Appalachian Scream Lyrics - Badlees

We live for the mountains 

'Cause the mountains give us life 

But the pits were too inviting 

And they stripped away our lives 

If I could holler from this hollow 

For just a little help 

I'm sure the neighbors would come running 

Just to see for them selves 

And I don't give a damn 

If you don't understand 

'Cause I hear the voices calling 

They're sending me a warning about you 

Is it a haunting song from a familiar dream 

Or just an Appalachian scream? 

We're neighbors, we're not friends 

I don't trust them a bit 

Call it baseless paranoia 

Or the way that we live 

We're all escaping something 

But we're blind to what it is 

If I'd turn my back he'd kill me 

And I'd do the same to him 

And I don't give a damn 

If you don't understand 

'Cause I hear the voices calling 

They're sending me a warning about you 

Is it a haunting song from a familiar dream 

Or just an Appalachian scream? 

I built this shit from nothing 

I brought it up with love 

Considering what I got now 

It's still not very much 

After 20 years, time's forgotten me 

And I wish it all the same 

But they're knocking at my neighbors' door 

And soon they'll call my name 

'Cause I hear the voices calling 

They're sending me a warning about you 

Is it a haunting song from a familiar dream 

Or just an Appalachian scream?