Funeralopolis Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro 0:00 - 2:16]

[Verse 1]
Funeral planet, dead black asteroid
Mausoleum, this world is a tomb
Human zombies, staring blank faces
No reason to live, dead in the womb
Death shroud existence, slave for a pittance
Condemned to die before I could breathe
Millions are screaming, the dead are still living
This Earth has died yet no one has seen

[Chorus]
Funeralopolis

[Verse 2]
I don't care, this world means nothing
Life has no meaning, my feelings are numb
Faceless masses filed like gravestones
Sacrificed for the glory of one

Funerary cities, flesh press factories
Corporate maggots feed on the carrion
Funeralopolis, grey morgue apocalypse
Black clouds form to block out the sun
Yeah, yeah yeah
[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
Funeral planet, dead black asteroid
Mausoleum, this world is a tomb
Human zombies, staring blank faces
No reason to live, dead in the womb

[Chorus]
Funeralopolis, planet of the dead
Funeralopolis, planet of the dead

[Verse 4]
Death shroud existence, slave for a pittance
Condemned to die before I could breathe
Millions are screaming, the dead are still living
This Earth has died, yet no one has seen

[Chorus]
Funeralopolis, planet of the dead
Funeralopolis, planet of the dead
Funeralopolis, Funeralopolis

[Instrumental Break]
[Guitar Solo]

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Genius Annotation

The song “Funeralopolis” is from their third album, Dopethrone album. It is Electric Wizard’s most popular release and is considered to be a doom metal classic.

This song is one of the few in Electric Wizard’s discography to focus on a political matter (the slow destruction of planet Earth by the humans) but still keeps their dark, nihilistic tone.

“Mourning Prayer” off their first album had a similar bent, and, coincidentally, was that album’s second track as well.

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