The Smell of Death Lyrics

Album: Phoenix

congratulations human

you made it to the top

the scriptures of humanity

cite your name as the new saviour

spotless stainless self outshines

the ones that stood between you and your goals

but deep inside there lies the truth

the truth that you can't hide

can you smell the bodies

the skeletons in the closet

the heaps of corpses you created

on your way to the top

the dead piled up skyscraper height

a gigantic monument to your own fate

a sea of blood poured out in your name

the writings on the wall that spell your fame

the cracks in your facade

seem to widen day by day

the smile that fooled the world

is growing desperate

no more changing the tracks

that've been running successfully through your life

no way to silence the unholy voice

that calls out for your blood

calls out for your blood

now it's out in the open

your soul and sins lie naked and bare

you're screaming for mercy at the hand of your captors

no way to escape their menacing stare

the dead ones the fools that led you so far

the stepstones to power the stairs to your might

the blind believers that followed you after

the ones that you've robbed of both moral and sight