From the recording LP11 FUTARIA
CHALLENGE: PANDEMICS & BIOSECURITY
Natural outbreaks: Climate change and global travel make disease spread faster.
Engineered pathogens: Accidental or deliberate release from biotech labs could be catastrophic.
Lyrics
BREATH OF THE PLAGUE
Verse 1
A cough in the night, a shadow unseen,
Carried on air where the walls are thin.
Across the oceans, across the sky,
One spark can spread, and millions cry.
Pre-Chorus
The border is broken, the silence near,
A whisper of sickness the whole world hears.
Chorus
Breath of the plague, cold and fast,
Future stolen, tethered to the past.
One mistake, one hand, one door,
The breath of the plague can end it all.
Verse 2
In glass-walled labs, the genome bends,
We shape the code, but where it ends?
A healing promise, or hidden blade,
A cure that cuts the world it made.
Pre-Chorus
The line is fragile, the guard is thin,
A war with life we cannot win.
Chorus
Breath of the plague, cold and fast,
Future stolen, tethered to the past.
One mistake, one hand, one door,
The breath of the plague can end it all.
Bridge
Crowded stations, empty streets,
Every stranger the sickness meets.
Natural fire, or crafted flame,
The end arrives without a name.
Final Chorus
Breath of the plague, unseen, untold,
Stories written in fever and cold.
One mistake, one hand, one door,
The breath of the plague — forevermore.