANYTHING OF WORTH! SCORCHED EARTH! SCORCHED EARTH! BRING THE INNOCENT FORTH! SCORCHED EARTH! SCORCHED EARTH! DRAG IT SCREAMING THROUGH THE DIRT! SCORCHED EARTH! SCORCHED EARTH! NOTHING LEFT UPON THIS EARTH! [Outro - Instruments Falling Away] I burned the bridges, I buried the past, I destroyed everything, I thought would last. Scorched earth... Scorched earth... Nothing left to burn but me.
