Fleshing peeling, soul stealing
It's taking everything I've got
Not to crack into your skull
Have my fill, leave you to rot

As we roll through the night
Casting shadows, taking bites
Out of a city that's as dead as us
We feed tonight

We feed tonight, we feed tonight
I hold you down and I take a bite
Don't try to fight it, it's an urge I must obey
Grinding my life away

Blood steaming, wheels screaming
Trucks bark like the hounds of hell
And I can smell your fear as we smear
What's in you on these city walls

I watch you crawl, I hear you draw
Your last breath, I taste the pus
In this city that's as dead us us
It's as dead as us

We feed tonight, we feed tonight
I hold you down and I take a bite
Don't try to fight it, it's an urge I must obey
Grinding my life away

We disturb, destroying curbs
These boneless ones will never stray
We feast upon the fallen
And we feel ourselves decay

As we roll through the night
Casting shadows, taking bites
Out of this city that's as dead as us
We feed tonight

We feed tonight, we feed tonight
I hold you down and I take a bite
Don't try to fight it, it's an urge I must obey
Grinding my life away


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    Definitely about Zombies. Fucking sick.

    LakeErieon January 05, 2007   Link
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    if you skate then you know

    tucsonxrobon October 15, 2007   Link

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