Lyrics
Dead as the widowing curse of the knife
Refers to being dead like the curse caused by a widow's knife.
Dead as the bloodless stare.
Describes being dead with a lifeless, empty gaze.
Dead as the ashen praying for life
Depicts being dead like the ashen appearance of someone praying for life.
Dead as the fatal air.
Conveys being dead like the lethal atmosphere.
Screaming the rite in spite of the end, unhallowed.
Screaming the ritual despite knowing it leads to an unhallowed end.
In spectral decay condemned, from below...below.
Being condemned to spectral decay from below, indicating a negative afterlife.
Sometimes they breath, sometimes they roam
Acknowledges that the dead sometimes have moments of activity.
Every man buries their own.
Every individual faces their own mortality and deals with their own death.
Sometimes they speak in death divine
Highlights that even in death, there may be divine aspects or revelations.
Sometimes dead is better than alive.
Suggests that being dead is sometimes preferable to being alive.
Dead as the pallid artists’ disguise
Dead, resembling the lifelessness behind an artist's pallid disguise.
Dead as the mourners prayer.
Dead as described in the prayers of mourners.
Dead as the flesh awaiting demise
Dead as the flesh anticipating its own demise.
Dead as the Charon fare.
Dead, similar to the fare paid to Charon for passage to the afterlife in Greek mythology.
Screaming the rite in spite of the end, unhallowed.
Reiterates the ritual, emphasizing its unhallowed nature.
In spectral decay condemned, from below...below.
Reaffirms the condemnation to spectral decay from below.
Sometimes they breath, sometimes they roam
Recognizes the sporadic activities of the dead.
Every man buries their own.
Emphasizes the individual responsibility of burying one's dead.
Sometimes they speak in death divine
Indicates that, in death, there may be a divine language or communication.
Sometimes dead is better than alive.
Suggests that being dead might be a preferable state compared to being alive.
Enshroud and await the hour
Describes the dead being shrouded and awaiting a specific hour.
Beneath the ground has soured
Refers to the ground becoming tainted or corrupted beneath where the dead are buried.
Shadowless souls devour as the spell benights’ the dead.
Depicts shadowless souls consuming as a spell envelops the dead.
Sometimes they roam
Reiterates the notion that the dead sometimes engage in activities such as roaming.
Every man buries their own.
Underlines the personal responsibility of each person to bury their dead.
Sometimes they speak in death divine
Echoes the idea that in death, there may be a divine language or communication.
Sometimes dead is better than alive.
Repeats the suggestion that being dead can be better than being alive.
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