Essential Salts
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The necromancers of Giza
A cult of reanimators
Concerned with interrogation of the long dead
Corpses who may be revived and made to talk
And describe the contents of rare books
And gold hidden in the earth
Although they are often reluctant to reveal their secrets
And must be encouraged with fire and blade
A corpse chosen for resurrection
Is cut into parts of convenient size
Boiled in clean water
Linen strips of mummification are removed
And the skull and bones liquefied
And boiled until all water is gone
What remains in the bottom
Is a white crystalline substance
That may be carried in the palms of two hands
This white powder contains the essential salts
Of the man whose corpse was boiled
It is from this powder that the living body may be reconstituted
And made to serve as a house for the soul
Which is called back into its former flesh by words of power
It is a great shock to the soul
To tear it back from its resting place and reanimate it
The resurrected are often insane and scream ceaselessly or dash themselves into walls
If the salts are contaminated with the essence of other living beings
When the mummy has been the breeding place of vermin
The revitalization of the salts produces something
That is part man and part whatever gnawed his corpse
These horrors lack the faculty of speech
Or their speech is crazed and bestial
And must be immediately slain
For though the memory of the man may remain intact
The verminous parts of his reanimated nature
Inhibit his human expression
Those who have served their purpose are killed
By strangulation with a cord around the neck
And their bodies burned
Their ashes gathered and cast into the Nile
Where the currents carry them to sea
(Solo: Karl)
(Solo: Dallas)
A cult of reanimators
Concerned with interrogation of the long dead
Corpses who may be revived and made to talk
And describe the contents of rare books
And gold hidden in the earth
Although they are often reluctant to reveal their secrets
And must be encouraged with fire and blade
A corpse chosen for resurrection
Is cut into parts of convenient size
Boiled in clean water
Linen strips of mummification are removed
And the skull and bones liquefied
And boiled until all water is gone
What remains in the bottom
Is a white crystalline substance
That may be carried in the palms of two hands
This white powder contains the essential salts
Of the man whose corpse was boiled
It is from this powder that the living body may be reconstituted
And made to serve as a house for the soul
Which is called back into its former flesh by words of power
It is a great shock to the soul
To tear it back from its resting place and reanimate it
The resurrected are often insane and scream ceaselessly or dash themselves into walls
If the salts are contaminated with the essence of other living beings
When the mummy has been the breeding place of vermin
The revitalization of the salts produces something
That is part man and part whatever gnawed his corpse
These horrors lack the faculty of speech
Or their speech is crazed and bestial
And must be immediately slain
For though the memory of the man may remain intact
The verminous parts of his reanimated nature
Inhibit his human expression
Those who have served their purpose are killed
By strangulation with a cord around the neck
And their bodies burned
Their ashes gathered and cast into the Nile
Where the currents carry them to sea
(Solo: Karl)
(Solo: Dallas)
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:15.36] The necromancers of Giza
[00:17.10] A cult of reanimators
[00:19.38] Concerned with interrogation of the long dead
[00:21.20] Corpses who may be revived and made to talk
[00:23.19] And describe the contents of rare books
[00:25.06] And gold hidden in the earth
[00:27.24] Although they are often reluctant to reveal their secrets
[00:29.49] And must be encouraged with fire and blade
[00:46.49] A corpse chosen for resurrection
[00:48.53] Is cut into parts of convenient size
[00:50.50] Boiled in clean water
[00:52.16] Linen strips of mummification are removed
[00:54.49] And the skull and bones liquefied
[00:56.67] And boiled until all water is gone
[01:00.59] What remains in the bottom
[01:01.94] Is a white crystalline substance
[01:04.10] That may be carried in the palms of two hands
[01:07.51] This white powder contains the essential salts
[01:12.69] Of the man whose corpse was boiled
[01:16.01] It is from this powder that the living body may be reconstituted
[01:19.52] And made to serve as a house for the soul
[01:23.90] Which is called back into its former flesh by words of power
[01:29.83] It is a great shock to the soul
[01:32.65] To tear it back from its resting place and reanimate it
[01:36.30] The resurrected are often insane and scream ceaselessly or dash themselves into walls
[01:39.32] If the salts are contaminated with the essence of other living beings
[01:42.72] When the mummy has been the breeding place of vermin
[01:47.05] The revitalization of the salts produces something
[01:50.12] That is part man and part whatever gnawed his corpse
[01:54.56] These horrors lack the faculty of speech
[01:57.30] Or their speech is crazed and bestial
[01:59.29] And must be immediately slain
[02:02.75] For though the memory of the man may remain intact
[02:04.78] The verminous parts of his reanimated nature
[02:07.09] Inhibit his human expression
[02:10.35] Those who have served their purpose are killed
[02:14.24] By strangulation with a cord around the neck
[02:18.54] And their bodies burned
[02:20.04] Their ashes gathered and cast into the Nile
[02:22.74] Where the currents carry them to sea
[02:26.28] (Solo: Karl)
[02:41.74] (Solo: Dallas)
[03:51.21]
[00:17.10] A cult of reanimators
[00:19.38] Concerned with interrogation of the long dead
[00:21.20] Corpses who may be revived and made to talk
[00:23.19] And describe the contents of rare books
[00:25.06] And gold hidden in the earth
[00:27.24] Although they are often reluctant to reveal their secrets
[00:29.49] And must be encouraged with fire and blade
[00:46.49] A corpse chosen for resurrection
[00:48.53] Is cut into parts of convenient size
[00:50.50] Boiled in clean water
[00:52.16] Linen strips of mummification are removed
[00:54.49] And the skull and bones liquefied
[00:56.67] And boiled until all water is gone
[01:00.59] What remains in the bottom
[01:01.94] Is a white crystalline substance
[01:04.10] That may be carried in the palms of two hands
[01:07.51] This white powder contains the essential salts
[01:12.69] Of the man whose corpse was boiled
[01:16.01] It is from this powder that the living body may be reconstituted
[01:19.52] And made to serve as a house for the soul
[01:23.90] Which is called back into its former flesh by words of power
[01:29.83] It is a great shock to the soul
[01:32.65] To tear it back from its resting place and reanimate it
[01:36.30] The resurrected are often insane and scream ceaselessly or dash themselves into walls
[01:39.32] If the salts are contaminated with the essence of other living beings
[01:42.72] When the mummy has been the breeding place of vermin
[01:47.05] The revitalization of the salts produces something
[01:50.12] That is part man and part whatever gnawed his corpse
[01:54.56] These horrors lack the faculty of speech
[01:57.30] Or their speech is crazed and bestial
[01:59.29] And must be immediately slain
[02:02.75] For though the memory of the man may remain intact
[02:04.78] The verminous parts of his reanimated nature
[02:07.09] Inhibit his human expression
[02:10.35] Those who have served their purpose are killed
[02:14.24] By strangulation with a cord around the neck
[02:18.54] And their bodies burned
[02:20.04] Their ashes gathered and cast into the Nile
[02:22.74] Where the currents carry them to sea
[02:26.28] (Solo: Karl)
[02:41.74] (Solo: Dallas)
[03:51.21]