I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
It starts with a little flea
That jumps upon a rat
It bites the rat and gives it germs
And for the rat that's that
Then the flea it looks for
Somewhere else to find its food
It jumps on you and me
And starts to suck our blood...
First you feel a little poorly
And then you start to swell!
Then you start to spit some blood
And then you really smell!
Then you know it's time to ring
Your funeral bell
And along comes Mr Death
And swishes you to hell!
There's lots of cures to help you
If you have the cash
Kill the village cats and dogs
And burn them all to ash
Sit down in a sewer
So the smell drives plague away
Place chicken bottoms on your spots
Then you'll be OK
First you feel a little poorly
And then you start to swell!
Then you start to spit some blood
And then you really smell!
Then you know it's time to ring
Your funeral bell
And along comes Mr Death
And swishes you to hell!
Plague kills little children
Even more than mums or dads
A priest said it's because
The wicked kids have acted bad
Half the people on the earth
Are simply blown away
So for Mr Death these will be
Really busy days
First you feel a little poorly
And then you start to swell!
Then you start to spit some blood
And then you really smell!
Then you know it's time to ring
Your funeral bell
And along comes Mr Death
And swishes you to hell!
And along comes Mr Death
And swishes you to hell!
That jumps upon a rat
It bites the rat and gives it germs
And for the rat that's that
Then the flea it looks for
Somewhere else to find its food
It jumps on you and me
And starts to suck our blood...
First you feel a little poorly
And then you start to swell!
Then you start to spit some blood
And then you really smell!
Then you know it's time to ring
Your funeral bell
And along comes Mr Death
And swishes you to hell!
There's lots of cures to help you
If you have the cash
Kill the village cats and dogs
And burn them all to ash
Sit down in a sewer
So the smell drives plague away
Place chicken bottoms on your spots
Then you'll be OK
First you feel a little poorly
And then you start to swell!
Then you start to spit some blood
And then you really smell!
Then you know it's time to ring
Your funeral bell
And along comes Mr Death
And swishes you to hell!
Plague kills little children
Even more than mums or dads
A priest said it's because
The wicked kids have acted bad
Half the people on the earth
Are simply blown away
So for Mr Death these will be
Really busy days
First you feel a little poorly
And then you start to swell!
Then you start to spit some blood
And then you really smell!
Then you know it's time to ring
Your funeral bell
And along comes Mr Death
And swishes you to hell!
And along comes Mr Death
And swishes you to hell!
Lyrics submitted by manic4manics
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