The South is filled with meth labs and fundamentalist churches; the listener gets to decide which one we're referencing....
The phrase "the walking dead" is used 5 times in this song and 6 years before the AMC show debuted...
lyrics
Behold, the walking dead; they bought the home-made meth;
Another wait at the corner store...
Indeed, the walking dead.
Behold the walking dead;
They tithe the steeple high unaware of what they fund.
Angels cry and abandon sky above the town you sold out,
Selling it soul by soul to chemical dependency
and for what?! New rims and a sun room?!
Behold your walking dead.
The exploding labs light their path as they assemble.
The swarm you'll swear you never meant for.
Behold, your walking dead...
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