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 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