Ossuary touches on the inevitability of death.
In an interview with Interview Magazine, it is revealed the inspiration behind the darker themes of Obsidian come from Will’s experience with E. Coli. During the recording process, Wiesenfeld developed a serious case of E. coli that left him bedridden...
[Verse]
With all my desperate symmetry
With all my white lights, and straight lines
My skin will still sag
At the end of my life
Death pirouettes through the flicker of the wick
And makes you sick
[Chorus 1]
Once interred, in turn to turn to bone
Ribs like a house to the lord
Once interred, in turn to turn to bone
Bugs come to worship in hordes
[Chorus 2]
Once interred, in turn to turn to bone
Fate unseen, kiss the stone
You hope that where you are
That you're not alone
[Bridge]
Then I awoke
To coil and shiver, like eel out of river
Like the grave was my own
Oh frailty
What worse fates could you possibly show me
[Chorus 1]
Once interred, in turn to turn to bone
Ribs like a house to the lord
Once interred, in turn to turn to bone
Bugs come to worship in hordes
[Outro]
Oh, frailty
What worse fates could you possibly show me
What worse fates could you possibly show me