Pyramids
Lyrics: M. Mahoney
Music: C. Mahoney, M. Mahoney
See the Pyramids…
Your steps ascend to Heaven, so high.
Behind the walls of stone you hide.
A mystic power so immense,
Lead the way to my throne.
Initiates once came by this place.
Limestone and granite line thy face.
Travel passage to chambers hence,
Enlighten the way to my throne.
Prophesize my destiny
Oh, geometric beauty.
Pave the way for my future
And line the road with gold.
Age old monument, behold!
The seers before me have told
Of my ascent, of all they sense.
Lead the way to my throne.
The Sphinx
Lyrics: M. Mahoney
Music: C. Mahoney, M. Mahoney
Watching for 10,000 years,
10,000 more he’ll stand.
He’s seen empires rise and fall,
Erode into the sand.
I’ve heard tell of this entity,
A statue so immense.
But where he is, no one can tell.
It doesn’t make much sense.
Its riddles have confounded all
No matter what you think.
To be the king of all the land
I must find the sphinx.
A mound looms in the distance.
Could this be the sacred find?
I gather local gentry.
Shovels shall expose his hide.
Storybooks have told of such
A treasure to behold.
Now that I have made it clear
My story shall be told.
A stela now stands ‘tween the paws of the beast,
Speaking of my valor as he stares out to the east.
Resonance
Lyrics: E. Wallace Budge
Music: C. Mahoney, M. Mahoney
“The Chapter of Not Dying a Second Time”
“The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith: Hail Thoth!
What is it that hath happened to the children of Nut?
They have waged war, they have upheld strife, they have done evil,
They have created the fiends, they have made slaughter, they have caused
Trouble; in truth, in all their doings the strong have worked against the weak.
Grant, O might of Thoth, that that which the god Tem hath decreed may be done! And thou regardest not evil, nor art thou
Provoked to anger when they bring their years to confusion, and throng in and push in to disturb their months. For in all that they have done
Unto thee they have worked iniquity in secret. I am thy writing-palette, O Thoth, and I have brought unto thee thine ink-jar. I am not
Of those who work iniquity in their secret places; let not evil happen unto me.
The Osiris Ani, whose word is truth, saith: Hail Temu! What manner of land is this unto which I have come? It hath not water, it hat not air; it is depth unfathomable,
It is black as the blackest night, and men wander helplessly therein. In it a man cannot live in quietness of heart; nor may the longings of love be satisfied therein.
But let the state of the Spirit-souls be given unto me instead of water and air, and the satisfying of the longings of love, and let quietness of heart be given unto me instead of cakes
And ale. The god Tem hath decreed that I shall see thy face, and that I shall not suffer from the things which pain thee. May every god transmit unto thee
His throne for millions of years. Thy throne hath descended unto thy son Horus, and the god Tem hath decreed that thy course shall be among the holy princes.
In truth he shall rule from thy throne, and he shall be heir to teh throne of the Dweller in the fiery Lake. In truth it hath been decreed that in me he shall see his likeness, and that my face
Shall look upon the face of the Lord Tem. How long then have I to live? It is decreed that thou shalt live for millions of years, a life of millions of years.
Let it be granted to me to pass on to the holy princes, for indeed, I have done away all the evils which I committed, from the time when this earth came into being from Nu,
When it sprang from the watery abyss even as it was in the days of old. I am Fate and Osiris, I have made my transformations into the likeness of divers
Serpents. Man knoweth not, and teh gods cannot behold the two-fold beauty which I have made for Osiris, the greatest of the gods. I have given unto him
The region of the dead. And, verily, his son Horus is seated upon the throne of the Dweller in the fiery Lake, as his heir. I have made him to have his throne
In the Boat of Millions of Years. Horus is established upon his throne among his kinsmen, and he hath all that is his with him. Verily the Soul of Set, which
Is greater than all the gods, hath departed. Let it be granted to me to bind his soul in fetters in the Boat of the God,
When I please, and let him hold the body of the god in fear. O my father Osiris, thou hast done for me that which thy father Ra did for thee. Let me abide upon the earth permanently.
Let me keep possession of my throne. Let my heir be strong. Let my tomb, and my friends who are upon the earth, flourish.
Let my enemies be given over to destruction, and to the shackles of the goddess Serq. I am thy son. Ra is my father.
On me likewise thou hast conferred life, strength and health. Horus is established upon his tomb. Grant thou that the days of my life may come unto worship and honor.
King’s Chamber Music
Music: C. Mahoney, M. Mahoney, E. Kho
Immortality
Lyrics: M. Mahoney
Music: C. Mahoney, M. Mahoney, A. Douville, T. Black
We live our lives so frivolously,
Without a doubt, always free.
We live forever, or so it seems,
Until the holy ones come for me.
Immortality,
Coveted prophesy.
Rise up in the sky,
Watch other lives go by.
Always sheltered from the scythe,
Raise our hands to touch the sky.
Eat ambrosia every meal;
Drink our nectar, turn the wheels.
But we forget that death will come
To pick us off one by one.
Interpret scriptures, written lore.
Extend my being, save my soul.
The Mummy
Lyrics: M. Mahoney
Music: C. Mahoney, M. Mahoney
Beneath the desert sand he sleeps.
Beneath the desert sand he lies.
Beneath the desert sand he waits to rise
Again.
Rest in sarcophagus of gold.
Canopic jars stand by his side.
Waiting for the story to unfold,
Waiting for the stars to align.
The slumber soon will be complete,
A task he hopes not to repeat.
Awakened by the ones who judge his soul,
The deities who might fulfill his goal.
Riddles
Lyrics: M. Mahoney
Music: C. Mahoney, M. Mahoney
Who goes there, what do you wish?
Undying beauty, a chance to persist?
We can save you, transform you as we
If you can answer our questions three.
Assess your life, every mistake,
Every conquest, all that you’ve faked.
The truth will be used, like Nile silt.
Are you content with the virtue you’ve built?
Weigh now my heart, there you shall find
The answers you seek of my past and time.
My subjects were fed, clothed and appeased.
Let us move on to the next inquiry.
The balance has told, Anubis can see
The scale has tipped, you are worthy.
Now that you’ve passed, here’s question two:
What offerings for us have you?
Incense and myrrh, I give unto thee.
Take from me all, for I have no need.
Now that I’ve passed, what’s question three?
Cease you not now, lay it on me.
Your gifts are received, Osiris will note.
We will enjoy the presents you tote.
There is one more test requesting your strife:
What will you do in your afterlife?
Afterlife
Lyrics: M. Mahoney, T. Black
Music: C. Mahoney, M. Mahoney, A. Douville, T. Black
Look to the east,
Beyond desert sky,
Away from the sand
And gazing cat’s eyes.
Do you think I can find my way?
Elesian fields lay in wait.
My fathers paved this road for me,
This sacred opportunity.
I sit alone, watching reruns of my life,
Seeing mistakes I’ve made, like snakes as they writhe.
The loves I’ve lost accost me mocking my name.
No matter where I begin, results are the same.
It doesn’t change a thing.
The past binds a man to his future,
Thus I’m bound forever more.
The future lures the chosen few,
Seers, illusive ones of lore.
I’m learning to sing
The songs of the dead.
I sort through their minds,
They speak through my head.
Vibrations taking hold of me,
I feel as one with all I see,
Channeling the energy
Of ancients and their mastery.
I’ve never loved, I know, it may be my fate
To lose the race in space I’m stuck at the gates.
People will say, “OK,” but I disagree.
My thoughts deceive, my heart won’t set me free.
It doesn’t change a thing.
The Earth
Lyrics: M. Mahoney
Music: C. Mahoney, M. Mahoney
Section A: “Ascent”
We’ll leave the Earth now
Into the sky.
We’ll reach the star soon
Into the sky.
Section B: “Flight”
Section C: “Approach”
We’ll pass around the scarab and the ankh of immortality.
The summer’s end has come, and thus we race into eternity.
The taste of sweet success is sliding gently down my throat.
Emotion fills my eyes as I am strapped down to this boat.
How long, how long, how long…
Immunity from death has come, I welcome it within.
I stand upon this hill of earth, my head begins to spin.
Section D: “Arrival”
The dunes are barren now,
Pyramids eroded down.
The skulls of those who’ve served
Are buried, still in shallow earth.
I’ve etched a wealth from stone and rock
Unseen by the naked eye.
Monuments have crumbled down,
Weathered by the sands of time.
The dunes are barren now,
Pyramids eroded down.
The skulls of those who’ve served
Are buried, still in shallow earth.
Up ahead, I see a light.
The dog star shines with beacons bright.
It comes to pass, my passage right.
Thus culminates this epic flight.
The dunes are barren now,
Pyramids eroded down.
The skulls of those who’ve served
Are buried, still in shallow earth.