[Verse 1]
Up at night with the bats
Under black eaves, I pace
Wake up with the chickens
Feathers on my face
Snore like a bear
Walls shake in the den
Eat like a pig
Then I come back again
[Pre-Chorus]
Lazy like a sloth
But I don't fade away
Delicate like a moth
Still I burn my way
Thin skin, hard bones
Sharp eyes in the smoke
Every bruise I wear
Turns to a joke
[Chorus]
Up at night with the bats
(Up at night with the bats)
Wake up with the chickens
(Wake up with the chickens)
Strong like an ox
Strong like an ox
Sly like a fox
Sly like a fox
[Verse 2]
I drag my boots through dawn
Then I prowl by noon
Beneath a cracked old moon
I learn the room
Snore like a bear
Then I rise in wrath
Eat like a pig
And I clear my path
[Pre-Chorus]
Lazy like a sloth
But I don't fade away
Delicate like a moth
Still I burn my way
Thin skin, hard bones
Sharp eyes in the smoke
Every bruise I wear
Turns to a joke
[Chorus]
Up at night with the bats
(Up at night with the bats)
Wake up with the chickens
(Wake up with the chickens)
Strong like an ox
Strong like an ox
Sly like a fox
Sly like a fox
[Bridge]
When the iron bells fall
I don't back down
I wear my hunger
Like a thorned crown
Delicate, deadly
Soft till I strike
A moth in the graveyard
An ox in the night
[Final Chorus]
Up at night with the bats
(Up at night with the bats)
Wake up with the chickens
(Wake up with the chickens)
Strong like an ox
Strong like an ox
Sly like a fox
Sly like a fox