Dead Man of Elysium Lyrics

Rays broke through in a sandstorm

That proclaimed the Pharaoh’s death

In the waterway wound the excarnate

As the sun charged east to west

When the wailing priests of Giza

Wrote the good man’s book of death

They carved a message into stone

And this is what it said

You are not gone dead

But you are gone alive

Your presence made an impact

That my heart has fossilized

Once upon a turnpike

We struck gold in Jersey City

We found the veins and mined them all

Until the aqueducts ran dry

We hedged our bets with the Bailbond vets

Who were buried so close by

Respect was due and we paid in full

With the words that we would cry

You are not gone dead

But you are gone alive

Your presence made an impact

That my mind has fossilized

There are horses in Connecticut

Who will not eat from your hand

Sophisticated, pompous equine

Loved by Puritans

There’s a wilderness reserve preserved

On a parcel of state land

So wait ye here, dear pagan boy

Find solace if you can

And yet you sat with me

Among the reeds

As twilight

And dragonflies descended

This life of mine

Has never been so fine

And I wonder, has it ended

One day we're gonna hang

Like pirates Caesar crucified

So make a scar here while you can

It's all we leave behind