The fire started long ago 

   The flames burned out, still embers glow 

   So charred and black 

   There's nothing left to burn, to burn 

   We had the same dream 

   Lived life to extreme 

   A loaded gun jammed by a rose 

   

   The thorns are knots around your head 

   Your ego cursed you till you bled 

   You cannot crucify the dead 

   To me you're dead, yeah 

    

   The future is unset in stone 

   Decisions past leave you alone 

   Betrayed us all with your own selfish greed, your greed, yeah 

   New soldiers now say 

   That your beggars collect 

   Re-crucified and paid by you  

  

   The thorns are knots around your head  

   Your ego cursed you till you bled  

   You cannot crucify the dead 

   To me you're dead, yeah  

   We were like brothers with the world in our hands 

   You always have too much to say 

   Someday you look back and you wonder why  

   You let it all slip away, yeah  

   [SOLO] 

   Crucify the dead 

   Crucify the dead 

   The thorns are knots around your head 

   Your ego cursed you till you bled 

   You cannot crucify the dead 

   To me you're dead, yeah