The Tiger Lillies - Rotten Flesh lyrics
[The Tiger Lillies - Rotten Flesh lyrics]
So there amongst the rotten corpses
Penance you must bear smell the rotten flesh
On decay you stare
The putrid smell as you drift on a dead sea
The curse of dead men’s eyes that cannot see
So ponder well on this rotting flesh
Let your penance eat you up
Till vanity does rest
Those corpses will come to life
And on you seek revenge
Unless through your penance
Your vanity does end
So in total solitude decay you do breathe
The loneliest place on earth
On that cruel sea
And when at last your purgatory does end
Then with King Neptune you will face the end
The curse of these dead men
The breaking of the spell
Well ancient mariner you’ll not go to Hell
Penance you must bear smell the rotten flesh
On decay you stare
The putrid smell as you drift on a dead sea
The curse of dead men’s eyes that cannot see
So ponder well on this rotting flesh
Let your penance eat you up
Till vanity does rest
Those corpses will come to life
And on you seek revenge
Unless through your penance
Your vanity does end
So in total solitude decay you do breathe
The loneliest place on earth
On that cruel sea
And when at last your purgatory does end
Then with King Neptune you will face the end
The curse of these dead men
The breaking of the spell
Well ancient mariner you’ll not go to Hell