6.Pick Up The Bones
Collecting pieces of my family in an old pillow case
This one has a skull but it don't have a face
These look like the arms of my father, so strong
And the ring on this finger means my Grandmother's gone
Here's some legs in a pile, where my sister once played
Here's some mud made of blood and these teeth are decayed
The ear of my brother, the hand of a friend
And I just can't put 'em back together again
Pick up the bones and set them on fire
Follow the smoke going higher and higher
Pick up the bones and wish 'em goodnight
Pray 'em a prayer and turn out the light
There are stains on the floor where the kitchen once stood
There are ribs on the fireplace mixed with the wood
There are forces in the air, ghosts in the wind
Some bullets in the back and some scars on the skin
There were demons with guns who marched through this place
Killing everything that breathed, they're an inhuman race
There are holes in the walls, bloody hair on the bricks
And the smell of this hell is making me sick
Pick up the bones and set them on fire
Follow the smoke going higher and higher
Pick up the bones and wish 'em goodnight
Pray 'em a prayer and turn out the light
Pick up the bones and set them on fire
Follow the smoke going higher and higher
Pick up the bones and wish 'em goodnight
Pray 'em a prayer and turn out the light
Now maybe someday, the sun's gonna shine
Flowers will bloom and all will be fine
But nothin'll grow on this burnt cursive ground
Cause the breath of the death is the only sound
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