Lyrics Sickened - Exhumed

Sickened

The first ripening pustule — reared its black head today
A mephitic harbinger — of inexorable decay
Carbuncles and buboes — weeping welts to ensue
Blood bears infection — as it courses through
In sickness as in health — sickened by the sight
Of myself in the mirror — cowering from the light
Sickened in heart and mind — bowed beneath this blight
Flesh suppurates — blood drains to white
Once infected death’s grip seizes through my veins
Blackening sores erupt, fever boils through my brains
A contagious affliction, sputum expectorates red
Sickened unto the grave
As epidermal revulsion marks me as soon to be dead
Sickened unto the grave
Sickened — unto the grave
My family and neighbors — come shun my face
For fear of infection — I’ll be left to my fate
Writhing in dejection — in an abhorrent state
My blood drains to white — sickened unto the grave
The pustules rupture — a foul, fetid spew
Swollen piles leaking — infectious, discolored grue
My shocking reflection — I no longer recognize
As I succumb to decay — before my festered eyes
The only solace I find is that as the contagion spreads
I’ll be joined by you all amongst the numberless dead
A contagious affliction, sputum expectorates red
Sickened unto the grave
As epidermal revulsion marks me as soon to be dead
Sickened unto the grave
Sickened — unto the grave
Life looms somewhere forgotten in a feverish haze
As my extremities contort beneath my gore-grizzled gaze
Waking hours turned to nightmare as my senses decay
And my blood drains to white, sickened unto the grave
There’s a ripening reek that emanates from my crotch
And I dare not speak the horrid shade of the blotch
That marks my face as one soon to be at death’s door
As I now become totally rotten to the gore — totally rotten to the gore
As my bowels liquefy and my skin sloughs away
Sickened unto the grave
I welcome the cold comfort of death’s black embrace
Sickened unto the grave
Sickened — unto the grave