As I Lay Dying
The Plague
[Intro]
Just like the spread of disease

[Verse 1]
Debt and guilt or guilt and decree
The masters that we please
Yet if we seek help for infirmities
We are made twice the sons of hell as before

[Chorus]
Reach out your hand
Reach out your hand
Only to be plagued by disease
Reach out your hand
Reach out your hand
Only to be plagued by disease

[Verse 2]
While religion tries
To blame what we cannot see
I accept that part
Of the problem is me
It was never a sacred mandate
To accept conformity
Through select revelations
That we choose to believe
[Refrain]
Another blind guide
Replacing divine eyes

[Verse 3]
Familiarity
Is the great deception
Disguised by authority
Sealing out subversion

[Pre-Chorus]
Whitewashed tombs
Have hidden the truth
For we unknowingly worship
Icons of ordinary life

[Chorus]
Reach out your hand to find forgiveness
Only to be plagued by disease
The horrors of beliefs and customs
Camouflaged by commonality

[Post-Chorus]
Reach out your hand
Reach out your hand
Reach out your hand
Reach out your hand
[Bridge]
I still believe
That there is hope for us
But I believe
We must look outside
The sanctuaries
Of oppression
That have brought our world
So much pain

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]
Yeah
Another blind guide
Replacing divine eyes (Eyes)
Whitewashed tombs (Whitewashed tombs)
Have hidden the truth

[Chorus]
Reach out your hand to find forgiveness
Only to be plagued by disease (Plagued by disease)
Reach out your hand to find forgiveness (Reach out your hand)
Only to be plagued by disease
Reach out your hand
Reach out your hand