The Sick, The Dying... and The Dead!
The Sick, The Dying... and The Dead!
2022
Duration: 5:04
Track number: 1
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine, Kiko Loureiro
Music by: Dave Mustaine, Kiko Loureiro
Theme
The title track is a direct response to the **COVID-19 pandemic**, but also references historical plagues, viewing the spread of disease as an unstoppable horror. The lyrics vividly describe the fear, the physical suffering ('coughing and the screaming'), and the widespread death ('The sick, the dying, and the dead are on the rise'), setting a grim, apocalyptic tone for the album.
Lyrics
**Bring out your dead**
**Bring out your dead**
**Bring out your dead**
**Bring out your dead**
**Invaders came on phantom ships**
**Sailed the Black Sea West to Sicily, yeah, yeah**
The **sick, the dying, and the dead**
All that was left from this **cursed disease**, yeah, yeah
It was the **fleas onboard that bit infected**
**Rats got blood inside of the fleas**, yeah, yeah
Soon the **ghost ships tied up to the docks**
The **path of the plague was complete**, yeah, yeah
The **sweet smell of roses, a pocketful of posies**
You can't mask the **fragrance of death in their beds**
There's **typhus in the air**, and **ashes everywhere**
Amongst the **sick, the dying, and the dead**
**Feral creatures feasting on the dead**
**Devour rancid human meat**, yeah, yeah
**Death and sickness permeate their bones**
**Rich or poor, they're dragged through the streets**, yeah, yeah
**Open up your eyes**, so you can see
All the **sick, the dying, and the dead**
**Die, die, die**
**Die, die, die**
**Die, die, die**
**Die, die, die**
The **sick, the dying, and the dead**
