Bury me in a shallow grave
Out behind the warehouse rave
And while you're having a smoke back there, you can
Think of me while you fix your hair
As you are, so once was I
Stealing time and trying to find the shapes in the night sky

Shallow grave
Shallow grave

Bury me so the rain reveals
What the earth sought to conceal
Bones that hurt, well, they were down here
Flesh that waited 'til the coast was clear
Fingers poking up through the ground in the dawn
Like Carrie White's1 arm

Shallow grave
Shallow grave
Shallow grave
Shallow grave

Shallow grave, out in the middle of things
Shallow grave, go get a bucket of chicken wings
Shallow grave, and when you throw down the bones
Listen for the dial tone

[Dial tone-like vocalizations]

When I've achieved my final form
Bury me while I'm still warm
Check the scene for prying eyes
You know the edges live forever but the camera never lies
Just so we're perfectly clear
I was never here

Shallow grave
Shallow grave
Shallow grave
Shallow grave


1 Carrie White is the name of the protagonist of Stephen King's 1974 novel Carrie.