[THE GREAT PYRAMID SCHEME 2 — 69 BPM, D1 PHRYGIAN] [LOW MALE BARITONE; DRY DEADPAN, NO CHORUS REPRISE] [SUSTAINED SUNG VOWELS: SLOW IRREGULAR ANALOGUE PITCH WARBLE; TAPE WOW, SUBTLE DETUNING; DEEPER WARBLE AT NOTE ENDS] [DO NOT WARBLE SPOKEN DIALOGUE] [INTRO — 8 BARS — ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MOTIF] [Slow transition into deep D1 POLIVOKS] [USER Male 1] [DRY DEADPAN SPOKEN] 2566 BC. Twenty-seven years. The Pharaoh's dead. We're still building this bloody great pyramid. Typical. Pharaoh's dead, Pharaoh's dead., Pharaoh's dead., Pharaoh's dead., Pharaoh's dead. What a dick head [VERSE 1 — LOW RESTRAINED BARITONE] [USER Male 1] I met the Great Architect when I was ten He taught me how to measure stone way back then Twenty-seven years of dust and blistered hands Two old friends building someone else's grand plans He's a good man [INSTRUMENTAL — 8 BARS] [WEISSENBORN slide guitar, long descending bends] [VERSE 2 — TENSION BUILDS, DRUMS INTENSIFY] [USER Male 1] A wooden trolley broke upon the ramp A block came loose, the ropes had lost their clamp I lifted my old friend high above my head The stone came down and hit me instead I didn't think or hesitate I acted to save my mate mate, mate, mate, mate, mate, mate, mate, mate, mate, mate, [HBC 1 — RHYTHMIC STUTTER, DEEP VOCODER] [USER Male 1] ROLL-ROLL-ROLLING BACK-BACK BREAK-BREAK-BREAKING HOLD-HOLD-HOLD HIM HIGH FALL-FALL-FALLING DOWN-DOWN-DOWN 2 tons came crashing down [HARD STOP — MASSIVE STONE CRASH] [TOTAL SILENCE — 3 SECONDS] [VERSE 3 — QUIET, INTIMATE, SPARSE INSTRUMENTS] [USER Male 1] He knelt beside me in the dust and blood His face was white, his sandals full of mud I smiled at him I knew I'm done He leant down and said to me [Male 2] [ANGRY, FRIGHTENED, SPOKEN] Son You stupid bastard! Why'd you save my life? [USER Male 1] [WEAK, DRY SPOKEN] Because you were kind to me Always [INSTRUMENTAL — 8 BARS] [Deep POLIVOKS pulse, haunting WEISSENBORN slide guitar] [VERSE 4 — LOW BARITONE, SLOW DESCENDING GLISSANDI] [USER Male 1] He said, name your price, I'll give you anything I said, look after my family, that's the first thing And when I'm dead, beneath the capstone let me lie Above that dickhead KHUFU ! closer to the sky [HBC 2 — DEEP VOCODER, DESCENDING PITCH] [USER Male 1] HIGH-HIGH-HIGHER STONE-STONE-STONE KING BELOW KING BELOW NO-NO-NOBODY NEED EVER KNOW [INSTRUMENTAL — 8 BARS] [WEISSENBORN slide guitar, slow analogue pitch warble] [Music reduces to deep D1 pulse] [Male 2] [SPOKEN, AMAZED] Above the Pharaoh? [USER Male 1] [WEAK SPOKEN] Yes. [Male 2] [SPOKEN, STARTING TO LAUGH] You magnificent bastard. I've hated that man for years. [LONG PAUSE] [Male 2] [SOFT, SINCERE SPOKEN] I promise. [USER Male 1] [BARELY AUDIBLE, DEADPAN SPOKEN] Let Pharaoh keep the room. I got the penthouse. [Male 2] [PUZZLED SPOKEN] What's a penthouse? [USER Male 1] [WEAK SPOKEN] No idea. I don't know [Male 2] [DRY SPOKEN] Neither do I. [FINAL CHORUS - LOW D1 - Male Vocoder chorus, D1 POLYVOX backing] A good maaaaaan Buried Ba-ba-ba-Buried in the Skyyyyyyyyyy Buried in the Skyyyyyyyyyyyyy Buried in the Skyyyyyyyyyyyyy Buried in the Skyyyyyyyyyyyyy [OUTRO — 8 BARS] [Deep sustained D1 POLIVOKS] [WEISSENBORN slide guitar, long descending glissandi] [Slow irregular analogue pitch warble] [END — NO FADE]
