In the dark before the dawn
A fog rolls through an icy calm
Stone gardens silhouette the moon

On a walk to clear my head
I faintly hear the restless dead
Chanting a long forgotten tune

All the lives that ended way too soon
Spirits chant their secrets from the tomb

I killed a man tonight
He came at me with a switchblade knife
I pulled the trigger just in time

This fog I’m wading through
Clouds my mind ‘bout what to do
A chill runs up and down my spine

All the lives that ended way too soon
Spirits chant their secrets

I remember sunny days
The first time that I met her gaze
The future promised me the sky
Somersaults and circus tricks
The first time that I kissed her lips
Secrets to keep until we die

Thinkin’ ‘bout my wife and kids
When a stabbing pain rips through my ribs
I watch my blood flow from the wound

Looking up I see my name
Carved in stone above my grave
And now I’m chanting with them, too

Of all the lives that ended way too soon
Spirits chant their secrets from the tomb

All the lives that ended way too soon
Listen to our secrets from the tomb