[Verse] Rain on the roof, cold on my skin Pail on my lap, where the sad songs begin Taps on the steel like a heartbeat slow A rhythm that don’t know what to do but still go [Pre-Chorus] Oh, this hollow sound, it’s all I got No band, no beat, just the clank and the rot [Chorus] Tappy-tap on the lunch pail, ringin’ out my name Tappy-tap on the lunch pail, playin’ my pain Daddy said, “Son, don’t you cry” But the metal sings louder than the sky [Verse] Walls ain’t talkin’, but this tin remembers Every step I took, every time I trembled I’m a man with no home, just a beat and a scar Dancin’ for nothing when the night goes far [Pre-Chorus] Oh, this hollow sound, it’s all I got No band, no beat, just the clank and the rot [Chorus] Tappy-tap on the lunch pail, ringin’ out my name Tappy-tap on the lunch pail, playin’ my pain Daddy said, “Son, don’t you cry” But the metal sings louder than the sky [Bridge] I don’t need no stage, don’t need no fame Just this pail and my breath, and the weight of my name Every clang is a question, every thud a "why" A drum from the dirt, a soul in the sky [Chorus] Tappy-tap on the lunch pail, ringin’ out my name Tappy-tap on the lunch pail, playin’ my pain Daddy said, “Son, don’t you cry” But the metal sings louder than the sky [Outro] Tappy-tap… Ringin’ out my name… Tappy-tap… Still playin’ my pain… Tappy-tap… Still singin’ my name…