In the violent October 1347 A ship from far Asia did sail into port In the cargo were rats all covered with fleas Come to old Europe to spread their disease
Pneumonic bubonic and oh worst of all Septicemic plague would kill in an hour
They hid in their houses put signs on their doors Lord have mercy on us but God let em fall Whole villages vanished beneath Death's scythe The Reaper did harvest lost spirits did fly
Pneumonic bubonic and oh worst of all Septicemic plague would kill in an hour
One third of the world in two years was gone Foxes and crows did nest in their towers The churches stood empty the farms all untended In streets piled bodies all black and distended
Pneumonic bubonic and oh worst of all Septicemic plague would kill in an hour
The moans of the living and dying combined A cacophonous nightmare that echoes through time It couldn't happen again we pretend God loves us more now than he did back then It couldn't happen again not like then Just close your eyes dear we've got to pretend