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At The Drive-In - "Invalid Litter Dept."
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tony Hajjar
Tony Hajjar
Drums
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Guitar
Cedric Bixler-Zavala
Cedric Bixler-Zavala
Lead Vocals
Jim Ward
Jim Ward
Vocals
Paul Hinojos
Paul Hinojos
Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Cedric Bixler-Zavala
Cedric Bixler-Zavala
Songwriter
Jim Ward
Jim Ward
Songwriter
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Songwriter
Paul Hinojos
Paul Hinojos
Songwriter
Tony Hajjar
Tony Hajjar
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ross Robinson
Ross Robinson
Producer
Kevin Bosley
Kevin Bosley
Assistant Engineer
Andy Wallace
Andy Wallace
Mixing Engineer
Chuck Johnson
Chuck Johnson
Engineer
Eddy Schreyer
Eddy Schreyer
Mastering Engineer
Zak Girdis
Zak Girdis
Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Intravenously polite
It was the walkie-talkies that knocked the pins down
As their shoes gripped the dirt floor
In the silhouette of dying
[Verse 2]
Dancin' on the corpses' ashes
[Verse 3]
Yeah, they had plans for him
And hey had spun the last of the pimps
Polyester, satin nailed, jewelry lips
While the guillotine just laughed again
[Verse 4]
Dancin' on the corpses' ashes
[Verse 5]
And the paramedics fell into the wound
Like a rehired scab at a barehanded plant
An anesthetic penance beneath the hail of contraband
[Verse 6]
Dancin' on the corpses' ashes
[Verse 7]
On my way
Nails broke and fell into the
Wishin' well, wishin' well, wishin' well, wishin' well
On my way
Nails broke and fell into the
Wishin' well, wishin' well, wishin' well, wishin' well
[Verse 8]
They had defected and been excommunicated
And all the pulses were subverted
And they made sure that the obituaries
Showed pictures of smoke stacks
[Verse 9]
Dancin' on the corpses' ashes
[Verse 10]
A vivid dissection that mocked
The strut of vivisection
A semi-automatic colony
And a silencing that still walks the streets
[Verse 11]
Dancin' on the corpses' ashes
[Verse 12]
When the company of wolves
Was a stretcher made of
Cobblestone curfews
As the federales performed
Their custodial customs quite well
[Verse 13]
Dancin' on the corpses' ashes
[Verse 14]
On my way
Nails broke and fell into the
Wishin' well, wishin' well, wishin' well, wishin' well
On my way
Nails broke and fell into the
Wishin' well, wishin' well, wishin' well, wishin' well
On my way
Nails broke and fell into the
Wishin' well, wishin' well, wishin' well, wishin' well
On my way
Nails broke and fell into the
Wishin' well, wishin' well, wishin' well, wishin' well
[Verse 15]
Intravenously polite
It was the walkie-talkies that had knocked the pins down
As their shoes lay dangling on the dirt floor
In the silhouette of dying
[Verse 16]
Dancin' on the corpses' ashes
[Verse 17]
Well yeah, they had plans for him
They had spun the last of the pimps
Polyester, satin nailed, jewelry lips
While the guillotine just laughed again
[Verse 18]
Dancin' on the corpses' ashes
[Verse 19]
And the paramedics had fallen into the wound
Like a rehired scab at a barehanded plant
An anesthetic penance beneath the hail of contraband
[Verse 20]
Dancin' on the corpses' ashes
[Verse 21]
On my way
Nails broke and fell into the
Wishin' well, wishin' well, wishin' well, wishin' well
On my way
Nails broke and fell into the
Wishin' well, wishin' well, wishin' well, wishin' well
On my way
Nails broke and fell into the
Wishin' well, wishin' well, wishin' well, wishin' well
On my way, yeah
[Verse 22]
Dancin' on the corpses' ashes
Dancin' on the corpses' ashes
[Verse 23]
Callous heels numbed in travel
Endless maps made by their scalpels, scalpels
Callous heels numbed in travel
Endless maps made by their scalpels, scalpels
[Verse 24]
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Written by: At the Drive-In, Cedric Bixler, HAJJAR, ANTOINE, HINOJOS, PAUL, RODRIGUEZ, OMAR ALFREDO, WARD, JAMES DAVID

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