Ask the Dead

(Intro – bass groove, guitar scratches)

Breathe it in

Breathe it out

Fear and doubt

Fear and doubt

Who decides

Who goes down

Hands get dirty

Not in this town

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(Verse 1 – tight, rhythmic)

Righteous fury

For the few

Blood on orders

Coming through

Clean white gloves

Dirty game

Send the bodies

Sign the name

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(Pre-Hook – building tension)

Wave the flag

Beat the drum

Tell the crowd

“Justice comes”

Turn the page

Change the score

Send another

Off to war

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(Hook / Chorus – chantable)

Ask the dead

What’s the cost of war

Ask the dead

Do they care anymore

Ask the dead

They don’t make a sound

Ask the dead

Six feet in the ground

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(Verse 2 – more groove emphasis)

Talk is cheap

Steel is loud

Heroes printed

For the crowd

Front page glory

Back page graves

Young blood marching

Old men wave

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(Breakdown – call & response)

Who pays?

Not the kings

Who bleeds?

Everything

Who wins?

No one here

Who’s left?

Dust and fear

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(Final Hook – stacked chants)

Ask the dead

What’s the cost of war

Ask the dead

Do they care anymore

Ask the dead

They don’t make a sound

Ask the dead

Six feet in the ground

Ask the dead

Ask the dead