"Carneous Corneal Carbonization" by Exhumed is a song with intense and graphic imagery describing the horrific aftermath of extreme burn injuries, specifically focused on the eyes and face. The lyrics depict the eyesockets smoldering and the eyeballs liquefying, causing scalded optical nerves. The intense heat has blackened, blinded, and burned the person, leaving them without vision. The melting flesh covers the unseeing eyes, resulting in a repulsively deformed and charred face. The song describes the complete destruction of the eyes, with the pupils and irises engulfed and incinerated, while the cornea is cauterized and immolated. Only a waxen, mangled visage remains, blistered and molten, with the brain also carbonized. The lyrics further emphasize the extent of the burn, describing the face as charbroiled to embers, crumbling and cracking, and ultimately reduced to a disgusting heap of cinders. The person is boiled to a crispy shade of black. The song's title, "Carneous Corneal Carbonization," combines different themes related to the destruction caused by fire. "Carneous" refers to the flesh-like texture of the burnt cornea, "Corneal" relates to the eye's cornea, and "Carbonization" suggests the transformation of organic matter into carbon due to extreme heat. Overall, the lyrics convey a gruesome and disturbing image of unimaginable burn injuries, emphasizing the intense pain and irreversible damage caused by fire.
