[Intro] Yeah... People ask why I fuck with dead people. Simple, man. Dead people chill. They don't talk shit. ... They don't leave neither. [Verse 1] Learned that shit young, back in Coldshadow town Had a moms, had a pops, then the whole place came down One day you got a home, next day everything gone No time to fuckin' grieve, they just move you along Human folk took us in, said they savin' our kind Put the Drow kids in homes, leave the old world behind Daynar just a baby, some couple wanted her Grabbed my little sis quick — ain't nobody takin' her Hid that little bitch in a pot — dumb fuckin' plan But I'd already lost everybody that I had Bob and Candy took us both, yeah, they did us right Still saw Coldshadow every fuckin' night [Chorus] The dead don't judge The dead don't stare Don't call me scum Like I don't belong there The dead don't ask What I became Don't spit my blood Like it's something to shame The dead don't judge The dead don't lie Don't give a fuck If I'm Drow or not (The dead don't judge...) [Verse 2] Snowfell Academy, man, I fucked that shit up Had the magic in my hands, couldn't give enough fucks Found the outcasts, found weed, found booze instead Got real fuckin' good at gettin' out my head Dropped out, slept rough, froze my ass in the street Beggin' coin, odd jobs, barely enough to eat Then some drunk-ass wizard in the tavern one night Started talkin' necromancy and that shit hit right Said the dead can be raised— ... Wait. The dead can be raised? Sat outside that tavern every night till he came Got me into that school, first time I gave a damn For once somebody told me death ain't where it ends Maybe I could see my fuckin' family again [Chorus] The dead don't judge The dead don't stare Don't call me scum Like I don't belong there The dead don't ask What I became Don't spit my blood Like it's something to shame The dead don't judge The dead don't lie And maybe what they took from me Ain't gotta stay gone this time [Verse 3] Met Sardris down there, another Drow like me Same dead city in his head, motherfucker could see We wasn't raisin' corpses just to make 'em obey We was lookin' for a way to undo that day Book after book, every scroll we could find Two dumb motherfuckers tryna reverse fuckin' time Wanted Moms back, wanted Pops back too Wanted streets I remembered, people that I knew Wanted Daynar to see where her family came from Wanted Coldshadow standing when the work was done One Drow, then ten, then a hundred more... Bring 'em all home. Like they was before. [Bridge] Everybody told me dead means gone Everybody told me life moves on But I already moved once. Didn't fuckin' help. ... So Sardris... What if we bring 'em home? [Verse 4] We got good at that shit, top of the fuckin' class Old man bringin' us books we weren't meant to have Till one night we said, "Fuck it, man, we earned a break" Devil Weed. Booze. ... Probably a mistake. Next morning some woman bangin' hard on the door Screamin', "Dead are rising! They're walking the streets!" Me and Sardris looked at each other... Fuck. Did we do this shit? Split directions, left Snowfell, didn't wait to find out Whole world dying while I'm filled up with doubt Spent years asking death to give my people back Then the dead start walking— But not like that. [Final Verse] I didn't want monsters Didn't want people to die Didn't want bodies in streets Didn't want screams every night I wanted my city Wanted my family alive Wanted one fuckin' thing death took To come back this time Now y'all see bones when you look at Fam Bam I see motherfuckers who accept who I am Lost Skinny Pig, lost Copper Eye Joe Fuck, man... I still miss my bros. Call me Drow Scum Call us degenerates Yeah, that shit hurts I ain't gonna pretend But when everybody living Got something to say The dead never made me Feel ashamed anyway [Final Chorus] The dead don't judge The dead don't leave Don't tell me move on When I still gotta grieve The dead don't stare The dead don't shame Never made me feel dirty For carrying my name The dead don't judge... Maybe that's why I fuck with 'em. [Outro] Thought I wanted the dead back. ... Nah. I wanted mine.
