The Coils of Set by Cropsy Lyrics

When I was a fighting man
The kettle drums would beat
The people scattered gold dust
Before my horses feet
But now I am a great king
The people hound my track
With poison in my wine cup
And daggers at my back

What do I know of cultured ways
The gilt, the craft and the lie
I who was born in a naked land
And bred in the open sky
Subtle tongues, the sophist guile
They fail when the sword sings
Rush in and die dogs
I was a man, before I was a king

Under the caverned pyramids
Great Set coils asleep
Among shadows of the tombs
His dusky people creep
I speak the word from the hidden gulfs
That never knew the sun
Send me a servant for my hate
Oh scaled and shining one
When the world was young
Fiends of the night walked free
I strove with Set by fire and steel
And the juice of the upas trees
Now I sleep in the mount's black heart
The ages take their toll
Forget ye him who fought the snake
To save the human soul

What do I know of cultured ways
The gilt, the craft and the lie
I who was born in a naked land
And bred in the open sky
Subtle tongues, the sophist guile
They fail when the sword sings
Rush in and die dogs
I was a man, before I was a king

Under the caverned pyramids
Great Set coils asleep
Among shadows of the tombs
His dusky people creep
I speak the word from the hidden gulfs
That never knew the sun
Send me a servant for my hate
Oh scaled and shining one