No one can redeem themselves, no one can be saved. In a dying world filled with enslavement and endless apathy. A tortured past and not much future a tattered earth remains, destitute and alone in madness.

[chorus]
Burial for the living. Our earth stripped of wealth. Burial of the living. Our bodies
drained of life.

In a world full of enemies, I'm an enemy of the world. There is only so long we have to live, our dying days are spent waiting for history to repeat itself.

[chorus]

Our only hope is vengeance.


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Burial for the Living Lyrics as written by James Shanahan Chris Beattie

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    This is the best Hatebreed song EVER!!!Maybe one of the best songs not only of Hatebreed.I like the part "...OUR ONLY HOPE IS VENGENANCE!!!"

    HCBGon June 11, 2002   Link
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    This song is about some asshole who raped Jamey's (lead singer of hatebreed) mom. And this song is pretty much about Jamey getting a hold of him and killing him, and he will eventually die, a burial for the living.

    A tortured past and not much future

    HxChrison August 20, 2002   Link

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