Nile Chapter of Obeisance Before Giving Breath to the
Inert one in the Presence of the Cresent Shaped hor Lyrics:
[Music and lyrics by Karl Sanders]

Khensu Neter Hetef. Who Possesseth Absolute
Dominion over the Evil Spirits that Infest the
Earth and Sky. He of the Silence of the Moon.
Giver of Oracles. He that Must Forever Wax and
Wane. Thou Art in Union with Thoth. The Excellent
Tehuti of Truth and Time. Keeper of the Lunar
Cycle. Whose Hands are Able. Whose Tongue is
Mighty in Speech. Author of the Works of
Knowledge. Writer of the Ancient Wisdom. Master of
the Words of Power.

Obeisance before giving breath to the Inert One In
the presence of the Crescent-Shaped Horns.

Lord of the Two Horns. God of the Full Moon. Aah
Tehuti.

As it Was for Thoth So Shall it Be for Me. As it
Was for Thoth So Shall it Be for Me.

[Guitar solo]

As it Was for Thoth So Shall it Be for Me. As it
Was for Thoth So Shall it Be for Me.

I am He Who Sendeth Forth Terror into the Domain
of Rain and Thunder. I have Made My Knife to
Flourish along with the Knife Which is in the Hand
of Thoth.

Lord of the Two Horns, God of the Full Moon.

I am He Who Calleth Down Curses and Commandeth the
Elements unto Darkness. I Hath Uttered the Hidden
Words. Even unto the Divine Words which Art
Written in the Book of Thoth.

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Written in the Book of Thoth. [Repeat and fade]

[This song combines several chapters found within
the deep recesses of the Egyptian "Book of
the Dead". The chapter titles are so
ridiculously long that tofully quote them here
would be out of the question.

The chapters coincide because they each deal with
the necessary formulae and recitations and ritual
actions needed to breathe new life into the
deceased. The powers of two distinct Egyptian gods
of the Moon, Thoth and Khensu, are invoked with
the common stylized formulae that the god is first
venerated and their attributes and mythical deeds
listed ad nauseam, followed usually by phrases and
words of power that give voice to the entreaty:
"As it was for the god -----, so shall it be
for me."

Musically, I had thoroughly worked on the riffs
(even jamming on them with Dallas on drums), but
when I made the demo to send to George (Kollias -
our new drummer) in Greece (the drums that Dallas
and I had recorded were hasty rehearsal room
recordings) it was hard to hear the cool things
that Dallas was actually doing with the drums.

So, I sent George the demo with no drums at all -
just an impossible, confusing click track. Many of
this song's guitar riffs are "odd time
polyrhythmic" (syncopations that go against
what would normally be straight-time), and when
heard with only a simple click, make absolutely no
sense on their own. I figured if this guy [George]
is as good as we believe him to be then this would
sure as Hell act as a true test of will power and
musicality, because he would not only be required
to decipher the crazy jazz/death fusion timing of
the riffs, but also create drum parts appropriate
from a rhythmic standpoint, and meaningful in a
Death Metal context.

Upon his arrival for rehearsals in America, George
played his contributions flawlessly. Not only had
he managed all the odd time syncopations, but they
were so seamlessly integrated in a Death Metal
frenzy that it tied all the pieces together better
than we had originally envisioned.]
Lyrics: Chapter of Obeisance Before Giving Breath to the Inert one
in the Presence of the Cresent Shaped hor, Nile [end]