Wail of the Living Dead
Song info: "Wail of the Living Dead" was inspired by a ghost story I heard as a child. The climax of the story involves someone screaming next to your ear to really get a jump out of you. The vocals on this track are done in a mocking sort of tone to reflect the nature of this story and similar urban legends. During the closing instrumental stretch, there's a dual guitar and bass solo. While most of The Conjured's songs are recorded with distortion, this song was recorded clean with amplifier effects added in Audacity.
Lyrics
There once was a family of five
The father said "Only I'll survive"
He put a hammer to each of their heads
Laughing as he made sure they were dead
He buried them beneath the basement floor
None could find a trace of the slain four
The father slept without one lost wink
Stifling their echoes with a drink
Then one night the four moaned from below
The father went to where they were stowed
A piercing shriek rang inside his head
It's the wail of the living dead
It's the wail of the living dead
He tried to flee but found all the doors locked
He begged and wept but his victims only mocked
They brought the house down upon them all
Crushing him beneath the gray stone walls
Nothing remains on that cursed plot
Yet some say at night nearby the spot
Where they found bodies, others have heard
The wail of the living dead
It's the wail of the living dead
There once was a family of five
The father said "Only I'll survive"
He put a hammer to each of their heads
Laughing as he made sure they were dead
He buried them beneath the basement floor
None could find a trace of the slain four
The father slept without one lost wink
Stifling their echoes with a drink
Then one night the four moaned from below
The father went to where they were stowed
A piercing shriek rang inside his head
It's the wail of the living dead
It's the wail of the living dead
He tried to flee but found all the doors locked
He begged and wept but his victims only mocked
They brought the house down upon them all
Crushing him beneath the gray stone walls
Nothing remains on that cursed plot
Yet some say at night nearby the spot
Where they found bodies, others have heard
The wail of the living dead
It's the wail of the living dead