There’s a carrion curse forever haunting our souls
Until the very day we’re lowered in a hole
At stygian shores we are doomed to run aground
Waiting in fear as the divine spark is snuffed out

No longer will you wander aimless through the afterlife
With the caress of the casket holding you tight
Were destined for worms when our lives conclude
Last rites be damned, death’s the beginning renewed

Rise Lazarus rise
Rise from the grave
Dispel the sleep
Inside your veins

Rise Lazarus rise
Rise from the tomb
Regain your breath
Forever exhumed

Death is just the beginning
Defy fate, reanimate
Death is just the beginning
Defy fate, reanimate
The epitaph wiped clean
The tombstone ground up
Death is just the beginning
Defy fate, re-animate
No need for eulogies
Hymns never sung

Mortuary science will be forever be eclipsed
Funeral directors deprived of their scripts
Denounce the arcane implements of the past
Now that lifeless actors are no longer cast

The final curtain call fills our body with dread
It’s a shame to expire when we meet our end
Cease your offerings for the unfortunate dead
Silence your prayers I’ll give them new life instead

Rise Lazarus rise
Rise from the grave
Dispel the sleep
Inside your veins

Rise Lazarus rise
Rise from the tomb
Regain your breath
Forever exhumed

Death is just the beginning
Defy fate, reanimate
Death is just the beginning
Defy fate, reanimate
The epitaph wiped clean
The tombstone ground up
Death is just the beginning
Defy fate, re-animate
No need for eulogies
Hymns never sung

Death is just the beginning
Defy fate, reanimate
Death is just the beginning
Defy fate, reanimate
The epitaph wiped clean
The tombstone ground up
Death is just the beginning
Defy fate, re-animate

Mortuary science will be forever be eclipsed
Funeral directors deprived of their scripts
Denounce the arcane implements of the past
Now that lifeless actors are no longer cast

Contributed by Layla K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.

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Rachel Woods

43w↑7

[Henry]
There’s a carrion curse forever haunting our souls
Until the very day we’re lowered in a hole
At stygian shores we are doomed to run aground
Waiting in fear as the divine spark is snuffed out

[All]
Lalalalala, lalalalala
Lalalalala, lalalalala

[Henry]
No longer will you wander aimless through the afterlife
With the caress of the casket holding you tight
Were destined for worms when our lives conclude
Last rites be damned, death’s the beginning renewed

[Odin, Nyx, Ophelia and Orochi]
Rise Lazarus rise
Rise from the grave
Dispel the sleep
Inside your veins

[Henry, Tharja, Aversa and Nah (Odin, Nyx, Ophelia and Orochi)]
Rise Lazarus rise
Rise from the tomb
Regain your breath
Forever exhumed

Death is just the beginning
(Defy fate, reanimate)
Death is just the beginning
(Defy fate, reanimate)

[Henry]
The epitaph wiped clean
The tombstone ground up

[Henry, Tharja, Aversa and Nah (Odin, Nyx, Ophelia and Orochi)]
Death is just the beginning
(Defy fate, reanimate)

[Nyx]
No need for eulogies
Hymns never sung

[Ophelia]
Mortuary science will be forever be eclipsed
Funeral directors deprived of their scripts
Denounce the arcane implements of the past
Now that lifeless actors are no longer cast

[All]
Lalalalala, lalalalala
Lalalalala, lalalalala

[Ophelia]
The final curtain call fills our bodies with dread
It’s a shame to expire when we meet our end
Cease your offerings for the unfortunate dead
Silence your prayers I’ll give them new life instead

[Henry, Tharja, Aversa and Nah]
Rise Lazarus rise
Rise from the grave
Dispel the sleep
Inside your veins

[Odin, Nyx, Ophelia and Orochi]
Rise Lazarus rise
Rise from the tomb
Regain your breath
Forever exhumed

[Henry, Tharja, Aversa and Nah (Odin, Nyx, Ophelia and Orochi)]
Death is just the beginning
(Defy fate, reanimate)
Death is just the beginning
(Defy fate, reanimate)

[Henry]
The epitaph wiped clean
The tombstone ground up

[Henry, Tharja, Aversa and Nah (Odin, Nyx, Ophelia and Orochi)]
Death is just the beginning
(Defy fate, reanimate)

[Nyx]
No need for eulogies
Hymns never sung

[Henry, Tharja, Aversa and Nah (Odin, Nyx, Ophelia and Orochi)]
Death is just the beginning
(Defy fate, reanimate)
Death is just the beginning
(Defy fate, reanimate)
The epitaph wiped clean
(The tombstone ground up)
Death is just the beginning
(Defy fate, reanimate)

[Nyx]
No need for eulogies
Hymns never sung

Mortuary science will be forever be eclipsed
Funeral directors deprived of their scripts
Denounce the arcane implements of the past
Now that lifeless actors are no longer cast...

All comments from YouTube:

VonBunn

3y↑73

"Death is just the begging
Defy fate, reanimate!" Sounds like some slogan that would be on a necromancer's business card...

Connor Ring

11w↑2

“No special deals based on previous life status” on the fine print Because a necromancer rises a king like anyone else as in death we are all equal.

FelineSamantha

6y↑98

Seriously, the art for these RR singles is absolutely gorgeous. They beautifully complement the songs. Hats off to the amazing Mr. Boatwright!

Claws Productions

37w↑1

Dude’s face tho

brightbuttons17

10y↑15

I love the fact that instead of making Creature Feature more heavy, he kept C.F. the same and created Rufus Rex for more heavy music. How wonderful and smart Curtis is, despite most people who start underground and change their music to be noticed by the mainstream.

Atlas

4y↑62

I checked out the bandcamp link. Just an entertaining tidbit, Voltaire loves this whole album

Vincent Neuhaus

4y↑40

Listening to this while reading Herbert West: Reanimator = perfect.

Hiram Bolio

5y↑25

Curtis is such a great guitar player, his melodies and guitar tone are just fantastic.

TheSilversepiroth

8y↑6

It would be interesting if the protagonist for the dead air album was being supplied by the graverobber at large

Mary LePage

7y↑19

If it is possible for any horror band to be better than Creature Feature, it is Rufus Rex.

Mary LePage

7y↑1

@Iamreallyapotato Oh, I knew it was by Curtis. I didn't know that the other instruments were just Erik though. That's awesome XD

mariopaintcomposer

7y↑12

@Mary LePage Actually, Rufus Rex was a side project Creature Feature did! Rufus Rex is really just Curtis, and all those background instruments are just Erik's fucking majestic keyboard.

Mary LePage

7y↑18

@CriticalKidVideos Exactly

Just a Jumbled Reviewer

7y↑23

Funny, because Rufus Rex is a member of Creature Feature. So I guess no band is better than Creature Feature.

FiveofHearts1

6y↑29

Is it my imagination or does the chorus cut off the last lines, in some verses?

Goodroosters

51w

nah it just do

Primrose

5y↑1

I can hear it too.

Lars The Berserker

2y↑4

Someone probably already said this but this kind of sounds like "Secular Haze" by Ghost.

Rachel Woods

43w↑7

Madison Russeau

26w↑1

Who are these characters? Are they from one of Curtis' projects or are they from something else? I have to ask.

tyrantking9000

6y↑8

can SOMEONE make a video of this where someone is in a cemetery raising the dead?

MishkaHides InBoxes

8y↑4

what about on your wedding dressed as an undead bride and your husband as a gentleman zombie

Crista Brackley

4y↑12

1:40 was that a girl or does Curtis have a really good woman voice?

Evie Lee

23w

I think he did it in A Gorey Demise.

Kyra Ervin

2y↑6

Nah, that's just Curt. He does that sometimes.

Coraçao De Leao 3

3y↑7

Crista Brackley It was Curtis lol

mishroom doodles

1y↑4

I've been listening to this for years and I somehow only recently found out that rufus rex and creature feature are both made by the same guy

Lector Dreadwood

8y↑4

I've seen enough horror to answer that: He'll train a successor to contniue his work long after his death

Veronika M

9y↑3

"There's a carrion curse forever haunting our souls Until the very day we're lowered in a hole." <3!!

Good morning Hinata-Kun :3

5y↑25

I want to hear Takahata101 sing this song in his Alucard voice

Marc Radcliff

2y↑11

Remember, a necromancer is just a late healer.

DrSawbones

9y↑3

i have this as my alarm tone, i then proceed to waltz across my house to do various acts of evil.

Mother Vertices

2y↑6

the part starting at 3:54 is so pretty

Celticlord

9y↑5

I wish someone would make a book or a film of Jesus as a necromancer

Death by Proxy

30w

YES

Mysterion's Marshadow

2y↑2

When you're playing Binding of Isaac as Lazarus.

skylurk

10y↑1

I remember hearing this and saying "I love this song!" and then "Holey shit acoustic guitar!"

WarBandit111

9y↑3

I would love to be one of the gentlemen picked for such a waltz!

Evie Lee

23w

I am a female, may I have this dance?

SaintVladislav

10y↑1

This song continues to prove how clever Curtis is...

nobody important

9y↑1

0:13 - 0:19 My favorite part.

Death by Proxy

30w↑2

I love this song so much, probably my favourite on the album. When my mum was pregnant with me, the doctors believed she had miscarried. She lost a lot of blood and I wasn’t showing up on the scan. But as it turns out, I was still alive, although I did end up being born early.
The line “death is just the beginning” as well as the song’s whole theme of resurrection and rebirth really resonate deeply with me for a number of reasons. My pen name has become Lazarus Rex in reference to how I feel about this amazing song and the wonderful man behind it.

RufioLumos

9y↑2

Sounding a bit like Dr. Steel at the beginning there. But seriously great stuff.

OrmylLP

9y↑1

Me and my Girlfriends allready did this . xD

wishingwell12345

3y↑1

For some reason this music goes perfectly with Serious Sam: the First Encounter :)

purple productions

5y↑3

Braaaaaiiinnnnssss.....brrrrrrraaaaaiiiiiinnnnssss
BBBBBRRRRRaaaaaaainz!

shadowpig13

10y↑1

sir, you're making me happy again^^

Tzon

10y

Absolutely amazing! I particularly like the line "No need for Eulogies, Hymns never sung".

He Who is Now martyredgoat

favorite part: DEFY FATE! REANIMATE!!!!

Kevin King

@everdarkable Reportedly, he's both.

Luigi Schwartz

@everdarkable He reanimated himself

BeyondElement

Bought the album, it was worth every penny! This is a cause that must be supported!

Maha Milagros

damn, it should be sin sounding this good >.<

Alex Hill

@TheInsaneWatchmaker Yeah, I didn't know about that until I was watching Casper and they mentioned Lazarus as well, and I was like "Okay, so who is this guy?" And my mom told me about him.

Jake Smith

Birth, Growth, Knowledge, Life, Insanity, Death. Hahahhahhahhaahahaahahhaa the great sultary orchestra of life.

Leah Lichtenstein

1y↑5

Vibin from 2020 who else is here

Evie Lee

14w

I am too.

Ashymations

50w

I am bro. 👌🏽

HexFoxx

Ah, a fellow Necromancer... :) Let's leave it there, shall we?

Sammy Boone

10y

Oh my god. I love this so much! <3

FreshPrinceOfDragonair

5y↑24

Why does the man on the cover look like a buff hitler???

scp 5237

Could be, considering that the protagonist of this song can raise the dead regardless of their state of decay and we don't know what time period takes place in

Scientific Gaming

2y↑1

Or maybe because that was a popular look from like the 1910s to the 1960s

The Honorable Reverend Addison Bortion

2y↑2

@Scarletta Greene Oh, cool. So Hitler, after I presume the Russians trying to bring his ass back for a trial, has escaped and decided to try and save the human race to repay for his crimes.

Scarletta Greene

4y↑2

Could be. Has a scar on the leftside on the head, bullet parhaps?

White Wizard

4y↑4

no shit dude i thought the exact same thing lol!trip.

DarkWarrior747

lol this would be awesome if i somehow palyed it on my schools intercom >:D

quee-ra

On my wedding, yes!

Razor Thorn

gotta say i would totally dance to this if i knew how to

Mist-heart

Quick question: Who the heck is Lazarus? >_>

Marilyssa Shields

You just gave me an idea to have this song at my wedding. :) to which my (soon to be) husband and i waltz to it. :)

Xephyr Holmes

God dammit, I wish Curtis would come to NZ.

F11

25w

Reminds me of daron from SOAD

Kellan Bandey

@SUPERJAILrockz11 soo true!! Rufus Rex is amazing alone and with Curtis fx :D

ZxiriMask

Nope! :]

InsanelyADD

10y

LOVE IT! :D

The Blue One

@FantasyAdventuress absolutely not, my friend! :D

KasaTheDog

there are 3 O.o

Morgan Bryant

3:53 <3

Abyssal Inspiration

Necromancy ftw!

SmileySmilesSmall

My friend's real name is Lazarus.....

Zero the Duke

ONE M0:00RE TIME!

EllyIsABoysName

10y

epic song!

SpunkyKitten

I would!!

Capt.Chemosh

@SUPERJAILrockz11 it's there for the illiterate fools who cannot understand the lovely verbiage that Curtis' uses. Though, for once, I'll have to agree that the dislike button should be disabled, if only for Curtis' videos.

Mist-heart

Ah. Thank you. I haven't read the Bible so I wouldn't have known.. :/

Hannah_Hexagram

My new favorite nane

The Blue One

@XRockMusicChannelX Your Rhyme. I love it.

Katalyst Macabray

10y

I only disliked because I wanted to be different... GAH! I can't keep that! I love this!

NatsumeHack

@TheVoiceFreak two people pressed it....Just to let you know

Dormilia

This video is most popular with: Female 13-17 Female 18-24 Male 13-17

HexFoxx

I think not. But, there might not be many out there for us... different ladies! [Insert maniacal laughter here] :D

firstname lastname

7y↑41

Odd part is: Lazarus is a man from the BIBLE... revived by Jesus... I was singing this in church and the lady next to me looked at me like I was a maniac... '-'

Penut Bean

Not even I am that crazy! 0-o

the Scrap Smith

firstname lastname lol

Good morning Hinata-Kun :3

5y↑13

That's why they called the guy Lazarus in the song. It was in reference to that story

porcupie

10y

EARGASM

Clinegg

You know what to do should he pass...

Julio Pena

10y

DEFY FATE REANIMATE! Pleasure to have met you mr. RX cannot wait for more of your work to animate ;D -one of your many fans Lord Loki

SCP Pinkamena

That profile picture made me laugh

I don't even care.

@C3lticlord jesus is a zombie not a necromancer.

Leighann luvsHollistton

if I can choose curtis I am in.

JerichoCross140

Don't forget the zombie costumes!

thelozplayer

You're icon bothers me.... xD

Kevin King

@C3lticlord Sorry, but there would be WAY too much controversy. But it would be awesome.

Bethany Folsom The wolf

Whenever I listen to this, all I can think of is Jack Skellington from Nightmare Before Christmas singing this as Dr. Finklestein from Nightmare Before Christmas is trying to bring life back to my skeletal body. '_' I'm veeeeeeery weird. I guess Jack could call me "Daffy". giggles

Bethany Folsom The wolf

Watch this first, and then watch Personal Demons. This song is like it's from the perspective of the man who brings a character to life, and Personal demons is like it's from the perspective of the character that was brought to life.

rachel0d

Nope.

Corey Harmonia

Oh no... You're not the only one. One day.. ONE DAYYYY.. I will take my boyfriend somewhere and play this song and waltz to it with him. ^-^

Amy Tattershall

I just had another eargasm

Goodroosters

8y↑1

I'm gonna yell this at school...

Asbestos_

@Matthew Bishop they never answered back do probably not very well

Alex Hill

So.. who is Lazarus?

NatsumeHack

I am a guy and I would like to waltz to this.

Dragonin

Only within your own house??? I walk through town...

crazy like a tiger

life is fn short might as well play it

mynuose2

nope

Acc0lyte

@FantasyAdventuress probably

BetoToxic12

lol marry me? jkjkjkjk hahaha =3 It is a fantastic song though. ^^

Controlled Chaos

@FantasyAdventuress And am I the only guy here who would love to waltz (With the lady of his choice) to this song?

Capt.Chemosh

Lazarus is however, in his own way, cursed. He can only lay to rest when Jesus bids him to, and since Jesus did not do so before passing on that means Lazarus still lives, no doubt deep beneath the Vatican, until the end times when he may finally be granted the eternal sleep.

mysticete

21w

LELELELEAY LELELELAY LELELELELELELELELELAY!

Camille Niello

Curtis, Looking at a horse currently, if it works out, I've already decided I'm naming him Lazarus. Came up with the name literally while listening to this song at work :D CF Rufus Rex may very well have named my potential horse.