Funeral Derangments - Live in Riverside / 2023

[Skit: Spoken Word]

"How the hell do you explain death to a little kid?"

"Well, maybe we don't have to"

[Intro: Spencer Charnas, Ricky Armellino, Spoken Word, Both]

Slave to the plot

Let 'em rot

Or bring 'em back forever

Sometimes

Sometimes

“Dead is better”

Yeah!

Sometimes

Sometimes, dead is better!

[Verse 1: Spencer Charnas, Ricky Armellino , Joe Occhiuti, All]

They say, "behind those gates,  eternal life awaits"

But those beyond the grave, come back beyond depraved

With Church bells ringing, I'll start digging

Fast, they'll never know he's missing

Now the cat's back in his cage

"Oh, my God, Gage!"

[Interlude: Spoken Word, Spencer Charnas]

"We pray to thee our God..." ("It's all my fault.")

"...For the blessings You've provided..."

"Louis, don’t do it."

("...From ashes to ashes, from dust to dust...")

"I have to."

[Chorus: Spencer Charnas, Ricky Armellino & Patrick Galante, All]

I'll see you on the other side

But I'd kill to bring you back tonight

Don't give up, don't let go

I'll make this right (Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)

I'll dig through sorrow and disgust

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

Don't give up, don't let go

I'll make this right (Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)

[Post-Chorus: Spencer Charnas, Ricky Armellino, Spoken Word]

Remember:

Sometimes

Sometimes

“Dead is better”

Let me fucking hear you

Yeah

Sometimes

Sometimes, dead is better

[Verse 2: Spencer Charnas, Joe Occhiuti, Ricky Armellino]

They say that time heals all

But I won't heed the call

Buried in misery

Spare me the eulogy

Still, I can't escape this struggle

Driven when push comes to shovel

Whether God's hand or my own

Nothing here is set in stone

[Post-Verse: Spencer Charnas, Ricky Armellino]

Cre-ate!

Cre-mate!

All hail The Sematary

Shovels in the sky

[Chorus: Spencer Charnas & Ricky Armellino & Doc Coyle, Joe Occhiuti]

I'll see you on the other side

But I'd kill to bring you back tonight

Don't give up, don't let go

I'll make this right

I'll dig through sorrow and disgust

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

Don't give up, don't let go

I'll make this right (Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)

[Post-Chorus: Spencer Charnas, Ricky Armellino, Spoken Word]

Remember:

Oh

Sometimes

"Dead is better"

[Bridge: Spoken Word, Spencer Charnas]

Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

Are you ready Riverside?

I played with Mommy, now I want to play with you

[Breakdown: Spencer Charnas, Ricky Armellino, Crowd]

It all began with a skid on the pavement

It ends here with funeral derangements

The flesh is living but the souls have spoiled

The wrath of God lays beneath this soil

Oh

The flesh is living but the souls have spoiled

The wrath of God lays beneath this soil

Let's go

[Chorus: Spencer Charnas & Ricky Armellino & Doc Coyle, Spencer Charnas, All]

I'll see you on the other side

But I'd kill to bring you back tonight

Don't give up, don't let go

I'll make this right

I'll dig through sorrow and disgust

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

Don't give up, don't let go

I'll make this right

[Post-Chorus: Ricky Armellino, Spencer Charnas, Spoken Word]

Remember:

Sometimes

Sometimes

"Dead is better"

Let's go

Ayup!