Lyrics for Pet Sematary as interpreted by Maxine

Pet Sematary Lyrics
Under the arc of a weather stain boards,
Ancient goblins, and warlords,
Come out of the ground, not making a sound,
The smell of death is all around,
And the night when the cold wind blows,
No one cares, nobody knows.

CHORUS
I don't want to be buried in a Pet Sematary,
I don't want to live my life again,
I don't want to be buried in a Pet Sematary,
I don't want to live my life again.

Follow Victor to the sacred place,
This ain't a dream, I can't escape,
Molars and fangs, the clicking of bones,
Spirits moaning among the tombstones,
And the night, when the moon is bright,
Someone cries, something ain't right.

CHORUS
I don't want to be buried in a Pet Sematary,
I don't want to live my life again,
I don't want to be buried in a Pet Sematary,
I don't want to live my life again.

The moon is full, the air is still,
All of a sudden I feel a chill,
Victor is grinning, flesh rotting away,
Skeletons dance, I curse this day,
And the night when the wolves cry out,
Listen close and you can hear me shout.

CHORUS
I don't want to be buried in a Pet Sematary,
I don't want to live my life again,
I don't want to be buried in a Pet Sematary,
I don't want to live my life again, oh no, oh no
I don't want to live my life again, oh no, oh oh,
I don't want to live my life again, oh no no no
I don't want to live my life again, oh oh.

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sXeMisfit
09-24-2002

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this song is the best, next to Gabba Gabba Hey

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Daisuke
06-28-2003

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Title track for the Stephen King film of the same title. Great song, first Ramones song I heard, blew me away. Went out and bought the excellent Brain Drain. Another good thing about this song is that it appears Dee Dee actually read the book --- there's quite a few lines from King's book. Any Ramones fan should read the book, anyway. It's filled with dozens of Ramones references.

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quiffporn
07-02-2004

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I love this song.
As Daisuke said, it was written for the film.
It is also the first song I learned to play. Yay me!

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MdnghtDance
10-02-2004

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Daisuke, of COURSE they read the dang book, or at least watched the movie!! Do you REALLY thik that the just randomly came up with the lines "I don't want to be burried in a pet semetary, I don't want to live my life again" right outta the blue?

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AlmightyTim
11-19-2004

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The song was directly commissioned by King for the film.

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alicecooperfan!!
02-10-2005

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this songs pretty sweet and suprised so little people have written anyway there are alot of ramones refrences in that book because stephen king is supposodly a huge ramones fan. the book was awesome and so is the song

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sweet addiction
02-21-2005

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Awesome song, awesome film.

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sweet addiction
02-21-2005

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What? Where is Take it as it comes? If its not here then what is wrong with the world. That song rules all!

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gabbagabba
03-26-2005

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this like every other ramones song is best live, but i liked it better before i learned the lyrics

i thot it said "i speant a day inside of hell"

when it said" the smell of death is all around"

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crimeofpassion
03-27-2005

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I heard this song after hearing Rammstein's cover of it. Personally, I prefer this version. I really like this song because, not only is it a damn good song, I've read the book multiple times and just enjoy all the references.

And King probably is a Ramones fan. Not only did he commission them for the song, he even makes multiple references to their song, "Blitzkrieg Bop", in his book "The Shining." As Jack Torrance is starting to lose his sanity, he frequently thinks "What is it The Ramones say? 'Hey ho, let's go.'"

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happytreefriend89
04-15-2005

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The book and his not wanting to be buried in a pet sematary.

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Child Of Music
05-21-2005

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Crimeofpassion, I think it's Pet Semetary (the book) that the main character keeps asking about that song.
I think.

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CuteSparkina
07-03-2005

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It's the story of the book. Definitely. Right down to "Victor" Pascow. (I've been a fan of Stephano's writings for yonks!)

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mcrsgerard_03
12-29-2005

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Theres a cover of this song? I first heard it after watching the movie pet semetary and yeah i love the ramones.
But theres a COVER? damn...
And the meaning is obvious, if you've seen the film,or read the book...

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kolzig33189
02-19-2006

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stephen king is a big ramones fan. along with the other cited ramones references, in the pet sematary movie sheena is a punk rocker is part of the soudntrack

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rockstothebass
03-24-2006

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Wow...I kinda forgot what this song was about....I remember it being about a book but i forgot about that.....lol....i thought it was about one of their pets named Victor that may have died...but i guess not...it was a good guess though...i deserve some credit

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mtiac
05-25-2007

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This is one of my favourite Ramones songs. It's got something more than other "hits" that have become stale with time and misunderstanding.

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Kelly Bundy
06-10-2007

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first song I heard from Ramones.... video is quite OK

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JoeyRamone65
11-04-2007

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And also, from what I've heard about Dee Dee Ramone, Dee Dee was a huge fan of horror flicks like "Pet Sematary" and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre"

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MissNeurotic
01-11-2008

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Yeah, definitely one their best ones. It's pretty different from their other stuff too. Love it! Ramones really have too many happy songs, that sound just the same. But this one really rocks.

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Ireland914
03-07-2008

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Great Song. I'll have to check out the book.

The Backyard Babies do a really good cover of this song as well. It's worth checking out for sure.

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Ireland914
03-07-2008

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Oh, and the Rammstein version is hillarious. "I don't wanna be barweed! In zee pet Zematarrrry!"

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Rock Cultist
04-08-2008

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Thank god this kid at my school got that Ramones shirt. It intrduced me to the band. ROCK AIN'T DEAD, IT'S JUST WAITING!

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LivinLegend
05-21-2008

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It seems obvious to me that despite being commissioned for the film's soundtrack, the lyrics are more in tune with the book, specifically because of the line "molars and fangs, the clicking of bones" referring to the mass of moving bones Lewis saw in place of the deadfall when he followed Victor to the Pet Sematary, which was absent from the movie in lieu of the creepy blue light (which, given the period it was filmed, worked out much better. We may have ended up with cheesy stop-motion bones).

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SpiralArchitectX
08-02-2008

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I'm surprised no one mentioned it yet but Stephen King was friends with Joey Ramone (I believe it was Joey if I remember correctly). King actually wrote a whole story about him and Joey going to a French Restaurant in the liner notes of the Ramones tribute CD.

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