Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Unspeakable, artist - Exhumed. Album song Death Revenge, in the genre Date of issue: 12.10.2017
Record label: Relapse
Song language: English
Unspeakable |
| «If this horrid traffic in human flesh be not, by some means or other, |
| prevented, the churchyards will not be secure against the shovel of the |
| midnight plunderer, nor the public against the dagger of the midnight assassin. |
| «- Editorial, The Lancet newspaper 1829 |
| «…when there is a difficulty in obtaining bodies, and their value is so great, |
| you absolutely throw a temptation in the way of these men to commit murder for |
| the purpose of selling the bodies of their victims.» |
| — Sir Henry Halford, |
| May 1828 |
| Dr. Knox: Cold stiffs may fetch five sovereigns Warmer bodies a few schilling |
| more Trade in death to make a living |
| Ghastly currency of gore |
| Your cadaveric chores, so |
| Chorus: Unspeakable! |
| Dr. Knox: The freshest of corpses through most heinous courses Chorus: |
| Unspeakable! |
| Dr. Knox: The warmer the corpse The more rich the reward |
| In this foul trade of flesh, bone and gore |
| Dr. Knox: Fresher specimens are ever needed The scalpel thirsts for still-warm |
| death Law and decorum should go unheeded When prices soar for a pound of flesh |
| So I may slice up what’s left |
| Chorus: Unspeakable! |
| Hare: Just think what we’ll gain When we harvest the slain Chorus: |
| Unspeakable! |
| Hare: And the throats we would slit Would never be missed Chorus: Unspeakable! |
| Burke: And so business is furthered By cold-blooded murder? |
| Chorus: |
| Unspeakable! |
| Dr. Knox: The demand has increased |
| For the freshly deceased |
| And so now the living you’ll reap |
| Hare: The cemeteries crawl with sentries |
| The sexton demands his bribe |
| Graveyard gates ensure their entries |
| Remain inhumed inside |
| Yet another source of bodies |
| Surrounds us every day |
| Is not every soul but a corpse to be? |
| And should we not just speed them on their way? |
| Solo — Matthew Harvey |
| Solo — Michael Burke |
| Chorus: Unspeakable! |
| Burke: Compunction be dashed |
| Though this course may seem rash |
| Chorus: Unspeakable! |
| Hare: There's so much more profit |
| When we fill the coffins |
| Chorus: Unspeakable! |
| Hare: The tramps and the urchins |
| We’ll make fodder for surgeons |
| Chorus: Unspeakable! |
| Dr. Knox: They live lives without worth |
| Death cannot be much worse |
| Wretched ways to make your purse burst |
| Chorus: Unspeakable! |