WORDS TO THE MUSIC

Lyrics

Candle wax runs down the wood Cold rain runs down the stone A ragged coat, a sunken face He takes his seat alone Moss has swallowed every name The wind outside goes still His first chord travels root to root And wakes them in their wooden tombs Down in the wood, down in the clay They know that tune They know the way He calls They crawl The organ wakes them all The pipes breathe out The dead breathe in Hold that note Let them begin Halloween, let the old earth shake He’s got a thousand graves to wake One by one, they fall in line The graveyard keeps time Dirty nails split the earth Where the fresh-cut flowers lie A hand comes up, a head breaks through Dead eyes turn toward the sky They tear their coats on buried roots And drag their bodies free They hear the music in their bones And stagger through the trees Down in the wood, down in the clay They know that tune They know the way He calls They crawl The organ wakes them all The pipes breathe out The dead breathe in Hold that note Let them begin Halloween, let the old earth shake He’s got a thousand graves to wake One by one, they fall in line The graveyard keeps time Across the yard, through iron gates They gather at the door Wet earth falls from burial clothes And scatters on the floor He lifts his hands They all stand still He plays They start to sway Dead voices shake the chapel walls Where people used to pray He calls They crawl The organ wakes them all The pipes breathe out The dead breathe in Hold that note Let them begin Halloween, let the old earth shake He’s got a thousand graves to wake One by one, they fall in line The graveyard keeps time He calls They crawl The graveyard keeps time