There's a boy in crimson rags with a grimace and a spoon
And a little sullen girl face-up staring at the moon
And there's no one around to hear their lonesome cries...
Then they pass away alone into the night

Why do we pity the dead?
Are you churned by emotion from voices in your head?
Look at all the living and you'll ask yourself why...
Oh why do we pity the dead?

Well you've seen the disease, suffering, and decay
And you whisper to yourself blissfully, "It's okay"
And you still refuse the possibility...
That the dead are better off than we!

Why do we pity the dead?
Are you scared of the logic that swirls within your head?
Look at all the living and you'll ask yourself why...
Oh why do we pity the dead?

Tell me what you see, tell me what you know
Is there anyone who lives a painless life?
If there is, show me so

The destitute and famished, demonic and the banished
Dejected and the ostracized, the brainwashed and the paralyzed
The conquered and objectified, the few who see the other side
Tell me what you see! It's a mortal wretched cacophony

Let's go!

In the end you may find there's no guiding, subtle light
No ancestors, or friends, no judge of wrong or right
Just eternal silence and dormancy...
And a final everlasting peace!

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