A carcass rotting in the midday sun A message between his finger and thumb Said, "If you live like an animal, you'll die like one" Become a carcass washed away with the tide It's not easy but it's easily done How you can live like an animal and die like one Become a carcass, carcass, a carcass (Rotting in the midday sun) A carcass, carcass, a carcass (Rotting in the midday sun) Rotting Lifeless, broken like they said you would be Who'd have thought that is the way you would go? It could've all been so easy if you had only stayed home Now you're a carcass washed up on an empty shore It's not easy but it's easily done How you can live like an animal and die like one Become a carcass, carcass, a carcass (Rotting in the midday sun) A carcass, carcass, a carcass (Rotting in the midday sun) Rotting A carcass rotting in the midday sun A message between his finger and thumb Said, "If you live like an animal, you'll die like one" Become a carcass, a carcass, a carcass Now you're a carcass, rotting in the midday sun