[Verse 1]
The soil never takes and the harvest suffocates
High waters wrack the ground, now the vultures spiral down
And there's work for honest men, but I sure ain't one of them
Traversing echoes of a choice, forever anguish in the noise
Left to be found hanged, drawn, and quartered out

[Verse 2]
The stolen valley moans the wraith of the Ohio
Afraid and desperately alone draggin' a shell of skin and bones
And thе hunger only grows with every strikе through virgin snow
Outlasts the beauty left afar, guilty and weeping like a child
Carrying on fear chasing dawn

[Chorus]
Hear the riot in throes
From the sickly down below
And climb towards the light
Somewhere safe and always quiet
Where no belfry will ever rise
Even if it did, all them bells ring silent

[Verse 3]
I'm reeling from the fight against the wicked parasite
Vicious and tethered to my mind, steering disease through borrowed time
Grasping the remnants left of faith from all the good folk I've betrayed
So I may feed until my fill and force that boulder up the hill
And strength that I spent means to an end
[Chorus]
Hear the riot in throes
From the sickly down below
And climb towards the light
Somewhere safe and always quiet
Where no belfry will ever rise
Even if it did, all them bells ring silent