Buried Alive (Song)

Buried Alive is the fourth and final single from American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold's fifth album Nightmare.

In September 2011, the band announced plans for a music video for this single. They tried to get Rob Zombie to direct the video, but he declined due to being focused on another project. The band did not announce any other plan for a music video for the song.

The single was released the September 20, 2011, although the lyric video for it had been already released on July 17, 2010 in the official band's YouTube channel. The lyric video has gotten 8.6 million views as of March 21, 2015. The "Buried Alive tour" (the promotion tour for Nightmare) takes its name from this song.

In 2014, a demo for the song leaked. The demo features The Rev on lead vocals and some different lyrics, as well as some breaks where M. Shadows sang in the original. The demo was probably an early version of the song written by The Rev solely, before M. Shadows finished it for Nightmare.

Lyrics (Radio Edited):
Take the time just to listen

When the voices screaming are much too loud,

Take a look in the distance,

Try and see it all,

Chances are that ya might find,

That we share a common discomfort now

I feel I'm walking a fine line

Tell me only if it's real

Still I'm on my way,

On and on it goes,

Vacant hope to take

Hey - I can't live in here for another day

Darkness has kept the light concealed

Grim as ever

Hold on to faith as I dig another grave

Meanwhile the mice endure the wheel

Real as ever

And it seems I've been buried alive

I walk the fields through the fire,

Taking steps until I found solid ground

Followed dreams reaching higher

Couldn't survive the fall

Much has changed since the last time

And I feel a little less certain now

You know I jumped at the first sign

Tell me only if it's real

Memories seem to fade

On and on it goes

Wash my view away

Hey - I can't live in here for another day

Darkness has kept the light concealed

Grim as ever

Hold on to faith as I dig another grave

Meanwhile the mice endure the wheel

Real as ever

And I'm chained like a slave, trapped in the dark

Slammed all the locks, death calls my name

And it seems I've been buried alive

Take you down now, burn it all out

Throw you all around, get your [CENSORED]

HANDS OFF ME!

What's it feel like? Took the wrong route

Watch it fall apart now you're knockin' AT THE WRONG

GATE!

For you to pay the toll, a price for you alone

The only deal you'll find, I'll gladly take your soul

While it seems sick, sober up quick

Psycho lunatic crushing you with

HANDS OF FATE!

Shame to find out, when it's too late

But you're all the same

Trapped inside INFERNO AWAITS!

Evil thoughts can hide, I'll help release the mind

I'll peel away the skin, release the dark within

This is now your life

Strike you from the light

This is now your life

Die, buried alive

This is now your life (what's it feel like)

Strike you from the light (let me take in your soul)

This is now your life (what's it feel like)

Die, buried alive (let me take in your soul)

This is now your life

Die, buried alive!