[Verse 1] Laced my boots in the old Red Rocket Pulled my map from a rusted drawer Got a pack full of chems and stimpaks And a story I ain’t told before Heard ’em talk at the Dugout Inn ’Bout a beast in the northern pines If we bring back that broken trophy They’ll be singin’ our names in time [Chorus] Oh We’re goin’ on a Yao Guai hunt (hey!) Laugh it off But we still look up Whistlin’ loud through the twisted trees Like the whole damn world don’t scare us Step light where the dead leaves crunch Pray the wind keeps hidin’ our blood We joke and we grin ’til the shadows jump On a big old Yao Guai hunt [Verse 2] Tracked those claws through the cracked black asphalt Past a bus full of bleached-out bones Saw the fur on a busted fence post Smelled the copper and cold old smoke Then the ground gave a low Slow rumble Birds took off like they’d heard the bomb Yellow eyes in the busted billboard And it roared like the war come on [Chorus] Oh We’re stuck in a Yao Guai hunt (woah) Ain’t so tough when it’s up that close Teeth flash by and the sky goes red Hear your best friend lose his voice We shout We fire We fall We run Dragin’ hope through the black bear brush We said we’d be back by settin’ sun On a big old Yao Guai hunt [Verse 3] Stumbled home when the stars were fadin’ Half our jokes left under that hill Dropped our packs on the bar in silence But the barkeep poured us our fill Hung one claw on a nail by the jukebox Like a promise and like a curse We were loud when we left that evenin’ Now we sing But we sing the words [Chorus] ’Bout goin’ on a Yao Guai hunt (hey…) How we laugh so we don’t lock up Raise a glass for the ones laid down Name ’em soft when the band kicks up We’ll heal We’ll hurt We’ll still gear up ’Cause the caps keep callin’ our bluff Every tale in this torn-up dust Ends or starts with a Yao Guai hunt
