Contagion Lyrics

Peering out into this world, consumed by death
Choking on the blood expelled, with gasping breath
Plague destroyed all that we know and all that we love
What did we do to deserve death from above?

Bring out your dead, stack them high
Light the pyre, no time for goodbyes

Bodies laid out in the streets
Victims of disease
The scourge permeates all life, prepare the mass grave
All will be claimed just the same, no one to save

Bring out your dead, stack them high
Light the pyre, no time for goodbyes

Lay witness to all the devastation
All around will cease to be
Oh, as we cry out for reprieval
Breathe, exhale your past
Afflict contagion

Eyes roll back inside your head, just succumb
Decay clings to every breath, going numb
Still some believe this will pass, we'll live through the scourge
But faith gives way to despair, there is no cure

Bring out your dead, stack them high
Light the pyre, no time for goodbyes

Lay witness to all the devastation
All around will cease to be
Oh, as we cry out for reprieval
Breathe, exhale your past
Afflict contagion

Death stained stench to air, filling the lungs
Infection spreads within
Bodies stacked up high, too many to burn
Abject contagion

Lay witness to all the devastation
All around will cease to be
Oh, as we cry out for reprieval
Breathe, exhale your past
Afflict contagion