theLowLands.

(hummmm) Down in the lowlands where the dead still bounce (yeah) I walk

through Manala, they know me by the sound Buried all my heroes,

now I'm digging 'em out Underground choir hummin' — sing my name

out loud (loud) Okay — granny's vinyl in the basement and the

spirits pay no rent in it Played it backwards on a dare

and heard my dead cousin in it,

listen They sell you heaven on the layaway,

the down payment is your spirit I kept the receipt in my

ribs, want a refund but they won't clear it Mama prayed in

two languages and neither of 'em ever answered So I call collect

to the underground, now the dirt my only sponsor The dead don't

gossip, don't fold, don't switch — only loyal future comin'

Down in the lowlands where the dead still bounce

Now I count the bodies like I count the days and they

add up the same way I don't dream no more,

I just rehearse the funeral 'til it's muscle Suit pressed,

the reaper on my line like a bill collector,

no hustle They want a hero but I'm allergic to the cape

and all the pressure Loudest thing I own is the silence when

the whole room waiting on me Pull up,

city in my mirror like an island that I left for free

If I go quiet...

would the choir still hum for me?

If the block forget my face...

am I already gone?

I been loud my whole life just to keep from disappearing

still

holding the same breath I been holding since I was born...

Okay

— I been dead since the third-grade funeral,

learned to breathe through it Carried caskets so young that my spine

grew into a tool kit They said be the light,

then they bill you for the candle Conscience

like a sample, loop the guilt 'til I can't handle I don't

fear the reaper, me and him went to grade school Split a

juice box, traded futures,

broke the same rule I make the dead get up and dance,

that's the only proof

Down in the lowlands where the dead still bounce I walk through

Manala, they know me by the sound

Buried all my heroes,

now I'm digging 'em out Underground choir hummin' — sing my name

out loud (out loud) Sing my name...

they know me by the sound...