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The Mechanisms - Riddle of the Sphinx

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The Mechanism's 'Riddle of the Sphinx' is taken from their 2013 album, 'Ulysses Dies At Dawn'.

The Mechanisms: a band of immortal space pirates roaming the universe in the starship Aurora. Some say they’re from a steampunk future, others claim they’re from a cyberpunk past, a few even whisper that they may be from a dieselpunk alternate now. They are all correct.

Generously donated by The Mechanisms to the Raising Steam anthology, raising funds for New Futures Nepal, registered charity number 1142984.

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lyrics

I thought myself an orphan
I clawed my way up from the streets
To earn the rank of doctor
Equal to any I should meet
I couldn’t know my fame
Arose from sly Olympian winks
And soon I’d match myself
Against the riddle of the Sphinx

CHORUS
Four legs in the morning
Two legs in the day
Three legs in the evening
As body and mind decays

A mad disease
Striking poverty
In the slums no-one cares about
In its host
Causes rapid growth
In a week they shall die
Infants then
Look as aged men
But have not learned the words to shout
An old withered corpse yet a child

CHORUS

Many years I spent
In experiment
Dissecting its chemistry
Endless tests
Finally yield success
With the compounds I need
A consequence
Baleful oxidants
Of Olympian eternity
They need to know what it leads to

CHORUS

FATHER:
Oedipus
Come don’t make a fuss
Your research takes a dangerous path
Take a pause
Find another cause
This will end in your fall
OEDIPUS:
Whoe’er you be
If you threaten me
I warn you will feel my wrath
Don’t interfere with my calling

CHORUS x2

Soon the Olympians knew
Just what their immortality cost
They feigned their contrition
Mourning the lives that had been lost
They swore they’d find a way
That wouldn’t lead to loss of life
They showered me with riches
And introduced me to my wife

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from Raising Steam, released April 20, 2014
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