Kept in the guard of Mother Nature's womb   Resting in the safety of their tomb   Sheltered by six feet of soil and rock   The spade is the key with which their gate we'll unlock   Why should they be resting so peacefully   When we're up above in pure misery   I don't care that they've already died   That's not enough to make me satisfied   So we wait till the stroke of the midnight hour   Then we'll unleas the darkest of power   Hell's gates will open a new judgment day   Now is the time that the dead will pay   Why should they be resting so peacefully   When we're up above in pure misery   I don't care that they've already died   That's not enough to make me satisfied   Waking the dead, waking the dead, waking the dead   All rise!   Hell's gates open the earth trembles and shakes   Now their pardons are over they pray for their mistakes   Mausoleums firebombed now rage in flames   When the dead come out their bodies we'll maim   CHORUS   Rob-Robbing their graves stealing their bones   Bang-Banging our heads to their screams and their moans   Fix-Fixing the wounds that even time cannot heal   Soon-Soon we will know how good it feels   This is not damnation or an act of God   Now the dead they rise ripping through the sod   Purgatory has to wait, but how can this be   The dead are free-the dead are free!   CHORUS   Waking the dead-you said that it wouldn't be   Waking the dead-You said that we wouldn't see   Waking the dead-Now the dead stand before our own eyes   Silence is blaring the earth opens wide   History repeats, reburied they die   Darkness descends through nature's pores   They return to their sleep on earth's basement floor   Now they rest not so peacefully   As they've had a taste of our misery   I didn't care that they'd already died   That wasn't enough to make me satisfied   Return back to their tombs now they lay   This is no game for the novice to play   Repeat not a word lest ye be forewarned   The punishment of Hell's darkness and scorn   Repeat not a word of the sermon said   A prayer for the dead, don't play with the dead   Don't try to comprehend what's going on   You can't understand, please don't understand   Waking the dead-And we'll be   Waking the dead-All rise now   Waking the dead-We're gonna wake the dead   Waking the dead   I said the words what have I done   I thought it cool, I thought it fun   The words I say they start to change   The syllables now rearranged   A language I can't comprehend   I shut my mouth it doesn't end   The bowels of nature open wide   I cannot move I cannot hide   I can't believe the things I see   The dead are free, the dead are free   I close my eyes and pray it's not real   Their presence close coldness I feel   What have I done Lord please forgive   Once they died, but now they live   I wake the dead, I ake the dead, I wake the dead, I wake the dead!   Cleanse the lepers   Cast out the demons   Wake the dead!