(So Passes) The Glory Of Death

Terminal condition, rampant infection spread too far – leaving many scars
Cadaverous contagion, to necrotize, slash, and mar – blood now black as tar
Repugnant epidemic, deadened hearts beat as one – keeping time with death’s drum
The rotting now systemic, the end at last must come – now the grue starts to run

A global funeral, a worldwide wake
Lay it all to rest, for the worms to take
Experiment that failed, we now must help it die
And let our death knell now decry:

Sic transit gloria mortem
So passes the glory of death
Sic transit gloria mortem

So long unrecognized, dying once disguised as life – on the edge of a knife
But lift the putrid veil, beyond the pale and see the light – existence wrought with strife
A shattered hope undone, the dead were taught they’d none to serve – a brutal lesson unlearned
They then enthroned, ‘pon their own bones the masters that they deserved – for a gravesite reserved

A global funeral, a worldwide wake
Lay it all to rest, for the worms to take
Experiment that failed, we now must help it die
And let our death knell now decry:

Sic transit gloria mortem
So passes the glory of death
Sic transit gloria mortem
So passes the glory – of death…

For the glory of death – so many caskets were nailed
For the glory of death – so many bloody banners were hailed
For the glory of death – so many putrefying years
For the glory of death – we present an anthem to fall on dead ears

Lead – Bud

Sign the death certificate, tag the toe, close the box – and let it rot
Place this vile grotesquery in the vault and turn the lock – and pray it’s forgot
Misshapen and horrendous, filthy, diseased, and impure – a necrotopia obscure
Better off reduced to ash thus its extinction assured – but bury it deep, to be sure

A global funeral, a worldwide wake
Lay it all to rest, for the worms to take
Experiment that failed, we now must help it die
And let our death knell now decry:

Sic transit gloria mortem
So passes the glory of death
Sic transit gloria mortem
So passes the glory – of death…