In the violent October 1347 A ship from far Asia did sail into port In the cargo the rats all covered with fleas Come to old Europe to spread their disease Demonic, bubonic, and the worst of all Subsernic plague would kill in an hour They hid in their houses Put signs on their doors Lord have mercy on us But God let 'em fall Old villages vanished beneath Death's scythe The reaper did harvest while spirits did fly Demonic, bubonic, and the worst of all Subsernic plague would kill in an hour One third of the world in two years was gone Foxes and crows did nest in their towers The churches stood empty The farms all untended The streets piled bodies All black and distended Demonic, bubonic, and the worst of all Subsernic plague would kill in an hour The moans of the living and dying combined The concoffonous that echoes through time It could happen again we pretend God loves us more than he did back then It could happen again Not like this Just close your eyes dear We got to pretend