Sphinx

by Granite Waves

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This is a song that we did for a compilation of Washington State rock/metal/punk bands : doomedandstoned.bandcamp.com/album/doomed-stoned-in-washington

This version predates the Sphinx on Blood Moon Rising and is a completely different performance and production.

lyrics

sprung forth from jealous rage
Cain begat the father of song
Pan's flute forged in Jubal's hands
descendant of the morning star
rising at the dawn of the equinox

on Giza's plateau an angel whispers
golden secrets to a willful man
forged in mind a pattern of civil disobedience
to write of love as law

uncovering the sands
a crimson tablet emerges
delta waves of granite

etched in hieroglyphics upon a stele
the beard was grown from tall tales
of myth and desert
sixty six feet of lionizing power
unmasked by the Rosetta Stone

Cayce's trance weaves Akashic webs
of spiral consciousness unfolding
buried below the beard
the eyes of Horus magnify
the songs of Orpheus amplify

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released February 23, 2016
written, recorded & produced by Granite Waves
mixed by Ace Lightning
mastered by Chris Hanzsek

Ben Edwards - bass, vocals
John Cochran - guitars, cover photo
Kevin Odegard - drums

(c) Granite Waves

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We are a power trio that plays heavy rock music influenced by the blues, psychedelia, metal, grunge, punk, jazz, funk, prog...

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