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By tooth and claw, by hook or crook

Pretty covers on dirty books

Through hazy nights and wasted days

No sleep in the gutter, sleep in your grave

The scum also rises

The scum also rises

Heart pounding, short of breath

Bitter taste of dust and death

Don't wanna know, ain't gonna care

Another dream been worn threadbare

The scum also rises

The scum also rises

The scum also rises

The scum also rises

Hated and despised

There's fear in your eyes

When we start to rise

No escape tonight

There's no wrong or right

Set this town alight

This our revenge

Watch you break and bend

This will be your end

Trodden under heel

Caught up in the kill

Now your fate is sealed

Lift up your head, don't turn away

Cause every dog gets just one day

Grasp at straws, shoot out the lights

Day won't come, so burn though the night

The scum also rises

The scum also rises

The scum also rises

The scum also rises