[Verse 1]

Sudden traumatic death

Surgical analysis

Anatomy

Inquiry process

Delivered in a body bag

Cryptic frigid vault

Brandishing a toe tag

[Chorus]

Human dissection of skeletal remains

Post mortem necropsy victim

[Verse 2]

Scalpel incising flesh

Exploring for disease

Tissue decay abnormalities

Exfoliative cytology

Desquamated cells preserved and labeled

[Chorus]

Human dissection of skeletal remains

Post mortem necropsy process

[Post-Chorus]

Exhuming viscera from a corpse

Rigid cadaver torn

Microscopic frozen sections stained

Chisel-fissioned skull, evulsion of the brain

[Guitar Solo: Derek Sykes]

[Bridge]

Inflammatory lesions

Gangrene of the lungs

Neoplasms

Intestinal decay

Carcinomic incursion

[Guitar Solo: James Reilly]

[Verse 3]

Rigor, lividity

Pigmentation pale and bruised

Pustule discharge

Festered clotted wounds

Embalming fluid

Formaldehyde

Urine, vomit, blood

Siphoned, purged and drained

[Chorus]

Human dissection of skeletal remains

Post mortem necropsy victim

[Verse 4]

Smears of skin and blood

Lacerated spinal cord

Burning protein stench

From a screaming steel bonesaw

Gall bladder bile

Splenectomy

Malodorous tumor

Morbid inspection

[Chorus]

Human dissection of skeletal remains

Post mortem necropsy

Die