Sphinx Lyrics
Call upon the wise one to remember the chords
The truth buried alive since the dawn of time
Was it all for nothing? Great watcher of the soul
Rid the world of its blindfold, make us real again
[Chorus]
Carved in limestone
That's all there is, facing the lion
Become one
You stand still, the voice of silence
Remain one
[Verse 2]
Express your will, you will be rewarded
For all thoughts become reality
May we lеarn from the old one
Standing tall in the sand
Witnеss erosion, the rise and fall of men
[Chorus]
Carved in limestone
That's all there is, facing the lion
Become one
You stand still, the voice of silence
Remain one
Become one
[Bridge]
The savior has arrived
The savior has a name
[Chorus]
Carved in limestone
You become one
Facing the lion
You become one
About
The Great Sphinx of Giza […] is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature. Facing directly from west to east, it stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt.
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Towering over the Giza plateau (66ft tall and 240ft long, 20 x 73 m) over the Nile, the Sphinx is believed to be over 4500 years old. In this song, Gojira compares this symbolic defiance of nature and the passage of time as the ultimate witness of Mankind’s history.
Q&A
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Joe Duplantier:
There’s a lot of our roots as a death metal band coming through here, and a little bit of a Metallica vibe at the beginning with the build-up on the toms. So it sounds old-school but also modern, because we have these intricate things with the whammy and all that stuff. Lyrically, I’m very fascinated by the Sphinx. Some Egyptologists say that the Sphinx is actually pre-Egyptian, that it’s much older than we think and was maybe built by a different civilisation. So I wrote a song about how the Sphinx is witnessing the rise and maybe the fall of our civilisation, and it’s surviving us all.
—via Apple Music
