Although from their ninth full length studio album, this was Avatar’s first song to top a Billboard chart, for Mainstream Rock Airplay. It was released as a single in December of 2022
[Verse 1]
Once upon a highway
Lost among the lights of the neon tribes
I used to be a part of you
You used me, and I used you too
You took me to the desert
Desecrated, desperate prey, oh yeah
You took me to the desert
[Verse 2]
I smoke a blackened tissue
High inside the church of the neon lights
I grease my limbs and enter you
The engine roars as enginеs do
The pressure wе are under
Unmarked grave, the undead reign, oh yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
The stars align
Behind my eyes
I'm going blind
[Chorus]
I look up to the sky
But all I see is the dirt I'm buried in
Lonely lays the longing
I'm so far away from the world that buried me
[Verse 3]
An unknown destination
Tied up in the trunk of a stolen ride
I've never seen a sky so red
Just one more try before we're dead
The ashes in our nostrils
Ask for nothing, act like you're okay
[Pre-Chorus]
The stars align
Behind my eyes
I'm going blind
[Chorus]
I look up to the sky
But all I see is the dirt I'm buried in
Lonely lays the longing
I'm so far away from the world that buried me
I look up to the sky
But all I see is the dirt I'm buried in
Lonely lays the longing
I'm so far away from the world that buried me
[Bridge]
A crushing wave
Upon the rocks
A shallow grave
On the coast I'll wait
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
I look up to the sky
But all I see is the dirt I'm buried in
Lonely lays the longing
I'm so far away from the world that buried me
I look up to the sky
But all I see is the dirt I'm buried in
Lonely lays the longing
I'm so far away from the world that buried me
The Dirt I’m Buried In was written by Jonas “Kungen” Jarlsby & Tim Öhrström & Johannes Eckerström.
The Dirt I’m Buried In was produced by Avatar & Jay Ruston.
Avatar released The Dirt I’m Buried In on Thu Dec 08 2022.