“Follow the Nile
Deep to much deeper.
The Pyramids sound lonely tonight.”

—  Kate Bush

Song lyrics, Never for Ever (1980)
Context: Follow the Nile
Deep to much deeper.
The Pyramids sound lonely tonight.
The sands run red
In lands of the Pharoahs.
Their symmetry gets right inside me.

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