BACK FROM THE BASEMENT

Down the stairs, past the lanes where the pins don't fall

Closed since '09, still got the shoes on the wall

Four amps, one outlet, breaker trips twice a night

We play in the dark 'til somebody finds the light

They said this sound was dead, put a date on the stone

We were twelve years old with our headphones on

Flint kid, rust on the fender, rust on the pipes

We learned to tune low 'cause the low end fights

We're back from the basement! (Back!)

Up through the floor, can you feel that bass hit?

Back from the basement! (Back!)

You buried it shallow and we never stayed in

Turn it up! (Up!) Turn it up! (Up!)

Seven strings down and the ceiling's gonna crack

Back from the basement, and we ain't going back

Day shift, night shift, practice in between

Drummer drives a forklift, singer fixes machines

Nobody handed us a thing but a bill

So we built it out of scrap and it's standing here still

You can close the alley, you can chain up the door

You can't stop a riff coming up through the floor

Every town like ours got a room underground

Where the kids with no money make the heaviest sound

We're back from the basement! (Back!)

Up through the floor, can you feel that bass hit?

Back from the basement! (Back!)

You buried it shallow and we never stayed in

Turn it up! (Up!) Turn it up! (Up!)

Seven strings down and the ceiling's gonna crack

Back from the basement, and we ain't going back

Lane one. Lane two.

Lane three. Lane four.

Knock 'em all down

KNOCK 'EM ALL DOWN

We're back from the basement! (Back!)

Up through the floor, can you feel that bass hit?

Back from the basement! (Back!)

You buried it shallow and we never stayed in

Back from the basement, and we ain't going back