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BIRTH RIGHTS (side 2)

by GREGORY

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1.
Ten Commandments in the City of Lights Rise in the morning air Laws forgotten – reestablished in haste Hiding SIGNs inside a stare In communication with the endless Reich’s Their temptations out of sight One rises, to the others, in their eyes Forgotten systems inside Throw a shadow on the light Like a shadow across the sun Foundations crumble in the sky Like a father to his son No one else to answer why - An explanation solves a mystery - Science carved in stone - And in the image of them, we have created Each with their followers – Lost and Found Still far above The Den Below Wizards and Warlocks – Banshees and Fools Just the upper class cast for another show How many have risen in analogy As some are never seen Growing stagnation technologically Systems deep inside redefine the one supreme Like a shadow across the sun Foundations crumble in the sky Like a father to his son No one else to answer why And on a mountain, hidden high above the eyes One stand behind the stone And know ye it was written that ye should know: Your Father is not alone! - and neither are we… - separate from thee… that stayed and took the lead all that prayed away from greed all the faded warring seeds have altered not a single deed in all the fray the books of greed calmed the masses who believed a call belated; adoring needs; Stalled the ending, indeed No one dares where no one cares So who will stand with me against the seraphim? “I WILL…” “…and I... and I… . . .. and I . … . . How many things happen that can not be So many things unseen Belief system discontinuity The beginning hides behind Fourteen billion years of debris Coronal mass ejections Humble worlds about to fry Haunted kingdoms of the sun True death angels in our skies Like a shadow across the sun Foundations crumble in the sky Like a father to his son No one else to answer why We are greater than the sum of any equation - And in the image of them, we have created - A summit of souls – A valley’s spell - The DREAM lingers on into the day Dreamed and left in the winter of 1986 by Gregory Resurrected by Adam, Malachi, and David in the fall of 2012
2.
Dawning Hour 07:21
In the early morning sunlight Thoughts racing through my head from last night The smoke in the air from lamplights Gives a haze to everything I see. In blind confusion, we burnt temples down And now we’ve no one else to blame but ourselves. - in this hour… For so many years through the ages Our people lived in cages (of the mind) We blamed the demigods for waging war And with each battle, we suffered more. Such an illusion, We let our hearts wide open We were played – just pieces in the game – - nothing more. - in this hour… - we are just an hour away….. But now we’ve opened our eyes; No more blind submission Somehow we can see through the eyes of a blind religion They’re tearing the walls of the temple down – Just an illusion – Moving together in communication A SIGN from the stars, it will be… …and we’re free….. They came to us from the sky Shining from above From a place beyond the sun – They took away the lies Of the Mountain Lord They brought daylight to the night – A promise from the Lights We’d not be lonely anymore They taught us not to fear the Dark – And in seven days A new temple rose up to the sky Pointing to the way from which they would return – They would return from which way to the way Return from the way they were pointing And now thousands of lives have come and gone Lessons soon forgotten Waves from the past flow through today Doing what your fathers did – You’re breaking the laws of the simple down Elemental confusion – A change in the weather – Tribulation – Blind from afar, it will be - in this hour… Dreamt and left in the winter of 1986 by Gregory. Resurrected by Adam, David, and Malachi in the winter of 2012 Two months before the end of the world, they say… and I say they are wrong...
3.
A plan to lift him up from grace As beams of sun from place to place Shone throughout the forest all around All alone in a jungle breeze A sad man fell upon his knees And cried for one with which to share his life So a plead was made; A request fulfilled - - - A glassy black stare; A dare from Hell And sent to him the one to cast him out …and the End Times shall come to pass A kettle full of lies In a DREAM of a Witch’s Sabbath All fall to quick demise who fail to recognize the GUISE Cold stone walls the rewarding end For the reapers of an age-old sin The original lust has still not gone away The Heights were plainly in their sights But they turned away in prideful spite To watch the Dreams of Dust be boiled away …and the End Times shall come to pass A kettle full of lies In a DREAM of a Witch's Sabbath All fall to quick demise who fail to recognize the GUISE. “Oh, and they dare not recognize me this time…” Close your eyes and feel your way Gain everything and give it away I am… I am awake… awakened am I… I am awake… Blind to all but what they see They spend their lives in misery They have touched the Hear of Sin and lost their way Dreamed and left in the winter of 1986 by Gregory Resurrected by Adam, Malachi, and David in the fall of 2012
4.
Nethersong 08:53
Once in a great land far across the Nile A celebration for the Netherworld And in a ring of pharaohs chanting song Electric power sounded back And from the Circle singing for the dead A dreaded name was released The Pharaohs died in the sight of Him Their cities fell to decay in a day From the Circle, a name came forth The Tear of Vissalage – The cries of fear The forests died into a desert plain Enslaved, they never had a chance – to see the light Caught up in the new world – He took control He built up temples to His name In perfect shapes of power, they rose to the sky So many fell in His wake But soon the balance fell - the time was wrong So many things that could not be Called back to the Netherworld – Logically His time is soon – His song returns - TECHNOLOGY - You know the nursery rhymes; you’ve done the readings You have seen the future in tea leaves You think sodium-chloride transferred across your scapular Will ward off evil spirits? I am the alter the only forgiving way I am the laughter of every child never saved I am an unwilling intrusion into your domain I’m the reason you falter I am another way In every life there will be that moment When the question of the end is at hand Back into the deep and realigned We never had a chance Dreamed and left in the winter of 1986 by Gregory Resurrected by Adam, Malachi, and David in the fall of 2012
5.
Part II 10:22
On expedition through the desert lands In the light of the modern day sun Diplomatic confrontation – a treaty broken A test detected beneath the ground - DENIED The source of the outburst far beneath the sand Hidden below a pyramid Inspection begins – High-tech scrutiny Pinpointing the force far below - LEVELS: HIGH – Instrumentation reading life forces Deep in the Well of Souls Automatic translation – a signal conversion A readout on the screen – - what does it mean? Descending further through sacred corridors On the walls are the histories of time Mechanical eyes the first to see Into the tomb of ten-thousand years - WARNINGS INSCRIBED – No control room located – no computers or men Dust upon the lid of the tomb The origin located – the source undetermined An entity lies within! - REVIVED – Instrumentation reading life forces Deep in the Well of Souls Automatic translation – a signal conversion A readout on the screen – - See the face of a King – “Who will stand with me against the Seraphim?” “I WILL…” Automatic translation, a signal conversion Something never seen before Dreamed and left in the winter of 1986 by Gregory Resurrected by Adam, Malachi, and David in the fall of 2012

about

In the autumn of 1986, I was dreaming in song. I recorded them as best I could in a small room on a cassette for memory’s sake. I had the finances to record the first five songs at Toontown Recording Studio in Lexington KY which was produced into the PHARAOH tape called Birth Rights. The cassette was lost to me and the last five songs forgotten.

In 2012, Adam McLean located a copy of that original cassette in Boston and secretly reworked the vanished songs from scratch into modern digital glory. He is a musical genius. He called me up one day and said, “Hey man, I’ve got a surprise for you.” WAV files were emailed to Vegas. Upon receipt and first listen I wept, pulled out the old lyric sheets, hung up a microphone, sang through each of them without rehearsal, and sent the vocal tracks back to Adam. He enlisted the help of my son Malachi and his brother David who threw down some leads via email then Adam mixed it all back into the form of my original dream.

We now present to you the lost songs of The PHARAOH Project, Birth Rights side 2. This will close out that chapter of my life. Enjoy…
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credits

released November 3, 2012

Adam McLean: Everything! You are simply a musical genius.

Malachi Francis: Leads on Dream of a Witches Sabbath and an impressive amount of patients and technical recording assistance.

David McLean: Leads on Nethersong and for his guidance and brilliance back in the day as my personal manager when this was all concieved. It would not exist without Dave's kicking my ass to be productive back then.
I guess the dream lingers on into the day...

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GREGORY Las Vegas, Nevada

1987: The PHARAOH Project – Birth Rights
1988: BEHOLDER
2008: PRESCIENT – Emergence
2011: Proof of Concept
2011: Light Horizon w/ Adam McLean
2012: Birth Rights (pt 2) w/ Adam
2012: VIVID DOMINION
2012: The Imperative w/ Adam
2013: The End of Religion w/ Adam
2013: Apostasy
2014: Dead River Scriptures
2014: in a matter of days w/ Jordan Miller
2014: The Forge of Gods w/ Adam
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