Open casket, a ritual of death In the name of human vanity One last gaze upon the deceased A desperate clinging to the mortal vessel Morbid reality kept away from civilized society An induced image of peaceful rest displayed to the mourners Postmortal cosmetics Enhancing the body's presentation Scars concealed, eyes sewn shut Tampering with nails and hair of the dead Blood displaced by formaldebyde Bloating the emaciated corpse to a near vital shape Almost lifelike color is restored Conclusion to the service Human doll is now lowered into the soil Contaminated, eggs hatch in orifices Within, sweet fumes linger Embalmment will start to lapse Eventually rendering tissue defenseless Vital, activity Shows in the necrotic body Fluid's effects fail Maggots find their way Domain of decay Slowly eaten away Fluid's effects fail Maggots find their way Domain of decay Slowly eaten away Chemical expulsion Part human sludge is purged Body shrinks as maggots finish their meal "Dead, stiff and cold, in your box, to decay"