Hidden deep in the Sumatran jungle lives the mystical titan arum The natives call it "bunga bangkai" A behemoth among all plants Strange enough that years pass before it even flowers Stranger still that the flower emits the putrid stench of rotting flesh Bunga bangkai! (x4)
Like the titan arum, you only show your good side every few years On the inside like a rotting corpse, on the outside like a flowering cadaver The heart is wicked and deceitful Magnificent spectral florescence hides the inner sinful man
Jungle orphan hindered at noon, never peering out, calmly hovers over Nusa Tenggara
Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing Out of the same heart comes beauty and ugliness The very thing that I want to do, I end up doing the opposite Out of the same mouth comes building up and tearing down Out of the same heart comes kindness and cruelty The very thing that I want to do, I end up doing the opposite
Bunga bangkai - flowering cadaver (x2) Bunga bangkai (x4)