I Only Sing with the Dead

Morbid voice of a gray old man

the rattle of the bony hands

keeps me awake in my earthy bed

from this moment on

I only sing with the dead

My bride-to-be hangs from a tree

her rigid dance of ecstasy

keeps me awake in my earthy bed

from this moment on

I only sing with the dead

Oh, please let this be

a song that's never ending

The blistering sea

of flames is Eden for the damned

A figurine of a little girl

the humming sound below the church

keeps me awake in my earthy bed

from this moment on

I only sing with the dead

The beast is there behind the trees

the rotten breath and addled teeth

keep me awake in my earthy bed

from this moment on

I only sing with the dead

Oh, please let this be

a song that's never ending

The blistering sea

of flames is Eden for the damned

Oh, please let this be

a song that's never ending

The blistering sea

of flames is Eden for the damned

I have no mouth, I have no ears

my body's gone but my mind is clear

I'm lying awake in my earthy bed

for eternity I only sing with the dead