[Verse 1]
Ever since I was a young boy
Rolling round the streets
No sleep
Hanging with the creatures and the zombies
Watching secrets bleed into the concrete
Corner store light on
Saw a man get taken out
Cold
Brown glass bottle by his feet
Spilling like a story never told
[Chorus]
Creatures and the zombies know my name (know my name)
Raised me in the shadows
In the rain (in the rain)
I been outside
Learning from the strange
Turning all that hurt into a flame
Creatures and the zombies in my mind (in my mind)
Every crazy night I left behind (left behind)
Still I carry all the things I’ve seen
Trying to make it out
Keep my soul clean (oh yeah)
[Verse 2]
They come around and do the sweep
Blue lights painting over dreams
Wrap the block in yellow like a warning
But the pain stay stuck between the beams
I was just a kid by the stop sign
Acting grown
Heart still small
Thought I had to be a monster
Just to make it home at all
[Chorus]
Creatures and the zombies know my name (know my name)
Raised me in the shadows
In the rain (in the rain)
I been outside
Learning from the strange
Turning all that hurt into a flame
Creatures and the zombies in my mind (in my mind)
Every crazy night I left behind (left behind)
Still I carry all the things I’ve seen
Trying to make it out
Keep my soul clean (keep my soul clean)
[Bridge]
I ain’t running from my past
But I’m walking kind of fast
Every scar a street tattoo
Every ghost still looking back
If I ever lose my way
When the night starts closing in
I remember little me
And I choose to rise again (rise again)
[Chorus]
Creatures and the zombies know my name (know my name)
Raised me in the shadows
In the rain (in the rain)
I been outside
Learning from the strange
Turning all that hurt into a flame
Creatures and the zombies in my mind (in my mind)
Every crazy night I left behind (left behind)
Still I carry all the things I’ve seen
Trying to make it out
Keep my soul clean (oh yeah)