The Netherworld

There exists a secret place

Heralded by death embrace

Soon you'll learn what's life after death

Soon after your corpse has been dressed

You can only come around

As you're buried six feet down

When your body functions have ceased

The maggots begin to feast

You'll be the life of the party

Way down at the cemetery

Far below the hollowed ground

Far from the safe lights of town

At home amongst the beatles and worms

Where the creepy crawlies will squirm

Unfortunately it isn't heaven

Fortunately it's not quite hell

It's a place of legend and myth

Where the reaper has gonna amiss

You'll be the life of the party

Way down at the cemetery

You will soon depart from the heart in your chest

Lalalalalalalalalalala

For its incessant beating will eventually end

Lalalalalalalalalalala

You wont need the flood of warm blood in your veins

Lalalalalalalalalalala

For every single crimson drop will surely be drained

Lalalalalalalalalalala

All your worthy posessions

And all your measly convictions

Will be useless after the day you die

You wont need them on the other side

Now as your pulse subsides

Time has come to say your goodbyes

Saint peter doesn't call your name

But your body does not drown in flames

You'll exist beyond creation

No hope for reincarnation

Once they carve out your headstone

And you're nothing left but a bag of bones

You'll recieve an invitation

To the life between the stations

You'll be the life of the party

Way down at the cemetery

A casket holds your lifeless form

That chunk of meat is no longer warm

Before all your insides begin to curd

You'll transcend into an ether

Every lost soul migrates here

As the real world sheds a tear

A spirit not fit for ascension

A soul not fit for redemption

You'll be the life of the party

Way down at the cemetery

You will soon depart from the heart in your chest

Lalalalalalalalalalala

For its incessant beating will eventually end

Lalalalalalalalalalala

You wont need the flood of warm blood in your veins

Lalalalalalalalalalala

For every single crimson drop will surely be drained

Lalalalalalalalalalala

All your worthy posessions

And all your measly convictions

Will be useless after the day you die

You wont need them on the other side

Now as your pulse subsides

Time has come to say your goodbyes

Well now, it seems you've been cursed to wander

Into the pitch black yonder

You cannot be saved

Now your body lies in a cold, cold grave!

Well now, it seems you're off the beaten path

An exiled outcast

What lies ahead? Face the facts, son

You are, dead, dead, dead!

Well now, it seems you've come to a realization

That you're an abomination

So don't be sad, life after death isn't bad, bad, bad!

Well now, I really must be on my way

There's other folks who've gone astray

It never ends, go forth and haunt

Make some enemies!...or friends!

You will soon depart from the heart in your chest

Lalalalalalalalalalala

For its incessant beating will eventually end

Lalalalalalalalalalala

You wont need the flood of warm blood in your veins

Lalalalalalalalalalala

For every single crimson drop will surely be drained

Lalalalalalalalalalala

All your worthy posessions

And all your measly convictions

Will be useless after the day you die

You wont need them on the other side

Now as your pulse subsides

Time has come to say your goodbyes

It wants you! It gets you!

Firmly in its grip!

Sit back, don't fight!

Go along for the trip

Prepare to be scared

Right out of your skin

Welcome to the netherworld where your new life begins!