Land Of Ra

The murder of Ramesses saw the rule of a high priest
Then for the next 83 years only his evil would feast.
Prayers to a god for secrets of life after death
When a shadow befell him to the last dying breath.
A shadow so black that nothing could be worse
So his body was hidden and with it the curse!
I was a young man when I happened upon the scroll
I would have destroyed it had I knew of its' toll.
So with one hundred men and only my reputation in mind
To Egypt we went and the greatest archaeological find.
The desert air brings one peace, so the natives say
Though my soul drowns in torment to this very day.
--Escape from the terror which turns the sand red
and escape from a curse by the god of the dead.
--You would surely have run, had you seen what I saw
he is three thousand yrs. old and stalks the land of Ra.


We cleared away time and with it the sand
Unearthed a tomb beneath this desert land.
A tomb not yet opened under an Egyptian bliss
The tomb of a high priest and his god, Osiris.
These words were inscribed upon the stone door
"Let they that enter be cursed... evermore!" 
We found the stone coffin, it laid alone inside
With an odor of decay as though someone had died.
We found no other objects, no silver or gold
Only the mummy himself, so ancient and cold.
A feeling of dread from hieroglyphics on the wall
Assuring death to the intruders, death to us all!
--Escape from the terror which turns the sand red
and escape from a curse by the god of the dead.
--You would surely have run, had you seen what I saw
he is three thousand yrs. old and stalks the land of Ra.



The cool desert valley and the flow of the Nile
A tomb in this desert, I didn't mean to defile.
The mummy is Osiris' tool of revenge
Run away and hide, hide away and cringe!
The top of the stone case was shattered from within
Then death rose with the moon like the ultimate sin.
A wind's baneful howl blew sand through the night
With the wind came the monster, a horrid sight.
We slept unaware, where he seized us at will
The carnage then started, kill monster, kill!
With his vengeance unleashed the death count did tally
My men were all slaughtered in the king's sacred valley.
--Escape from the terror which turns the sand red
and escape from a curse by the god of the dead.
--You would surely have run, had you seen what I saw
he is three thousand yrs. old and stalks the land of Ra.


He pursued me through the night and back to his tomb
Exhausted and frightened, I was trapped in that room.
Wrapped up in rags, black chasms were his eyes
My soul was at hand with my life's demise.
He pushed down a column, it tumbled to the floor
He pushed down the rest and they all fell, as before.
The tomb shook and rumbled, the walls crumbled down
We were crushed in the deluge as death hissed 'round.
Pulled alive from the debris, but my legs were lost
And since I had to pay something, they were the cost.  
Now I'm living alone and constantly in fear
Trapped in a wheelchair with Osiris ever near!
--I escaped from the terror which turned the sand red
but couldn't escape the curse by the god of the dead.
--You would surely have run, had you seen what I saw
I am forever trapped within my memories...
                                   of the land of Ra.