Shadow of Chernobyl

[Intro] Red sky Geiger rain Empty windows Call my name (hey) [Verse 1] Boot prints In the powdered bone All the houses Dial tones Rust gates Swinging in the wind Every shadow Feels like kin Glow dust On a torn-out map Numbers smeared Under frozen ash I breathe And my lungs both burn Like the earth Never learned [Chorus] Shadow of Chernobyl Carved into my skin I walk through the fallout Like I’m born of the sin Shadow of Chernobyl In my blood In my throat If the world forgets this place I will carry the ghost (woah) [Verse 2] Dog tags On a naked tree Names twisted Out of memory Steel wolves Howling in the wire Every echo Feeds the fire Clock hands Melt and skip the years Children’s drawings Stained with tears I scream But the sound stays cold Like the core Losing hold [Distorted guitar solo] [Chorus] Shadow of Chernobyl Carved into my skin I walk through the fallout Like I’m born of the sin Shadow of Chernobyl In my blood In my throat If the world forgets this place I will carry the ghost [Bridge] I am the warning sign Flashing in your dreams (in your dreams) I am the silence Stuffed with distant screams Pray for the poisoned ground Pray for the rusted snow This is the cost of fire That we refuse to know [Chorus] Shadow of Chernobyl Carved into my skin I walk through the fallout Like I’m born of the sin Shadow of Chernobyl In my blood In my throat If the world erases it I will carry the ghost (yeah) I will carry the ghost