A drifting song about fading forces, fragile fate, and quiet defiance
New song, this one is called Flys* will Pharaoh.
It runs about 1 minute and 30 seconds—
The lyrics came in pairs, as shown below:
the weather’s fading
the sun is shading
the sand is falling
the tides are calling
fate is speaking
roads are creaking
barrows narrow
tarrows sarrow
now
where you go for what you dare
sate will narrow
flys will pharaoh
There’s something ancient but soft in it—somewhere between ruin and memory.
The Pharaoh reference isn’t historical; it’s emotional. Or is it?
It’s not about the crown—but the weight.
The inheritance of control, of prophecy, of being bound to cycles older than yourself.
The weight of gold.
The cost of man’s actions.
The burden of consequence passed down like truth & myth, like currency, like sand through generations.
A song about shift and strain
The tones are spare, like the others I’ve shared recently (Middle of the Roadway, Flight Lanes of Morphed Names)—but this one feels more like a slow spin, eyes closed. The sentiment isn’t hopeless, but it does lean toward stillness. Something is fading. Something else is beginning, maybe. Or resisting.
What Flys*, What Follows
The title carries an asterisk—not as a correction, but as a flicker.
“Flys” could be wings in motion, could be swarms, could be the small weightless forces that gather in quiet rebellion. There’s a picture with the piece—look close enough and you’ll see something perched, maybe watching. Maybe waiting.
I didn’t write this to name names, but there’s an undercurrent in this one—fighting against the malice of mankind, not with power, but with presence. With witness. The smallest flight against the largest shadow.
A fragment in the same world
Flys will Pharaoh ties into the last few songs—each of them reflecting pieces of a larger emotional weather system. Erosion. Movement. Quiet persistence. The strange stillness of being halfway between ruin and rebirth.
Thanks, as always, for listening, watching, it means a lot.
—Josh
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