HUMANITY DELETE
"Resurrection Rites"
from the album NEVER ENDING NIGHTMARES
Music Written and Performed by Rogga Johansson
Guest Guitar Solo by Lasse Pyykkö
Lyrics by Jill Girardi
The dead don't have to stay dead
We can call them back from hell
Beckoning them with our words
Bodies preserved until return
The dead can return to us
If we don't bury the body
Speak each day of what they loved
Remind them why they need to return
The dead don't have to stay dead
Bodies soaked in special herbs
A way to stop decomposition
Though the heart no longer beats
The dead can return to us
Take proper care of the body
Cut the hair and trim the nails
Keeping close the things they loved
The dead don't have to stay dead
If only we have enough time
If no fools dare to interfere
The dead can live again
EXPLANATION: Resurrection of the Body (China)
There is a legend that if a body is soaked in a special mixture of Chinese herbs and medicine every day immediately after death, and certain rituals observed in the care of the body, that the deceased can actually return to their bodies and live normally again. This was the subject of one of the movies in the original "Three" series of short horror films directed in Hong Kong. The short film was entitled "Going Home" and starred acclaimed actors Leon Lai and Eric Tsang.
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