[Verse]
Slowly, I sink deeper
As it eats me from inside
Holding me, I'm captive
Shackled, left to die
Disease won't go

[Chorus]
Sickness, it lingers
Tears taste so bitter
It's killing me

[Verse]
Pretend I'm okay
Infected by this plague
My flesh, it decays
Defective, hope is vain
I waste away, away
How much longer can I take
Before I break

[Chorus]
Sickness, it lingers
Tears taste so bitter
It's killing me