Cooper, Alice - Pick Up The Bones Lyrics

This song was inspired by a photo of a man in the ruins of his home picking bones out of the wreckage.

I'm 40 now, ....far younger than most fans. But, wow, ever since I heard poison, I have been a rock fan!!

I haven't heard this album since it came out when I was in high school.....really forgot about this one.

Very underrated song.

Brutal planet is what Alice Cooper is.

Auschwitz in my mind

Here I can clearly see where Wednesday 13 got inspiration for his sound

Alice Cooper suena machin en México!!

Been listening since I was 6

Can't wait to see you again this fall!! Germany 🖤

Best Alice Cooper song

Collecting pieces of my family in an old pillow case
This one has a skull but it don't have a face
These look like the arms of father so strong
And the ring on this finger means my Grandma is gone
Here's some legs in a cloud where my sister once played
Here's some mud made of blood and these teeth are decayed
The ear of my brother, The hand of a friend
And I just can't put them back together again
Pick up the bones and set them on fire
Follow the smoke going higher and higher
Pick up the bones and wish them goodnight
Pray 'em a prayer and turn out the light
There are stains on the floor where kitchen once stood
There are ribs on the fire place mixed with the wood
There are forces in the air, ghosts in the wind
Some bullets in the back and some scars on the skin
There were demons with guns who marched through this place
Killing everything that breathed, they're an inhuman race
There are holes in the walls, bloody hair on the bricks
And the smell of this hell is making me sick
Pick up the bones and set them on fire
Follow the smoke going higher and higher
Pick up the bones and wish them goodnight
Pray 'em a prayer and turn out the light
Pick up the bones and set them on fire
Follow the scope going higher and higher
Pick up the bones and wish them goodnight
Pray 'em a prayer and turn out the light
Now maybe someday the suns gonna shine
Flowers will bloom and all will be fine
But nothing'll grow on this burnt cursed ground
'Cause the breathe of the death is the only sound

Amazing how a song can give you chills while sitting outside on 80 weather.

Killers 🤔 incorporated 🤔!!!!

This song is so close to hell.

There was a genocide going on in Bosnia when Alice wrote this song. Hell, the mid to late 90s had a lot of fucked up shit happening and it just feels like Alice was really pissed off when he did this album.

Alice is one of the best songwriters ever.

This is happening right now in Yemen.

It's 🤔 so 🤔 fucking awesome 🤔!!!!

Now maybe someday, the sun's gonna shine, Flowers will bloom and all will be fine, but Nuthin' will grow on this cursed ground, Cause the breath of the death is the only sound!!!

This is One of Alice's best and It was a Great Return to His Concept albums. This song is so close to his Creative edge like Sick things/Gail/I Love the Dead.

Couldn't agree with you more! He is spying in your window at night.

I only just heard this and it is awesome

Shut up

What kind of music is Alice Cooper make exactly? I love it.

Shock Rock.

usually hard rock but he does go a little to the left and right with his sound. he doesn't mind soundin' a little heavy or punk or throwin' a ballad from time to time.

He makes 'Good' music.

Brutal plante is my favorites album of alice cooper

I didn't all Alice stuff in his industrial period but I always 3-4 songs I liked and on Brutal Planet this was one it is great tune.

My FAVORITE song E.V.E.R.From the Beginning!!!

Since I was 13, I have followed Alice Cooper, since I was 13!! Now I am 60!!! And this is my FAVORITE song.. ever!! Not EIGHTEEN, not Killer, not Billion Dollar Babies, THIS!! Pick Up The Bones!! B.E.S.T. Song E.V.E.R.!!!

beat you, i'm twelve

Skye McAllister beat you I’m 11

Started listening at 5

I listened to him since birth...my dad was an avid fan....had most of his albums. Pretty much raised on him...lol

beat you, listening since i was drop of semen

Fores in the air and ghost s in the wind🤔!!!!

Dude how many accounts do you have?

Stand-up,🤔for your life 🤔 and your belefe-systems today and don't let people rob-you🤔!!!!

Forces in the 🤔 air and ghosts in the 🤔 wind🤔!!!!

I🤔 like it when he says Thier are ribbs-in the fire place 🤔 mixed with the wood 🤔!!!!

I have been a fan of the original Alice Cooper Group since I heard "I am Eighteen" when I was 12 back in the early 1970's. Saw them on the "Billion Dollar Babies" tour and Alice on the "Nightmare" tour. Since his old band days lots of his Albums have been hit and miss. Brutal Planet is one hell of a record. Love it!!!

I🤔, like when he says🤔, their are ribbs in the fire place🤔,mixed with the wood 🤔,!!!!

Alice Cooper...🤔an American-legend🤔!!!!

Who are you? You have like 6 different accounts and your all over the a c comment section...

This album is the harsh reality of what this world truly is.One of my very favorite Cooper albums!

This isn't about gore or a wicked killer. Alice is saying death is final. When someone dies, you can't bring them back. Sadly, they are forever over so far as this world is concerned. Alice knows there is only One who triumphed over the curse of death and can give you eternal life.

Dante Spencer Amen! Amen!

No this is about Bosnia

And who might that be?

Dante Spencer Amen, brother!

I🤔, love it when he says there are ribbs in the fireplace mixed with the wood 🤔!!!!

Pray 'em a prayer and turn out the light

" Now maybe someday the suns gonna shine
Flowers will bloom and all will be fine
But nothing'll grow on this burnt cursed ground
'Cause the breathe of the death is the only sound "

THE BEST song, YES??

in my day everybody loved "alice"

We all STILL Do!!!

Well...at least all the young girls...

I,🤔love it there are ribbs in the fireplace mixed with the wood!!!

I,🤔like it when he says their are ribbs in the fireplace mixed with the wood 🤔!!!

Another of my favorite alice Cooper songs.it's so dark you just gotta love it 🤔!!!

I,🤔like it when he says there are ribs in the fireplace mixed with the wood!!!

I,..love it when he says there are ribs in the fireplace mixed with the wood.

This is my theme song... wait...

U outta control johny! 😂😂 greetings from Puerto Rico

One...of my most loved &favorite Alice Cooper songs!!!

this whole album is and was so amazing always will be

This is one of Alice Cooper's darkest, most brutal songs. But I like it.

This song and Gimme are my favorites from this album...one of Alice's darkest albums...

Thank you, Alice. Love you even more. So amazing. Mr Vincent Furnier.

And you know his REAL name !!!

:) \m/ yes. Gladly.

Hari Menon Vincent is his birth name, but Alice is his legal name. But you should already know this. Only his mom calls him Vince.