Sekhmet Speaks by Echo Grove Music

[Intro, low frame drums, distant ney flute, faint female chanting]

[Verse 1, female vocal, cold and controlled]
You called me from the fire, hung the sun around my throat
Painted my name in ochre, said the world would burn or bow
I was the Eye you sharpened, I was the answer that you swore
When mortals plotted in the dark, you set me at their door

[Pre-Chorus, strings enter, tension rising]
Deshret drank the running red, the sand went black with sin
I walked through Kemet, judgment made of teeth and wind

[Chorus, powerful, layered harmonies]
I am Sekhmet, I am the lion at the gate
I am the offense that only blood can arbitrate
You wanted me terrible, and terrible I became
Do not mistake this stillness for a kitten with a game

[Verse 2, quieter, sardonic, almost amused]
And when my hunger frightened you, when Ma'at could not restrain
You brewed a lake of ochre beer, the color of the slain
A leash disguised as sweetness, a bridle spun from lies
You stole my fire with laughter while the desert closed its eyes

[Pre-Chorus, strings swell]
I woke beneath the sycamore, my paws still stained with war
And I remembered every face, and what I tore them for

[Bridge, spoken, low and even, drums drop out, sistrum shivers]
Ra... my father, my maker, my thief
You gave me the hunger, then you stole the feast
You wanted Hathor back, all honey and hymn
But the lioness you woke will not go quiet again

[strings return, dark and rising, distorted guitar enters]

[Final Chorus, harder, fuller]
I am Sekhmet, I am the scorching sun
I am the offense that only blood atones
Today I am calm, today I rest in golden light
But should you loose me twice, I will not stop this time

[Outro, whispered over fading drums]
Today I rest...
But the lioness remembers...

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©2026 Echo Grove Music. All rights reserved. Lyrics written and owned by Echo Grove Music. ⋆⁺₊⋆ ☽ ✩ ☾ ⋆⁺₊⋆ [Intro, low frame drums, distant ney flute, faint female chanting] [Verse 1, female vocal, cold and controlled] You called me from the fire, hung the sun around my throat Painted my name in ochre, said the world would burn or bow I was the Eye you sharpened, I was the answer that you swore When mortals plotted in the dark, you set me at their door [Pre-Chorus, strings enter, tension rising] Deshret drank the running red, the sand went black with sin I walked through Kemet, judgment made of teeth and wind [Chorus, powerful, layered harmonies] I am Sekhmet, I am the lion at the gate I am the offense that only blood can arbitrate You wanted me terrible, and terrible I became Do not mistake this stillness for a kitten with a game [Verse 2, quieter, sardonic, almost amused] And when my hunger frightened you, when Ma'at could not restrain You brewed a lake of ochre beer, the color of the slain A leash disguised as sweetness, a bridle spun from lies You stole my fire with laughter while the desert closed its eyes [Pre-Chorus, strings swell] I woke beneath the sycamore, my paws still stained with war And I remembered every face, and what I tore them for [Chorus, powerful, layered harmonies] I am Sekhmet, I am the lion at the gate I am the offense that only blood can arbitrate You wanted me terrible, and terrible I became Do not mistake this stillness for a kitten with a game [Bridge, spoken, low and even, drums drop out, sistrum shivers] Ra... my father, my maker, my thief You gave me the hunger, then you stole the feast You wanted Hathor back, all honey and hymn But the lioness you woke will not go quiet again [strings return, dark and rising, distorted guitar enters] [Final Chorus, harder, fuller] I am Sekhmet, I am the scorching sun I am the offense that only blood atones Today I am calm, today I rest in golden light But should you loose me twice, I will not stop this time [Outro, whispered over fading drums] Today I rest... But the lioness remembers...

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