Open wide The mouth of your civilization Enter from the south The kiss of swift sweeping d**h Miasma clouds the air Drink deep of your mortal libation As blackened boils swell You question your pontification The great equalizer In a shroud of pestilence The great silencer of man Is this real? Masked men walk the streets Poking at the heaps Of yesterday's vital sons The great equalizer In a shroud of pestilence The great silencer of man What I've lost What I've become A seeker in the dark Alone Across the continents A plague rides On the backs of rats Seeking a host Warm, sweet Social animals So unaware So unaware The great equalizer In a shroud of pestilence The great silencer of man