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Cadavers Lyrics by Brian Dewan

The Operating Theater

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Cadavers, cadavers, everywhere cadavers
Cadavers, cadavers
Everywhere cadavers, lying all about
Their clothing is in disarray, their teeth are falling out
Discoloring and decaying, they cannot pull their weight
They block the path of passersby until they desiccate

Faces sunken hollow, forward in a slump
Sandwiched in the wallboards, hidden in the dump
Face-down in a puddle, spoiling in the sun
Exuding hideous odors, offeding everyone

Wasting in a basement, left out in the rain
Propped up in a stairwell, dangling from a crane
Beneath a pile of rubble, hoisted up on high
Rising from the ocean, falling from the sky

Cadavers, cadavers, set them out to dry
Paint the head with pitch and put a penny in its eye
Tie it to a fender and drag it all around
Tell it that it ought to have been buried in the ground

Insult them and degrade them, they will not protest
Except with quiet gurglings arising from the chest
Kicked aside and picked on by ordinary folks
Employed by student doctors in ungodly practical jokes

Where signs of life are present, cadavers are as well
There's no use trying to look away or hiding from the smell
Where once beloved people were, cadavers are instead
It falls upon the living to live among the dead

The fluids that they're leaking will trickle by and by
And overnight contaminate the drinking water supply
Floating down the river, strewn along the banks
We'll share in their diseases, we'll join them in their ranks
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Brian Dewan

Brian Dewan

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"Cadavers" is credited to Brian Dewan. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Cadavers" appears on "The Operating Theater".

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