Hell From Above

[Verse 1]
Sky splits open in a blood-red seam
Cornfields thrash like a twisted dream
Engines dead in the one-lane road
Every dog in town starts to howl and choke
Black smoke dripping from a silent star
Fireflies scatter from a fallen car
We stare
We freeze in the engine heat
As the first one crawls on a dozen feet
[Chorus]
Hell from above
They came
They came for blood
Teeth like daggers in the floodlight mud
Hell from above
Yellow eyes in the dust
Tear our prayers from the church house rust
Hell from above
Hell from above
[Verse 2]
Old man Parker with his rusted gun
Shaking hands
Trying to count to one
But the thing just laughs with a broken jaw
Peels his chest like it’s made of straw
Sirens wail from the sheriff’s truck
Radio hisses
Jams
Then cuts
Kids hide under mama’s bed
Hear the claws on the roof
Feel the boards bend
[Chorus]
Hell from above
They came
They came for blood
Teeth like daggers in the floodlight mud
Hell from above
Yellow eyes in the dust
Tear our prayers from the church house rust
Hell from above
Hell from above
[Bridge]
[Drums drop to half-time
Guitars grind low]
Barn doors slam
But the walls breathe mold
They carve through steel like it’s burning snow
We light up crosses
Gas
And hay
Still they crawl through the flame
Melting skin away (oh God)
[Chorus]
Hell from above
They came
They came for blood
Teeth like daggers in the floodlight mud
Hell from above
Yellow eyes in the dust
Tear our names from the town sign crust
Hell from above
Hell from above
[Outro]
[All instruments crash
Then stomp groove]
Last porch light flickers
Gutters run red
We were Sunday quiet
Now the fields are dead
If you hear that crack in the midnight sky
Lock your doors
Let our small town die
Hell from above…

rock, Frantic sci-fi doom metal, dropped-tuned guitars in tight tremolo riffs over double-kick bursts and lurching half-time breakdowns. Male vocals shifting from raspy melodic lines to harsh screams; bass grinds in lockstep with drums. Choruses slam with gang-shouted hooks and dissonant chords, bridge erupts into chaotic leads and feedback swells, then cuts to a stark stomp for the final chant., frantic, metal